Qualified Joint Sponsor

[Musashii 21]

Greetings,

I had my interview at U.S Embassy, Islamabad on March 20, 2013 and was given a blue sheet under act 221(g) which states that I need to submit the Affidavit of Support (I-864) and supporting documents from a qualified Joint Sponsor.

Back in 2011, my wife was still studying and was only working part-time so did not have enough income.

in June, 2012 she started working and as her tax refund papers show, her annual income is around $10,462 (for 7 months) as it has not been a year since she started working.

The Consul Officer refused to consider the pay stubs from 2012 and only concentrated on the tax refunds from 2011 in which the income was of course not sufficient.

Now, it is definitely not easy to find a Joint Sponsor. The only person who wants to help has made $32,700 as shown on his 2012 tax returns (less than what is required for a household of 5 people). He has claimed 3 dependents for the recent year so including himself and me, it makes a total of 5 people in the household for which the required income is $33,762.

My question is, how do they (the consul officer) look at joint sponsor papers?

Does the joint sponsor need to meet exactly 125% of the poverty guidelines requirement or is the combined income of primary sponsor (the petitioner) and the joint sponsor is considered?

[samy + janet aly 9]

my understanding of the AOS and joint sponsors is that it is a combined of petitioner and joint sponsor tax returns to show above the 125% poverty level.

co sponsor is someone who will make help to you if need be.

just like me, just in case i need a new AOS i have a co sponsor ready just in case because my tax return last yr only showed about $15,000.00 for the yr 2012 and i have some savings but my co sponsor if needed has over $30,000.00 for his tax return.

they want to make sure that if the person comes, there will be enough resources available for them to live off of instead of living off the government.

i hope this helps and others will correct if i am wrong.

i looked in USCSI website and i stil find only this.

[Musashii 21]

my understanding of the AOS and joint sponsors is that it is a combined of petitioner and joint sponsor tax returns to show above the 125% poverty level.

co sponsor is someone who will make help to you if need be.

just like me, just in case i need a new AOS i have a co sponsor ready just in case because my tax return last yr only showed about $15,000.00 for the yr 2012 and i have some savings but my co sponsor if needed has over $30,000.00 for his tax return.

they want to make sure that if the person comes, there will be enough resources available for them to live off of instead of living off the government.

i hope this helps and others will correct if i am wrong.

i looked in USCSI website and i stil find only this.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

[pushbrk 12,898]

my understanding of the AOS and joint sponsors is that it is a combined of petitioner and joint sponsor tax returns to show above the 125% poverty level.

co sponsor is someone who will make help to you if need be.

just like me, just in case i need a new AOS i have a co sponsor ready just in case because my tax return last yr only showed about $15,000.00 for the yr 2012 and i have some savings but my co sponsor if needed has over $30,000.00 for his tax return.

they want to make sure that if the person comes, there will be enough resources available for them to live off of instead of living off the government.

i hope this helps and others will correct if i am wrong.

i looked in USCSI website and i stil find only this.

Your understanding is incorrect. A joint sponsor must qualify based on their own household size plus the intending immigrant. Do not include the petitioner in the joint sponsor's household size. Only household members can combine income. For example if the joint sponsor's spouse has an income, they can combine their income to qualify.

[samy + janet aly 9]

Your understanding is incorrect. A joint sponsor must qualify based on their own household size plus the intending immigrant. Do not include the petitioner in the joint sponsor's household size. Only household members can combine income. For example if the joint sponsor's spouse has an income, they can combine their income to qualify.

ok so i am in texas and my cosponsor is in north carolina, how would that work???

[Musashii 21]

Your understanding is incorrect. A joint sponsor must qualify based on their own household size plus the intending immigrant. Do not include the petitioner in the joint sponsor's household size. Only household members can combine income. For example if the joint sponsor's spouse has an income, they can combine their income to qualify.

My wife (the petitioner) is in North Carolina and the Joint Sponsor is in California. So in other words, if the joint sponsor has a total household size of 5 (including the principal immigrant) and he/she did not make $33,762 (required income for 5 people), the joint sponsor will not qualify?

Joint Sponsor's annual income is around $1000 short ... Do they leave any room for compassion and consideration?

And since the petitioner and sponsor are not in same household, their income will not be considered as combined?

Edited April 4, 2013 by Musashii

[Ryan H 3,812]

ok so i am in texas and my cosponsor is in north carolina, how would that work???

Not an issue. A joint sponsor does not need to live in the same state the intending immigrant will be living in.

[pushbrk 12,898]

ok so i am in texas and my cosponsor is in north carolina, how would that work???

If your joint sponsor qualifies on their own, they complete the affidavit, provide the supporting documentation and send it to you to send in with yours. If they don't qualify, you find one that does, or you don't proceed.

Do they leave any room for compassion and consideration?

And since the petitioner and sponsor are not in same household, their income will not be considered as combined?

No and no.

You'll help yourself a lot by actually carefully studying the I-864 instructions. When you do, read carefully and interpret literally.

Edited April 4, 2013 by pushbrk