Sponsor filing I-864 unemployed with low earnings future

[ratfinkgrad 1]

I'm nearly to the point of filing my wife's I-864, but I am currently unemployed, living in the care of friends providing free room and board to me while I apply to graduate schools. As soon as my graduate school applying is finished (no more than month longer left of that) I'll be hitting the job market looking to work until fall when I with any luck will be headed to whatever school accepts me. I expect to receive a graduate stipend while there.

The real nitty gritty of this problem lies in how and/or when to file my I-864. I have my father co-sponsoring my wife (which I mentioned and detailed in a preceding thread today) which should cover her monetarily in the eyes of the authorities, but all the same, for NVC to read my application where I've been unemployed since November 2008 and am applying to sponsor my wife still unemployed will that in some way complicate my process despite having more than enough monetary coverage from my father's co-sponsorship?

Furthermore, how do I project what my year's earnings will be for the I-864 when I'm as yet unemployed, unsure of what type of job I'll be getting when I do a job, and then the uncertainty as to what level of graduate stipend I'll be getting?

Time is, in some sense, of the essence here. I would like to have my wife with me by the time I begin school in the fall, and that inclines me to just filing the I-864s as soon as possible and simply sending NVC updates on my job/earnings/graduate school status as they become available for expediency's sake. Is any/all of this wrongheaded or misinformed?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[london1 0]

My wife was unemployed too we put unemployed on her i-864 and then got a co sponsor.

with the i-864 you have to submit the last 3 years w2 or if selfemployed i think its 1020

Edited January 21, 2009 by london1

[pushbrk 13,123]

I'm nearly to the point of filing my wife's I-864, but I am currently unemployed, living in the care of friends providing free room and board to me while I apply to graduate schools. As soon as my graduate school applying is finished (no more than month longer left of that) I'll be hitting the job market looking to work until fall when I with any luck will be headed to whatever school accepts me. I expect to receive a graduate stipend while there.

The real nitty gritty of this problem lies in how and/or when to file my I-864. I have my father co-sponsoring my wife (which I mentioned and detailed in a preceding thread today) which should cover her monetarily in the eyes of the authorities, but all the same, for NVC to read my application where I've been unemployed since November 2008 and am applying to sponsor my wife still unemployed will that in some way complicate my process despite having more than enough monetary coverage from my father's co-sponsorship?

Furthermore, how do I project what my year's earnings will be for the I-864 when I'm as yet unemployed, unsure of what type of job I'll be getting when I do a job, and then the uncertainty as to what level of graduate stipend I'll be getting?

Time is, in some sense, of the essence here. I would like to have my wife with me by the time I begin school in the fall, and that inclines me to just filing the I-864s as soon as possible and simply sending NVC updates on my job/earnings/graduate school status as they become available for expediency's sake. Is any/all of this wrongheaded or misinformed?

Thank you in advance for your help.

The short answer is to answer the questions accurately, with the truth. I would state the occupation as student or graduate student and if income is zero, so state. You have a joint sponsor, so no problem.

[ratfinkgrad 1]

My wife was unemployed too we put unemployed on her i-864 and then got a co sponsor.

with the i-864 you have to submit the last 3 years w2 or if selfemployed i think its 1020

Yep, I've got all that stuff. It's ready to send in.