Supporting Statement Appendix A: I-864 Comment Responses

Supporting Statement Appendix A: Comment Responses
Form I-864 Form Series Revision Package
Comment Public Comments
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Comment Commenter: Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
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(CLINIC)
Issue 1: Form I-864
Information about Immigrants being Sponsored

USCIS Response

Response: USCIS accepts the recommendation and has modified the
parenthetical in this question.

Page 2, Part 3, Question 1
Discussion: The "yes" or "no" options do not take into
consideration the common situation where a petitioning
sponsor has immigrated the principal beneficiary and is now
filing an affidavit of support on behalf of the derivatives
who are applying to immigrate more than six months after
the principal beneficiary ("follow to join"). The options are
either that the petitioning sponsor is filing the affidavit of
support on behalf of the principal beneficiary (named in Part
2) or that the person filing the I-864 is the second of two
joint sponsors. This has been a problem with the form since
the final regulation introduced the concept of two potential
joint sponsors in 2006.
Recommendation: Add the following language within the
parenthetical: (Applicable only if you are sponsoring family
members in Part 3. as the second joint sponsor or if you are
sponsoring family members who are immigrating more than
six months after the principal immigrant).
Issue 2: Form I-864
Information about Immigrants being Sponsored

Response: USCIS accepts the recommendation and has added a new
Item Number 3 to Part 3.

Page 2, Part 3, New Question #3

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Discussion: If you are following the recommendation above
and changing the I-864 to allow for a petitioning sponsor to
file an affidavit of support for the following to join
derivatives without having to jerry rig the form, which is
currently the case, then you will need to add a third box
after the current #2.
Recommendation: A third box would-state: I am sponsoring
the following family members who are immigrating more
than six months after the principal immigrant.
Issue 3: Form I-864
Information about Immigrants being Sponsored

Response: USCIS accepts the recommendation and has made
corresponding changes to Form I-864.

Page 2, Part 3, Questions 4, 9, 14, 19, and 24
Discussion: The question asks "Relationship to Sponsored
Immigrant." The petitioning sponsor or joint sponsor is filing
the affidavit of support on behalf of the principal immigrant
and any derivative family members immigrating within six
months of the principal immigrant. All of the family
members listed in Part 3 are sponsored immigrants. The
question should be what is their relationship to the principal
immigrant.
Recommendation: Change "Relationship to Sponsored
Immigrant" to Relationship to Principal
Immigrant.

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Issue 4: Form I-864
Information about Immigrants being Sponsored

Response: USCIS accepts the recommendation and has added the
suggested language to Form I-864.

Page 3, Part 3, Question 28
Discussion: If the petitioning sponsor is filing the affidavit of
support on behalf of the derivative family members who are
immigrating more than six months after the principal
immigrant, then by definition, that means that the principal
beneficiary has already immigrated. Although the principal
immigrant will need to be listed in Part 2, that person will
not be counted in this section. Instead, that person will be
counted in Part 5 #6 as a household member on whose
behalf an I-864 or I-864EZ was filed previously and who is
now an LPR.
Recommendation: Add the following language after the
words "Additional Information": Do not count the principal
immigrant if you are only sponsoring family members
entering more than six months after the principal
immigrant.
Issue 5: Form I-864
Use of Assets
Page 5, Part 6, Questions 6-8
Discussion: In this section the sponsor may count the assets
of the intending immigrant. In most cases, that will be the
principal beneficiary identified in Part 2. But there are
situations where the affidavit is being filed on behalf of
derivative family members of the principal immigrant more
than six months after the principal beneficiary has
immigrated. In those situations, the sponsor would not be

Response: USCIS believes that CLINIC is addressing Question 6-8 on
Page 5, Part 7, not Part 6.
The term “principal sponsored immigrant” has been deleted and
replaced with “principal immigrant,” as this is the term used in Part
2.
Under the regulations at 8 CFR 213a.2(c)(2)(C)(1) and (3), the
principal immigrant’s assets may be used to meet the income
requirements of the sponsor. Under these regulations, if the sponsor
seeks to rely on an intending immigrant's continuing income to
establish the sponsor's ability to support the intending immigrant's
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able to use the assets of the principal beneficiary. The
language needs to be amended in the words preceding
questions 6-8 as well as within the questions.
Recommendation: Strike the words "principal sponsored
immigrant" and replace it with principal immigrant in the
heading preceding questions 6-8. Add the following after
the words "The principal immigrant is the person listed in
Part 2, Item Numbers l.a- l.c.": Only include the assets if the
principal immigrant is being sponsored by this affidavit of
support. Within questions 6-8, strike the words "sponsored
immigrant's" and replace them with principal immigrant's.
Issue 6: I-864 INS
General Instructions; Biometric Services Appointment
Page 2, General Instructions, Biometric Services
Appointment

spouse or children, then the intending immigrant whose income is to
be relied on must sign the Form I-864A. The Form I-864A allows for
the sponsor to use a household member’s (such as the intending
immigrant) income or assets to support the I-864 beneficiary.
Because the sponsor may use the principal immigrant’s income or
assets to support the following-to-join beneficiary, the suggested
additional language has not been incorporated into Form I-864.

Response: While it happens infrequently, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(9) allows
USCIS to call a sponsor for interview and biometrics. USCIS feels that
including this language in the instructions puts sponsors on notice
that such an appointment is a possibility.

Discussion: In the current Instructions, the sponsor is
informed on page 14 that the USCIS may request that they
appear for an interview as well as provide fingerprints,
photograph, and/or a signature "to verify your identity
and/or update background and security checks." The
proposed Instructions would move that language to the
second page and thus make it more prominent. It would
also add the following additional purpose of biometrics: "a
check of criminal history records maintained by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before making a decision on
your application, petition, or request." First, the affidavit of
support is not an "application, petition, or request." By
calling it something it is not, the USCIS is implying that this is
simply boilerplate language meant to cover various forms
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and situations. Second, during the last twenty years of
enforcement of the affidavit of support, the sponsor has
been required to appear in only a miniscule number of
cases. Therefore CLINIC believes that it is not necessary to
make this more prominent than it already is. We believe it
would have the effect of intimidating joint sponsors and
discouraging them from participating in the process. Third,
CLINIC does not understand why a sponsor's criminal
background would be relevant in determining the
sufficiency of the affidavit of support and whether the
sponsor has demonstrated sufficient income to maintain the
intending immigrants.
Recommendation: Move this section back to where it is
also covered in Page 15 under Processing Information. Strike
the words "including "a check of criminal history records
maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
before making a decision on your application, petition, or
request."
Issue 7: I-864 INS
General Instructions; Copies
Page 3, Note
Discussion: The proposed language would add the following
language: "If you submit original documents when not
required or requested by USCIS, your original documents
may be immediately destroyed upon receipt." (emphasis in
the original) CLINIC questions the need for the agency to
"immediately destroy" original documents that are
inadvertently submitted in lieu of copies. Such action seems
unnecessarily punitive.

Response: The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), 44

U.S.C. 3505, provides that, when possible Federal agencies use
electronic means to conduct agency business with the public. To
facilitate electronic adjudication and digitizing of files, USCIS has
decided to destroy all original documents upon intake after the filing
has been electronically stored. To reduce burden and costs,
unrequested original documents will be destroyed after digital
storage. In addition, the National Archives and Records
Administration’s (NARA) permanent record standards require that
USCIS streamline its process for digitizing records and the NARA
standard for scanning permanent records, authorizes agencies to
destroy certain records that do not “have sufficient administrative,
legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued
preservation by the Government.” See 44 U.S.C. §3303a(a). Once
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Recommendation: We encourage the USCIS to strike the
proposed language and retain the current language and
warning against submission of original documents: If you
submit original documents when not required, the
documents may retain a part of the record, and USCIS will
not automatically return them to you.

approved by NARA, retention periods in the schedules are
mandatory and authorize the disposal of unneeded records.

Issue 8: I-864 INS
Specific Instructions; Current Annual Household Income

Response: USCIS accepts the recommended edit and has deleted the
language.

These instructions place sponsors on notice that if original
documents are submitted when not required or requested by USCIS,
there is a possibility that they may be destroyed. To mitigate
concerns hard to replace original document, such as passports,
foreign government documents, or documents issued by a foreign
governments, will be returned after they are electronically stored.
Non-originals or originals that are not considered difficult to replace
will be shredded.

Page 8, Part 6, Items Numbers 8-12
Discussion: In the paragraph numbered 2 it states "If you
included the income of the intending immigrant who is your
spouse...the intending immigrant must provide evidence
that he or she is living in your residence." This is in error. If
the intending immigrant is the spouse, that person does not
need to be residing with the sponsor in order to count their
income. See 8 CFR §
213a(c)(2)(i)(C)(5). In other sections of the Instructions, it is
stated correctly, that the intending immigrant spouse does
not need to reside with the sponsor in order to count his or
her income. See page 12, What if l Cannot Meet the Income
Requirements? and Can the Intending Immigrant Help Me
Meet the Income Requirements?
Recommendation: Strike the words: "and the intending
immigrant must provide evidence that he or she is living in
your residence."
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Issue 9: I-864 INS
Specific Instructions; Federal Income Tax Return
Information
Page 9, Item Numbers 23.a- 25. Federal Income Tax Return
Information

Response: In this instruction, USCIS means to convey that if a
sponsor would like to have past income considered as part of the I864 submission, then he or she must submit a copy of the tax return
or IRS transcript showing that income. USCIS has edited the language
in this instruction to better convey this meaning.

Discussion: The third paragraph on page 9 begins with the
sentence: "To rely on income for any given year, you must
submit an IRS transcript or copy of your Federal individual
income tax return for that year." This is both confusing and
inaccurate. The test of whether the sponsor has the means
to maintain the intending immigrant(s) at 125 percent of the
poverty line is determined by his or her current individual
annual income. See Instructions at Part 6, Item Number 7,
page 8. It states to enter "your expected income for the
current year." This means that the sponsor must calculate
how much money he or she is anticipating earning for the
calendar year "in which the intending immigrant filed the
application for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status."
See 8 CFR §213a.2(c)(2)(ii)(A), (C). The income reported on
prior tax returns is helpful and instructive, since it may show
financial stability. The income reported on prior years' tax
returns is particularly relevant if the current estimated
income is more than what was reported on last year's
federal income tax return. In that case, and especially if the
income reported on last year's tax return is less than the
125 percent of poverty requirement, the sponsor should
back up the estimate of current income with an employer's
letter, pay stubs, and tax returns from the prior three years
(not just the prior tax year). If the current income and the
income reported on last year's income tax return are both
above the 125 percent of poverty level, the sponsor has
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satisfied the financial requirement and should not need to
include additional supporting documentation. The sponsor
is required to include a tax return for the prior tax year,
assuming he or she had a tax liability. See page 13, "The
petitioning sponsor must also provide his or her federal
income tax return for the most recent tax year with
supporting tax documents unless otherwise not required to
file a Federal income tax return for the most recent tax
year." Therefore to state that the sponsor must submit a tax
return for the current year he or she is estimating and
relying on income is inconsistent and impossible, since
federal tax returns are filed the year after the current
calendar year ends. And to imply that the sponsor would be
relying on income reported on a prior calendar year runs
counter to the regulations, the I-864, and the instructions
on how to measure current individual annual income.
Recommendation: Strike the sentence: "To rely on income
for any given year, you must submit an IRS transcript or
copy of your Federal individual income tax return for that
year."
Issue 10: I-864 INS
Specific Instructions, Part 7, Use of Assets

Response: USCIS has accepted the recommended edit and made the
change to the I-864 Instructions.

Page 10, Part 7, Item Number 10, Total Value of Assets
Discussion: In this paragraph it states "if you are a U.S.
citizen and you are sponsoring your spouse or minor child,
the total value of your assets must only be equal to at least
three times the difference." This is in error. The sponsor's
assets must be three times the shortfall in income if
he or she is a U.S. citizen and petitioning a spouse or child
age 18 years or older. See 8 CFR §213a.2(c)(iii)(B)(l).
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Recommendation: Change the words "spouse or minor
child" to spouse or child 18 years or older.
Issue 11: Form I-864A
Your Federal Income Tax Information and Assets

Response: USCIS agrees with the recommendation and has deleted
the second occurrence of this language.

Page 2, Part 4, Question I.a and 1.b
Discussion: CLINIC commends the USCIS for making the
proposed changes regarding Questions #l.a and l.b so that
the sponsor can correctly indicate whether he or she has
filed income tax returns for the prior three years and then
can also state whether he or she is electing to attach copies
of the second and third most recent tax year. However, the
USCIS has failed to propose deleting the box and optional
election language that comes after Questions #2.c. As
proposed, this language appears twice.
Recommendation: Delete the second box and paragraph
beginning with "(Optional)" after Part 4 #2.c. because it is
stated already after #l.b.
Issue 12: Form I-864A
Part 5, Sponsor's Promise

Proposed Response: USCIS thanks the commenter for their
comment.

Page 4, Part 5, Question 27
Discussion: CLINIC commends the USCIS for improving the
language.
Issue 13: Form I-864A
Part 6, Your Household Member's Statement

Proposed Response: USCIS thanks the commenter for their
comment.

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Page 5, Part 6, Question 1.b. and 2.
Discussion: CLINIC commends the USCIS for improving the
language.
Issue 14: I-864A INS
Who May Be Considered a Household Member for
Purposes of Form I-864A?

Proposed Response: USCIS thanks the commenter for their
comment.

Page 1
Discussion: CLINIC commends the USCIS for deleting the
language indicating that the household member must be a
U.S. citizen, LPR, or U.S. national. The language in the
current Instructions is wrong. See 8 CFR
§213a.2(c)(2)(i)(C)(l). There is no statutory or regulatory
requirement that the household member has to have any
U.S. citizenship or lawful immigration status, and the
proposed language remedies that error.
Issue 15: I-864A INS
General Instructions, Signature

Proposed Response: USCIS thanks the commenter for their
comment.

Page 2, General Instructions, Signature
Discussion: The proposed language is: "If you are filing this
contract electronically when authorized, USCIS will accept
your signature in an electronic format." CLINIC commends
the USCIS for not requiring a "wet" signature. This conforms
with the State Department's current practice.
Issue 16: I-864A INS
General Instructions; Biometric Services Appointment

Response: While it happens infrequently, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(9) allows
USCIS to call a sponsor for interview and biometrics. USCIS feels that
including this language in the instructions puts sponsors on notice
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Appointment

that such an appointment is a possibility.

Discussion: The current Instructions do not contain any
advisal that the household member may be required to
attend an interview or submit to fingerprints. Nor does it
contain language that the household member may be
subjected to "a check of criminal history records maintained
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), before making
a decision on your application, petition, or request." As
already stated above in reference to the Instructions for the
I-864, the affidavit of support is not an "application,
petition, or request." By calling it something it is not, the
USCIS is implying that this is simply boilerplate language
meant to cover various forms and situations. Second, during
the last twenty years of enforcement of the affidavit of
support, the household member have almost never been
required to appear in person at an adjustment of status or
immigrant visa interview. Therefore, CLINIC believes that it
is not necessary to add this language. We believe it would
have the effect of intimidating potential household
members and discouraging them from participating in the
process. Third, CLINIC does not understand why a
household member's criminal background would be
relevant in determining the sufficiency of the affidavit of
support and whether the sponsor has demonstrated
sufficient income to maintain the intending immigrants.
Recommendation: Delete this entire section.
Issue 17: I-864A INS
General Instructions; Copies
Page 3, Note

Response: The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), 44
U.S.C. 3505, provides that, when possible Federal agencies use
electronic means to conduct agency business with the public. To
facilitate electronic adjudication and digitizing of files, USCIS has

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Discussion: The proposed language would add the following
language: "If you submit original documents when not
required or requested by USCIS, your original documents
may be immediately destroyed upon receipt.” CLINIC
questions the need for the agency to "immediately destroy"
original documents that are inadvertently submitted in lieu
of copies. Such action seems unnecessarily punitive.
Recommendation: We encourage the USCIS to strike the
proposed language and retain the current language and
warning against submission of original documents: If you
submit original documents when not required, the
documents may remain a part of the record, and USCIS will
not automatically return them to you.

Issue 18: I-864A INS
Specific Instructions; Federal Income Tax Information and
Assets
Page 5, Part 4, Your Federal Income Tax Return Information
and Assets

decided to destroy all original documents upon intake after the filing
has been electronically stored. To reduce burden and costs,
unrequested original documents will be destroyed after digital
storage. In addition, the National Archives and Records
Administration’s (NARA) permanent record standards require that
USCIS streamline its process for digitizing records and the NARA
standard for scanning permanent records, authorizes agencies to
destroy certain records that do not “have sufficient administrative,
legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued
preservation by the Government.” See 44 U.S.C. §3303a(a). Once
approved by NARA, retention periods in the schedules are
mandatory and authorize the disposal of unneeded records.
These instructions place sponsors on notice that if original
documents are submitted when not required or requested by USCIS,
there is a possibility that they may be destroyed. To mitigate
concerns hard to replace original document, such as passports,
foreign government documents, or documents issued by a foreign
governments, will be returned after they are electronically stored.
Non-originals or originals that are not considered difficult to replace
will be shredded.
Response: In this instruction, USCIS means to convey that if a
sponsor would like to have past income considered as part of the I864A submission, then he or she must submit a copy of the tax
return or IRS transcript showing that income. USCIS has edited the
language in this instruction to better convey this meaning.

Discussion: The sixth paragraph on page 5 begins with the
sentence: "To rely on income for any given year, you must
submit an IRS transcript or copy of your Federal individual
income tax return for that year." This is confusing,
inaccurate, and impossible. Please see discussion of this
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same issue above regarding the Instructions for the I-864.
Recommendation: Delete this sentence.
Issue 19: I-864A INS
Specific Instructions; Current Information, Declaration, and
Signature

Response: USCIS agrees that the standard language should be
consistent across forms and has edited the paragraph accordingly.

Page 7, Part 8, Item Numbers l.a- 8.b.
Discussion: The proposed language states that "If the
person who helped you prepare your contract is an attorney
or accredited representative, he or she must also submit a
completed G-28..." However, the sentence fails to state that
this only applies if the representation will extend beyond
the preparation of the contract. This is now standard
language in almost all petitions and applications.
Recommendation: Add the following language at the end of
the last sentence in that paragraph: if his or her
representation extends beyond preparation of this contract.
Issue 20: I-864A INS
Address Change and Penalties
Page 8-9, Address Change and Penalties
Discussion: In the first paragraph it states "A sponsor who is
not a U.S. citizen must inform the users of his or her new
address within 10 days of moving..." It goes on to state that
the person must complete a Form I-865. On Page 9, second
and third paragraphs, it states what the civil penalty is for
sponsors who fail to provide a change of address form. But
the I-864A is used by household members, not sponsors.

Response: Both the sponsor and the household member that signs
the I-864A have a support obligation that is enforceable once signed
and accepted by the adjudicating officer. Therefore they are both
parties to this contract. All the penalties as listed on the form apply
to at least one of the signatories to this contract, therefore, the
language will be retained.

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This requirement is limited to sponsors and is stated plainly
in the statutory and regulatory provisions cited in this
section: 8 USC § 1183a(d) and 8 CFR §213a.3. Household
members are very distinct from sponsors in terms of the
eligibility and liability requirements. They are not subject to
address change reporting requirements.
Recommendation: Strike all language pertaining to change
of address requirements and penalties.
Issue 21: I-864EZ INS
General Instructions, Biometric Services Appointment
Page 3, Biometric Services Appointment

Response: While it happens infrequently, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(9) allows
USCIS to call a sponsor for interview and biometrics. USCIS feels that
including this language in the instructions puts sponsors on notice
that such an appointment is a possibility.

Discussion: See discussion and recommendation above with
the Instructions for the I-864 regarding the insertion of this
language.
Issue 22: I-864EZ INS
General Instructions, Copies
Page 3, Copies, Note
Discussion: See discussion and recommendation above with
the Instructions for the I-864 regarding the insertion of this
language.

Response: The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), 44

U.S.C. 3505, provides that, when possible Federal agencies use
electronic means to conduct agency business with the public. To
facilitate electronic adjudication and digitizing of files, USCIS has
decided to destroy all original documents upon intake after the filing
has been electronically stored. To reduce burden and costs,
unrequested original documents will be destroyed after digital
storage. In addition, the National Archives and Records
Administration’s (NARA) permanent record standards require that
USCIS streamline its process for digitizing records and the NARA
standard for scanning permanent records, authorizes agencies to
destroy certain records that do not “have sufficient administrative,
legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued
preservation by the Government.” See 44 U.S.C. §3303a(a). Once
approved by NARA, retention periods in the schedules are
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mandatory and authorize the disposal of unneeded records.
These instructions place sponsors on notice that if original
documents are submitted when not required or requested by USCIS,
there is a possibility that they may be destroyed. To mitigate
concerns hard to replace original document, such as passports,
foreign government documents, or documents issued by a foreign
governments, will be returned after they are electronically stored.
Non-originals or originals that are not considered difficult to replace
will be shredded.
Issue 23: I-864W INS
General Instructions, Biometric Services Appointment
Page 3, Biometric Services Appointment

Response: USCIS agrees that this section is not needed, given that
the person signing/submitting this form is the applicant for
adjustment of status or consular processing.

Discussion: See discussion above with the Instructions for
the I-864 regarding the insertion of this language. This
language is particularly inappropriate for the person
completing and signing the I-864W. This form is completed
by persons who are not required to complete an I-864
because they are: (1) a person who has earned or can be
credited with 40 qualifying quarters of Social Security
coverage; (2) a child who will be deriving citizenship upon
being granted LPR status; (3) a widow(er); or (4) a victim of
domestic violence. These persons are already required to
appear for an interview on their application for adjustment
of status or an immigrant visa and are already required to
submit biometrics. This language warning them that by
submitting an I-864W they are potentially subjecting
themselves to an interview and biometrics is both
superfluous and confusing.
Recommendation: Delete this paragraph.
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Issue 24: I-864W INS
Address Change and Penalties
Page 5-6, Address Change and Penalties

Response: USCIS agrees that this section is not needed, given that
the person signing/submitting this form is the applicant for
adjustment of status or consular processing.

Discussion: In the first paragraph under Address Change on
page 5 it states "A sponsor who is not a U.S. citizen must
inform the users of his or her new address within 10 days of
moving..." It goes on to state that the person must complete
a Form I-865. On Page 6 under Penalties, in the third and
fourth paragraphs, it states what the civil penalty is for
sponsors who fail to provide a change of address form. But
the I-864W is used by intending immigrants who are
exempted from filing an affidavit of support. These people
are not sponsors. The citation to that statutory and
regulatory provisions 8 USC § 1183a(d) and 8 CFR § 2T3a.3
are clearly-inapplicable. Intending immigrants are very
distinct from sponsors and do not have change of address
reporting requirements.
Recommendation: Strike all language pertaining to change
of address requirements and penalties.
Comment Commenter: Jean Publiee
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Comment: america needs to do away with this form
because the alleged "sponsors" are not livingup to what
they told the us govt and its taxpaeyrs that they would
support the immmigrants coming into this country. i amin
favor or not allowing this anymore. w don not need to allow
immigrants to come into this country under this fakery and
falsity anymore. the entire system is being criminally
abused. it therefore needs shutdown. those who are here
who are foreigners are using this fakery to bring in those

Response: As the commenter did not provide any substantive
recommendations for changing the form or instructions, USCIS will
not make any changes to information collection as a result of this
comment.

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who they tell us they will support, but that alleged support
vanishes immediately. the person brought in applies for
every welfare program going and looks for rent, food
money, freebies, freee medical care, free education and
they are a burden on the us economy. we do not need this
burden on american taxpayers, who are being played for
suckers by the foreigners who flock in here in overwhelming
numbers. doo you think they would flock here if we offered
them nothing. you bet they would not. they flock here to
see what they can get. our american tax dollars should be
going to american citizens. in fact, nothing goes to american
citizens anymore, it is all being taken away. oru spots in
colleges are being taken by foreigners, our free medicla care
is vanishgin because the centers are flooded with illegal
immigrants who have no right to be in this ocuntry in the
first place. our elementary schools, american taxpayers are
having to pay $25,000 a year for the free seats that these
illegal immigrants cause. why shoudl americna taxpayers be
paying $25,000 a year for illegal immigrant sto be in our
schools when we need that money to take care of our own
kids. we are beiong gouged into povery by the costs brought
on by these illegal imigrants. stop this cirminal hosing of
americans by these liars. they lie extensively,e very time you
look into their stories you find out they are rehearsed and
complete lies. total lies.

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