Affidavit of Support: K-1 Visa US citizen working abroad

[BCARNOLD 18]

Hi I have a few questions about the affidavit requirement and co-sponsorship.

 

     I'm an American that's been working abroad in South Korean for the past two years. Would the US take my Korean salary/taxes/bank info as proof of income on the AOS? I'm a little lost what US citizens who've been working abroad are supposed to do.

     My mother has offered to co-sponsor if necessary. My other question is: When co-sponsoring, would we have to plan on living in the same household? I plan on moving to Hawaii when I come back to the US and my mom lives in Indiana. Does that matter?

 

Thanks for your help

[nightingalejules 678]

You can use savings for sponsorship, but it has to be 5 times the amount you need as annual salary (So if it's just the 2 of you, the salary requirement is $20,025, or you'd need to have $100,125 in savings). You can't use your Korean salary unless you are continuing in that job (which probably you won't because you'll be back in the US).

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be a smarta$$, but what USC's who've been living and working abroad are supposed to do (apparently) is either a: come back to the US, get a job that pays at least 20,025/yr and then bring your fiancee over, OR b: get a co-sponsor. 

You don't need to live in the same physical household as your co-sponsor. In this context, the word "household" doesn't mean "home" but rather "people for whom she is responsible. So when it says that she has to include your fiancee in "her household" to get the right amount of money she needs to be making to qualify to be a co-sponsor, it means that she needs to add your fiancee's name in the list comprised of: herself + spouse + any live-at-home dependent children + your fiancee.

It means she can afford to be financially responsible to make sure that your fiancee doesn't become a drain on the state, not that she lives in the same house.

Co-sponsorship is almost certainly the best bet (unless you have 100 grand and change lying around).

Good luck!

[BCARNOLD 18]

Thank you very much nightingalejules! I have a better understanding now, I appreciate it