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Affidavit of support.

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Malysh   0

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Hello everyone,

I have a question about the Affidavit of support, and about co-sponsoring.

Me and my fiance need a co-sponsor in order to be able to meet the guidelines.

Her sister may be willing to be the co-sponsor, and she makes well above the poverty guidelines.

Now my question is; if her sister will co-sponsor for me (I'm the beneficiary) Will she have to claim me as a dependant on her yearly taxes for as long as I have not naturalized yet? And therefore affect her taxes in any way? Whether it be positively or negatively.

Also what exactly is a co-sponsor liable for? I read something about means-tested benefits like welfare and such. Although I'm not exactly sure what all a co-sponsor is liable for, main reason I'd like to know is because me and my fiance want to give her as much information as we can on what being a co-sponsor is all about.

I've searched this forum a bit, and I've definitely found some helpful threads on this, but perhaps someone can explain this a bit more thoroughly for me.

Thanks in advance,

Malysh.

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she does not have to claim you as dependent and will not affect her taxes at all, she is liable for any trouble you cause to the US government...

She is liable for means tested bemefits only for a period of ten years or until you earn 40 social security credits whichever comes sooner, nothing else.

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Malysh   0

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Thank you two very much. This forum has been a great help already, I've been lurking it for a while now, considering we haven't actually started our K1 process yet. But I've gotten a good look at some good users on here, who seem to know what they're talking about. HelloWorld being one of them, and also a guy named Pushbrk, if I spelled that correctly. And quite a few others ofcourse. Anyways, thanks again for the great help.

 
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