AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT JOINT SPONSOR
If the petitioning sponsor fails to satisfy the income requirements, someone who does satisfy the requirements can submit an affidavit of support to sponsor the immigrant. This person is called a joint sponsor
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Who is eligible?
The joint sponsor must fill out form I-864 Affidavit of Support as well as the petitioner. USCIS allows you to use a maximum of 2 joint sponsors to help meet the income requirement. The joint sponsor is held jointly liable with the petitioner for the support of the intending immigrant.
Joint Sponsor doesn’t need to be related to the petitioning sponsor or the intending immigrant:
- At least 18 years of age
- Be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or U.S. national
- Have an income of at least 125% of the poverty level*; and
- Be domiciled in the United States (or its territories).
When does the sponsor’s obligation to support end?
- The beneficiary has worked 40 quarters (10 years)
- The beneficiary has become a U.S. citizen
- The beneficiary permanently leaves the U.S.
- is deported and returns under a different sponsor
- The beneficiary dies
Related form: I-864, AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 213A OF THE INA
Sponsor’s residence: 48 Contiguous States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam:
Becoming a US citizen entails specific rights, duties, and the following benefits: consular protection outside the United States; ability to sponsor relatives living abroad; ability to invest in the US real property without triggering additional taxes; transmitting US citizenship to children; protection from deportation and others. U.S. law permits multiple citizenship. A citizen of another country naturalized as a U.S. citizen may retain his previous citizenship
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