Use of assets to supplement income even though I still won't make it above the line

[AmyAndres 2]

Hi all,

I am in the process of collecting documents for my husband's AOS submission. I work abroad and will be seeking employment when we relocate to the USA. My source of employment for the past three years has been exempt by the IRS because I work abroad, but my gross adjusted income from 2012-2014 is $0. We have some savings, but it's definitely not enough to cover the 125% x 3 in our case. My dad is my husband's joint sponsor, and he well surpasses the 125% based on his USA income to support my husband.

My question is, is it worth it to even include my assets from my checking and savings accounts? It seems like a lot of hassle, as I will have to translate a lot of documents from my savings account and retirement account in Spanish, and even with our assets we need a joint sponsor. Should I just leave my assets at $0 and save myself a headache, or will that throw up flags in his case that it appears on the I-864 that we're broke (when we're really not)?

Edited June 18, 2015 by AmyAndres

[dwheels76 5,459]

Hi all,

I am in the process of collecting documents for my husband's AOS submission. I work abroad and will be seeking employment when we relocate to the USA. My source of employment for the past three years has been exempt by the IRS because I work abroad, but my gross adjusted income from 2012-2014 is $0. We have some savings, but it's definitely not enough to cover the 125% x 3 in our case. My dad is my husband's joint sponsor, and he well surpasses the 125% based on his USA income to support my husband.

My question is, is it worth it to even include my assets from my checking and savings accounts? It seems like a lot of hassle, as I will have to translate a lot of documents from my savings account and retirement account in Spanish, and even with our assets we need a joint sponsor. Should I just leave my assets at $0 and save myself a headache, or will that throw up flags in his case that it appears on the I-864 that we're broke (when we're really not)?

Since you have a sponsor no need to show assets. Are you sure you didn't have to file taxes for those 3 years even though it was foreign earned?

[AmyAndres 2]

Hi, I did file my taxes, but for the purposes of the form, it's $0 because it was $ earned outside the US and was filed along with a foreign earned income exclusion.

And thanks for your response!