I-134 help

[bonded23 0]

I am preparing to file an I-129F and am very worried about the I-134 Affidavit of Support. I, the American citizen sponsoring my foreign fiancé, have not worked at all during the past 9 years after suffering a severe trauma brain injury resulting from a bicycle accident in 2004, and my disability payments are just barely above the poverty level for one person and below the 125% level for one person. The required income needed is based on a 2 person household, right? My income is well below that. I have other assets like money in the bank and I own my home outright, are these things going to be able to get me to an acceptable I-134 level?

[The Mean Lady 604]

I'm assuming this works the same way as the CR1/IR1, so I'll tell you how it is for that only because not a lot of ppl are posting today.

Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong.

If you don't make the 125% for two people (yes, two) then anything you are lacking, you must make 5 times that much.

So, if the poverty level is 19.5k (it's somewhere around there) and you only make 17.5k, then you are short 2k.

So you must have a MINIMUM of 10k in liquid assets.

The family home is not typically considered a liquid asset

If you make no money at all, then you would need a MINIMUM of 19.5k x5.

You can also have a joint sponsor, but I have heard not every country accepts those.

You haven't chosen your beneficiary country so no one can give you opinion on that until you do so.

PS- it makes me sad that you have a genuine disability and you're making less than 19k a year.

That's very sad IMO. I'm sorry =[

[vegasbound 83]

I believe that I-134 is different than the I-864, which is used for a CR1/IR1, in the most obvious sense that the I-134 is not a legally binding document. The petitioner is not legally bound to support the beneficiary once the beneficiary is in the US, Thus, having joint sponsor for the I-134 does not carry as much weight in terms of helping your application.

You can definitely consider getting a joint sponsor but like The Mean Lady said, not every country will accept them. And from your other post, you did mention that your foreign partner is from Thailand and unfortunately, it is one of those countries that are reluctant to accept joint sponsors for fiancé visa. I could be wrong about your beneficiary country.

Judging from the info that you have provided so far, your case for a K1 visa seems a little iffy as meeting the minimum income requirement is one of the important factors for this visa.

Also feel sorry for your predicament and hope that you can find a way to reunite with your partner/spouse/fiancé.

[Ning 619]

I am preparing to file an I-129F and am very worried about the I-134 Affidavit of Support. I, the American citizen sponsoring my foreign fiancé, have not worked at all during the past 9 years after suffering a severe trauma brain injury resulting from a bicycle accident in 2004, and my disability payments are just barely above the poverty level for one person and below the 125% level for one person. The required income needed is based on a 2 person household, right? My income is well below that. I have other assets like money in the bank and I own my home outright, are these things going to be able to get me to an acceptable I-134 level?

It would be better to post the questions in the Thai portal.

Like all cases yours is truly unique. Your assets may help but they would have to be substantial as in 5 times the amount required for support I think. The house isn't considered liquid so isn't allowed.

Thailand doesn't allow the use of co sponsors in 99.5% of cases. However you could try and explain your personal situation therefore disability payment amount while asking for consideration of the use of the co sponsor.

You could do this by sending a letter to the embassy as part of the P 3 submission because its at that time the 134 for be used. I suggest if you do that you also acknowledge the fact that you will marry within the 90 day time frame followed by doing the AOS ( adjustment of status ) which allows the use of a co sponsor. This means you would only be providing sole support for a short period of time.