does american citizen who is loan and food stamp can still apply for k-1?

[shady28 0]

Hello vj members, my fiancee and i are preparing for our k-1 package to send soon but we are worried about two facts that i would like to share with you and get your answers and help about it letting us know. my fiancee is a full time student so she take loans for her education and also since last year she got the food stamp from the government so does these two facts forbid her of applying for the k-1 and later after marriage for aos or would it cause any problem or it would fine and wont harm? i would appreciate your help.

thank you in advance

[Zedayn 486]

It has no effect on the process. Your fiancee will have to prove she has enough income or assets to support you, or will need a co-sponsor. Debt does not matter, nor does it matter if the petitioner receives govt benefits.

[shady28 0]

It has no effect on the process. Your fiancee will have to prove she has enough income or assets to support you, or will need a co-sponsor. Debt does not matter, nor does it matter if the petitioner receives govt benefits.

Thank you so much Zedyan for your response may God bless you for ur help. if they would asl about fund in bank to prove she can sponsor me do you know like how much they require? thanks

[Zedayn 486]

They require your sponsor to have 125% of the poverty level in income or assets for their household size. If the income is enough, you don't need assets or money in the bank. If the income is not enough, then you can use assets and/or money in the bank to get above the 125% poverty level. Assets need to be 3 times the amount of money you are short. For example, if your fiancee's income is short by $2000, she will need $6000 in the bank.

[bmackin 0]

I'm in the exact same situation, student on loans and food stamps. I was sure that we would be fine with a co-sponsor but now I'm re-reading the forums and it seems to say that some embassies don't allow the co-sponsor. We are applying in El Salvador. Is there anyone who knows if that embassy will be ok with the fact that I am a student without income but have a co-sponsor that can support us? I'm terrified that after all this they will reject us at the end.

[SparklePony 238]

I have read somewhere that if the US citizen is on welfare that the K1 visa may be denied.

Found it:

"Be aware that the co-sponsor must have enough income/assets for both your fiance, any fiance children that will
be immigrating, and his/her own household. However, that IF the US fiance has been on welfare or other
government benefits for a lifetime or has no plans to work actively, the consulate can still deny the visa based on
the likelihood that the foreign fiance will become a public charge. Just having a co-sponsor may not be sufficient.
An actual case has been documented wherein a fiance visa was denied because the petitioning fiance was on
government benefits and would not be working, even though the US fiance had two co-sponsors."

[Source]

Just fyi.

[Senai 1]

I think it would be beneficial for your process if your fiance can generate an in come... may be from a part time job even if it doesn't meet the poverty level. That can be covered with a co-sponsor. I don't know the outcome or how it is looked...but it seems to me that getting gov't benefit to sponsor a fiance would be a red flag. You guys needs to do some due diligence before going through the process...