Greencard für Verwandte und Affidavit of Support (Formular I-864) (2024)

FAQs

Do I need I-864 for green card? ›

Form I-864 should be completed when the person who is applying for their green card has either been scheduled for an immigrant visa interview at a consular office outside the U.S., or is inside the U.S. already and they are ready to submit Form I-485 (Adjustment of Status).

If you are filing as a self-petitioning battered spouse or child using Form I-360, you are exempt from the Form I-864 requirements if your Form I-360 is approved and you are applying for lawful permanent residence.

A substitute sponsor is a sponsor who is completing Form I-864 on behalf of an intending immigrant whose original Form I-130 petitioner has died after the Form I-130 was approved, but before the intending immigrant obtained lawful permanent residence.

A copy of your individual federal income tax return, including W-2s for the most recent tax year, or a statement and/or evidence describing why you were not required to file. Also include a copy of every Form 1099, schedule, and any other evidence of reported income.

No, the Form I-864 remains valid indefinitely unless evidence of failure to meet the poverty guidelines in effect on the date of I-864 filing arises.

How Many Years of Tax Returns Are Required? For Form I-864, the U.S government requires proof of tax filing for the most recent filing year (typically the previous calendar year). Note that the the sponsor (and co-sponsor if any) has the option to provide tax filings from the past 3 years.

2024 Income Requirements for Green Card Sponsors

The most common minimum annual income required to sponsor a spouse or family member for a green card is $25,550. This assumes that the sponsor — the U.S. citizen or current green card holder — is not on active military duty and is sponsoring only one relative.

There are a couple of distinctive categories for self-sponsored green cards, where a foreign individual does not require an employer or family member's sponsorship – these are for victims of criminal activities and for those demonstrating extraordinary abilities.

When a person files an I-130, they will usually file Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, as well; In many cases people file Form I-864 after filing Form I-130, but if Form I-130 and Form I-485 are being filed concurrently, then Form I-864 will be filed at the same time as Form I-130 because Form I-864 usually must ...

Do I need to bring I-864 to interview? ›

Each individual applicant must present an I-864 Affidavit of Support with original signatures. If family members have separate visa petitions, each family member must submit a signed I-864 from the petitioner/sponsor, the joint sponsor (if required) and I-864A as required.

The instructions to the Form I-864 explain that the sponsor is to enter his or her “current individual, earned or retirement, annual income.” Enter “expected income for the current year.” This means calculating how much money the sponsor is anticipating earning for the calendar year “in which the intending immigrant ...

Exemption From I-864 Requirement Based on Child Citizenship Act. Under the Child Citizenship Act (CCA), certain immigrant children will become U.S. citizens automatically, as soon as they become U.S. permanent residents. This is called "derivation" of citizenship.

Submit photocopies for all supporting documents unless an original document is specifically required. Form I-864 does not need to be notarized. However, the form must have the sponsor's actual signature in black ink.

Exemption From I-864 Requirement Based on Child Citizenship Act. Under the Child Citizenship Act (CCA), certain immigrant children will become U.S. citizens automatically, as soon as they become U.S. permanent residents. This is called "derivation" of citizenship.

That means that you can apply for your green card on your own without the need for an employer or a family member to sponsor you. These four ways are (1) the EB1A visa, (2) the EB2 national interest waiver, (3) the EB5 investor visa, and (4) the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

If not submitted to NVC along with the Affidavit of Support form, the petitioner will need to provide the visa applicant with evidence of his or her domicile. The visa applicant will need to bring that evidence to the visa interview for the consular officer to review.