Joint Sponsor I864 Income Requirement

[lustanovska 0]

Hello, I am a petitioner for my husband (it's just the two of us), but being in Slovakia, I don't quite make the 125% for two people level. My mother has agreed to be a joint sponsor, but with her also come two dependent children, my siblings, so now the number has jumped to 5 and $32,000 something. She doesn't quite make this much. Together she and I are well above the $32,000 something, but does she alone need to make above this number? Will the NVC add her and my income together or not? It's a heck of a question to get wrong... Thanks.

[lustanovska 0]

Hello, I am a petitioner for my husband (it's just the two of us), but being in Slovakia, I don't quite make the 125% for two people level. My mother has agreed to be a joint sponsor, but with her also come two dependent children, my siblings, so now the number has jumped to 5 and $32,000 something. She doesn't quite make this much. Together she and I are well above the $32,000 something, but does she alone need to make above this number? Will the NVC add her and my income together or not? It's a heck of a question to get wrong... Thanks.

I found my own answer on another post: If your spouse cannot meet the financial minimum on his own the first step is to see if another member of the household is willing to include their income. (household member)or dependent. or joint filer.

One nice thing about using a household member's income is that it only has to be enough to make up the SHORTFALL in the main sponsors income .

Independent joint sponsor......Unlike household joint sponsors,joint sponsors from outside the household will need to make enough to cover the entire poverty guidelines minimum requirementsfor their own household and for the intending immigrants.. A joint sponsor cannot simply make up the main sponsors shortfall.

So in order for a co-sponsor to be legitimate, your income doesn't count. So

[Giskat09 2]

So what you mean is the household member (co sponsor) can only cover the shortfall of the petitioner's income and that would be fine? i just posted this question awhile ago