Father-in-inlaw is the sponsor

[MargotDarko 0]

pushbrk,

There is no requirement that the petitioner must be the financial sponsor for a K visa applicant. The sponsor can be anyone who meets the financial requirements and who the consular officer believe will actually put out the money should it be required.

Yodrak

Hello my good VJers. I really would like to thank you all for your kind advice to people like me who knows less about immigration processes......My wife's father i.e my father-in-law is the sponsorer and he is the one filling the I-134 plus all other of his financial documents like bank statements,tax income return for the last 3yrs,letter from his employer,pay stub and other financial documents. Now the question is do i need to submit my wife's financial papers too>> Someone please tell me what to do as our interview is set for the 11th of july which is 4days from now........Any piece is advice would be appreciated as usual...

Regards,

Jamil

Your wife's financial papers are also needed. The father in-law can only be a co-sponsor. If you'r using an I-134 for her father, you need one from her too. You do not submit them. You turn them over if and when asked for them.

I thought it was different for a non-immigrant visa and the I-134? And then when they adjust status, the wife has to be the sponsor and the father-in-law co-sponsor on the I-864. Or is that since they will eventually have to adjust status on the K3 or complete the I-130, the interviewer might ask now for his wife's financial documents?

K visas are adjudicated by immigrant visa units because they have immigrant intent. The PI, for instance, won't accept any sponsor but the USC Fiance as sole sponsor. No co-sponsors are accepted. There may be a Consulate out there accepting somebody other than the Fiance or Spouse as primary sponsor for K visas but I don't know of it.

Other non-immigrant visa applicants can be supported by any sponsor.

khjandjamil,

Yes.

Yodrak

Please note i am willing at the embassy for CR1 interview. Do i still need to submit my wife's financial docs?

Thanks for chiming in, yodrak. Does this mean that although the petitioner does not have to be the sponsor for K visas, their financial documents should still be shown at the interview? Or are you saying that her documents need to be shown in this case because they are trying for a CR1 interview?

[Yodrak 7]

pushbrk,

Many people post mis-information because they mis-understand what they see happening. For the longest time people believed that the sun revolved around the earth, because that's the way it appeared until someone was able to step back and see the bigger picture.

Just because someone's proposed alternate sponsor is found to be unacceptable does not mean that alternate sponsors are never acceptable.

Yodrak

Quote pushbrk!

The PI, for instance, won't accept any sponsor but the USC Fiance as sole sponsor. No co-sponsors are accepted

I think you should check this out a bit farther!

This has been reported multiple times, although recently somebody aluded to the possibility of making an exception. It is out of the ordinary.

Guangzhou, Consulate requires the fiance or spouse to provide financial information regardless of any additional sponsorship. If I-134's are used and they strongly suggest them, they require one from the fiance or spouse.

Nothing is binding before the I-864 is filed anyway. The Consulates want to see the financial picture of the spouse or intended spouse before granting a visa with immigrant intent, even if that person has no income or assets at the moment. (Students, etc.)

If somebody has direct evidence that contradicts the above, please provide it.

Edited July 9, 2007 by Yodrak

[Yodrak 7]

MargotDarko,

Thanks for chiming in, yodrak. Does this mean that although the petitioner does not have to be the sponsor for K visas, their financial documents should still be shown at the interview?

For a K visa, unless one has sufficient anecdotal evidence to go by it would be prudent to have the petitioner's financial package available should it be asked for. A while back several K-visa applicants from the UK kept their petitioners' financial info in their 'back pockets' and found that it was not asked for. If more people who use a sponsor other than their petitioner would do the same, and report the result, perhaps we could develop an answer to this question.

Or are you saying that her documents need to be shown in this case because they are trying for a CR1 interview?

Her financial sponsorship package does need to be presented in this case because, for an immigrant visa, the petitioner does need to be sponsor.

Another thread mucked up by an OP who does not give the full story when asking their question .....

Yodrak

Edited July 9, 2007 by Yodrak

[pushbrk 12,569]

MargotDarko,

Thanks for chiming in, yodrak. Does this mean that although the petitioner does not have to be the sponsor for K visas, their financial documents should still be shown at the interview?

For a K visa, unless one has sufficient anecdotal evidence to go by it would be prudent to have the petitioner's financial package available should it be asked for. A while back several K-visa applicants from the UK kept their petitioners' financial info in their 'back pockets' and found that it was not asked for. If more people who use a sponsor other than their petitioner would do the same, and report the result, perhaps we could develop an answer to this question.

Or are you saying that her documents need to be shown in this case because they are trying for a CR1 interview?

Her financial sponsorship package does need to be presented in this case because, for an immigrant visa, the petitioner does need to be sponsor.

Another thread mucked up by an OP who does not give the full story when asking their question .....

Yodrak

I completely agree that financial documents should only be turned over if asked for. Sometimes they are not.

Nevertheless, I asked for direct evidence of K visas being granted based on sponsorship that did not include the petitioner's financial papers. Issuance without looking at financial information is fairly common but not responsive to the request.