Food stamp and sponsor

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I am new here.I found this forum very helpful.My friend has a problem.Her mother came here on visit visa.Now she want to adjustment of status but my friend doesn't work .Her husband is doing part time job.They can't afford their expenses so applied for food stamp benefit . Now question is that whether she sponsor her mother or not ? Can her daughter or son cosponsor for her or not?

[nurse1967 287]

You can't just come here and overstay your visitor's visa and decide to stay. Also, to sponsor someone you have to meet the income requirements which I doubt they do considering they qualify for food stamps.

Edited February 11, 2012 by Betsy El Sum

[Penguin_ie 5,987]

**** Moving from AOS from Family to AOS from Work, Tourist... as OP's mother came on a tourist visa ***

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**** Moving from AOS from Family to AOS from Work, Tourist... as OP's mother came on a tourist visa ***

THANX FOR YOUR REPLY ,BUT WHAT ABOUT FOOD STAMP AND CO SPONSOR .EVEN THOUGH HER DAUGHTER'S INCOME MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS .

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Food stamps are not to be considered when determining public charge. If the USC husband doesn't have enough income, then there is no problem using a family member as a joint sponsor. As long as the wife entered the US legally, they can file a petition for immediate/close relative and adjust status at the same time.

THANX FOR YOUR REPLY ,BUT WHAT ABOUT FOOD STAMP AND CO SPONSOR .EVEN THOUGH HER DAUGHTER'S INCOME MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS .

Joint sponsor, not co-sponsor.

[xxxwabbiexxx 70]

Your 'friend's' mother needs to return to her home country and her daughter needs to petition for her the correct way. Which if I'm not mistaken is when she becomes a US citizen. If she has a visitor visa then she's been to the embassy, done lots of paper work etc etc etc and I'm sure she was told what the visa means and she's clearly violated that.

You said in your first post the daughter doesn't work, then in your second that her income meets the requirements, well which one is it?? or am I reading wrong??

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You said in your first post the daughter doesn't work, then in your second that her income meets the requirements, well which one is it?? or am I reading wrong??

Now I am confused too. Too many pronouns. We need a list of who is who.

If the mother is seeking to adjust based on the daughter being a USC, that may be difficult, and there are overstay issues to be considered. The sponsor part should not be an issue, as long as they find someone willing with sufficient income, hopefully a relative.

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Now I am confused too. Too many pronouns. We need a list of who is who.

If the mother is seeking to adjust based on the daughter being a USC, that may be difficult, and there are overstay issues to be considered. The sponsor part should not be an issue, as long as they find someone willing with sufficient income, hopefully a relative.

I mean my friend doesn't work ,but her daughter used to work at a bank and earn enough money .

[aaron2020 11,651]

Used to work for a bank doesn't matter. Current income is the only income that counts on the required Affadavit of Support.

[xxxwabbiexxx 70]

So just to check --

- there is your friend, the daughter

- your friend has a daughter who USED to work in a bank

these two are both legal permanent residents??

- then we have your friends mother, here on a tourist visa, who is the bank workers Grandmother??

If this is wrong I apologize I'm just trying to understand who everyone is. And if I'm wrong then bits of what I say below may not make sense but I'm going on what I've interpreted as being correct.

So you're saying she 'used' to work in a back and she does not work there anymore?? If this is the case then no she doesn't meet the requirement to co-sponsor because she no longer has an income.

I don't know where your friend is from so I don't know how their culture works, but if they as a family are struggling, your friend doesn't work, the husband only part time and they have food stamps then I personally think its very selfish that she wants to stay with them and add another mouth to the house hold - I know my mother wouldn't dream of doing that.

As I said in my previous post the mother needs to return home and have her daughter petition for her the correct way --- if she was granted a tourist visa then surely she has something to return home to other wise it wouldn't have been granted.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So just to check --

these two are both legal permanent residents??

If that is the case, then it ain't going to happen until the daughter (your friend) becomes a USC. LPR's can't petition for their parents.

[Dakine10 5,452]

You can't just come here and overstay your visitor's visa and decide to stay. Also, to sponsor someone you have to meet the income requirements which I doubt they do considering they qualify for food stamps.

The OP didn't say anything about overstay. Regardless, if a parent comes here on a visitors visa, the USC child can file an I-130 immigrant petition for them, and they can file the I-485 concurrently to adjust status. That's why this section is called adjusting status from work, student and tourist visa's.

What they can't do is come here with the intention of doing that beforehand.

But in this case it can't be done because the child is not a USC.

Edited February 12, 2012 by Dakine10

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

It is also an issue is the daughter hasn't been a PR for at least 5 years and is collecting food stamps.

[ceadsearc 516]

I don't see anywhere that the OP said the friend is an LPR and not a USC. Someone else said that out of the blue. I'd assume she is a USC in which case food stamps don't matter, though chances are if they qualify for food stamps they will need a cosponsor for the mother.

[scotty2009 13]

I don't know where your friend is from so I don't know how their culture works, but if they as a family are struggling, your friend doesn't work, the husband only part time and they have food stamps then I personally think its very selfish that she wants to stay with them and add another mouth to the house hold

Given the situation- your friend not having a current job and the husband not having a full time job, check to see if the husband's job can qualify to petition the mother in law. If not, then no, they both do not qualify to sponsor the mom/mother in law.

Just my personal opinion. If the sponsoring party is on food stamps, xxxwabbiexxx is right. Why add another mouth to feed? Most likely this person being petitioned might dip into the food stamps that her relatives are getting. Which rightfully belongs to tax payers.