A few questions. My mother and father are going to sponsor my wife to stay in the US.

The plan is that my wife, and our two kids will be staying with out parents. Does this mean that the household size will be 6? (My parents have not claimed me as a dependent in the past year, but I am currently living with them and submitted the forms with this address.) 125% of the poverty level for a household of 6 is $40,725.

My parents are retired , they get about $35k in social security, have about $15k in pensions, and receive about $20k in dividends.

That comes out to 70k. Given that this number far exceeds 40,725, should this be OK? (This might sound silly, but I am told a lot of this is up to the reviewer's discretion. ) I am not sure if they look at the pension or dividends skeptically. I also want to add the dividends are paid in both names.

Also, my parents have assets. They own their house, and have a retirement nest egg in a brokerage account. Given that it looks like their income should be ok, but it might be looked at upon skeptically, should we still go ahead and list assets and evidence of assets?

If we do proceed with the assets, a couple more questions. If a house is listed, do i list that asset on the i864 (father) and i864a (mother) ?

Also they have 3 accounts with stocks.. 1 is a joint account, 1 has just my father's name, and 1 has just my mother's name. Does the joint get listed on both, and my father's individual account only gets listed on his form, and my mom's individual account only in her name?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Bumpski!

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Mac