AOS Income Question

[Sparkey 17]

So here's the deal...

Due to Covid, my fiance was unemployed for awhile and his income for 2020 was only 22k. In mid July 2020 he started a new job making 27k but obviously he won't see a full years salary until the 2021 taxes. By then, our AOS would have already been sent. 

Anyways... his AGI for the AOS will be significantly below the requirement of 27k (about 10k below since he has a daughter). 

He has assets totalling only 20k. 

However, I am the Canadian spouse and I have savings over 120k. By adding these to the I-864, will we definitely be in the clear?

Co-sponsor is not an option. 

Edited April 12, 2021 by Sparkey

[payxibka 10,044]

9 minutes ago, Sparkey said:

So here's the deal...

Due to Covid, my fiance was unemployed for awhile and his income for 2020 was only 22k. In mid July 2020 he started a new job making 27k but obviously he won't see a full years salary until the 2021 taxes. By then, our AOS would have already been sent. 

Anyways... his AGI for the AOS will be significantly below the requirement of 27k (about 10k below since he has a daughter). 

He has assets totalling only 20k. 

However, I am the Canadian spouse and I have savings over 120k. By adding these to the I-864, will we definitely be in the clear?

Co-sponsor is not an option. 

Total current income is the standard that they look at,  not necessarily what your tax return says

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[Ife2020 37]

3 hours ago, Sparkey said:

So here's the deal...

Due to Covid, my fiance was unemployed for awhile and his income for 2020 was only 22k. In mid July 2020 he started a new job making 27k but obviously he won't see a full years salary until the 2021 taxes. By then, our AOS would have already been sent. 

Anyways... his AGI for the AOS will be significantly below the requirement of 27k (about 10k below since he has a daughter). 

He has assets totalling only 20k. 

However, I am the Canadian spouse and I have savings over 120k. By adding these to the I-864, will we definitely be in the clear?

Co-sponsor is not an option. 

Ya’ll assets are definitely sufficient. Just provide a lot of bank statements to show it.

 

Btw. Lol@ONLY! Most people don’t even have $5k in their savings.

Edited April 12, 2021 by Ife2020

[Sparkey 17]

2 minutes ago, Ife2020 said:

Ya’ll assets are definitely sufficient. Just provide a lot of bank statements to show it.

Thanks. We're worried cause all the assets are in Canadian funds but can easily be converted within a year since they are from a savings accounts.  

Plus someone told me that they assets need to me 10 times the requirement. Based on everything I read, they only need to be 3 or 5 times the difference. Then someone else told me that assets dont usually count.

But the fact of the matter is, my US fiance DOES have a job now. His income from 2020 was just really low due to being laid off. 

Edited April 12, 2021 by Sparkey