Affidavit of Support Calculator

This calculator uses 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPL) for most sponsors, or 100% of FPL if the sponsor is active-duty U.S. military sponsoring a spouse or child. The guidelines themselves are republished annually by HHS, and this calculator is built on the 2026 figures. If you're using this tool in a later year, confirm the current HHS poverty guidelines before relying on the result — FPL amounts typically increase each year, which raises Required Income even if your household size doesn't change.

Assets are counted at one-fifth (20%) of their value for most sponsored immigrants — this calculator's Asset Income Equivalent is Qualifying Assets divided by 5, added to Sponsor Annual Income to get an effective income USCIS compares against the threshold. A citizen sponsoring a spouse or child may instead use the more generous one-third divisor under USCIS rules, which this calculator does not model; if that exception applies to you, consult an immigration attorney or USCIS's current Form I-864 instructions directly rather than relying on this figure.

If Meets With Assets shows 'No,' the sponsor cannot qualify alone and USCIS requires a joint sponsor — a separate person who files their own I-864 and independently meets the full income requirement for the same household size. A joint sponsor's income cannot be combined with the primary sponsor's income to jointly clear the threshold; each sponsor's own income and assets must independently meet the requirement on their own Form I-864.

The Federal Poverty Guidelines add a fixed per-person increment for every household member beyond the first, and Required Income scales directly with Household Size for that reason. Every additional dependent — including the immigrant being sponsored — raises the poverty guideline used as the base, before the 125% (or 100%) multiplier is applied on top of it.

Yes. Congress created a statutory exception for active-duty members of the U.S. armed forces sponsoring their spouse or child: the requirement drops from 125% of FPL to 100% of FPL. On this calculator, setting Active Duty Military to 'Yes' recalculates Required Income at the 100% multiplier instead of 125%, which lowers the required income by a fifth relative to the civilian threshold for the same household size.