Minimum Income to sponsor Fiance using K1 Visa ?

[Prince 1214 0]

What must be somebody's minimum income to sponsor her fiance under the K1 Visa, if she don't have any other dependent person from the family. Can somebody give me any rough idea by involving current poverty levels and all. Please do assist me in this regard.

[Cathi 5,753]

google is a wonderful thing

[worth_the_wait 12]

I have taken the following information off of the Department of State website:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2994.html#8

During the visa interview, applicants will be required to present evidence to the Consular Officer that they will not become a public charge in the U.S. You may present evidence that you are able to financially support yourself or that your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) is able to provide support. The Consular Officer may request that a Form I-134, Affidavit of Support be submitted by the U.S. citizen fiancé(e).

The U.S. citizen fiancé(e) will need to submit Form I-864 to USCIS with the application for adjustment of status to that of legal permanent resident following the marriage.

The 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline minimum income requirement, the most recent year's tax return, and other requirements only apply when Form I-864 is needed. Applicants presenting Form I-134 will need to show that their U.S. sponsor's income is 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline.

The Department of State uses the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) to go by. Here is the latest FAM on this issue which includes a very helpful chart so you can find out exactly how much you need to be able to show in your documents: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86991.pdf

I hope this is helpful for you.

[Prince 1214 0]

I have taken the following information off of the Department of State website:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2994.html#8

During the visa interview, applicants will be required to present evidence to the Consular Officer that they will not become a public charge in the U.S. You may present evidence that you are able to financially support yourself or that your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) is able to provide support. The Consular Officer may request that a Form I-134, Affidavit of Support be submitted by the U.S. citizen fiancé(e).

The U.S. citizen fiancé(e) will need to submit Form I-864 to USCIS with the application for adjustment of status to that of legal permanent resident following the marriage.

The 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline minimum income requirement, the most recent year's tax return, and other requirements only apply when Form I-864 is needed. Applicants presenting Form I-134 will need to show that their U.S. sponsor's income is 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline.

The Department of State uses the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) to go by. Here is the latest FAM on this issue which includes a very helpful chart so you can find out exactly how much you need to be able to show in your documents: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86991.pdf

I hope this is helpful for you.

How shall I manage to check either my sponsor is eligible to call me or not so how shall I see it ?

I mean, she is calling me on K1 visa and her family unit is sized as 6 but no one is dependent on her and everybody is earning their own ? How shall I check that ? Right now I am simply preparing for my Interview and asking her to prepare I-134 so what should I do !

Edited September 28, 2012 by Syed Hamza Mehdi

[Winning23 25]

How shall I manage to check either my sponsor is eligible to call me or not so how shall I see it ?

I mean, she is calling me on K1 visa and her family unit is sized as 6 but no one is dependent on her and everybody is earning their own ? How shall I check that ? Right now I am simply preparing for my Interview and asking her to prepare I-134 so what should I do !

Your sponsor in the U.S.A should be well aware of the financial support required for K1 Visa.

Your sponsor in the U.S.A should have a job and verified tax returns / bank statements / letter from employer submitted as part of the application for K1 visa.

She should check and confirm her income in relation to the federal guidelines. If above, good thing. If not, she needs a co-sponsor.

If the income is not meeting the federal guidelines, then there will be an issue during the interview. And likely there will be a AP put on you, until the appropriate level of support

is provided.

Please refer your sponsor to the GUIDES section of this site. It's VERY helpful.

good luck

[sn530 27]

How shall I manage to check either my sponsor is eligible to call me or not so how shall I see it ?

I mean, she is calling me on K1 visa and her family unit is sized as 6 but no one is dependent on her and everybody is earning their own ? How shall I check that ? Right now I am simply preparing for my Interview and asking her to prepare I-134 so what should I do !

1. Does your fiancee have a job?

IF Yes: then she needs to provide suporting evidance that she has an income of $19,000 or roughtly 1,580/monthly income prior to taxes.

IF NO: Then you will need a cosponcer whom is willing to provide support to you and your fiance (this needs to be checked of on the form and also a additional letter written to confirm is suggested NOT required).. that means unit size is now 3... generally in financial world they will not use the unit 3 size being (co-sponcer, Fiancee, you) Thirdy party assume the cosponser also has a family of 5 example husband & wife with average family size of usa is 2.5 so that is 5... now with the additional YOU that totals 6! not 3! so the income that would be expected is $39,000!

[worth_the_wait 12]

Because of recent events, I think this topic of financial support has everyone scared.

When they are talking about family that is the family she will support with her earnings. Obviously she is not married, so with you, her family would equal 2. If she has any children she will have to add those to the 2. Then look at the guidelines and see how much is required. If she has a good job then you should be just fine. If she has no job is where you need to find a cosponsor.

With everyone else's replies and advice I hope you can rest on the facts of the requirement and do just what you said, prepare for your interview. Try to relax!

Best of Luck to you and your fiance.

Edited September 28, 2012 by worth_the_wait