Affidavit of Support using only assets and joint sponsor?

[hailec09 0]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if my assets and a joint sponsor would be enough to complete my Affidavit of Support so that I can bring my husband from the UK to the US.

To backtrack a bit, I'm a recent college graduate, who went from an undergraduate here in the US straight to a graduate program in the UK. So I don't necessarily have a work history built up. I've been back in the US for two months and am actively job searching, but currently don't have an income. On the other hand, I have a savings of $60,000 of immediate funds and a joint sponsor who earns $55,000/recently filed their tax returns available. Even though I don't have an income or previous income history (besides ad hoc restaurant work), would I still have a chance at sponsoring my husband to come to the US, considering I've been a full-time student for the past 5 years? Would providing copies of job rejection letters help to prove that I'm job searching?

Thanks so much!

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if my assets and a joint sponsor would be enough to complete my Affidavit of Support so that I can bring my husband from the UK to the US.

To backtrack a bit, I'm a recent college graduate, who went from an undergraduate here in the US straight to a graduate program in the UK. So I don't necessarily have a work history built up. I've been back in the US for two months and am actively job searching, but currently don't have an income. On the other hand, I have a savings of $60,000 of immediate funds and a joint sponsor who earns $55,000/recently filed their tax returns available. Even though I don't have an income or previous income history (besides ad hoc restaurant work), would I still have a chance at sponsoring my husband to come to the US, considering I've been a full-time student for the past 5 years? Would providing copies of job rejection letters help to prove that I'm job searching?

Thanks so much!

Your assets need to be 3X the 125% of the poverty level for your family size--assuming you and your husband that would be $19,992. So your $60,000 would be enough. You will have to supply 3 years of tax returns or an explaination as to why you did not file for that year. The I-864 is all about income and being able to support the beneficiary. The USCIS does not care why you do not have a job. All they care about is you meet the threshold of providing support either thru assets or current income. If you have had the money in the bank for a while, I would use the assets and submit the I-864, but I would have the joint sponsor ready to use just incase.

Dave

[mallafri76 1,012]

My husband and I are in the same boat. My husband, the USC, doesn't have an income but our assets exceed the treshold of $60,000. We've decided to put our assets on his I-864 form but still send an I-864 for a joint sponsor as well. If they deny your sponsorship based on your assets, you'll loose valuable time with waiting for the RFE, sending in the joint sponsor form and having NVC review it again. If you have a joint sponsor ready, I would send it with your form straight away. Better safe than sorry!

[Frips 166]

As I know/heard ...hope that is true... If you are using assets, NVC will issue a checklist and forward your case to the embassy anyway. CO will then decide if he will accept those assets or the joint sponsor will be needed.

We are also using just our assets because joint sponsor is not available:(

[2 canucks 12]

I have no income and haven't for quite some time. made sure to have documentation of why I didn't submit my taxes earlier. Back-filed my taxes for the last three years and included copies of those, made a note of why tax transcripts weren't available due to recent filing. Also included everything I could showing that I wasn't required to file taxes.

For assets, If you are using money in a bank account somewhere, people suggest to include statements showing the account having that money in it for the last 3-6 months. I included a joint sponsor just in case they didn't want to accept my assets. I really didn't want to wait another 60 days because of that. In doing that, we did not get checklisted.

[mallafri76 1,012]

As I know/heard ...hope that is true... If you are using assets, NVC will issue a checklist and forward your case to the embassy anyway. CO will then decide if he will accept those assets or the joint sponsor will be needed.

We are also using just our assets because joint sponsor is not available:(

I thought so too but then I read some posts on here from people who had more than enough in assets but no income, and they were sent RFEs and had to provide a joint sponsor to NVC, which delayed their cases. Maybe it depends what kind of assets you have?!

[NikLR 13,220]

I thought so too but then I read some posts on here from people who had more than enough in assets but no income, and they were sent RFEs and had to provide a joint sponsor to NVC, which delayed their cases. Maybe it depends what kind of assets you have?!

You need to show proof of assets (qualifying assets - for instance the home you live in cannot be counted neither can a single vehicle) and if they're cash, that they've been in your bank account for a period of time, not just recently put there.

[Frips 166]

I thought so too but then I read some posts on here from people who had more than enough in assets but no income, and they were sent RFEs and had to provide a joint sponsor to NVC, which delayed their cases. Maybe it depends what kind of assets you have?!

We showed cash assets and proof of ownership of these assets.( real estate sales contract) Edited March 8, 2015 by Frips

[NikLR 13,220]

A real estate contract is not proof of the asset value of a home unless the home is paid in full and you will not be living in it. Vacation homes, empty property, and rental homes can be used as assets. The value of that asset is the market value of the home (appraised value) minus the mortgage. You have to be able to liquidate an asset within one year.

Edited March 8, 2015 by NLR

[Frips 166]

I know that...I've just said it strange. Still practicing that language:)

My wife has sold real estate in eu and transferred that money to her US bank account. She has attached copy of that contract to show from where the money is.