Affidavit of Support Help!

[EMDOC 0]

Hello, I am currently doing the paperwork for a CR1 Visa for my wife and am concerned with the Affidavit of Support. The concern I have is that I don't have a job so to speak. I am a 3rd year Medical school, so my income (around 24k a year for living) is part of my financial aid package (loans and grants). How can I show that I do have money to support my wife if she can't find work when my income is essentially zero so far as tax statements are concerned? I have a year and a half before starting residency (at which time my I will start making 40-50k a year) and I really don't want to go that long without my wife (we've been doing the long distance thing for too long as is)

[Phillip2 3]

Hello, I am currently doing the paperwork for a CR1 Visa for my wife and am concerned with the Affidavit of Support. The concern I have is that I don't have a job so to speak. I am a 3rd year Medical school, so my income (around 24k a year for living) is part of my financial aid package (loans and grants). How can I show that I do have money to support my wife if she can't find work when my income is essentially zero so far as tax statements are concerned? I have a year and a half before starting residency (at which time my I will start making 40-50k a year) and I really don't want to go that long without my wife (we've been doing the long distance thing for too long as is)

Get a sponsor

[raymaga 25]

Do you have a family member or friend who would be a co-sponsor?

[EMDOC 0]

Is having a co-sponsor the only option? I really don't want to do that if it can be avoided.

[Phillip2 3]

If you have income and don't show enough money on your tax returns for the last three years you will need a co- sponsor

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

There is a lady who posts under the name of Thai family who found a solution that worked for her son, who had no tax returns showing income because he had been a student. You might look for her posts. The son wrote a letter explaining his student status and showed a recent diploma and job offer and had that letter notarized. This was suggested to them by a man at the Dept of State info line. Explain you loans and grants and that they can support a wife. You only need something like $17,500 for two people. Explain your future income. The Thai family had a sealed envelope where the Dad filled out all the co-sponsor things to have as an emergency plan if the son's info wouldn't fly. It all worked out and they got the visa. I would think a future medical doctor would be able to convince the person doing the interview that he certainly had the means to support a wife. It's all about proving and not so much those specific documents on the list. Think outside the box.

[EMDOC 0]

There is a lady who posts under the name of Thai family who found a solution that worked for her son, who had no tax returns showing income because he had been a student. You might look for her posts. The son wrote a letter explaining his student status and showed a recent diploma and job offer and had that letter notarized. This was suggested to them by a man at the Dept of State info line. Explain you loans and grants and that they can support a wife. You only need something like $17,500 for two people. Explain your future income. The Thai family had a sealed envelope where the Dad filled out all the co-sponsor things to have as an emergency plan if the son's info wouldn't fly. It all worked out and they got the visa. I would think a future medical doctor would be able to convince the person doing the interview that he certainly had the means to support a wife. It's all about proving and not so much those specific documents on the list. Think outside the box.

Thanks, that's really good to hear. I was afraid of getting denied based on a bureaucratic rule that ignores the fact that I have income and will be making a good salary shortly.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

If you want to have a backup co-sponsor, they do not have to reveal their personal financial details to you or your fiance. They can provide everything straight to the embassy or like the Thai family, in a sealed envelope marked "To be opened by consulate official only." Thai Dad wasn't keen on sending his SS# and tax return to the daughter-in-law. The son was going to the interview with his Thai wife and was going to turn over the envelope if they didn't feel his own proof was adequate.