Termination Of Affidavit Of Support Obligation

Termination of Affidavit of Support Obligation for Permanent Resident Status-Green Card.

The Affidavit of Support obligation and the address reporting requirement apply to a sponsor, substitute sponsor, and joint sponsor. Any Co-Sponsor household member’s support obligation under a Form I-864A contract also terminates by law when the sponsored immigrant:

1. Becomes a citizen of the United States;
2. Has worked, or can be credited with, 40 qualifying quarters of Social Security earnings,
3. Ceases to hold the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence and departs the United States.
4. Obtains in  removal/deportation proceeding a new grant of adjustment of status as relief from removal (in this case, any individual(s) who signed an affidavit of support or Form I-864A Contract between Sponsor and Household in relation to the new adjustment application will be subject to the Affidavit of support obligations, rather than those who signed an affidavit of support or Form I-864A Contract between Sponsor and Household in relation to an earlier grant of Lawful permanent resident status; or
5. Dies.

The support obligation under an affidavit of support ends if the sponsor, substitute sponsor, or joint sponsor dies. A household member’s obligation under a Form I-864A Contract between Sponsor and Household also ends if the household member dies.

The death of one person with an Affidavit of Support obligation, either under an affidavit of support or a Form I-864A Contract, does not end the support obligation of any other sponsor, substitute sponsor, joint sponsor, or household member for the same sponsored immigrant.

When the sponsor’s, substitute sponsor’s, or joint sponsor’s obligations under an affidavit of support end, or when a household member’s obligations end, this does not relieve them (or their estates) of any reimbursement obligations that arose before the support obligation ended.

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