I-864 Question about income

[Kri Fartida 0]

OK, so i have read the poverty guideline, and found this link:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf

its just me and my wife - hence we are 2 = $18,212.

i am starting a new Job this week and will make more then that easily.

right now i am not making that as i am working part time.

is my projected future income from this job good enough for this form?

if it is valid for this form how to i go about filing it? or what kind of evidence do i need?

my income up to now is negligible, and we had a co-sponsor for the k-1 application.

also, as far as assets go - we are photographers and our gear is easily worth more then what is required, is that viable at all to use as assets?

thanks all

Omer

Edited June 25, 2010 by Kri Fartida

[Nik+Heather 121]

You can provide a variety of things to show current income.

These include (but are not limited to):

An employment letter (Include name, job title, part or full time, temp or permanent, starting date and salary/hourly rate)

Pay stubs

Bank statements showing income deposited.

You will still need to submit your taxes from 2009 even if they don't show much (or any) income. I would suggest that you attach a cover letter explaining your situation. If you had income above what's required in 2008 and/or 2007, I would include that to show that 2009 was just a bad year, as it was for many other people as well.

You could *try* to use your photography equipment as assets, but I think you'll find that the burden of proving its free market value (not what you paid for it new) will be burdensome as well as yield a number much lower than you may think. Additionally, if doing your job depends on you having that equipment they may determine that it's not really an asset available for liquidation.