cyanide123

You shouldn't need a co-sponsor with your current income being well above the minimum requirement, but no one can ever guarantee what the CO will decide. Include a statement that you were a med student, have recently graduated, started your new career, and are earning well over the income requirement for sponsorship. Most tend to understand being in school and just starting out after graduation. Include letter from employer and most recent 6 months of pay stubs to prove your current income. List your assets on the form as well, and provide documentation to prove the assets.

I don't have 6 months of paystubs yet. Only 2 months of paystubs. I plan on including a statement explaining my almost 0 income from last year on my previous tax returns. And I also plan on submitting a copy of my Medical school diploma.

Hi there,

I've applied for a K1 visa for my fiance. Already received the NOA 2 and have gone ahead and submitted her DS 160 as well. Gathering documents for I-134 affidavit for support right now. My question is whether I do or don't need a co-sponsor. I'm 27, and only just graduated from medical school in June 2016. This is my first "real" job, I've been in school for far too long. I have been employed as a resident physician starting July 2016 making around 51k annually. I have paystubs from the last 4 pay periods (to date income in 8 weeks about 8k). I have assets roughly around 50k including cash and stock investments. As a previous medical school student, my income tax return from last year has almost no income. So here is my question...should I get a co signer? My current income of 51k annually meets minimum requirements, but my income tax returns from last year shows 0 income. I will obviously be getting a statement from my employee saying what my income is, when I started, and that my job is permanent. What do you guys think? Co sponsor for affidavit of support or don't really need one?

I guess I'll be safe and have a cosponsor. I talked to my dad today who doesnt even seem to be concerned about the issue. And says he'll be my cosponsor or that any of my siblings could do it. He was pretty confident that this wont be an issue. He said that it should be fine based on assets that he owns (~500k), even if he doesn't have a job right now.

Am i better off with one of my siblings as cosponsor with on going income vs my father who is essentially retired now and on social security (he is 68)? Or does it not matter either way?

Let's hope for some rational thinking from our Government employees.

That's my fear, i don't expect much rational thinking. In my mind these government folks hardly look deeply into any information and just reject things on a whim. Maybe I'm too skeptical.

I have a rather interesting situation. I'm a medical student graduating June 1st 2016. I will start as a resident physician (aka junior training physician) July 1st with an annual income of ~ 50k. I will be starting July 1st, so my income by the end of the calender year will be ~25k, which still should meet the minimum requirement they have. However, I understand I have to submit tax returns from previous years as well. As I have been in medical school, I have had little to no income. My income on this years tax return was $700.

So my question is...does anyone have experience with passing income requirements with proof of current and future income (contract with annual income, start date, with some latest pay stubs and letter by employer) while having absolutely no income history for the last 8 years.

Currently expecting an interview to happen around September. Will have a few pay stubs by then.


My other option ofcourse is to have a cosponsor. My dad would have been my cosponsor, making things much easier. But he recently lost his job (Damn the slump in the oil industry). He will have an income of ~ 40-50k this year and ~170k on his previous tax return. But without a current employer I feel that's asking for a rejection with him as a co sponsor.

What do you guys suggest? Should I be fine with meeting income requirement based on my future annual income of 50k starting july 1st despite having almost no income on all past tax returns? Should I have my dad as a co-sponsor, eventhough he recently lost his job but has a strong tax return history of income? Or Should I turn to a sibling for co-sponsoring? I preferably wouldn't want to go down that path, but I could if I had to. My brother owns his own decently successful tech start up. I think he is paying himself a 60k salary. The other option would be my sister who is a physician. She obviously has a high income but all of her taxes are filed jointly with her husband. And I really don't want to seek a favor from the brother in law. Can my sister sponsor me without having her husband become liability as well?

Thank you all for your help. I hope my questions made sense.

The question is "Was this other marriage to someone from another country?' And did you apply for a visa?"

If so, this will show up on USCIS site and defintely needs to be declared

and all marriages, I bleieve, need to be declared, even those ending in annulment USCIS will eventually know every bit of your past and present life

She was from the US, and the marriage took place in Dallas. The annulment was filed and processed in Chicago where she was a resident. No application for a visa took place in the process. USCIS might want it declared, but I guess from a legal standpoint a marriage that was declared as nullified and invalid from the start, in theory strictly from a legal definition perspective, that individual retrospectively was never my spouse. Looking forward to other opinions.

I am in the process of filing a petition for a alien fiance. I have had a previous marriage that ended in an annulment due to non consummation. The annulment was granted in May 2013. Now that I am in the process of filing for a K1 visa, could anyone please advice whether I should list my previous relationship under the "Prior spouse" section? As far as I understand, an annulment nullifies and essentially erases a marriage legally, as if it had never taken place to begin with. Is it possible to not declare the annuled marriage? My fiance does know about my past annulment, however her family does not, hence I personally wanted to keep this under wraps, especially since an annulment by definition nullifies the marriage agreement and voids it in the first place. I do have all documents, the marriage license, and the official annulment decree, I just personally don't want to declare it if I don't have to.