I-864A — Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member

Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member, is the companion to Form I-864. The sponsor uses it when their own income is below 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines and they need to add a qualifying household member's income to qualify. The household member signs the contract and becomes jointly and severally liable with the sponsor for supporting the intending immigrant.

Who can be a household member

• The sponsor's spouse.
• The sponsor's parent, adult child, sibling, or other relative — if they have lived in the sponsor's residence for the last six months or are claimed as a dependent on the sponsor's most recent federal tax return.
• The intending immigrant themselves — only when their income will continue from the same US source after admission and they live in the sponsor's household.

What we prepare

Binding obligation

Signing Form I-864A means the household member's income is no longer "just income shown on a form." The household member personally promises to the U.S. Government to support the intending immigrant if the sponsor cannot — and a government agency providing means-tested benefits to the immigrant can sue the household member as well as the sponsor. The obligation continues until the same termination events that end the sponsor's obligation (naturalization, 40 quarters, exit and termination of LPR status, or death).

What we do not do

Imverica is a California Legal Document Assistant and Immigration Consultant. We prepare the I-864A accurately at your direction. We do not give legal or tax advice; we cannot tell you whether using a household member vs. a joint sponsor is the better strategy, whether the income calculation will survive USCIS review, or what the practical risk of the joint-and-several obligation will be in your family situation. Those are legal and financial determinations — we refer complex cases to a California immigration attorney and CPA.