Co-Sponsors and K-1 Visa Denial??

[alic3wang 0]

Hi everyone,

I am canadian citizen and my fiance is USC who is currently in medical school. He doesn't have any income so we were planning to ask our close friend to co-sponsor us for the K-1 visa.

He makes well above the poverty level but I read many threads where k-1 visas were denied because the primary sponsor doesn't have enough income? Does anyone know about how the Montreal Consulate treats co-sponsors and if it's likely my k-1 visa will be denied??

Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance for your help!

[NikLR 13,227]

Both Montreal and Vancouver allow for joint sponsors for K1 visas.

[saddlepatch 6]

Both Montreal and Vancouver allow for joint sponsors for K1 visas.

Do they accept join sponsors for CR-1 too in Montreal or Canada? D: Figured I'd ask since we're on the topic, cause I have to go that route as well.

[alic3wang 0]

Thanks for the fast reply!

Do you know if it's okay for the primary sponsor to not have any income?? Since my fiance has none... and I read somewhere that consulate officers can deny since they don't have to consider co-sponsers? @.@

[Rob & Monika 87]

Do you plan on living with your cosponsor? If not, they need to make enough to support their own household, and yours, two households. Some people miss that and are surprised when they get denied because they only factored in the cost of one household.

[NikLR 13,227]

I'm not sure how they work it for a K1 but with a CR1 you only need a joint sponsor who can support the beneficiary and their own household, not the entire household of the petitioner.

Every consulate accepts joint sponsors for the CR1 because you do the I-864 which is legally binding. The I-134 is not which is why a consulate or embassy does not have to accept them. However both of the Canadian consulates that do K1 interviews do accept them.

Yes it's okay for the primary sponsor not to have any income, but I question you this to think about.... How are you going to live? It takes 3 months after filing the AOS paperwork (which is $1070) for the beneficiary to be able to work. During this time they cannot work, even remotely, or collect EI. Understandably your fiancé will have money after he is done school since he'll be able to work, but you need to support yourselves until then unless you plan on relying on student loans or his family. Obviously you do not need to answer these questions, and you may have already thought about it (good for you) but you also may not have. Just throwing it out there for all it's worth.

[alic3wang 0]

I'm not sure how they work it for a K1 but with a CR1 you only need a joint sponsor who can support the beneficiary and their own household, not the entire household of the petitioner.

Every consulate accepts joint sponsors for the CR1 because you do the I-864 which is legally binding. The I-134 is not which is why a consulate or embassy does not have to accept them. However both of the Canadian consulates that do K1 interviews do accept them.

Yes it's okay for the primary sponsor not to have any income, but I question you this to think about.... How are you going to live? It takes 3 months after filing the AOS paperwork (which is $1070) for the beneficiary to be able to work. During this time they cannot work, even remotely, or collect EI. Understandably your fiancé will have money after he is done school since he'll be able to work, but you need to support yourselves until then unless you plan on relying on student loans or his family. Obviously you do not need to answer these questions, and you may have already thought about it (good for you) but you also may not have. Just throwing it out there for all it's worth.

I see... seems like co-sponsors aren't a problem for Canadian Consulates then. Thanks for the info! and yeah we planned our finances haha

[Udella&Wiz 325]

It seems to me your cosponsor has to actually be supporting you....you cannot conveniently ask a friend to 'say they are co-sponsoring' although they really aren't. They have to actually be doing it. That ends up being an ugly tangle.

As noted above, its none of our business how you work out the details of course......

[NikLR 13,227]

Eventually when you do the AOS from the K1 the joint sponsor would have to sign the I-864 unless the primary sponsor was able to do it on their own at that point.