Affidavit of support
Family
The affidavit of support, Form I-864, is the sponsor’s side of a family green card: a signed promise that the immigrant will have financial support. Most family cases include one, and your free check shows whether yours does.
The forms
The affidavit of support — the sponsor’s promise that the immigrant will have financial support.
A household member’s contract adding their income to the sponsor’s affidavit of support.
The request to skip the affidavit of support, for the few applicants the law exempts.
Requirements
The steps
By the form’s rules, from your answers — the step most people get wrong alone.
Shortfall? The joint-sponsor path opens, with its own copy of the form.
The affidavit travels with the green card application, in its place in the packet.
Questions
If you are married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, a marriage green card may be your path — inside or outside the U.S. The free check asks about your situation and shows the exact forms, documents, and government fees for your case.
Spouses, parents, children, and siblings each have their own petition paths, and which ones are open depends on whether the petitioner is a citizen or a permanent resident. Pick the relationship in the chooser, or let the free check identify the right petition from your answers.
The K-1 fiancé visa is the path for bringing your fiancé to marry in the U.S. Its page explains the requirements and documents, and the free check confirms whether it fits your situation.
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Affidavit of support