What is Form I-864?
The sponsor's legally binding promise to financially support a family-based (or certain employment-based) immigrant, showing household size, income and, if needed, assets against the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Filed with a green-card application (Form I-485) or an immigrant visa case; FileIt prepares the paper form, which the sponsor signs by hand in ink.
What’s on Form I-864
The 2026 edition has 12 pages. FileIt asks for it in 12 parts:
- Attorney or accredited representative (top of page 1)Preparer
- Part 1. Basis for filing the affidavit of supportSponsor
- Part 2. Information about you (the sponsor)Sponsor
- Part 3. Information about the principal immigrantSponsor
- Part 4. Information about the immigrants you are sponsoringSponsor
- Part 5. Sponsor's household sizeSponsor
- Part 6. Sponsor's employment and incomeSponsor
- Part 7. Use of assets to supplement incomeSponsor
- Part 8. Sponsor's contract, contact information, certification and signatureSponsor
- Part 9. Interpreter's contact information, certification and signatureInterpreter
- Part 10. Person preparing this affidavit, if other than the sponsorPreparer
- Part 11. Additional informationSponsor
Fill out Form I-864 online with FileIt
- Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
- Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 180 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
- Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
- Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault.
FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.
Start Form I-864 now — it’s freeOfficial sources
- Blank form (PDF), published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-864.pdf
- Official instructions and guidance: https://www.uscis.gov/i-864
- Edition shown on this page: 08/24/26 (OMB 1615-0075, expires 10/31/2027) (checked 2026-09-28).
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