Is Employment Letter helpful?

[sweetcitygirl 0]

Hello, my mother is my sponsor and she made 16000 last year, but im including her employment letter of her present job that she makes 19200 at, and has been working since April of this year. Do you think they will still allow her to be the sponsor with this letter? I pray to God so hard as we want this so bad. What do you think?

thanks and so worried, sweetcitywife

[Cathi 5,744]

as i told you yesterday she needs to be 125% over the poverty guidelines. She needs to count herself, whoever she claims on her taxes and the person she is sponsoring. Follow the guides at the top of this page and you will find the guidelines. It has nothing to do with what we think and everything to do with the guidelines set forth.

[bsd058 296]

Hello, my mother is my sponsor and she made 16000 last year, but im including her employment letter of her present job that she makes 19200 at, and has been working since April of this year. Do you think they will still allow her to be the sponsor with this letter? I pray to God so hard as we want this so bad. What do you think?

thanks and so worried, sweetcitywife

I do not believe it has anything to do with last year's salary. Has to do with what she makes at the time of affidavit. I think she should be able to use an employment verification letter as long as it is accompanied by some pay stubs. Use the guidelines as mimolicious states. The guidelines will show you whether your mother can be your sponsor.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Hello, my mother is my sponsor and she made 16000 last year, but im including her employment letter of her present job that she makes 19200 at, and has been working since April of this year. Do you think they will still allow her to be the sponsor with this letter? I pray to God so hard as we want this so bad. What do you think?

thanks and so worried, sweetcitywife

Your joint sponsor needs to meet the 125% requirement for their household size plus the intending immigrant. If she is single and has no other dependents, then yes, $19,200 is enough for a household of 2. If she has other dependents, then no, and you will need to find a new joint sponsor that does qualify. Here are the 2012 guidelines: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf

[sweetcitygirl 0]

Thanks everyone for your help, I think and hope we will be okay. Im trying to find a back up but not going good.

But I was looking at my mothers W2 and it says she made 16,848 as net, but when i looked at the gross it says 18,512. So do you think this helps our chances better, that before taxes she actually brought in the required amount as it is only her and my husband on the household size. But the other thing is it is unemployment compensation. But thank god she has her new job, so hopefully the employment letter will help. I am submitting everything this week, please pray for us!!

thanks everyone, sweetcitywife

praying so hard

[sweetcitygirl 0]

Thanks everyone for your help, I think and hope we will be okay. Im trying to find a back up but not going good.

But I was looking at my mothers W2 and it says she made 16,848 as net, but when i looked at the gross it says 18,512. So do you think this helps our chances better, that before taxes she actually brought in the required amount as it is only her and my husband on the household size. But the other thing is it is unemployment compensation. But thank god she has her new job, so hopefully the employment letter will help. I am submitting everything this week, please pray for us!!

thanks everyone, sweetcitywife

praying so hard

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[Paul&Vha 2]

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I believe that they will only look at her current job/salary. As someone pointed out before, I don't think that last year's salary will matter. They care about current job & income. Like Jay Kay said, if your mom doesn't claim any dependents then her income should be enough.

Edited July 1, 2012 by Paul&Vha

[sweetcitygirl 0]

I believe that they will only look at her current job/salary. As someone pointed out before, I don't think that last year's salary will matter. They care about current job & income. Like Jay Kay said, if your mom doesn't claim any dependents then her income should be enough.

Thanks Paul and Vha, thanks so much for your help and answering so quick! Thanks everyone for always helping and answering, now i can sleep tonight. Im glad there is visa journey!

thanks

[pushbrk 12,824]

I believe that they will only look at her current job/salary. As someone pointed out before, I don't think that last year's salary will matter. They care about current job & income. Like Jay Kay said, if your mom doesn't claim any dependents then her income should be enough.

They will look at EVERYTHING but her "current income" must meet the minimum for her household size plus the intending immigrant. "Enough" to meet the minimum requirement is no guarantee the affidavit will pass muster at the Consulate. Not meeting it, DOES guarantee it won't be enough though.

[sweetcitygirl 0]

They will look at EVERYTHING but her "current income" must meet the minimum for her household size plus the intending immigrant. "Enough" to meet the minimum requirement is no guarantee the affidavit will pass muster at the Consulate. Not meeting it, DOES guarantee it won't be enough though.

Thank you pushbrk for your positive words, I already said her current income is 19200 for a household of two, so it does meet the requirements of current income, so i dont know what you are talking about when are current income is okay.

thanks for your help and helping me to calm down

[pushbrk 12,824]

Thank you pushbrk for your positive words, I already said her current income is 19200 for a household of two, so it does meet the requirements of current income, so i dont know what you are talking about when are current income is okay.

thanks for your help and helping me to calm down

I don't know how I can be more clear but I'll try. There is a minimum required income. Meeting that minimum requirement does NOT assure that a Consular Officer will conclude that the intending immigrant is sufficiently sponsored. It's a judgment call. In making that call, the Consular Officer considers the totality of circumstances.

When income is NOT up to the minimum requirement and there are no assets to make up the difference, the Consular Officer usually doesn't even see the affidavit because you never get past NVC.

NVC does not make the "positive" decision on an affidavit of support but they CAN make a negative decision.

[sweetcitygirl 0]

I don't know how I can be more clear but I'll try. There is a minimum required income. Meeting that minimum requirement does NOT assure that a Consular Officer will conclude that the intending immigrant is sufficiently sponsored. It's a judgment call. In making that call, the Consular Officer considers the totality of circumstances.

When income is NOT up to the minimum requirement and there are no assets to make up the difference, the Consular Officer usually doesn't even see the affidavit because you never get past NVC.

NVC does not make the "positive" decision on an affidavit of support but they CAN make a negative decision.

And how many times do i have to tell you that our income is up to the requirement!! The requirement is 18,912 and my mom makes 19,200! How much more clear can I be? So now tell me again how we dont meet the requirement??

And yes we also have assets, you dont even know me or all the details. We are already past the NVC.

Thank you anyways, you are very very kind!

Thanks so much for all your help, Im so glad you are there to help us visa journey people!

[pushbrk 12,824]

And how many times do i have to tell you that our income is up to the requirement!! The requirement is 18,912 and my mom makes 19,200! How much more clear can I be? So now tell me again how we dont meet the requirement??

And yes we also have assets, you dont even know me or all the details. We are already past the NVC.

Thank you anyways, you are very very kind!

Thanks so much for all your help, Im so glad you are there to help us visa journey people!

You meet the minimum requirement BUT meeting the minimum requirement does not ASSURE the Consular Officer will make the judgment call you desire. It's not a goal line, that when crossed, you score. It's just a line you need to cross BEFORE a judgment call can be made. Getting past the NVC does NOT mean you're past the Consular Officer. If you've disclosed assets, those will be considered according to their guidelines and the documentation you provided. They will "consider" everything and then make a judgment call on the public charge issue.

I don't pretend to know what that call will be.

[sweetcitygirl 0]

You meet the minimum requirement BUT meeting the minimum requirement does not ASSURE the Consular Officer will make the judgment call you desire. It's not a goal line, that when crossed, you score. It's just a line you need to cross BEFORE a judgment call can be made. Getting past the NVC does NOT mean you're past the Consular Officer. If you've disclosed assets, those will be considered according to their guidelines and the documentation you provided. They will "consider" everything and then make a judgment call on the public charge issue.

I don't pretend to know what that call will be.

Thanks anyways for trying, i appreciate your answering each time. Sorry if i got stressed out, this process is stressing me out. I will let you know what happens. I will just submit the papers and see what they say, and pray to god so hard.

thanks again

[bsd058 296]

You meet the minimum requirement BUT meeting the minimum requirement does not ASSURE the Consular Officer will make the judgment call you desire. It's not a goal line, that when crossed, you score. It's just a line you need to cross BEFORE a judgment call can be made. Getting past the NVC does NOT mean you're past the Consular Officer. If you've disclosed assets, those will be considered according to their guidelines and the documentation you provided. They will "consider" everything and then make a judgment call on the public charge issue.

I don't pretend to know what that call will be.

You seem to have the patience of a saint, pushbrk.

OP, the above is correct.

The income "requirement" is something that your sponsor MUST meet at least, but just because they meet it, it doesn't mean that they will qualify as the sponsor.