I-864 asset clarification and advice

[jepi 0]

Hi,

 

Me and my wife filed our I-130 package in January and we are now waiting for things to move forward. Meanwhile I have started to fill out my I-864 form and I have a few questions I was hoping to get some advice on.

 

I recently moved to Florida from Finland and I am now a student over here(although I am still employed back in Finland but I am on study leave at the moment). So technically I am employed but on the other hand I’m not, how should I enter this in the form?

I earned some money in January and I will earn some during the summer while visiting Finland. I’m not exactly sure how much my total income will be this year because of the situation above but I guess it would help to put something down as we will be using assets to meet the requirements.

 

The 125% of 2017 poverty guideline is 20300 USD for a household of 2.

Let’s say that I anticipate to earn a total of 12000 USD for this year so the difference of those is 8300. As I am sponsoring my spouse that would be multiplied by three, so if I have understood correctly, I would have to show assets worth of approx 25000 USD?

 

Do you think the USCIS would be satisfied with the information above or am I in their eyes unemployed at the moment? I will take on a part time job next to my studies after the summer and I am expecting to start working full time early next year here in the US. We do have the required assets available to backup the low income for this year.

 

I have been doing my tax returns from Finland for the past few years so I am good on that part(although through tax form 2555 my adjusted gross income is “0” for all years as I have payed my taxes to Finland).

 

We do also have a family friend(LPR) that will help me with the sponsorship if needed(I’d rather do it on my own of course if possible). What do you think is our best plan of action here?

 

I appreciate all your help, thank you in advance!

jepi