Help with USA Spouse Visa

[bigboss1984 8]

Hi,

I'm new here so hi all!

I have a quick question regarding a spouse visa, very soon my American girlfriend and I will be married and the plan is for her to move over here (The UK) when that happens - we have a pretty good plan in that we're gonna save up for 4 or 5 years, then hopefully move over to the USA.

The United Kingdom visa for her seems pretty straight forward and at present I meet all the requirements - however, when looking up the USA spouse visas - I was curious what the state of play would be for the financial requirements, as we'll both be living and working in the United Kingdom when we're trying to process my USA spouse visa - how would this work because I believe that it states she must earn a certain amount of money per year to support me, but if we're both working in the UK - how will this impact it?

Thanks!

[canadian_wife 1,785]

The UK income will not count towards her financial requirements for a US spousal visa since that income will cease when she leaves the UK.

Assets acquired while in the UK can be used

Please see the I864 instruction page, it outlines what can and cannot be used for the income requirements. A simple google search will yield this for you.

good luck

[bigboss1984 8]

Thanks for this - was just looking at the assets side of it, trying to research it now - it's alot to take in haha. From what I gather, the financial minimum threshold for her and I would be a shade under $20,000 USD - which is 125 above the poverty guideline, am I on the right track? Is that $20,000 USD per year? What if assets such as savings account etc. make up that $20,000 threshold set out?

[Ning 619]

Thanks for this - was just looking at the assets side of it, trying to research it now - it's alot to take in haha. From what I gather, the financial minimum threshold for her and I would be a shade under $20,000 USD - which is 125 above the poverty guideline, am I on the right track? Is that $20,000 USD per year? What if assets such as savings account etc. make up that $20,000 threshold set out?

Google U S poverty levels of income. It all depends on how many people & income. Assets would have to be in the USA & should be liquid or easily converted to cash. Of course there is the annual adjustment of the numbers.

Nothing wrong with looking at what will need to be done in the future but she will need to now understand about domicile & income for example. Then how she will approach the support issues including convincing USCIS that she can support you both from a U S based income. Or have a plan for a substitute income. My husband had to do this himself in our case.

Edited June 2, 2015 by Ning

[NikLR 13,220]

The poverty guidelines go up every year. You can use 3x the income difference for assets. You cannot use a primary home or car.