Food stamps & K-3 application, sponsorship, etc.

[amysaid 9]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

[Sinergy 3]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

As long as you have a co-sponsor, you are fine. They do not look at wheather or not you have been on state assistance or are currently on it.

[amysaid 9]

As long as you have a co-sponsor, you are fine. They do not look at wheather or not you have been on state assistance or are currently on it.

oh, that is a HUGE relief. thanks for your response

[Sinergy 3]

np

[pushbrk 12,883]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

[Sinergy 3]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

She knows that, she was asking if HER being on state assistance will cause a denial. It wont.

[pushbrk 12,883]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

She knows that, she was asking if HER being on state assistance will cause a denial. It wont.

And the question has been aptly answered. Since she indicated she was applying for his K3 visa, I thought it in order to make the clarification. It's an important distinction that will be important for her to understand as the process moves forward.

[Sinergy 3]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

She knows that, she was asking if HER being on state assistance will cause a denial. It wont.

And the question has been aptly answered. Since she indicated she was applying for his K3 visa, I thought it in order to make the clarification. It's an important distinction that will be important for her to understand as the process moves forward.

yes, i answererd her question....you did not....her question had nothing to do with what you stated, she only asked if her state assistance would get in the way of an approved visa....you provided info that she didnt need, and i can assume she seems bright enough to know on her own.

[pushbrk 12,883]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

She knows that, she was asking if HER being on state assistance will cause a denial. It wont.

And the question has been aptly answered. Since she indicated she was applying for his K3 visa, I thought it in order to make the clarification. It's an important distinction that will be important for her to understand as the process moves forward.

yes, i answererd her question....you did not....her question had nothing to do with what you stated, she only asked if her state assistance would get in the way of an approved visa....you provided info that she didnt need, and i can assume she seems bright enough to know on her own.

Some people focus only on asking questions that are asked. That has never been my approach. I'm here to help people have a successful process. In doing so, I choose to provide the information their posts lead me to believe they need. How about you do your thing and I'll do mine. That's the way it is and is going to be anyway.

[daboyz 36]

Never stops.

[Sinergy 3]

I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can help me answer them. I married my husband (outside of the US) and he is still living in his home country while I apply for his K-3 visa. Before marrying him, I was a single mom and a full-time student, so I was relying on public assistance (food stamps, federal housing grants, medicaid) while i was in school. I'm a nursing student, but I won't graduate for about a year and a half, and it is kind of impossible to work with a small kid and go to nursing school. So anyway, I have lined up a co-sponsor for the financial bit, but I am wondering if my receiving food stamps, federal housing, or being on medicaid will make my husband be denied a visa? I could probably live without the food stamps, but there is no way i could afford to pay rent every month, and i have chronic medical conditions that make it necessary for me to have health insurance. I know that the purpose of a sponsor and/or co-sponsor is to prove that the immigrating spouse won't become a financial burden on the US, but i just don't know how i would support myself and my daughter during the rest of school without this assistance. (My husband has a good job by Egyptian standards, but the Egyptian pound is worth very little in USD, so he isn't able to help me much)

Any respectful comments/share experiences would be very welcome.

Amy

Only foreigners apply for visas. You file a petition. When approved, he applies for a visa.

She knows that, she was asking if HER being on state assistance will cause a denial. It wont.

And the question has been aptly answered. Since she indicated she was applying for his K3 visa, I thought it in order to make the clarification. It's an important distinction that will be important for her to understand as the process moves forward.

yes, i answererd her question....you did not....her question had nothing to do with what you stated, she only asked if her state assistance would get in the way of an approved visa....you provided info that she didnt need, and i can assume she seems bright enough to know on her own.

Some people focus only on asking questions that are asked. That has never been my approach. I'm here to help people have a successful process. In doing so, I choose to provide the information their posts lead me to believe they need. How about you do your thing and I'll do mine. That's the way it is and is going to be anyway.

As well as condesend answers of ppl you dislike. You have followed me all over this board tonight and completely used my answers to answer to OP's as you always do. Give it a rest....

[Sylvia_n_Joseph 3]

So if they have a co sponser and she is getting means based assistance does that mean her co sponser will have to cough up the money to repay that assistance ?

[pushbrk 12,883]

So if they have a co sponser and she is getting means based assistance does that mean her co sponser will have to cough up the money to repay that assistance ?

Not for a US Citizen. It's the immigrant that's being sponsored.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

So if they have a co sponser and she is getting means based assistance does that mean her co sponser will have to cough up the money to repay that assistance ?

Not for a US Citizen. It's the immigrant that's being sponsored.

it does raise an interesting point though. if the USC is the one on assistance, but the immigrant is also benefitting from said assistance due to living in the house/eating the food ect..wouldnt it be that, in fact the immigrant is using the assistance also? hmmm

i know it doesnt affect the cosponsor, just thinking in text again.

To the OP,

Good Luck on your journey

Lisa

[Mononoke28 135]

To amysaid, have you considered filing for a CR1 visa instead? The reason I bring this up is because it will be less expensive and your husband will be able to start working as soon as he gets his green card in the mail, which is a few weeks after he enters the US, that way he can help you out financially. If he arrives with a K3 visa, you will have to file for AOS, pay $1,010 and wait at least 3 months for his work permit to be approved.

The process takes just as long for both visas, give or take a month or two depending on the embassy. So I would suggest doing a little bit more research with other members going through the embassy in Cairo for CR1 visas to see if their approvals took longer than a K3.

Just an idea.

Diana

Edited January 29, 2009 by Mononoke28