In this video, we're going to show you how.to complete an I-864 and Affidavit of Support.that is needed as part of the package for.an Adjustment of Status or any marriage petition.or family support petition that you file with.the USCIS or with the US Embassy..The reason that I-864 is important is because,.as part of the whole green card process, we.have to prove that the petitioner, the US.citizen is able to meet the income requirements.needed to sponsor a foreign national..And therefore they ask that information by.using the I-864 and all the things it needed,.all the supporting documents that are required.with that form..So in this video, we'll show you, step by.step, how to complete this form and hope you'll.enjoy it..Let us know in the comments, any questions.or any suggestions..Stay tuned..Yeah..Where it says, \"Before 1 A,\" it says, \"I,\".comma and you want to enter your name in there..So, this petitioner is John Adam Doe..And so, you want to put the information in.there as it is on the petition that you filed.for the person, the intending immigrant..You are the petitioner, you're going to click,.\"I am the petitioner\" because you filed the.petition for the person that is immigrating.to the US..If you are not the petitioner, then you're.going to click one of these other boxes..So right now, we're just talking about family.based petition..So, if you're the joint sponsor, then you.want to click, \"I am the only joint sponsor\".unless for example, this is a family that.were immigrating and we need more than one.joint sponsors..So, you can put \"I am the first joint sponsor\".or \"I am the second joint sponsor\"..So, your petitioner hopefully will help you.with this if you are one of the first or two.joint sponsors..So, after you've completed that part, then.you go to part two..And in here, you're going to enter the information.of the intending immigrant..So, the person that you filed a petition for,.and in this case the person is John's wife.and her name is Jane, and you can type this.in lowercase or in uppercase..I tend to do it in upper case just because.it's easier to read, but it doesn't have to.be that way..So, we've entered Jane's information in here..And it's going to ask for Jane's mailing address..You really should use the petitioner's mailing.address, use John Adam Doe's mailing address..If you're doing Adjustment of Status in the.US, and it's probably the same as John's address,.anyway..But if you're filing this at the US consulate,.and Jane is in Canada, not in the US, then.you still want to enter John's address in.here..So, we're going to put \"To' is, send this.in care of John Doe, and we're going to enter.John Doe's address in here because Jane may.not be in the United States, she may be or.may not be..So, if you start to enter periods or other.things in here that the system doesn't want.you to enter, it's not going to allow you.to enter it..So, just know that you can't put slashes,.and periods, and commas..We love to use those, but... and it's the.correct way to do it, but that's not what.the system's going to allow you to do so..Just skip it..And we're going to put down the city where.she was born where John lives,.We'll just enter his whole address here..We'll scroll down and look for \"CA\", and this.isn't a real zip code, but it's there to prove.a point..And the system is proving, a point to me that.I can't just type anything in here..So, in other information where... again, we're.still working on the principal immigrants,.the intending immigrant..So, we're going to enter her country of citizenship,.which happens to be Canada and her birth date.is in here..She does not have a number yet..So, sometimes you will get an alien registration.number beforehand..For example, if Jane had been in the country.as a student and she had gotten permission.to work authorization to work in the United.States, they would have assigned an alien.registration number to her and it would be.on her employment authorization document..But if she's never been in the United States.or she's never worked in the United States,.and she's never had a, an application for.anything, then she's not going to have an.alien registration number..Some people who have been picked up by immigration.by ICE, and are going through removal proceedings,.might have an alien registration number..So, you definitely want to put the alien registration.number..If you have one..When you're entering the phone number don't.enter any dashes or slashes..It will only take the phone number without.any other information..So in part three, we're looking at information.about the immigrants you are wanting to sponsor..So, John only wants to sponsor his wife, and.she's the principal immigrant that's named.in part two..So, we're going to click, \"Yes\", he wants.to sponsor her..You only click \"No' here, if you are a joint,.a second joint sponsor, and you're in the.people that the family members that you are.immigrating, are not going to be coming in.within the next six months..You click this, number \"2\", if you're sponsoring.other family members..So, let me tell you when that would happen..If I filed a petition for my brother under.category F-4, my brother can come and his.wife and children can come..So I would click on this, I would click, \"Yes\".and I would list all of the family members.in here..But if I filed an I-130 petition for my wife.and I also filed an I-130 petition for my.son, I'm only going to click \"Yes\" here, and.I'm not going to enter my son here..My son is going to give his own I-864..So, you need to know what type of petition.you filed and whether or not it allowed family.members to follow through..So, if I'm a parent and I filed for my son.who is an adult citizen and who is married,.he's allowed to bring his wife and children..So, \"Yes\", I would go ahead and click here,.on number \"2\" and I would list all the family.members..But if I filed, if I'm a US citizen and I.had to file a petition for each family member.that I'm bringing, whether it's my child or.a stepchild, then I need to file an individual.I-864 for each one of them..So, you want to pay attention to make sure.that you provided what you need to provide.for each intending immigrant..If it turns out that I did file a petition.that allowed other family members to come.along, then I don't have to fill out an individual.I-864 for every family member..But I do have to provide a copy for each family.members..So, I'm going to do the main I-864 for the.principal intending immigrant and then I'm.going to make copies of the I-864 that I completed.for each member, family member that is coming.along..So, I don't have to do an individual one..So in this case, we only filed an I-130 petition.for the wife..And so, we're only completing it for the wife..So, let's go back to... we don't have to complete.the rest of this, so we can actually go onto.the next page because you're not spot....Oh, I'm sorry..Let's not forget that in part three, at the.end of that, we have to put down how many.intending immigrants are included in here..And this one, because we only filed an I-130.petition for Jane, we're only going to put.one intending immigrant..It's only Jane..So now, is the information for the sponsor..So, you as a petitioner are the sponsor..You are not the joint sponsor, you are the.sponsor..But if you were a joint sponsor, you would.also still complete this because you still.are a sponsor..So, you're going to include all of the information.in here that you are required to include..Many people don't put down their middle name,.but remember that this is a legal contract,.and you are required to put in the complete.information..So, we're going to put all of John's information..By the way, if they find out that you lied.on this form or you misrepresented yourself.on this form, there could be serious consequences..So every form that you complete for the US.government, you want to make sure that you.just add real, truthful information..So, if you really didn't file your tax return.and you're providing a fake tax return, it.will come back to haunt you because it is.considered against the law and there are consequences.for providing information that is not truthful..So, if you were just doing this on Adobe,.it would normally let you just type the first.two letters or the abbreviation of your state..What we're using right now, is just not allowing.it, but normally it is allowed..So, it's asking down here, \"Is your current.mailing address the same as your physical.address?\".If you click \"Yes\", you're going to see up.here, on the next column, that it's not highlighted.in blue and that you can't type into it..You don't have to type in double information..So, let's go to other information for the.sponsor..We do need to put the country of domicile,.and this is really important..If you're filing for someone who is out of.the country, they want to make sure that you.are living in the United States or that you.intend to live in the United States..So, if you've been living outside of the country.with your spouse, or your parent, and now.you're going to come into the country, you're.going to have to prove that you want to, or.that you are actually going to come back to.the United States and live in the United States,.and that this is going to be your country.of domicile..So, we're going to put in here, \"United States.of America\"..And you can also put \"USA\"..Let's just... for the purpose of getting this.done quicker, we'll just put \"USA\" and then.you want to put the sponsor's birth date..And John happens to have the same birth date.as Jane..Just a different year..He's a little bit older..And he was born in the town..So, we're going to put John's social security.number in here..We cannot leave that blank, so we have to.put that in there whether we want to or not..And it's very important that it matched your.social security number on your tax return..And John is a US citizen, so we'll put that.in there..So, US citizens do not have A numbers..If you're a lawful permanent resident, you.have an A number ,and you want to enter the.A number in there..You must enter it in there..The sponsor's USCIS online account number..Most people do not have an online account.number, but sometimes when you file a petition,.the USCIS will automatically assign you an.online account number and they will send you.a notice that has that information..If they sent you a notice with that information,.then you want to enter it in here..John does not happen to have that information.so we're not going to enter it in there..John happens to be in the military..He's in the US navy, so we're going to put.down that he is in the US Armed Forces..So, we'll click on \"Yes\"..Do not skip this part..If you skip this part, you forget to put \"Yes\".or \"No\", they're going to send it back to.you or they're going to send you a request.for evidence, and you don't want them to do.that..All right, we're on to part five..And in part five, we already have a number.in here because we entered, previously, that.we were only going to be sponsoring one person..Remember when we entered that one in there,.so it automatically entered it in here..The thing about this application is it will.automatically count things for you..So, if I enter... if that intending immigrant.is your spouse, do not enter it in here..It says, \"If you are currently married, enter.\"1\" for your spouse.\".You don't enter it if you've already entered.it up here because then you're going to have.to earn more money, and it's going to be three.people instead of one person, and it's going.to be incorrect..So, if the intending immigrant is your spouse,.please do not enter anything here..However, if you have children, then you do.want to enter the children here..And let's, say that, John already has one.child, and so we'll enter it there..And you'll see then, when you click down....once you put an extra child in there, it's.going to increase your household size to three..So that means, your household size is three..And according to poverty guidelines, you have.to earn an extra $5,500 because now you have.an extra here..So, he's also employed and he's employed in.the military as a petty officer, first class..And if you don't think you can fit everything.in there, you can abbreviate..And he's first-class, E-6..So, it's not allowing me to put a number in.there..So, I will not put the \"E-6\"..So, I'll just put \"Petty Officer, First-Class\",.and then I'll just enter it..Oh, it didn't allow me to do a period..So we'll just put \"US Navy\"..So we're going to go up here and it's going.to ask me for his current income and if his.current income is enough, 47, three, two,.eight,.His spouse, Jane, happens to be in the US.with a TN visa, she's from Canada, she has.a TN visa..And if he wasn't earning enough money, I could.add her in here..I could add her income in here, but because.he does earn enough money for three people,.there's no need to do that..And so we shouldn't... it just creates more.work and you don't really have to do it..If he wasn't earning enough money, then you.would definitely want to make sure that you.entered Jane's income in there as well..If you notice, I didn't type this in here,.it automatically, when I put John's income.into the system, it automatically gave me.the total..If I would have entered Jane's income as well,.then it would have given me the total of both.John and Jane's income..And if I entered Jane's income, I would need.to say that....I would need to click one of these boxes..So, if I entered Jane in here and she's the.intending immigrant, I would need to click.on box number 22 because she's the intending.immigrant..If I entered my son's information in here,.or my parents' information in here because.they live with me and I didn't earn enough.money, then I would click this..It has to be someone who lives in the same.residence as you, that you can count on this..And you would have to complete a form I-864A..So, you want to look at the instructions for.further information on completing the I-864A..It is a form that you need to complete..If you don't earn enough money, you have to.add a family member who lives with you to.be able to qualify..So now, we're going to go down to Federal.Income Tax Information..You do need to check this box..They want to know if you have filed taxes.for the last three years..If you say no, that's okay, as long as you.filed for the most recent year..And most people who have been working for.some time, will check the \"Yes\" box..We have a lot of students that maybe this.is their first year, that they've had income.and they would check this box \"No\"..This box here is optional..It's, if you want to provide your income tax.returns for the last three years, you can.do that..But it's optional..So if you're going to provide them, then you.want to click on the box..If you're not going to provide them, you're.only going to provide the most recent year,.then just leave it blank..So for John, we're only going to provide the.most recent year..We will still put in the information for the.last three years, but we don't need to provide.all his tax returns..So we'll enter, for 2018, he filed and in.2018 you're going to put down what was the.adjusted gross income on his federal tax return..So, remember you're going to enter the amount.from the tax return, the adjusted gross income..He happened to have filed his tax return with.his wife Jane and it included her income..So, his adjusted gross income was 83,445..And you don't want to just put down John's.income, you want to put down what was reported.on the tax return..That's what it's asking you to enter..In 2017 he was alone, so he only entered his.income..So we're going to go ahead and enter all of.John's income for the last three years..Just so they have this information..They can see that John is a steady worker,.no problem..And if he had not filed the last three years,.he's going to need to check this box..It says, \"I was not required to file a federal.income tax return for the last...\" and he.is also going to need to explain why he wasn't.required..So, he'll have to add an explanation..He can say, \"I wasn't required because I didn't.earn enough to have to file a tax return and.you should be aware that the amounts are not.that high.\".So, some people think that if they only earned.10,000, they didn't have to file..But yes, indeed they did..So, you want to look at the IRS website to.see what the filing requirements are before.you use that excuse..If you didn't work, you would say, \"I didn't.file a tax return in 2017 or 16 because I.wasn't employed,\" or \"I was a full time student.\".Whatever the reason is, that you didn't file..If you don't earn enough money, then you're.going to use this section here, part seven..And part seven is for people who maybe didn't.make enough money and so they were going to.make up the difference with their assets and.the types of the assets that you can use our.real estate, stocks and bonds, any other type.of asset that you have..You can also use the assets of family members.that live with you..So, if your parent was with you and it's your.parents' home that you're gonna use as an.asset because they own the entire home or.they have a large amount of equity in the.home, then you can complete this part of it.for the family member that's going to be assisting.you..Most people just use their income..Even if they are using joint sponsors, they.just use their income..But there are many reasons why people would.use this..Remember, that you have to have evidence to.prove that you have these assets..So, if it stocks and bonds, you're going to.want the records that are sent to you by the.brokerage company that you're working with..If it's a real estate, you want to add the.mortgage payments to show what your balance.is on your mortgage..You want to add an appraisal to show that.the value that you have equity in the residents..You also have to add the tax records, anything.to prove that this is your property and that.you can use that..And this total here will automatically total.on its own once you've entered the information.in the other areas..So, we're really getting to the end of this..And you'll see, it has what your obligations.are..\"What's going to happen if I sign this affidavit.of support?\".A lot of people ask this question and they.want to know, \"What am I liable for?\".And so you want to read this, and if you need.more information, you can go onto the USCIS.website that will tell you about your obligations..And it will tell you other... it will give.you more information..Some people say, \"Well, am I liable for them.if they have bad credit?\".\"Do I have to pay their bills?\".No, no..Their credit is their credit..Your credit is yours..It is only to support the person for their.living expenses, not to pay all of the credit.liability that they have accumulated..However, if they were to have a medical emergency.and they had to use public funds in order.to pay for that for emergencies, it's not.going to come back to you, but if they continue.to use it after the emergency, that could.come back to you and you could be liable for.that..So, read the instructions and read your responsibilities.so that you know what they are, your obligations..So, we're getting to the end of this..And in the end you need to put down... if.you understand English, and if you've been.going through this form with me right now,.then I'm assuming that you do..You can read and speak English and you understand.it..And if you were not able to understand it,.or you completed this for someone else who.doesn't speak the language, then you do need.to enter this interpreter information..And then, if you're the sponsor, you want.to enter your information in this area..And so in this case, John was a sponsor and.so we'll enter his phone number..And his phone number, nobody has a landline.anymore..Everybody has a cell phone for everything..So, we'll just make sure that we use the same.number..And we're going to enter John's email address..So now, John is ready to sign this..So let's up..There we go..So, he's going to sign on line 6A, and he's.going to date this and then he's done because.he didn't use an interpreter..You cannot e-sign this..This has to be an original signature..And you do definitely want to put the date.in there..This is it..If someone asked if this could be e-signed..It can not be e-signed, it cannot be faxed,.it can not be scanned and emailed..It has to be the original signature..If you're going to be completing this form,.by the way, I didn't mention this in the beginning,.If you're going to complete this form by hand,.you want to make sure that you print legibly..And some people do not print as well as they.think they do..It has to be... the officer has to be able.to read this and it has to be printed in black.ink, not blue ink..It has to be in black ink..So, make sure that you complete it..If you complete it by hand, that it's in black.ink, and make sure that you sign this in black.ink, and that it is an original signature..Okay?.Try not to use a fine point pen because then.they're not able to tell if it's the original.signature or not..So try and use a thicker point pen..Thanks for watching our I-864 step by step.instructions..I really hope enjoyed it and got all the benefits.you need and the value that we always provide..But you have to remember, we're not providing.legal advice here..While I'm an attorney, I'm not your attorney..We're doing this as a public service to our.viewers, to our subscribers and just want.to give out, give back information..So, remember forms change, additions of form.change as well..It is your responsibility to check that your.forms have the correct edition, that you're.using the right forms, and that you consult.a professional if you don't know how to combine.it with other 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