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Can a joint sponsor use his/her household members income to meet the income requirement? Btw, I am talking about a joint sponsor, no relation to the intending immigrant.

I know its easier if the "household member" becomes the joint sponsor if he/she meets the income requirements alone - but here is the situation - the household member doesnt have a US birth certificate in his current name (he has a US BC in his birth name, before he was adopted). I know its possible to get the BC in post-adoption name, but that will take some time.

In the mean time, can his wife (USC) use his income to become the joint sponsor while he signs the I-864A? I know that for I-864A, there is no citizenship or PR requirement.

An unrelated joint sponsor would file another I-864, not I-864A, and the joint sponsors income cannot be combined with the petitioner or immigrant.

I know its easier if the "household member" becomes the joint sponsor if he/she meets the income requirements alone - but here is the situation - the household member doesnt have a US birth certificate in his current name (he has a US BC in his birth name, before he was adopted). The adoption papers should provide the connection between his birth name and current name. Or he can use a US passport in his current name to prove citizenship.

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Jackolantern, sorry if it wasnt clear from my first post - the joint sponsor is trying to meet the income requirement with the help of her husbands income - they are not related to the immigrant/petitioner at all, and are not in the same household.

Let me explain a little further -
Say,
Petitioner = A
Intending Immigrant = B
(Intending) Joint Sponsor (USC) = C
(Intending) Joint Sponsors husband (USC with an older BC) = D

So, A petitioned for B. A doesnt meet the income requirement for I-864. A needs a joint sponsor.

C is NOT related to A or B, is not in the same household as A. C is a USC, with no income. Cs husband (in the same household) D has income, and as a household (C+D) they meet the income requirement. D, although a USC, doesnt have the means to obtain a current BC anytime soon (since it will involve getting adoption papers, amending BC, and it takes time) to show his proof of citizenship. My question is, can C be the joint sponsor by using Ds income, and have D fill out an 864A?

D wouldnt have to amend the BC. Showing the adoption papers + existing BC would be sufficient.

Because C and D dont meet the criteria for "household member", they would not file I-864A; one of them would file I-864. And whichever of them files the I-864 must have enough income by him/herself without combining income with anybody else. And that I-864 would be in addition to the I-864 filed by the petitioner.