Affidavit of Support

[Heysofia 6]

Ok so my partner at the moment has been searching for a job, so for now we've asked his mum to sponsor us for a K-1 and she said yes

I know that the poverty line for 5 people(including me) in the house is $33,762. His mum earns $36,000 a year but after tax it's $31,000.

So 2 questions:

1. Do the visa people count the before tax income or do they count the income that's after tax for the Affidavit of Support?

2. If it is the after tax amount that they count so there's a shortfall of $2762, if I put $8286 in her bank account, that's 3x the income loss made up in assets, will that count and cover the loss? Or can the assets count from being over in my account in australia?(I read somewhere that I can use my assets but I'm not sure if that is true).

Edited April 6, 2012 by Heysofia

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Ok so my partner at the moment has been searching for a job, so for now we've asked his mum to sponsor us for a K-1 and she said yes

I know that the poverty line for 5 people(including me) in the house is $33,762. His mum earns $36,000 a year but after tax it's $31,000.

So 2 questions:

1. Do the visa people count the before tax income or do they count the income that's after tax for the Affidavit of Support?

2. If it is the after tax amount that they count so there's a shortfall of $2762, if I put $8286 in her bank account, that's 3x the income loss made up in assets, will that count and cover the loss? Or can the assets count from being over in my account in australia?(I read somewhere that I can use my assets but I'm not sure if that is true).

It is gross income, before taxes. So, seems like she is good to go as the co-sponsor.

[Heysofia 6]

thankyouuuu