PoorStudent

What does the AOS (adjustment of status) entail? Is it different from the CR1 (CR1 is the process for the marriage visa right?)

I actually found out that for a spouse the requirements are only 3x the difference

and he can hopefully find someone through our religious institute to help out if we really needed it for AOS

I made a mistake in what I said. If he entered the USA on a K 1 you could marry quickly and file the AOS not for a C R 1.

A joint sponsor could be a friend or another family member.

The car as an example wont work because assets must be liquid to be considered. Having 40 K in savings would be great as long as its been there for awhile.

Reconsider asking your family to help. You will marry within 90 days; file for a C R 1 quickly I assume. This means he can get a EAD & then green card. Also the AOS allows the use of the 864 and joint sponsors.

He will go to work & you will begin a career that will solve the support issue. To do that you need help getting him here.

Thank you so much for your reply. So the car won't work, I won't get another one then. My family has been supporting a lot of siblngs with college etc and they want me to marry a doctor (which he isn't) so it won't be a good idea to ask them to support me. They have helped me a lot so I need to do this on my own. I will work on saving up more money then, I guess that's the only way..thanks again for the input!!

Hey everyone,

I will try to keep this short and sweet. I met my fiance in 2008 (in Sudan, where I was born/have family there). I am the US citizen (female) and almost finished with my first year of medical school. My parents support a lot of others (siblings, etc) so I do not want to get them involved as joint sponsors, so we decided to wait patiently until I started my first real job in order to sponsor him on my own.

However, I really really miss him and I don't know if we can wait until 2018 when I graduate and start working. I make 12,000/yr now on the side as a medical assistant.

So I'm about 8000 short, and 5x that is 40k in assets.

These are the assets I have: I own a 2014 model car that is worth somewhere around 12,000 according to KBB. But I read that I can't use that unless I have a second working car? I did have a cheap second working car but I sold it because as a student I don't have space for 2 cars....does this mean I need to buy another cheap second working car in order for this one to count?

I also have several bank accounts and am constantly transferring, withdrawing, etc between them for various reasons. I can get close to 40k in the accounts by the time the interview rolls around, even if the car doesn't count.

But basically that means I'll be borderline, however I really want him to be with me. Should I proceed? The interview will take place in Egypt so I am not sure how strict they are. When I graduate, I will be fine money wise, so this is temporary. But again not sure if they will buy it.,

What do you all think? Are borderline support cases like mine commonly rejected?