{"id":1779,"date":"2015-06-16T07:44:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T07:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:19:11","slug":"affidavit-support-green-card-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/affidavit-support-green-card-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Affidavit Of Support For Green Card Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15_June_1-e1434440469347.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15_June_1-e1434440469347.jpg\" alt=\"15_June_1\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a>If a resident is bringing a close relative to stay in the United States through immigration permanently then legal responsibility has to be borne for financially supporting the relative. The resident can become a sponsor of the relative for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/\"><strong>Green Card<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; a form has to be completed by signing a document called the Affidavit of Support \u2013 Form I-864, as a part of the entire immigration process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a part of filing for the Green Card the form I-864 has to be filled up, and it is used for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Family \u2013 based immigrant visa applicants. Petitions are filed using Form I-130 or Form I-129F, including orphans (IR-4, a petition using Form I-600 or I-600A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family member who files a petition for the immigrant must be the sponsor, especially for immediate relatives of U S Citizens and family \u2013 based preference category immigrants.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Those who are employee-based immigrants and have close relatives abroad the relative who files the petition should have a significant interest of ownership in the business entity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE TERM \u201cRELATIVE\u201d USED WITH RELATIONSHIP TO GREEN CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The term \u201crelative\u201d for purposes related to <strong>immigration visas<\/strong> is defined as husband, wife, father, mother, child, adult son or daughter, brother or sister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a resident is bringing a close relative to stay in the United States through immigration permanently then legal responsibility has to be borne for financially supporting the relative. 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