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Form I-864, Affidavit of Support

What goes wrong on I-864?

The same few things, over and over — and every one of them is a completeness problem the software checks for before your packet is marked ready.

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Where cases go wrong

Counting the household wrong — the form’s counting rules, not intuition

Income evidence that does not match the tax return

Not adding a joint sponsor when income is short

Forgetting that the obligation is a real contract, not a formality

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