We are partway thru the K-1, with many thanks already to the wonderful folks here.
However we have a problem. My US fiancee's sponsor has pulled out and she cannot be swayed There is no one else my fiancee knows who has the financial support available and is willing to help.

There is no way she is going to be able to earn the money to cover 125% of the poverty guidelines either - she has taken on more hours but she is basically 'unskilled' (thats a horrible term but I dont know how else to put it!) and as such unable to bring in the money required. Almost half of the income she currently gets is child support from her ex...

I understand some people have scraped through the London Interview on small amounts of personal savings, but the AoS will still provide insurmountable problems. I am a house owner and even as the prices start to drop here I expect to make at least 20,000 uk pounds profit on the place, but was not planning on selling up till the AoS had been completed, or if it was necessary to get thru the AoS to sell it and use those funds to prove I would not be a liability on the state.

I am due to send the papers to the London Embassy to arrange the interview, but without this financial issue sorted is there even any point? I've been throught the medical which was booked prior to the sponsor bailing on us, we're so close and still so far Any suggestions would be very warmly welcomed...

Its been 13 months since I've seen my loved one, and the frustration over this is driving us both mental
Many thanks

Rey

2 possible options

Have your fiancee move to the UK to live with you. Maybe move back in the future on a spousal visa.

Look into the possibility of self-sponsoring. Since you cant count on income, you will need a significant amount of assets. Not sure if your house would be considered enough.

Does she reach the 125% if you include the child support? if so include that, oh and maybe sell your house now if not. I dont see a timeline, so i cant say what you will be using which tax years. Other possibility is to find another co- sponser. Hope this helps

Here is another option. Your US fiance can get a job. Easy to come by to make 17,000 a year which puts you in extreme poverty.

This way he would not have to impose on relatives nor friends.

Here is another option. Your US fiance can get a job. Easy to come by to make 17,000 a year which puts you in extreme poverty.

This way he would not have to impose on relatives nor friends.

I think she has children ( dont know how many) changes the numbers if you have dependants

I would love for her to join me in the UK, however she has 3 children (2 living with her) and we dont want to interrupt their education. Relationships with their father are bad enough for them not to want to go there, and I wouldnt force that...

Selfsponsoring requires somewhere around 100k USD I believe and I will not be even close to that. If selling the house and everything here is required I will go with that, however it would be foolish of me to do so without being as close to 100% sure as possible that this would be enough. The UK house market isnt exactly in a wonderful state atm.

As mentioned she (the US petioning fiancee) does currently work, and has taken extra hours, but is nowhere near the required income -even including it she was $5000 a year short and working full time.

I do obviously plan on getting employed as soon as is possible within the US, and whilst only earning 18K+ here in the UK I have enough skills to get sorted fairly quickly - however this is not possible till the AoS and the provision of the green card as I understand it...

Many thanks for the input I'll have another go at the timeline, last time I tried, it crashed out on me...

You need to read this I-864P, Poverty Guidelines, if she has 2 dependant children ( so household of 3)125 % poverty line is $ 21,462

You need to include the fiance as a dependent though, which would make four, which would be $25,813.

We are partway thru the K-1, with many thanks already to the wonderful folks here.
However we have a problem. My US fiancee's sponsor has pulled out and she cannot be swayed There is no one else my fiancee knows who has the financial support available and is willing to help.

There is no way she is going to be able to earn the money to cover 125% of the poverty guidelines either - she has taken on more hours but she is basically 'unskilled' (thats a horrible term but I dont know how else to put it!) and as such unable to bring in the money required. Almost half of the income she currently gets is child support from her ex...

I understand some people have scraped through the London Interview on small amounts of personal savings, but the AoS will still provide insurmountable problems. I am a house owner and even as the prices start to drop here I expect to make at least 20,000 uk pounds profit on the place, but was not planning on selling up till the AoS had been completed, or if it was necessary to get thru the AoS to sell it and use those funds to prove I would not be a liability on the state.

I am due to send the papers to the London Embassy to arrange the interview, but without this financial issue sorted is there even any point? I've been throught the medical which was booked prior to the sponsor bailing on us, we're so close and still so far Any suggestions would be very warmly welcomed...


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Dear Rey:
I know exactly how you feel, we are in the same boat. We have been back twice now on the AOS and even though we meet the income requirements they do not want to approve based on my use of child support. But one thing you can try is take her income and deduct if from the amount needed (125% of poverty guidelines.) Take the amount you are short and multiply by 5. This is the amount of "assets" needed. Does she own any property, have a savings account or anything else that "can be converted to this amount within one year without causing undo hardship on the sponsor." Their words not mine You can take the leap and use the money from your house, placed in her savings to make up the amount. But like anything you are at the mercy of the consular officer. In our case my income is enough but it's entirely dependent on child support which they are not willing to take. My parents who make more than enough with retirement and Social Security also sponsored and were also denied, so you really are at their mercy. It's a leap of faith. We have hit the brick wall of the consular officer's "OPINION" and are currently stuck in Morocco with no way to fix the situation. I wish you so much luck, I know how hard and frustrating this can be.

Its been 13 months since I've seen my loved one, and the frustration over this is driving us both mental
Many thanks

Rey

Does she reach the 125% if you include the child support? if so include that, oh and maybe sell your house now if not. I dont see a timeline, so i cant say what you will be using which tax years. Other possibility is to find another co- sponser. Hope this helps