Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: Affidavit of support for family of employment-based immigrant

No, it's not needed for most employment-based immigration cases. The offer of a permanent job position should have been at a sufficient salary to cover you and your family. However, if the petitioner offering you the job is your relative, he or she must execute an affidavit of suppport.

Liem Doan, Esq.

Re: Affidavit of support for family of employment-based immigrant

Affidavits of support for family members signed by the main applicant/beneficiary of the I-140 (yourself), are regularly required at consular posts as well as at local INS offices. You should have the completed forms with you on the day of the interview, so that you do not have to come back to a second interview. For some consulates, one affidavit naming all the dependents might be enough, others might require individual ones to be executed for each member of your family travellig with you. Good luck!