Co-sponsor for I-134

[sorenson 0]

We received our NOA2 recently and my fiance will be going to the local American embassy soon for her interview.

Although I am currently employed, I am working in my fiance's country where we live together and not in the USA, so I don't have W-2's or income tax returns to provide as evidence. Also, I have only been working for a couple months and will be quitting my job in a couple of months here anyways as we will obviously be moving to the US.

I am going to ask one (or both, if necessary) of my parents to sponsor my fiance. However, I am not certain about the following:

1) Do I have to fill the form myself and ask a parent to fill out the form separately, then submit both copies together?

2) If I do indeed have to fill out the form, what would I write in for number 7 (employment information) given that the fill-in-the-blank section seems to require information about a U.S.-based employer only; there are blanks in which to write street number and name, city, state, and zip code, but not country.

3) If one of my parents sponsors my fiance, am I right to assume that my other parent who also earns an income isn't considered a dependent?

4) How much annual income does my parent need to provide evidence of?

5) If my parent is self-employed, are bank statements and copies of income tax returns sufficient evidence?

6) If my parent meets the minimum income requirement (approx $18,000 USD if I understand correctly), does it matter whether they own real estate or not?

7) It is my understanding that we don't need sponsors or income if we have about $60,000 saved. Right now, we have about $50,000 saved, but we could borrow the rest to make it look like we have $60,000. Would that work?

I thought the hard part was over when we got our NOA2, but now I have to deal with this.

[Penguin_ie 6,002]

1. Yes, because you as the petitioner are always the primary sponsor.

2. You can pout your foreign employer, even though that income will not count

3. Wrong, sort of,, unless they are divorced. Your parents are considered a financial unit, thus part of eachother's household. So they would need to make enough for 3 (the two of them plus the immigrant).

4. If they have no other dependants (no minor kids or elderly parents they provide for), about $25'000, because they need to count 3: https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

5. Yes, it is line 22 of their tax return that will count.

6. Your poverty line amount is wrong (see 4) but yes, if they make comfortably over the amount needed in income, no need to list assets.

7. No. They will be very suspicious of large sums coming in a short time before the visa interview; that is why they usually want money to be in your account for 1+ years and ask for bank statements for a year.

[sorenson 0]

Thank you so much! Your answers were super helpful.

So since my parents are still married and therefore considered a financial unit, they each need to fill out a separate I-134 and I need to fill one out as well, making it three in total?

Also, considering that they are both income earners, would they each list each other as being "partial dependents" on the form?

Does number 11 (whether they do or do not plan on making specific contributions to support the immigrant) have a significant effect on how successful my fiance's interview will be? As it is, they do not have any such plans but I'm worried that this will be seen unfavorably.