Affadavit of Support

[scotchland5206 5]

Hi guys, it's been 61 days since we received the hardcopy of the NOA1 and nothing yet, trying to be patient...

Have a few questions about the affadavit of support, if some of you could answer some/or all of them that would be great!

Firstly my fiance(petitioner)is paid by the hr, he works roughly 35hrs a week at $11.50 an hr which is only just over the 125% poverty line...approx $19,500 before tax.

Should I be seriously considering a co-sponsor?

And what should I put down as salary? Can I simply multiply $11.50 x 35hrs x 52 weeks??

My other question is this: he has his own house, including his name on the title deeds and we are having a certified appraisal done. However it's his mum's name that is on the mortage...Can we still use the property as this would greatly improve the appearance of our financial situation...

If anyone could shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it :-)

[Otto 83]

Hi guys, it's been 61 days since we received the hardcopy of the NOA1 and nothing yet, trying to be patient...

Have a few questions about the affadavit of support, if some of you could answer some/or all of them that would be great!

Firstly my fiance(petitioner)is paid by the hr, he works roughly 35hrs a week at $11.50 an hr which is only just over the 125% poverty line...approx $19,500 before tax.

Should I be seriously considering a co-sponsor?

Perhaps - wouldn't hurt as back-up - if the interviewing officer feels the primary sponsor's income is sufficient, he/she will (usually) return the co-sponsors 'stuff'.

And what should I put down as salary? Can I simply multiply $11.50 x 35hrs x 52 weeks??

Yes - that is what the Embassy/Consulate would do. In fact, they would likely calculate it at $11.50 x 2080 hours/year which would be in the $23k range.

My other question is this: he has his own house, including his name on the title deeds and we are having a certified appraisal done. However it's his mum's name that is on the mortage...Can we still use the property as this would greatly improve the appearance of our financial situation...

This avenue may be more trouble than it is worth - I would imagine his mother is on the title/deed as well.

If anyone could shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it :-)

[payxibka 10,045]

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[scotchland5206 5]

Thanks Otto, that was a great help :-)

Re my fiance's property, I think his mum is on the deed so you're probably right, it would be quite a lot of hassle...Thought it was a bit of a long shot...!

Forgive my stupidity but I just wondered how you calculated the 1080 hrs/yr which gave a slightly higher salary? I got a D for maths...!

I have been thinking about a co-sponsor for a while, and the person who is the most financially comfortable is my brother (he became a US citizen last yr) Would this be viewed as suspicious do you think? There isn't really any family member on my fiance's side I can ask, they either have big families or retired etc...

[Neal851 3]

Thanks Otto, that was a great help :-)

Re my fiance's property, I think his mum is on the deed so you're probably right, it would be quite a lot of hassle...Thought it was a bit of a long shot...!

Forgive my stupidity but I just wondered how you calculated the 1080 hrs/yr which gave a slightly higher salary? I got a D for maths...!

I have been thinking about a co-sponsor for a while, and the person who is the most financially comfortable is my brother (he became a US citizen last yr) Would this be viewed as suspicious do you think? There isn't really any family member on my fiance's side I can ask, they either have big families or retired etc...

Hi they count 2080 hrs as whole year working hours, not 1080. They consider that one works as 40hrs/week and there are 52 weeks in a year,so it comes 40*52=2080 hrs. So Your fiace current income is 11.50*2080 = around 23k. They sometimes focus on this current figure & last year tax return figure (in ur case it $19500).This seems that it is above poverty lines.But if u want to be more safe & secure then you can use ur brother as a co-sponsor. As u said ur brother is USC,then why u think it would be suspicious??

[scotchland5206 5]

Hi Er Neal! I was just a bit worried about using my brother as co-sponsor in case it made them think that I'm trying to get into the country because I have family here..Maybe I'm just being paranoid!

But now that I think of it, I'm sure they will know that my brother is a USC from their background checks, so maybe I shouldn't worry too much about it...