Does my partner require a joint sponsor?

[Jaayy 0]

My girlfriend is an American citizen living in New York, I am living in England. We've been together since April 2017 and have met face to face four times to date, We want to begin the visa process for me to move to the US.

She will graduate college May 2019 and begin working making roughly $27,000 which exceeds both the K1 and CR1 minimum and 125% requirements.

However as she will have only just started working, will this cause a problem for our application? Can adequate proof be provided and seen as acceptable or would a sponsor benefit / stabilize our application.

We want to get married and would prefer to take the CR1 route as I'd be able to work immediately.

Many thanks

Sorry if posted in wrong location

[old-fella 109]

projected income is not a guaranteed income. You better have co-sponer

[Coco8 1,042]

It depends on when you are having your K1 interview. If you are having it now, a year is a long time and you need a co-sponsor. If you have the interview K1/Spousal visa interview May 2019 and she is starting the job, then you should be fine. 

Edited June 25, 2018 by Coco8

[Jaayy 0]

3 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

It depends on when you are having your K1 interview. If you are having it now, a year is a long time and you need a co-sponsor. If you have the interview K1/Spousal visa interview May 2019 and she is starting the job, then you should be fine. 

Okay, I should have specified, we wouldn't be applying until May 2019 when she starts working.

Our concern is, that although she'd be exceeding the minimum earnings, she would have been working for only a short time and the proof would not be strong enough to support a k1/cr1

So we are unsure if we would need a co-sponsor still

Edited June 25, 2018 by Jaayy

[EmmNM 179]

21 minutes ago, Jaayy said:

Okay, I should have specified, we wouldn't be applying until May 2019 when she starts working.

Our concern is, that although she'd be exceeding the minimum earnings, she would have been working for only a short time and the proof would not be strong enough to support a k1/cr1

So we are unsure if we would need a co-sponsor still

The wait is about a year so if you file and she's had a job for almost a year it should be ok. But i would get a co-sponsor as backup.

[Coco8 1,042]

44 minutes ago, Jaayy said:

Okay, I should have specified, we wouldn't be applying until May 2019 when she starts working.

Our concern is, that although she'd be exceeding the minimum earnings, she would have been working for only a short time and the proof would not be strong enough to support a k1/cr1

So we are unsure if we would need a co-sponsor still

 

I've seen several cases of people who had just graduated and got a job. They had no problems. Some had just started so they did not have a pay check and others, had one paycheck. It helps having a letter from the employer saying that it is a full time job, the pay is X, benefits are Y, etc. 

 

The wait for the spousal visa is 12-14 months. 

 

Maybe others can correct me, but the job situation comes up when you go to the interview, which is 10-12 months AFTER your applied. First, UCSIS goes through the application, and then it gets transferred to the NVC-consulate which is the final stage. Even if you applied right now, she would have already been working for 3 months. 

 

I think you are on the right path in aiming at a spousal visa. It is cheaper and it will allow you to start looking for jobs right away. 

 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

1 hour ago, Jaayy said:

However as she will have only just started working, will this cause a problem for our application? Can adequate proof be provided and seen as acceptable or would a sponsor benefit / stabilize our application.

 

If she has actually started a job and can provide an employer letter and pay stubs at the time of the visa interview, then she can be deemed qualified to sponsor on her own. If you are already married at the time, assets (savings) from both of you can be used as well.

[geowrian 22,337]

3 hours ago, Coco8 said:

Maybe others can correct me, but the job situation comes up when you go to the interview, which is 10-12 months AFTER your applied. First, UCSIS goes through the application, and then it gets transferred to the NVC-consulate which is the final stage. Even if you applied right now, she would have already been working for 3 months.

For a K-1, the I-134 and public charge issue only comes up at the embassy/interview stage.

For a CR-1, the I-864 is sent at the NVC stage, and the CO makes the final call on the public charge issue at the embasy stage.

[milimelo 4,505]

~ Moving to bringing family members of USCs as girlfriend is a USC. ~ 

[Clotillda 9]

On 6/25/2018 at 5:42 PM, Wuozopo said:

However as she will have only just started working, will this cause a problem for our application? Can adequate proof be provided and seen as acceptable or would a sponsor benefit / stabilize our application.

Be aware, that for you immigration process she will need to submit tax return for the most current year. And the amount of total income from tax return has to meet 125% 

Edited June 27, 2018 by Clotillda

[Wuozopo 4,293]

22 minutes ago, Clotillda said:

Be aware, that for you immigration process she will need to submit tax return for the most current year. And the amount of total income from tax return has to meet 125% 

 

The tax return does not have to meet 125%.  The current income does.  If she finishes school, gets a job making $27,000 which she can back up with an employer letter and pay stubs, then her current income for the purpose of the affidavit of support is $27,000.