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OPTIONS TO QUALIFY FOR VISA IR1 IF YOU DON`T HAVE A JOINT SPONSOR

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Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   43,397

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Use savings, 3 times the shortage.

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YouAndMeForever Proficient

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Hello everyone¡¡

What options do we have if the sponsor`s income is not at the 125% of the federal poverty guidelines and we don`t have a joint sponsor??

First of all, welcome to the forum. :)

If the sponsor can't meet the minimum income requirements and there is no joint sponsor available, there is still one option: assets

"You may add the cash value of your assets. This includes money in savings accounts, stocks, bonds, and property. To determine the amount of assets required to qualify, subtract your household income from the minimum income requirement (125% of the poverty level for your family size). You must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times this difference (the amount left over)."

Read more here: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-support

Good luck!

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

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08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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First of all, welcome to the forum. :)

If the sponsor can't meet the minimum income requirements and there is no joint sponsor available, there is still one option: assets

"You may add the cash value of your assets. This includes money in savings accounts, stocks, bonds, and property. To determine the amount of assets required to qualify, subtract your household income from the minimum income requirement (125% of the poverty level for your family size). You must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times this difference (the amount left over)."

Read more here: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-support

Good luck!

For a spouse it is 3 times not 5.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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bah. the 3x 5x thing comes up often. I dont usually pick on wording- because you know me Im never one to quote word for word from the manuals and and Im not going to here either lol.

If and only IF you are USC then its 3x for your spouse. For everyone else, LPRS and joint sponsors, its at the 5x rate. This awkward wording they use makes it so that if the spouse is using their own assets (the Mr being the USC and the Mrs being the CR beneficiary and she wants to use her savings, she must have 5x) If Mr is a LPR and Mrs is the beneficiary they are both at 5x.

You can find the official wording on the instructions-

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

under number 10- page 7 sorry I can not cut and paste from a pdf

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