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Yes, she is from the Philippines, and I am in the USA. I do not plan to apply business deductions to myself, so that will help in my case. I am very early into the process. Although we have been seeing each other for a long time, we haven't decided yet between deciding to marry her for spousal, or begining the K1. Seeing your response is very enlightening, this means we do meet the financial requirement, however i worry. Do they not check the past 3 years of income on average? When I read the I-864p I see that they say it will be an optional benefit to show a stable income for the 3 most recent incomes, but I sure hope they don't see it as something to hold me against. (Section 6, numbers 16a. 16b, 16c.) If the future, if processing a K1 is not strong, I'd rather go marry her and process the visa that way instead. so, in short.... we haven't made a choice to move forward until we know for sure what plan is best. I've been at this for 3 years and I'm young, but I'd even immigrate to her if the country love won't let her come through, and she has shown the same resolve. Apologies if it makes it seem like I was putting websites against each other, this is actually the only place i put my voice out while on other sites I have only read information the wealth of confusing information. Based on the information you tell me, I saw hope. However, based on how you worded your post, it makes me question if there was a feeling from you that immigration would deny me based on what extra optional qualifications that I am not giving. I have photos, stories, family interactions, years of bonding conversations and affirmations... I really hope some pen pusher isn't going to see me and her and say, "This guy technically follows the qualifications, but he's pushing it, denied".... That's why we are so worried on which we should get married and do a spousal visa, or fiancé k1. Sorry for the long explanation, I am just really worried and recently got a pay increase with a foreseeable contract increase pay from my family's business. We also anticipated waiting a year so we can have two years of good income, but we cry often knowing how close we are to finally trying close the distance gap.

Me and my fiancé have been engaged for a year and known each other for three years. I have visited her twice and we were looking into the financial requirements. I make $24,000 a year from my main job shown on my W2, and as a financial and service contractor for my family's business I get paid $5000 on a 1099. This is only for the year of 2025. I live in Georgia if that info helps. My questions are... 1) What is the minimum financial requirement to sponsor her, I see the minimum is 125% above federal minimum wage, but when i do the math on google where it says its 15,000ish for a single household, it's like 30k... but everywhere I'm seeing says its only 27,000ish... is my math really wrong here? 2) If I don't reach the minimum requirement, can I co-sponsor for a k1 visa? There is conflicting information on this too where they say you can't and can. If i could, id feel safer having my brother who agreed to help me to cosponsor if it was something he could do. 3) Do they even take my two separate incomes as valid qualification for my total income? Normally people only have one job with a higher average pay. 4) I also see conflicting information online that shows that they will check for the past 3 years of income, and some websites say you only need the most recent year. I need to know the validity of this so that i can find out if im wasting my time trying to get the requirements for a K1 and if i should just go try getting a spousal visa (if the K1 doesn't allow co-sponsors that is). Please help, I'm making shots in the dark to anyone who can help me.