What is the meaning， if I signed the financial support affidavit?
You are usually relatives and friends to sign theaffidavit, when you did, you become an immigrants "Guarantor." Affidavit of Support (I-864) from December 1997 started to become a legally binding document, means you agree to financially subsidize each other. In December 1997, before the affidavit has no legal force effect.
Affidavit is intended to ensure that immigrants immigration beneficiary does not become America's "public burden" while in immigration after applying for social benefits such as SSI social security grants. For new immigrants to receive the SSI, the government may claim the economic recovery from the guarantor.