Public charge!

[magmay06 0]

just a recap: the embassy sent me a letter to say that I am inadmissible because I don't have enough financial support. Despite my fiance's income from other sources which is guaranteed it was pulled down by his huge loss in his business in 2009.(he closed his business now) I called the embassy to ask what should we do, the girl said we just need to present an ongoing current income (proof of year to date income from sources). Hope this works.

[Dakine 26]

just a recap: the embassy sent me a letter to say that I am inadmissible because I don't have enough financial support. Despite my fiance's income from other sources which is guaranteed it was pulled down by his huge loss in his business in 2009.(he closed his business now) I called the embassy to ask what should we do, the girl said we just need to present an ongoing current income (proof of year to date income from sources). Hope this works.

Did you try a co sponsor? USEM sometimes accepts co sponsors.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

just a recap: the embassy sent me a letter to say that I am inadmissible because I don't have enough financial support. Despite my fiance's income from other sources which is guaranteed it was pulled down by his huge loss in his business in 2009.(he closed his business now) I called the embassy to ask what should we do, the girl said we just need to present an ongoing current income (proof of year to date income from sources). Hope this works.

It will.

They look at current income, in addition to past income. They also look out to the future to see if the income is stable.

So get that evidence of current income, and you should be good to go.

[Popcorn3210 0]

just a recap: the embassy sent me a letter to say that I am inadmissible because I don't have enough financial support. Despite my fiance's income from other sources which is guaranteed it was pulled down by his huge loss in his business in 2009.(he closed his business now) I called the embassy to ask what should we do, the girl said we just need to present an ongoing current income (proof of year to date income from sources). Hope this works.

Just because he had a real business loss does not mean he had to claim it on his income taxes. Can he re-file his taxes and not claim the loss so that his income shows?

Anyone out there know if this is possible?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Well . . . one can amend their tax return, but it's usually done when something had been omitted.

I actually had negative income in 2008 because we put $135K in renovating our business property (held by an LLC), which wiped out my regular income . . . on paper. Hence, many self-employed people have very little taxable income, yet they still bring home decent money without cheating the tax man.

Knowing this, the self-employed can simply write off less than he legally could, simply in order to meet the income requirement. Employed people can add income from dog walking, yard sales, lawn mowing, or eBay sales at their heart's desire. It's cool not having to pay lots of taxes, yet sometimes it simply makes sense to pay a bit more to justify the end.

[magmay06 0]

It will.

They look at current income, in addition to past income. They also look out to the future to see if the income is stable.

So get that evidence of current income, and you should be good to go.

Thank u Bobby+Umit.Thank you for the encouragement.I asked my fiance to come home to be with me when I go back to the embassy.I just received an email from our lawyer though asking me to reschedule our embassy appointment because she's trying to figure out how much my fiance's business lost and earned from january to april if it will still affect his income for 2010.My fiance closed his business in April. When we go to the embassy do I need to write a cover letter to go with the documents?

[magmay06 0]

Just because he had a real business loss does not mean he had to claim it on his income taxes. Can he re-file his taxes and not claim the loss so that his income shows?

Anyone out there know if this is possible?

Actually,the loss should have been covered in his 2007 and 2008 tax but his taxman failed to correct it so it was written off in his 2009 tax. His taxman is making a correction of it now though.From what he told me the tax was filed so there is no way they could refile it.

[magmay06 0]

Well . . . one can amend their tax return, but it's usually done when something had been omitted.

I actually had negative income in 2008 because we put $135K in renovating our business property (held by an LLC), which wiped out my regular income . . . on paper. Hence, many self-employed people have very little taxable income, yet they still bring home decent money without cheating the tax man.

Knowing this, the self-employed can simply write off less than he legally could, simply in order to meet the income requirement. Employed people can add income from dog walking, yard sales, lawn mowing, or eBay sales at their heart's desire. It's cool not having to pay lots of taxes, yet sometimes it simply makes sense to pay a bit more to justify the end.

You're right that was what his taxman was doing.He is putting an amendment in my fiance's tax return.Because this should have been written off in his 2008 tax return but he forgot to do it.Hence,the huge loss in his 2009 income ...in paper.(thank you for writing about your experience)We both felt so depressed after we were refused to be given a visa because of this.The disposition of our case will be on the 20th.I have the proof of his income from 2009,proof of income from year to date,statement from pension,statement from social security.Do you think that's sufficient proof of a current income.Pension and security income is more than enough to satisfy the I-134 requirement. I was told that we need to show also document about the profit and loss from his business which is from january til it was closed in April ,to show that the loss will not be repeated again.We don't have that now coz it's soo soon to be able to get those documents.I have only have his income from his business though from January but not the loss.