Sponsorship

[frankmay32780 0]

Right now I am teaching English in China, but I want to go back to the states for a Masters degree and want to bring my wife with me. My income is around 600 dollars per month right now (converting RMB to dollars) and when I get to the US I will be a student. Do I have to get a sponsor for her K-3 visa? If so, I can probably ask my parents. If that is the case, do they each have to file one separately or together? I don't know what the minimum income that is necessary to claim sponsorship so I don't know if just one of my parents could cover it alone. Could anyone summarize the whole sponsorship process for me? Thanks for the help.

Edited February 4, 2007 by frankmay32780

[frankmay32780 0]

Right now I am teaching English in China, but I want to go back to the states for a Masters degree and want to bring my wife with me. My income is around 600 dollars per month right now (converting RMB to dollars) and when I get to the US I will be a student. Do I have to get a sponsor for her K-3 visa? If so, I can probably ask my parents. If that is the case, do they each have to file one separately or together? I don't know what the minimum income that is necessary to claim sponsorship so I don't know if just one of my parents could cover it alone. Could anyone summarize the whole sponsorship process for me? Thanks for the help.

EDIT: I will be working in the US if I don't get enough in scholarships and school loans to cover our living.

[Fofire 0]

Right now I am teaching English in China, but I want to go back to the states for a Masters degree and want to bring my wife with me. My income is around 600 dollars per month right now (converting RMB to dollars) and when I get to the US I will be a student. Do I have to get a sponsor for her K-3 visa? If so, I can probably ask my parents. If that is the case, do they each have to file one separately or together? I don't know what the minimum income that is necessary to claim sponsorship so I don't know if just one of my parents could cover it alone. Could anyone summarize the whole sponsorship process for me? Thanks for the help.

EDIT: I will be working in the US if I don't get enough in scholarships and school loans to cover our living.

Yeah you will have to get sponsership from your parents . . . That is unless you can cover the missing amount by showing you have 3 times that much in your bank account.

U have to have 125% of the poverty rate. Assuming you are filing with 1 parent yourself and your wife I believe the minimum income is 16,500 USD. And with both parents its something like 20k or 21k.

Keep in mind you add your income with whoever it is thats sponsoring you.

With regard to 1 or 2 parents filing . . . well this depends on if you wil be living with 1 or both. If your parents are divorced then you can only really put one parent down otherwise you put both down.

Fofire

[frankmay32780 0]

Thanks for the reply. I probably won't be living with my parents at all, nor will I actually be asking them for money. I just need help getting over the "poverty line" because I will have spent over a year teaching in China making $600 a month. I can still use my parents to sponsor us?

I asked the question about one or two parents filing because I wanted to know if they could sponsor me jointly using one I-134 or if they have to each fill out an I-134. Now that you have told me that the minimum salary is only 16,500 I'm pretty sure that only one of my parents sponsoring us will suffice. Thanks again.

Edited February 4, 2007 by frankmay32780

[YuAndDan 153]

Thanks for the reply. I probably won't be living with my parents at all, nor will I actually be asking them for money. I just need help getting over the "poverty line" because I will have spent over a year teaching in China making $600 a month. I can still use my parents to sponsor us?

I asked the question about one or two parents filing because I wanted to know if they could sponsor me jointly using one I-134 or if they have to each fill out an I-134. Now that you have told me that the minimum salary is only 16,500 I'm pretty sure that only one of my parents sponsoring us will suffice. Thanks again.

If parents file tax jointly they should be able to provide 1 I-134 for your wife.

Another thing you may want to look at A Candle For Love http://candleforlove.com All types of discussions about the visa process in the Guangzhou China consulate.