Will quitting my job result in a K1 Visa Rejection?

[MrSuaveh 1]

All,

I am looking for advice on quitting my job before I file the I-134.

I anticipate my fiancee will take my I-134 to the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam embassy interview in September 2013.

I have been actively looking to change jobs and thought I might take some time off in-between. My idea was to quit my job July 1, 2013 and then live in Vietnam until our K1 Visa was approved.

By July 1, 2013 I will have earned several times more than the poverty level for the year. And I will have other assets to prove that I can financially support my fiancee in the US.

But quitting means that my I-134 for the September 2013 interview would show that I was unemployed as of July 1, 2013.

In your opinion could this be used as basis to reject or delay the approval of our K1 Visa?

If you have experience with or familiar with anyone else in this situation I would appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks,

Rick

[aaron2020 11,651]

By quitting, your income goes to zero. You are earning nothing going into the future.

Past jobs do not pay for future expenses.

You need to show you can support the person you bring to the US. You can't do that if your current income is zero.

It doesn't matter that you earned more than the poverty line for the year. That's not how it's looked at. The requirement is current earnings, not past earnings.

Edited February 3, 2013 by aaron2020

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

Your past income doesn't count, as aaron said. If you have enough assets to sponsor, you may still be approved.

[MrSuaveh 1]

Your past income doesn't count, as aaron said. If you have enough assets to sponsor, you may still be approved.

Understood, past income is nothing if there are no savings or assets that you can show for it. However if you have substantial savings but no current job can you still qualify? How do I know if I have enough assets to sponsor someone? All that I have read is you must earn approx $19,000 a year and show proof of other assets.

Thanks for your advice,

Rick

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Understood, past income is nothing if there are no savings or assets that you can show for it. However if you have substantial savings but no current job can you still qualify? How do I know if I have enough assets to sponsor someone? All that I have read is you must earn approx $19,000 a year and show proof of other assets.

With no job your income is zero.

To use bank account balance or assets you must have FIVE times the amount your income is lacking (it would be 3 if you were sponsoring your spouse). So as you will have no income you will need 5 x $19K which is $95K in assets.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

Understood, past income is nothing if there are no savings or assets that you can show for it. However if you have substantial savings but no current job can you still qualify?

Yes you can- a lot of couples where the USC lives abroad with the foreign spouse for a while first do that. It;s how my USC husband sponsored me (combination of property and savings account).

[MrSuaveh 1]

To use bank account balance or assets you must have FIVE times the amount your income is lacking (it would be 3 if you were sponsoring your spouse). So as you will have no income you will need 5 x $19K which is $95K in assets.

Yes you can- a lot of couples where the USC lives abroad with the foreign spouse for a while first do that. It;s how my USC husband sponsored me (combination of property and savings account).

Thanks for your feedback, it is good to know that others have done this and it worked for them. Penguin_ie...if I could just bother you for another reply. Would you agree with 'Vanessa&Tony' that five times the US poverty level for 2 or approx $95k in assets is enough based on your experience?

Thanks again everyone!

Rick

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

For a co-sponsor, that is the absolute minimum.

If you sponsor yourself, for a spousal visa it's x3, and some embassies will accept that for a K1 (as you will become a spouse soon), but others will require x5. It's safer to have x5, as when using assets, they like you to be comfortably over the limit, not just scraping by.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Keep the job. Ask for a vacation. Get her over here, then change your job. That's the easy route. Why make it harder on yourself by quitting your job before you need to show your financial stability on the I-864.

Is a few months with her in VN worth delaying her immigration for possibly longer than the time you will have together?