sponsorship

[Foley1121 0]

Hello, I am currently in the process of finding a sponsor. I had a sponsor but they dropped out. Now currently I found one who is willing to do this for me, but they have no income. My mother and stepfather said that they are willing to help out, but currently they are getting income from social security and other odd jobs that wouldn't be taxed. They have assets such as a house, a plane, many cars.. so my question is.. how would this play out for a joint sponsor to fill all the information out and for my fiance to bring it to the interview? I am not sure.. please someone help! THank you!

[Dakine 26]

Hello, I am currently in the process of finding a sponsor. I had a sponsor but they dropped out. Now currently I found one who is willing to do this for me, but they have no income. My mother and stepfather said that they are willing to help out, but currently they are getting income from social security and other odd jobs that wouldn't be taxed. They have assets such as a house, a plane, many cars.. so my question is.. how would this play out for a joint sponsor to fill all the information out and for my fiance to bring it to the interview? I am not sure.. please someone help! THank you!

Sorry but!

No money! No honey. Will your parents sell there assets to support you and your wife?

[Otto 83]

Now currently I found one who is willing to do this for me, but they have no income.

[Foley1121 0]

They are retired if that helps.. sorry I didn't make myself clear.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

It sounds like your parents have assets which are worth quite a bit more than the required 125% poverty level times 5, assuming they own their house, plane etc outright. If so, they should be able to co-sponsor. The fact that they are family is a bonus.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello, I am currently in the process of finding a sponsor. I had a sponsor but they dropped out. Now currently I found one who is willing to do this for me, but they have no income. My mother and stepfather said that they are willing to help out, but currently they are getting income from social security and other odd jobs that wouldn't be taxed. They have assets such as a house, a plane, many cars.. so my question is.. how would this play out for a joint sponsor to fill all the information out and for my fiance to bring it to the interview? I am not sure.. please someone help! THank you!

You are looking for a CO-sponsor. YOU are the sponsor whether you have income or not.

Income from Social Security and odd jobs counts, if it is sufficient and they have documentation. It does not matter if the income is taxed or not. Combat pay for milirary is not taxed, child support is not taxed, interest from government bonds is not taxed and i assure you, it is all counted. Assets are also counted.

This person you found with no income may be willing, but is not capable, of co-sponsoring. Your parents sound like your best option so far. They need to verify all their income and the NET value of their assets and present it with their I-134. The I-134 is a single person document so only ONE person's income and HALF the net value of the assets "count" since they are jointly held with the spouse.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It sounds like your parents have assets which are worth quite a bit more than the required 125% poverty level times 5, assuming they own their house, plane etc outright. If so, they should be able to co-sponsor. The fact that they are family is a bonus.

I agree, except his "parents" cannot co-sponsor. ONE of them can, but not both. In this case the NET value of the assets will be divided by two and then divided by 3 to derive the equivilent value.

If they have $100,000 equity in their home, this is divided by 2 then divided by three for a net result of about $18,000, which indeed may be enough when added to SS income etc. One of his parents sounds like the best route. Choose wisely.

[yoshimoshi 0]

Hi, I just wanted to add something here just for the future reference.

I'm OP's fiance (beneficiary) and it has all worked out in the end.

One of his parents co-sponsored us and we got our visa with no problem.

In fact, the interviewer did not even question me anything about it.

Thank you guys for the help!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

They are retired if that helps.. sorry I didn't make myself clear.

I will try to be clear.

The petitioner (you?) is ALWAYS "the sponsor". This will never change. You can get a co-sponsor. The co-sponsor MUST make enough income to support themselves, your fiancee and any other dependents thay may have. The co-sponsor can be ONLY one person. They cannnot combine incomes. If the co-sponsor is married, ONLY one income counts and must be shown with attached w-2s, or other proof of income. A co-sponsor with no oncome is worthless.

You do not have to have taxable income, retirement income counts (though most of that is taxable so I have no clue what you mean by your statement) However, in the case of your parents, only one income would count, you can use whatever is highest, it doesn't matter if they are retired. If one of them has sufficient income, they can be a co-sponsor.

If you do not make enough income and you do not have a co-sponsor that makes enough income, the visa will not be approved. After your fiancee arrives and you are married, you will need to submit another affidavit of support for the AOS.