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[iloveufrancis 0]

hello vj members,,

My husband's friends are willing to be our co-sponsor..my question is are they qualified??..is there any possibilities to get my visa if his friends is going to be our c0-sponsor??..thanks in advance..

[pushbrk 12,898]

hello vj members,,

My husband's friends are willing to be our co-sponsor..my question is are they qualified??..is there any possibilities to get my visa if his friends is going to be our c0-sponsor??..thanks in advance..

Have your friends read the part of the I-864 above where they will sign. That will answer your question. In short, if your husband ever receives any means tested benefits (Think welfare.) and you don't repay the taxpayers (Think me and the rest of us.) then your husband's friends can be required to repay us. (The government of the USA)

[Wally G! 58]

hello vj members,,

My husband's friends are willing to be our co-sponsor..my question is are they qualified??..is there any possibilities to get my visa if his friends is going to be our c0-sponsor??..thanks in advance..

If you friend(s) are willing to be co-sponsor(s). That is awesome!! But they should read and understand that I-864 is a contract between them and the US Government.

This form is a contract between a sponsor and the U.S. Government. Completing and signing this form makes you the sponsor. You must show on this form that you have enough income and/or assets to maintain the intending immigrant(s) and the rest of your household at 125 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. By signing Form I-864, you are agreeing to use your resources to support the intending immigrant(s) named in this form, if it becomes necessary.

The submission of this form may make the sponsored immigrant ineligible for certain Federal, State, or local meanstested public benefits, because an agency that provides meanstested public benefits will consider your resources and assets as available to the sponsored immigrant in determining his or her eligibility for the program.

If the immigrant sponsored in this affidavit does receive one of the designated Federal, State or local means-tested public benefits, the agency providing the benefit may request that you repay the cost of those benefits. That agency can sue you if the cost of the benefits provided is not repaid.

Example of Means tested public benefits

Means tested public benefits" are welfare payments paid to people because they have no money of their own.

So if the person uses the fire department that's a public benefit - but it's not a means tested one, so you wouldn't have to pay them. If the person ever gets food stamps, however, or gets free medical care from a county hospital, you will have to.

How Long Does My Obligation as a Sponsor Continue?

Your obligation to support the immigrant(s) you are sponsoring in this affidavit of support will continue until the sponsored immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen, or can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of work in the United States.

Although 40 qualifying quarters of work (credits) generally equate to ten years of work, in certain cases the work of a spouse or parent adds qualifying quarters. The Social Security Administration can provide information on how to count qualifying quarters (credits) of work.

The obligation also ends if you or the sponsored immigrant dies or if the sponsored immigrant ceases to be a lawful

permanent resident and departs the United States. Divorce does not end the sponsorship obligation.

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

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