Hey guys, in this video, we're gonna talk about the new 2022 income requirements. For
those of you who are going through the green card process, watch this video because this
applies to your petitioner and McBean POY and immigration lawyer in New York,
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the new income requirements. The affidavit support the I, which is known as the I 8 64
is a required document, uh, during the green card process and each year our government changes
the requirement that your petitioner sponsor will need to meet in order to sponsor you.
The new income requirements went into effect on March 1st, 2022. Now, how does the government
determine what that income requirement should be is based on the petitioner or the sponsor's
location? Where is he in America? Because if he or she is in Hawaii or Alaska, they must make a
higher income requirement than everyone else in the country. Also, if the sponsor is a member
of the military or an, um, or not, that matters. And then thirdly guys, it's based on the household
size, how large is the sponsor's household? How many mouths does he or she have to feed,
right? That's what our government cares the most about. Now with respect to household size, who
should be counted? Well, firstly, the sponsor, uh, the sponsor's spouse, the person being sponsored
dependent, children, other dependents, and guys don't forget lawful permanent residents who the
sponsor had petitioned for in the past. And they're still green card holders. Sponsors
are on the hook for LPRs for 10 years or until that person naturalizes or passes away. The
numbers that I'm gonna show today in this video focuses on sponsors in the United States, except
Alaska and Hawaii to get data pertaining to Alaska and Hawaii. Go on U S C I S's website, um, and do
a search for the I 8 64 P chart. Here's my chart guys, which by the way, you can download for free.
The link is in the description, grab this free download so that you could have this reference
for, um, your petition process. This year, this table friends has three columns. The
first column is, uh, the household size. So you wanna count again, the, the number of folks who
are part of the household and then, um, determine whether this violin is being done by someone who
is an active duty on active duty in our military, who is petitioning for a spouse or a child.
And if so, you're gonna wanna focus in on the data or the numbers that's in the middle here, the um,
the second column, but for everyone else, you're gonna need to focus on the third column, uh, for
all other sponsors. So I'm gonna go through the numbers now real quickly for all other sponsors,
a household size of two need a minimum income of $22,887. And again, this is only the
sponsor or the petitioner's income that I'm re uh, referencing here. A household size of three
needs an income of $28,787. A household size of four needs $34,687 household size of five needs,
$40,587 household size of six needs, $46,487. A household size of seven needs, $52,387. And
a household size, a big household, right size of eight will need a, uh, the petitioner will need an
income minimum of $58,287. Now you have to add an additional $5,900 for each additional person.
Again, this is a free download that I've created, that you can just grab and go and check the link
in the description box so that you can, uh, get this free resource other reminders before we go,
uh, joint sponsor. If you do not meet the income requirement,
you could also consider getting a joint sponsor who does meet the income requirement and that
joint sponsor's income must be sufficient to, um, to bring in either that one, you know,
or two or however many people are being petitioned for. Secondly, if you cannot meet the requirement,
you could also consider using assets. The affidavit support allows you to
include certain assets on that form. The I 8 64 instructions are super important. Read
those instructions to minimize and the errors or mistakes with the process. You don't want this
process to be delayed because of an error on your I 8 64, get legal help if necessary. If you feel
uncomfortable working on this form, yourself, work with a professional to guide you along the way,
friends. I hope you found that helpful. Be sure again, to share this video with other people,
comment below, let me know your thoughts and I will see you in the next one. Bye bye.