Form I-864 Question

[kckitchen 0]

Hello so I am a Canadian citizen and my wife is a US citizen. We are currently living in Canada and working in Canada. Our I-130 was approved from USCIS and now we are at the NVC stage. Problem is since she has Canadian income and not a US based income I don't think it will count for the affidavit of support. 

 

We have tried looking for a joint sponsor with no luck. From my understanding the only way we are going to be approved is if she can provide sufficient US income which means she either has to move back to the US and find a job, or find a remote job in the US. Is there any other way around this or are these our only options? We don't want to be split apart and the chance of her finding a remote job seems impossible so we're just kinda defeated and ready to give up on this whole process.

[appleblossom 5,365]

1 hour ago, kckitchen said:

Hello so I am a Canadian citizen and my wife is a US citizen. We are currently living in Canada and working in Canada. Our I-130 was approved from USCIS and now we are at the NVC stage. Problem is since she has Canadian income and not a US based income I don't think it will count for the affidavit of support. 

 

We have tried looking for a joint sponsor with no luck. From my understanding the only way we are going to be approved is if she can provide sufficient US income which means she either has to move back to the US and find a job, or find a remote job in the US. Is there any other way around this or are these our only options? We don't want to be split apart and the chance of her finding a remote job seems impossible so we're just kinda defeated and ready to give up on this whole process.

Do you have assets you could use? 
 

**Thread moved to the CR-1/IR-1 forum as it’s not a DCF case**

Edited Sunday at 11:16 PM by appleblossom

[kckitchen 0]

39 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

Do you have assets you could use? 
 

**Thread moved to the CR-1/IR-1 forum as it’s not a DCF case**

Thank you for moving this to the appropriate forum.

 

No viable assets unfortunately.

[appleblossom 5,365]

56 minutes ago, kckitchen said:

Thank you for moving this to the appropriate forum.

 

No viable assets unfortunately.

Does her employer by any chance have has US locations she could request a transfer to?  If her job will continue from the same source then she could use it. 
 

If not, then sounds like her only option is to go ahead and find a job in the US. 
 

You can visit in the meantime though, and most jobs would qualify her so hopefully you won’t be apart for too long. 
 

Good luck. 

[Boiler 48,209]

She will have to show US domicile anyway, when is she moving?

[pushbrk 14,092]

19 hours ago, appleblossom said:

Does her employer by any chance have has US locations she could request a transfer to?  If her job will continue from the same source then she could use it. 
 

If not, then sounds like her only option is to go ahead and find a job in the US. 
 

You can visit in the meantime though, and most jobs would qualify her so hopefully you won’t be apart for too long. 
 

Good luck. 

Yes, either this or a qualified joint sponsor.  This is something knowable before you filed the petition.  Time for the US Citizen to move back to the USA and go to work.

[mam521 2,771]

Montreal is strict about proving domicile in addition to the affidavit of support.  I know you don't want to be apart, but you may NEED to be apart for your immigration journey to work if you cannot find a legitimate joint sponsor.  Honestly, it's a small blip in time relative to a lifetime together and Canadians are pretty lucky because they can typically visit during the process - a luxury most other couples don't have due to distance and visit visa restrictions.  If you've already gotten through the I-130 process, you're super close to making it to the end.  If the US is where you want to be, I wouldn't give up this far into the game because you might have to spend a couple of months apart.