Who is eligible to be my spouses joint sponsor?

[snugglebug2014 0]

so my spouse is from a really poor country and has almost no money~ and as do i ive never really had a job for more than a month~ can he prove his income availability by the money in his bank from selling his house or he still needs a sponsor and can that be his cousin in the usa?

[Lainie B 465]

Is your spouse the intending immigrant or the US citizen?

[nightingalejules 678]

The USC spouse is always the primary sponsor. If the primary sponsor has insufficient income, any US citizen over 21 can be a joint sponsor. Assets can be used to come up to the minimum sponsorship amount (and I believe the non-USC spouses assets can be used) but the amount of assets must be 3x the poverty amount (which for a family of two is up near $20000, so there must be a cash value of assets of around $60000)

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[snugglebug2014 0]

Is your spouse the intending immigrant or the US citizen?

my spouse is the intending immigrant

[Ryan H 3,795]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[KayDeeCee 4,892]

The actual information about joint sponsors, from the I-864 instructions (see Page 9, #9. for more info on joint sponsors) > http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

A joint sponsor can be any U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident who is at least 18 years old, domiciled in the United States, or its territories or possessions, and willing to be held jointly liable with the petitioner for the support of the intending immigrant. A joint sponsor does not have to be related to the petitioning sponsor or the intending immigrant.