I-864A

[Somalf 3]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

She's a USC ; she has family and friends in the USA so she has support here from family and friends

 

the income statement is needed for a visa and she is going to have to produce it / that's the jist of it

if she can not produce a joint sponsor (and they only are obligated to the government -not support you 3), she needs income (job)

even having a baby there are day care centers and/ or babysitters in the US / working as a new mother is not unheard of 

she needs to return , find work,  have a US address to satisfy that section of the visa 

 

You can put a 1 year hold on meeting the requirements at the NVC stage by writing once a month to keep the case open while she returns and finds a job

Thank you so much for your well structured input and advice. I appreciate. My wife went to the became a LPR through employment as an RN and later a USC after some years of work. She worked as a travel nurse to many states and did not have a permanent place, as well as traveling back and forth from US to Nig. cos of marriage and a child during the period. Thou she is very quite and private she made few friends, some of whom didn't meet the criteria for joint sponsor and some decline. Only person that accepted (wife declined i-864a). She left US in 2023 immediately after she became a USC so I could fully participate in our second child birth ( first of which I missed and she did it alone). We gave birth to our baby preterm and still needs frequent and constant attention. 

 

We appreciate all the advice and we will try all available options open to us. Thank you 

[Somalf 3]

7 minutes ago, Somalf said:

Thank you so much for your well structured input and advice. I appreciate. My wife went to the became a LPR through employment as an RN and later a USC after some years of work. She worked as a travel nurse to many states and did not have a permanent place, as well as traveling back and forth from US to Nig. cos of marriage and a child during the period. Thou she is very quite and private she made few friends, some of whom didn't meet the criteria for joint sponsor and some decline. Only person that accepted (wife declined i-864a). She left US in 2023 immediately after she became a USC so I could fully participate in our second child birth ( first of which I missed and she did it alone). We gave birth to our baby preterm and still needs frequent and constant attention. 

 

We appreciate all the advice and we will try all available options open to us. Thank you 

She paid an immigration lawyer( complete requested fee) before leaving the US, to see us through the application. Lawyer saw us through I-130 Approval. Got notification from NVC in January, but lawyer kept a very poor communication with us, gave us a questionnaire, we filled and sent all necessary documents. But lawyer stopped responding to all our mails ( no problems from us, only request for updates) in April and still hasn't filled or submitted application to NVC. So we decided to continue on our own. That's why we are here looking for solutions now. And we appreciate the response and engagement so far. Thanks

[KMG 203]

3 hours ago, Somalf said:

Few person's we know all gave excuses why they can't do it. It took us a while to find only this joint sponsor who has agreed to support us. 

Excuses?!  No, no, no... this is a huge ask of someone... no excuses there, it is their personal boundary. No one is obligated to help you with this.  If the spouse doesn't want to sign the form, then she doesn't want to sign it, and probably not a wise idea to ask again. I had to find a joint sponsor for my husband and me, and I am planning to return to the U.S. this summer to start employment as a teacher- our plan is to wipe out our joint sponsor before he has his interview.  My husband and I did not go in with the attitude that someone is obligated to help us with this. We prepared for a possible brief separation if we couldn't find someone to be a sponsor. That is the responsibility of the U.S. Citizen.  This is you and your spouse's responsibility and yours alone.

Edited May 10 by KMG

[Somalf 3]

34 minutes ago, KMG said:

Excuses?!  No, no, no... this is a huge ask of someone... no excuses there, it is their personal boundary. No one is obligated to help you with this.  If the spouse doesn't want to sign the form, then she doesn't want to sign it, and probably not a wise idea to ask again. I had to find a joint sponsor for my husband and me, and I am planning to return to the U.S. this summer to start employment as a teacher- our plan is to wipe out our joint sponsor before he has his interview.  My husband and I did not go in with the attitude that someone is obligated to help us with this. We prepared for a possible brief separation if we couldn't find someone to be a sponsor. That is the responsibility of the U.S. Citizen.  This is you and your spouse's responsibility and yours alone.

True. Excuses wasn't the right word to use there. Our joint sponsor will try writing to NVC with evidence of paystubs and w-2 , that only his personal independent finances is sufficient ( he is above the 125% criteria) and only his finances should be applied to the application. If that doesn't work, then we will put it on hold till she is able to go back and work.

[JeanneAdil 6,991]

2 things i forgot

1.  congratulations to u 2 on the new baby

2.  If wife satifys conditions for time spent in USA,  you 2 need to get the baby's US citizenship ASAP

[Somalf 3]

3 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

2 things i forgot

1.  congratulations to u 2 on the new baby

2.  If wife satifys conditions for time spent in USA,  you 2 need to get the baby's US citizenship ASAP

Thank you and yes she does. We have CRBA & applied for US passport. 

[Somalf 3]

Hi everyone 

Just wanted to put an update on the issue we had with I-864A, where the spouse of our joint-sponsor declined to sign. We appreciate all the advice and counsel we got here. 

Our joint sponsor submitted a signed letter explaining his independent finances are sufficient to sponsor and he is not using wife's funds Even thou they file tax jointly. 

He submitted letter with evidence of paystubs. It was accepted and we got DQ today. Thank you all for the constant support. 

[Somalf 3]

18 minutes ago, Somalf said:

Hi everyone 

Just wanted to put an update on the issue we had with I-864A, where the spouse of our joint-sponsor declined to sign. We appreciate all the advice and counsel we got here. 

Our joint sponsor submitted a signed letter explaining his independent finances are sufficient to sponsor and he is not using wife's funds Even thou they file tax jointly. 

He submitted letter with evidence of paystubs. It was accepted and we got DQ today. Thank you all for the constant support. 

I forgot to add that our joint sponsor also submitted in addition to the signed letter, a "revised form I-864", and on "Part 6" of the form he added only his own finances and backed it up with his W-2. On the initial I-864 he wrote the total finances as reflected the their joint file tax with his wife. So he had to revise that with only his funds. 

This is to help anyone in a similar situation with us.