U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law
Welcome to the Affidavit of Support Help Center. If you feel that you need some help with the Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, you are not alone. Technical errors with the Form I-864 are among the most common reasons for denial of permanent residence applications.
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A wealthy real estate agent must pay to support his immigrant ex-wife per his Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, even though she is now living with and being supported by her adult son. That’s the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Erler v. Erler, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10361 (9th Cir. June 8, 2016). Continue reading “Erler v. Erler: Enforcement of Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, Obligations”
Immigration attorney Gnoleba Seri was arrested in Brooklyn, NY, on January 14 on charges of immigration fraud and aggravated identity theft for forging Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support. Continue reading “Immigration Lawyer Arrested for Forging Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support”
I just came across this classified ad on Craigslist seeking a joint sponsor for the Form I-864, Affidavit of Support: Continue reading “Is This a Thing? Advertising for an Affidavit of Support Joint Sponsor”
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Citizenship an Immigration Services has spent more than $1 billion trying to replace its antiquated paper-based approach to managing immigration with a system of online forms. But a decade in, all that officials have to show for the effort is a single online form (I-90, used for renewing or replacing green cards). The other 94 forms can be filed only on paper. Continue reading “Dear USCIS: Digitize the Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, Please”