Can my foreign wife get a U.S. visa with me having no job & no joint sponsor if I have $82,000. in bank account

[MichaelD1980 3]

I don't meet the income required for the Affidavit of support to bring my Filipina wife to the U.S., I have no job and my wife has no joint sponsor but could my wife still get a U.S. visa with me having $82,000. in my bank account? I was going to buy house but maybe I could use my savings to get her here. Thanks for any help.

[sadavis5 46]

I don't know if not having a job at all will be frowned upon, but you might get approved. It couldn't hurt to find a back-up joint sponsor.

Read part 7

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

[rjsteodosio 4]

yes. be safe and get a joint sponsor.

[OKflyboy 35]

You need a joint sponsor. Cash is counted as an asset, but at a pretty low rate. And I doubt it they will count the asset only, without regular income. You'll run out of cash in 2-3 years and then what? You sponsor your spouse for 5 years minimum (if she gets her citizenship in 5 years).

[Sirliner 26]

Okflyboy is right. You need a sponsor. From the USCIS website "You must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times the difference of the amount of your income subtracted from the 125% minimum poverty level". You might have that covered for one year, but USCIS also says "When you sign an affidavit of support you accept responsibility for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant until they become a U.S. citizen or are credited with forty quarters of work". Don't think USCIS will believe you have that covered without a job.

[KayDeeCee 4,900]

Assets for a spouse are 3 times, not 5. So, if it is just the 2 of you, then you would need a bare minimum of $60k. Read through the I-864 instructions.

~ Moved from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America to IR-1/CR-1 - OP asking about applying for spouse ~

[NickD 203]

One way to find out is to try with the option to appeal the process. What you need to know is here.

http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/spouse/bringing-spouses-live-united-states-permanent-residents

Sure doesn't hurt to have a back up sponsor as a safety net and when dealing with the USCIS from experience, not dealing with a board for anything, just one individual. Doesn't seem right.

Or even trying to find some kind of a job. Sure doesn't help to have a government that is shipping our jobs overseas. Just recently, GM shut down a plant in Janesville, WI laying off over 4,000 people. A pot and pan manufacture in Manitowoc left for China laying off another 3,000 people, and the list goes on and on. Look at Detroit.

My son-in-law had a good paying job near Milwaukee that was moved to China, but found another in South Carolina, and can't see my grandkids anymore. Kid brother had a nice paying job, married a woman from the Philippines that is a skilled nurse, the I-864a helped them. She is working, kid brother in his line of work can't find a job.

There are ways to work around this, you just have to find them, just can't sit idly at home.

[pushbrk 13,413]

Assets for a spouse are 3 times, not 5. So, if it is just the 2 of you, then you would need a bare minimum of $60k. Read through the I-864 instructions.

~ Moved from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America to IR-1/CR-1 - OP asking about applying for spouse ~

Lots of speculative wrong answers here but this one is the correct on. If it's only a two-person household and you are "employable" you'll probably be OK, but it's still a judgement call by the Consular Officer. They are trained to consider the totality of the circumstances, so factors you haven't mentioned, like how long you haven't worked, whether you CAN and will work, the employ-ability and plans of your foreign spouse etc. will all be considered.

[Mr.&Mrs.EMB 55]

IMO, USEM known for their stringent interview, I would suggest having a joint sponsor will be a good idea to have your bases covered. Good luck!

[pushbrk 13,413]

IMO, USEM known for their stringent interview, I would suggest having a joint sponsor will be a good idea to have your bases covered. Good luck!

Unless the OP has disclosed some more information I missed, there is not enough information for form the above conclusion. Not everybody needs belt AND suspenders.

[Boiler 46,944]

I live in a right to work state, a job can be here today gone tomorrow.

Logic does not come into this.

[pushbrk 13,413]

I live in a right to work state, a job can be here today gone tomorrow.

Logic does not come into this.

As usual, nobody here can possibly apply any context to the above remarks, so they appear to be useless.

[Boiler 46,944]

As usual, nobody here can possibly apply any context to the above remarks, so they appear to be useless.

You polled everybody?

That was quick.

[pushbrk 13,413]

Yep.

[Boiler 46,944]

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