Family based petitions and some employment-based petitions (where a relative owns a 5% interest in the petitioning company) require the petitioner to submit an affidavit of support (Form I – 864) in ...

Can an immigrant enforce an affidavit of support against a sponsor? Sometimes, the answer is “yes.” Recently, a U.S. District Court held that despite a prenuptial agreement between a U.S. citizen and ...

Q: A friend is getting married to a U.S. citizen. Since his future wife has no work history, he wants me to sign an affidavit of support for him. If I sign the affidavit, could a hospital hold me ...

On October 1, 2020, the US Department of Homeland Security proposed new rules strengthening the process of Affidavit of Support (AOS). In the context of family-based petition, the AOS is one of the ...

Many of you will have heard of the affidavit of support document which must accompany the vast majority of family-based green card petitions, and also some employment-based ones. The document, which ...

With a few exceptions, generally, a petitioner who files a petition on behalf of a family member is required to execute an affidavit of support. The execution and submission of an affidavit of support ...