Husband (sponsor) quite job and going to school

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

Hi All,

We FINALLY got our interview notice for July!! I have to reschedule it since we're moving but that's another issue.

One of the things the notice asks us to bring is a letter from my husband's current employer and recent pay stubs.

When we filed my husband was active military and exceeded the income requirements. Then he was separated from the military and got a job which still exceeded the requirements.

PROBLEM?

My husband JUST quit his job and will be going to Police Academy for the next 6 months! His income is not only $1000/ month from the GI bill. My income is well over the poverty line and I'll be supporting us for the next little while. I understand that my income/ assets can't be considered (which I think is ridiculous).

I also understand that the I-864 that we submitted last year does not expire. Our I864, his is most recent income tax statement and his pay stubs from the last 3 months show enough income BUT now that he's a student for the next six months I feel like we're gonna have a problem at the interview (bad timing).

Has anyone been in this boat? What should we do? Should we consider getting a co-sponser at this point.

I am getting slightly panicked... and the situation is not made any better by the fact that my husband insists that because he's an American he doesn't have to prove anything to them - and that our income doesn't matter... very frustrating.

Please help

[Heliosphan 1]

I understand that my income/ assets can't be considered (which I think is ridiculous).

Please help

As long as it's legal and authorized employment you income can be included.

I doubt they'll bring it up in the interview anyway, once you submit those things and they're accepted it doesn't matter after

[youtube 0]

Doesn't the police academy pay him? check on that since that can be used to help your cause.

Bad timing huh?

Good luck

[pushbrk 13,172]

I understand that my income/ assets can't be considered (which I think is ridiculous).

Please help

As long as it's legal and authorized employment you income can be included.

I doubt they'll bring it up in the interview anyway, once you submit those things and they're accepted it doesn't matter after

That's the way I see it. It's not real clear from the posting or timeline but if the job is in the US and legal, your income counts.

[ELW 5]

I would just bring proof of your own income to the interview. Most likely the subject will never arise and they will not ask for the info, so you don't have to go into any explanations with them if they don't ask. They just want to be assured that you will not become a public burden financially and your husband already proved that with his sponsorship.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

This is unfortunately one academy that doesn't pay. It's quite possible he'll get hired by a department within the next month or so and then he'll have an income... hopefully by the time we get a new interview date (which I understand could be a long time) we'll be fine.

It's definitely bad timing.

Doesn't the police academy pay him? check on that since that can be used to help your cause.

Bad timing huh?

Good luck

I've continued to work for my Canadian employer since I've been here (I'm able to work from anywhere) so it's totally legal. I'll ask my employer for a letter and hopefully we won't have any issues.

Thank you so much for the response!!

I would just bring proof of your own income to the interview. Most likely the subject will never arise and they will not ask for the info, so you don't have to go into any explanations with them if they don't ask. They just want to be assured that you will not become a public burden financially and your husband already proved that with his sponsorship.

[rhymeswithcandi 0]

I understand that my income/ assets can't be considered (which I think is ridiculous).

Please help

As long as it's legal and authorized employment you income can be included.

I doubt they'll bring it up in the interview anyway, once you submit those things and they're accepted it doesn't matter after

Thank you for that! I wasn't sure. We'll bring as much proof of income as we can and hopefully it'll be fine. All the other documentation we have is completely good to go so apart from the whole issue of sponsor's income I'm not worried about the interview at all.