On October 20, 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published an interim rule in Federal Register establishing the provisions for sponsorship of family and certain employment-based immigrants under the new legally enforceable affidavit of support. The Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act, was released on that same date. This document provides information on four issues: reduction of required supporting documentation; preferred order of documentation; form revision dates; and 1998 poverty guidelines. First, the document clarifies the Service policy concerning whether the sponsor must submit a separate copy of all supporting documentation for each dependent. This clarification is necessary to reduce the amount of paperwork being submitted by the sponsor. Second, this document provides information on the order in which the Service would like to have affidavits of support and accompanying documentation submitted. Third, this document explains that the Service has corrected minor errors in the first edition of Forms I-864, I-864A, and I-865. Finally, the document lists the new 1998 poverty guidelines.
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