Pverty Guidelines question and Sponsoring questions

[Rujby 23]

Greetings,

my wife tax transcript for 2009 and 2010 were 28 thousand something and the 2011 is 26 thousand something, her household size was three but she decided to fill the tax with her little sister now, probably to get more money. my questions:

1- will her sister make her household size 4?

2- for the household size of 4, the poverty guideline says sshe must earn $ 27,937, now does she meet the requirement, considering her income 2009,2010,2011? will she be able to sponsor me alone or will need a co sponsor?

Thank you guys, please share your opinions

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

If she listed the little sister as a dependant, then the sister is included in the household size, so 4. YOur wife does not meet the requirement, but she is only a little bit under. Does the sister make any money? I *think* that as she is a household member, she could file a I-864A and add her income to your wife's. Does your wife have any assets (savings, second car, property etc)?

[Rujby 23]

If she listed the little sister as a dependant, then the sister is included in the household size, so 4. YOur wife does not meet the requirement, but she is only a little bit under. Does the sister make any money? I *think* that as she is a household member, she could file a I-864A and add her income to your wife's. Does your wife have any assets (savings, second car, property etc)?

The sister is not making any money, she is 16 years old and not working yet. No current saving, but for the tax she gonna earn, she will earn over 7.000 this year on febuary. will that be counted as saving if she adds it to her account?

2- She has a car, she has a house that hse is paying over 1200 each month. now does she meet it?

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

One car and a house she lives in usually don't count.

However, you mention she will have made $7'000 by February. Does that mean her current salary will work out to $42'000 annually? If so, provide proof that her income will be much more this year than last (paystubs, letter from employer stating salary and that it's a permanent position) and you should be fine.

[Laure&Colin 279]

Sorry but I really don't know much about that. Colin took care of the AOS package, and it was quite simple (no dependants).

[Rujby 23]

One car and a house she lives in usually don't count.

However, you mention she will have made $7'000 by February. Does that mean her current salary will work out to $42'000 annually? If so, provide proof that her income will be much more this year than last (paystubs, letter from employer stating salary and that it's a permanent position) and you should be fine.

What i meant is that you know every february the goverment give you american tax income back, i do not know how you call it in the US. But it is a money that the Goverment is giving bakc each year at this speficic month ( the more children you have or dependent, the more the money cincreased ) that is why she just filled the tax and added her sister on it so that she can reach over the 7000 thousand. it is not that she has been promoted or got a better job that will make her earn 42.000 dollars each year. do you understand now?

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

Ah yes, the tax return (not everyone gets one btw, depends on how you file). She could add that to a savings account, and it would count as assets. As you are married, she needs x3 in assets of any short fall, so about $6000 and she has $7000, so technically she should be ok if she doesn't touch the money at all. But when using assets, some embassies like you to be comfortably over, so if she can get some more money from somewhere to put in her account, that would be better.

[Rujby 23]

Ah yes, the tax return (not everyone gets one btw, depends on how you file). She could add that to a savings account, and it would count as assets. As you are married, she needs x3 in assets of any short fall, so about $6000 and she has $7000, so technically she should be ok if she doesn't touch the money at all. But when using assets, some embassies like you to be comfortably over, so if she can get some more money from somewhere to put in her account, that would be better.

OK. the situation is fragile, would you suggest that i have her got a co sponsor or have her took her little sister off the tax return, so that the household can be 3? from that she will meet the requirement

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

If she can get a co-sponsor, that would probably be easiest. You could always submit her I_864 without the co-sponsor, but have the co-sponsor documents ready at your interview in case they say something about not having enough money in your wife's I-864.

Edited January 27, 2012 by Penguin_ie

[Rujby 23]

If she can get a co-sponsor, that would probably be easiest. You could always submit her I_864 without the co-sponsor, but have the co-sponsor documents ready at your interview in case they say something about not having enough money in your wife's I-864.

OK i see, won t it be a problem at NVC stage? if NVC sees that the requirement is not met?

1 what is the difference between Co sponsor and joint sponsor?