I-134 and co-sponsor questions

[LittleBit 0]

So, my fiance and I are getting ready to send his stuff in to the embassy for the visa interview. Since my income is borderline with the poverty requirement guidelines, would it be best to play it safe and have my mother submit as a co-sponsor at this point? She has already said that she is willing to act as a co-sponsor. If she does act as a co-sponsor, does that mean that we both need to fill out the forms, get letters from the bank & our employers, etc.? I'm assuming that we both need to submit everything that is asked for, I just want to double-check because we don't want anything delayed/rejected! Advice and suggestions welcome!!!

[Audy_Rob 26]

So, my fiance and I are getting ready to send his stuff in to the embassy for the visa interview. Since my income is borderline with the poverty requirement guidelines, would it be best to play it safe and have my mother submit as a co-sponsor at this point? She has already said that she is willing to act as a co-sponsor. If she does act as a co-sponsor, does that mean that we both need to fill out the forms, get letters from the bank & our employers, etc.? I'm assuming that we both need to submit everything that is asked for, I just want to double-check because we don't want anything delayed/rejected! Advice and suggestions welcome!!!

Yes, it would be a good idea to have your mother act as a joint sponsor.

Your mother needs to fill out her own I-134 separate from yours.

A note about something on the I-134 especially for London. The Consular Officers (CO) in London like to see both sponsor and joint sponsor answer the same for Question 11, "I intend" or "I do not intend" One person posted the fiancee was given the I-134s for both and asked to return them with the same response.

So for question 11, sponsor should write "I intend" and on the lines do not write specific time frames or amounts, simply write "to provide food, housing, etc... always" and the joint sponsor should ALSO check "I intend" and write "to SUPPLEMENT food, housing, etc... as or when needed."

You cannot be refused for these answers.

Good luck.

[Otto 83]

** Topic is Interview/Embassy-related; moving thread from K-1 Proc. to US Embassy/Consulate Discussion.

[SpelaD 4]

so how much does my fiance have to make a year, so we dont need a co-sponsor?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

so how much does my fiance have to make a year, so we dont need a co-sponsor?

It's published by the government each year. Here's the current one on USCIS website.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

It's published by the government each year. Here's the current one on USCIS website.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf

Just to clarify on this a bit...

The I-864P provides the baselines for an I-864 affidavit of support. The instructions for the I-864 make this pretty clear. However, there is no corresponding "I-134P" for the I-134 affidavit of support, and the instructions for the form don't indicate what the baseline is, or how it is determined. The FAQ page for the K1 visa at the DoS website states unequivocally that the baseline for the I-134 is 100% of the federal poverty guidelines:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2994.html#Income

Many consulates don't explicitly state what baseline they will apply with the I-134. The truth is that the consulate is not required to apply any baseline in determining whether a sponsor satisfies the requirements of the public charge determination. We do know, from the statements of many people, that consulates often routinely reject an I-134 affidavit of support if the sponsor's income lies between 100% and 125% of the poverty guidelines, so the safest bet is to presume that the consulate will apply the I-864 standards as a minimum. If you don't meet the 125% income requirement for your household by a reasonable margin, play it safe and get a co-sponsor.

[Audy_Rob 26]

... The FAQ page for the K1 visa at the DoS website states unequivocally that the baseline for the I-134 is 100% of the federal poverty guidelines:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2994.html#Income

While I know that the I-864 cannot be used directly in any reasonable manner to apply to the I-134, Jim is a continual source of incredibly useful information of which I was not aware. Thanks

To the OP, consider this as a very good recommendation.