Income requirements

[abram95 0]

I'm petitioning my fiancee through the K1 visa and I was just reading that the income requirements for K1 visa is 16,020 but I only make 15,920 but I have 5000 dollars saved in my bank account. Will I still be denied?

[Warren and Vivian 10]

You will need someone to co-sponsor your application. You'll have to think about the immigration process and the cost. To file the I-129f, the cost is $340. Then once she/he gets here the adjustment of status is $1070. The cost when at the embassy is $265.

Then there is the cost once they are here. Medical Insurance, food, electricity, water, etc.....all your costs are going to go up.

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-support

[abram95 0]

You will need someone to co-sponsor your application. You'll have to think about the immigration process and the cost. To file the I-129f, the cost is $340. Then once she/he gets here the adjustment of status is $1070. The cost when at the embassy is $265.

Then there is the cost once they are here. Medical Insurance, food, electricity, water, etc.....all your costs are going to go up.

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-supportt

I have already paid my fees through rapid visa all I have to do is the send the petition. I used the rapid visa calculator and it said I meet 110% of the income requirement for the K1 Fiance Visa. I do have my doubts because I read on another site that I can only count my assets if it's a marriage visa. I need to confirm if this is correct.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

Things like bank savings/life insurance/investments/stocks are generally taken into account to "substitute" the income requirements sometimes. A co-sponsor is a safe route to make sure there isn't any issues when they review thew finances later on.

But! Please make sure to review the Philippines and consulate information because from what I have read before and heard the Philippines do not allow for co-sponsors. That is just their policy.

They like to see "good" pay stubs(the requested 3 pay previous pay check stubs after the NOA2 and NVC) to show you can support them fully day to day while they adjust and all during the whole 90-day period and the AOS. So while savings is good and all.

This does not mean you would get denied though, it really is just kind of case by case really just like almost every other stage of the process.

[LibertyGuy 0]

I lost my job last week after 17 and a half years with the same employer.

It happened not long after I got NOA2 and just as I was preparing the Affidavit of Support for a K1 fiancee visa.

The only big asset I have is about $110,000 in a 401(K) and another $20,000 in a pension plan.

I believe my fiancee and I could live off of this long enough for us to both get new jobs.

But is this a dealbreaker at the US Embassy in Manila?

[abram95 0]

Things like bank savings/life insurance/investments/stocks are generally taken into account to "substitute" the income requirements sometimes. A co-sponsor is a safe route to make sure there isn't any issues when they review thew finances later on.

But! Please make sure to review the Philippines and consulate information because from what I have read before and heard the Philippines do not allow for co-sponsors. That is just their policy.

They like to see "good" pay stubs(the requested 3 pay previous pay check stubs after the NOA2 and NVC) to show you can support them fully day to day while they adjust and all during the whole 90-day period and the AOS. So while savings is good and all.

This does not mean you would get denied though, it really is just kind of case by case really just like almost every other stage of the process.

I don't have anyone who can co-sponsor us but I did ask Rapid Visa if we I can get a co-sponsor they said yes as long as she's living in the Vietnam (Sorry I forgot to mention that she's working in Vietnam with a working visa). All the other requirements I do have is just the Income requirements that worry me.