We are preparing our AOS marriage-based package. We have a co-sponsor, but I still need advice on the primary sponsor i-864.*
1. Do we have to include the immigrant's income as part of household income? The immigrant is working with OPT (from F1 visa).*
2. If it needs to be included, does the federal tax return or W2 of the immigrant have to be included in the application package or just the US citizen's?*
3. If we include immigrant's savings and it exceeds the minimum requirement, do we still need the co-sponsor? I'm just unsure whether the officer has preference for US citizen's income over immigrants personal savings.*
This is what I found on USCIS site:*
You do not need to list any household member’s income in Part 6 if that household member does not intend to provide financial support to the principal immigrant.*
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and answer my questions.
1. Do we have to include the immigrant's income as part of household income? The immigrant is working with OPT (from F1 visa).*
2. If it needs to be included, does the federal tax return or W2 of the immigrant have to be included in the application package or just the US citizen's?*
3. If we include immigrant's savings and it exceeds the minimum requirement, do we still need the co-sponsor? I'm just unsure whether the officer has preference for US citizen's income over immigrants personal savings.*
This is what I found on USCIS site:*
You do not need to list any household member’s income in Part 6 if that household member does not intend to provide financial support to the principal immigrant.*
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and answer my questions.
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