Joint Sponsor & Unemployment Benefits?
Coronavirus has confused my case a little & I'd love some advice. Our case is under CR1 category with spouse living overseas & we were waiting for the interview last year but the US Embassy shut down and canceled the spouse's interview. Been waiting a year to finally have the interview & it is coming up soon. Last year I had submitted my and joint sponsor's I-864 forms along with supporting docs to the Embassy portal CEAC. I used a family friend as a joint sponsor 'just in case' who at the time last year was working as an assistant professor at an art college but last March she was temporarily laid-off when corona began & been getting unemployment benefits only (for a year now). She is due to go back in September once colleges resume in-class courses. I know that UI is not a public charge thing so my question is the following:
1) If her UI meets the minimum povery guideline for two that she's been earning since last March, can I use her again through a new I-864 form where I just include her UI earnings as current annual income? UI is still an earned income isn't it? Is UI bad on I-864?
2) Im a self-employed landlord (finishing certificate in college soon) but filed for UI myself last March because I read that landlord $ is considered passive income & you can get UI while also getting $ as landlord like one doesn't hurt the other. Is this bad for my I-864 that I was getting UI too although my landlord earning is above the povery guideline for 2 people in california