child support

[debby1 0]

ok..I was really confused about the qualifications of for being above the poverty level. I've been including only myself and my daughters (3 of us) in the equation, making my income requirements with no problem. I worked for 10 years in sales, and my last 3 tax returns report me at making between $25,000 and $26,000 a year. No problem, except, my position was terminated in February and I was unemployed for 4 months. I have a job now making $11.00 an hour. So, with just that amount I will be making $22,000 a year. If I only include myself and daughters we are still ok with the poverty level thing, but if I have to include my fiance, which it seems I do after reading some of these posts, then I need to make atleast $26,000. So, I will be short by $4,000. Can I include the child support I recieve each month from my ex-husband into my income? Because then I would be at about $25,708.00 and I get overtime that will show in my paystubs. So, with the child support added into it, I would make it no problem, I'm sure. I'm having a hard time finding sponsors, cuz nobody wants to release their soc. number to the embassy....also, my oldest daughter will be 18 in February and the Child support will be cut in half....what should I do? Get a second job? any advice?

Thanks again...

Debby

[Mew 0]

I think you'll find useful info about child support on these threads:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...l=child+support

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...l=child+support

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...l=child+support

[Erik 0]

Jeez Mew, your a busy little beaver aren't you?

If your making $11.00 an hour, then your annual gross salary would be $22,880. So you should even be a little closer.

As you can see from the links Mew provided, people have included they're child support.

I'm not sure how your overtime will come into play though, as if memory serves me right they ask for your annual income, not hourly. So, unless you get the same exact amount of overtime every week, I'm not sure how that would work. Also, the company you work for will not include your overtime when they report your annual salary. Someone may know better about this.

Keep working on a co-sponser to if you can, certainly wouldn't hurt. Just remind those people that are scared to fork over they're SSN, that they are sending that SSN to a "US" Consulate.

[Mew 0]

Jeez Mew, your a busy little beaver aren't you?

Nah, I just like using my searching skills. And they're not even that great!

[Erik 0]

Jeez Mew, your a busy little beaver aren't you?

Nah, I just like using my searching skills. And they're not even that great!

Are you sure your Brasilian? and can you talk to my fiance???

[Mew 0]

Jeez Mew, your a busy little beaver aren't you?

Nah, I just like using my searching skills. And they're not even that great!

Are you sure your Brasilian? and can you talk to my fiance???

Erik, I am! And from what I've read on the Latin America forum, we're all like that. Kind of fast! Give me your fiance's e-mail and we will have a little talk! The other girls and I will give her some tips...

[William33 110]

Off topic time, Erik you started it!!!

Mew, if you are Brazilian, how did you acquire your remarkable english skills? And I thought my Fiance was good with English....

Jeez Mew, your a busy little beaver aren't you?

Nah, I just like using my searching skills. And they're not even that great!

Are you sure your Brasilian? and can you talk to my fiance???

Erik, I am! And from what I've read on the Latin America forum, we're all like that. Kind of fast! Give me your fiance's e-mail and we will have a little talk! The other girls and I will give her some tips...

[Mew 0]

Off topic time, Erik you started it!!!

Mew, if you are Brazilian, how did you acquire your remarkable english skills? And I thought my Fiance was good with English....

Aw, William, thanks for the compliment on my English skills! Actually I'm acutely aware of the many mistakes I make when posting/writing or speaking. I'm kind of ####### when it comes to expressing myself and I want to be able to do it in a very correct manner - be it in Portuguese or in English. I've started learning English as a child and I guess I've picked up the language. I watch movies all the time, I read a lot... For the most part, I've studied by myself, except for a month I spent in CA when I was a teenager and for a few months in a language school. When I was about to enroll for the next semester, my teacher suggested that I took an exam and started teaching. So... there you go.

[Caroline and Phil 14]

My fiance has 2 children. They are partially dependent.

I found this example:

Example for a Household of 4:

125% Poverty Guideline........$25,000 (2006)

Sponsor’s Income..............$18,000

Difference.....................$7,000

Multiply by 5..................X 5

Minimum Required Cash

Value of Assets...............$35,000

well, if household are members that live in the sponsor's house and dependents of his/her suport, does this example apply to us?

My fiance's household size: 2 kids (they live with their mom) + me + my fiance (sponsor)

= 4

Thank you

Mew,

Congratulations, they are right, your English and your skills are great!

Edited August 20, 2006 by Lisa and Phil

[Mew 0]

My fiance has 2 children. They are partially dependent.

I found this example:

Example for a Household of 4:

125% Poverty Guideline........$25,000 (2006)

Sponsor’s Income..............$18,000

Difference.....................$7,000

Multiply by 5..................X 5

Minimum Required Cash

Value of Assets...............$35,000

well, if household are members that live in the sponsor's house and dependents of his/her suport, does this example apply to us?

My fiance's household size: 2 kids (they live with their mom) + me + my fiance (sponsor)

= 4

Thank you

Mew,

Congratulations, they are right, your English and your skills are great!

How do you count children of a divorced couple who reside with one parent part of the time and with the other parent the other part?

A divorced parent's dependent children are members of his or her household, even if they live part of the time with the former spouse. A parent almost always has a legal obligation to support his or her children. Although only one of the parents may be legally entitled to claim the child as a dependent on tax returns (1040), the child must be considered as part of both parents' households for purposes of the Affidavit of Support, unless a parent can show that he or she no longer has a legal obligation to support the child.

Source: I-864 FAQs

Maybe I'm mistaken - anyone?, but even though the quote was taken from the I-864 FAQs, I guess it still applies when you want to figure out the household size for I-134.

[gugu24 0]

Two important things people always mix up difference between I-134 and I-864.

For k-1 you dont need to show at all that you have to earn 125% of pverty line. All you need to do is to show some kind of income and fill in I-134.

The main hindernce of poverty line is either for k-3 direct visa or AOS while in USA. At that time you need to submit the documents like I-864, 125% of income level and income resource.

As for you as the main question si concened:

Answer is yes. you can count the child support as an income. So you are save.

[Mew 0]

For I-134 you have to be 100% above the poverty guideline, and not 125% (in Brazil, however, they ask us to fill submit I-134 and send us the I-864 poverty guideline sheet). So I guess it's not only a matter of showing income, but the ability of the petitioner to actually support the beneficiary.

Do the same income requirements apply to all immigrant visa applicants even if they use the I-134?

No. The 125 percent minimum income requirement, the need for the most recent year's tax return and other requirements only apply when an I-864 is needed. Applicants using the I-134 will need to show that their sponsor's income is 100 percent of federal poverty guidelines as required under Section 212(a)(4) of the INA.

Source: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1328.html

Edited August 20, 2006 by Mew