Sponsorship Income Requirement

[r060106 109]

Hi all,

My Polish girlfriend and I plan on marrying in Scotland sometime next year and will be starting the CR-1 process soon after that. However, after reading up on the sponsorship I will have to do I saw that there appears to be a minimum income requirement on the part of the sponsor. Seeing that I might be in grad school at the time we start everything going, I will not have a steady income stream and any income that I have will be from a small amount of part time work. Though we do plan on saving a lot of money and putting it into a joint account while she is working in the UK and while I'm working before grad school.

So with that said, I'm assuming that my only option to bring her here after we get married is to forgo my desire to attend school until after she is in the states, due to the fact that I will have little to no income once there, and thus won't be able to meet the sponsorship income requirement. Would that be a correct assumption? Or is it wrong? If it is correct, are there ways around the requirement, like having a large amount of money saved? Or are there no exceptions? If I'm off base please let me know where. I apologize in advance for any confusion on my part. Any and all help or advice is welcome and appreciated.

Thanks a lot

[waynelaarni 2]

Hi all,

My Polish girlfriend and I plan on marrying in Scotland sometime next year and will be starting the CR-1 process soon after that. However, after reading up on the sponsorship I will have to do I saw that there appears to be a minimum income requirement on the part of the sponsor. Seeing that I might be in grad school at the time we start everything going, I will not have a steady income stream and any income that I have will be from a small amount of part time work. Though we do plan on saving a lot of money and putting it into a joint account while she is working in the UK and while I'm working before grad school.

So with that said, I'm assuming that my only option to bring her here after we get married is to forgo my desire to attend school until after she is in the states, due to the fact that I will have little to no income once there, and thus won't be able to meet the sponsorship income requirement. Would that be a correct assumption? Or is it wrong? If it is correct, are there ways around the requirement, like having a large amount of money saved? Or are there no exceptions? If I'm off base please let me know where. I apologize in advance for any confusion on my part. Any and all help or advice is welcome and appreciated.

Thanks a lot

Well you can ask someone to co-sponser her,your parent(s) or a relative that has enough income that will be eligible under 125% of poverty guidelines. And it is common to have a co-sponsor.

[r060106 109]

Well you can ask someone to co-sponser her,your parent(s) or a relative that has enough income that will be eligible under 125% of poverty guidelines. And it is common to have a co-sponsor.

Thanks a lot for the quick response! I'm assuming you mean eligible over 125% of the poverty guideline?

[waynelaarni 2]

Thanks a lot for the quick response! I'm assuming you mean eligible over 125% of the poverty guideline?

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Yes,has to qualify per the 2012 poverty guidelines.

[pushbrk 12,898]

Thanks a lot for the quick response! I'm assuming you mean eligible over 125% of the poverty guideline?

Or have at least three times the income requirement in liquid assets.

[r060106 109]

Or have at least three times the income requirement in liquid assets.

Thank you very much for the info. Do you possibly have a direct link to where it says that on the immigration website? I'd appreciate it.

[pushbrk 12,898]

Thank you very much for the info. Do you possibly have a direct link to where it says that on the immigration website? I'd appreciate it.

You would read it in the I-864 instructions.

[r060106 109]

You would read it in the I-864 instructions.

Oh ok. That's what I thought. Thank you.