So I called the USCIS today..

[Serilei 0]

And they couldnt give me the answer I was looking for.. kind of weird.

I need 2 direct answers that they said they don't have, they told me to go look up an i864p which didnt give me what I wanted.

I need to know 2 things:

1) If we cant find a co sponsor, how much money needs to be in the bank account, and I dont mean assets, I mean pure cash, I need an exact amount and the source of this information.

2) I understand for 2 people the %125 poverty line is $18,933 or something close to that, but lets say I cant find that person who meets the requirements, can we have more than one co-sponsor if they are under the $18,933?

For example, lets say I find 4 co sponsors who make 15k/year that totals to $60,000 a year between the 4 of them, Can I send in 4 co sponors who are under the $18,933 limit but together they make over the limit?

Thanks for your time.

[Darnell 8,479]

uscis won't know anything about this form, specially the 'nads that answer the telephone.

However - you might get a different result if'n you call NVC and talk with one of those fellas ..

here is some math.

amount needed for income threshold = 1/3(x) + actual income

so X here, would be the actual cash amount in the bank.

[Dave&Roza 748]

And they couldnt give me the answer I was looking for.. kind of weird. Not weird at all. They know less about what is going on than most people on this forum. Most of them do not know the difference between a hole in the ground and their .....If the information is not on the piece of paper in front of them, they will either tell you that they cannot give you that information or make something up. It is not called the mis-information line without good reason.

I need 2 direct answers that they said they don't have, they told me to go look up an i864p which didnt give me what I wanted. You need to look up the I-864 Affadavit of Support form as that is where they tell you about the poverty level, the 125% requiement, the usage of assets and all that.

I need to know 2 things:

1) If we cant find a co sponsor, how much money needs to be in the bank account, and I dont mean assets, I mean pure cash, I need an exact amount and the source of this information. Cash is an asset as it is easily converted into cash and does not cause an undue hardship in doing so. It than falls under the asset used catagory which is that it is taken at 3X its value for a spouse or 5X for a non-spouse sponsor. So if you want to use all cash and the poverty level is $20,000 (for easy math) than you would need $30,000 in the bank to sponsor a spouse or $100,000 to sponsor someone else.

2) I understand for 2 people the %125 poverty line is $18,933 or something close to that, but lets say I cant find that person who meets the requirements, can we have more than one co-sponsor if they are under the $18,933? Not likely unless they are in the same household. It would be better to come up with the cash and have that in the bank rather than trying to get several people to complete a form.

For example, lets say I find 4 co sponsors who make 15k/year that totals to $60,000 a year between the 4 of them, Can I send in 4 co sponors who are under the $18,933 limit but together they make over the limit?

Thanks for your time.

Edited March 25, 2013 by Dave&Roza