Zhen's Tiger Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I am a little confused... On the I-864, Part 5. Sponsor's household size, if I read it right it will make us a family of 3, but it will be just my wife and I. It says: 21. Your Household Size - DO NOT COUNT ANYONE TWICEPersons you are sponsoring in this affidavit: a. Enter the number you entered on line 10. [0] [1]Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit: b. Yourself. [1] c. if you are currently married, enter "1" for your spouse. [1] Well that adds up to 3... but it's counting my wife twice, and it states not to do that which is obvious. What isn't obvious is: which one to check and which one not to check (a. or c.)? I was hoping someone with experience could point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance! Link to comment
C4Racer Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I am a little confused... On the I-864, Part 5. Sponsor's household size, if I read it right it will make us a family of 3, but it will be just my wife and I. It says: 21. Your Household Size - DO NOT COUNT ANYONE TWICEPersons you are sponsoring in this affidavit: a. Enter the number you entered on line 10. [0] [1]Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit: b. Yourself. [1] c. if you are currently married, enter "1" for your spouse. [1] Well that adds up to 3... but it's counting my wife twice, and it states not to do that which is obvious. What isn't obvious is: which one to check and which one not to check (a. or c.)? I was hoping someone with experience could point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance! You check A as your wife is being sponsored with this Affidavit.You check B as this counts you, then add the two up.Comes to 2. Yes, you are married, but you already had to count your wife in A. So leave C blank. If you left A blank, then they would read that your are not sponsoring anyone and discount the form.The form warns that a person might fall into multiple catagories. You must place her in the best one that fits this set of circumstances. Link to comment
dnoblett Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 The wording can be a bit confusing, but this form serves many purposes such as sponsoring a son, daughter, or perhaps adopting a child, so the spouse box is for those situations. In your case you are sponsoring your spouse, so leave the spouse box blank and place 1 on for persons sponsoring. So the count is 2 not 3. you spouse cannot be counted twice. Link to comment
Zhen's Tiger Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Thanks a lot guys! Makes sense to me. Link to comment
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