Really frustrated (K1 Visa Co-Sponsor)

[abibae 2]

So I apparently do not make enough to sustain my fiancé and I when he comes here so I needed to get a co-sponsor. I chose my mother and she makes well over the poverty level, but my lawyer still says it's not enough because she says my mother has to include her support towards my siblings and my father as well as for my fiancé and I, but my father works and makes more than my mother so I don't understand why it would not be enough.

It's not like I would need my mother's entire paycheck, I hardly need any of it, honestly. I work full-time and I'm doing fine the way I am now. My fiancé also has been working and has saved up money while he's been away. My mother would just be supporting us with a small amount of money until my fiancé found a job (which wouldn't take too long since we already have connections to a couple jobs for him where I live). I have no one else to ask as my co-sponsor, my father is definitely not willing to join in because he already had the hardest time giving me the information of their tax returns. He is very hard headed in that sense. I know he would not be willing to do it.

What else am I supposed to do? Does this mean I can't even finish the process?

I am pissed beyond belief.

So I apparently do not make enough to sustain my fiancé and I when he comes here so I needed to get a co-sponsor. I chose my mother and she makes well over the poverty level, but my lawyer still says it's not enough because she says my mother has to include her support towards my siblings and my father as well as for my fiancé and I, but my father works and makes more than my mother so I don't understand why it would not be enough.

It's not like I would need my mother's entire paycheck, I hardly need any of it, honestly. I work full-time and I'm doing fine the way I am now. My fiancé also has been working and has saved up money while he's been away. My mother would just be supporting us with a small amount of money until my fiancé found a job (which wouldn't take too long since we already have connections to a couple jobs for him where I live). I have no one else to ask as my co-sponsor, my father is definitely not willing to join in because he already had the hardest time giving me the information of their tax returns. He is very hard headed in that sense. I know he would not be willing to do it.

What else am I supposed to do? Does this mean I can't even finish the process?

I am pissed beyond belief.

I don't understand why they are making the decision that because my siblings still live at home, my mom's entire income goes to them. My parents split costs in everything. So I don't understand why her income isn't enough to support my fiancé and I.

[UK-USA-K1 128]

The way the system works is they must count every person in the household from which the income is counted, so when you get a co-sponsor, they have to be accounted for not only you and your fiance, but also for anyone living in their home. It doesn't matter if they are solely responsible or not.

I don't know all the details of it because my income was well over the limits needed, but I've read here that you can add cash on hand to your income to help make up the difference. The cash isn't equivalent though, and needs to be more than just the difference (I think it's 3 to 5 times more, but hopefully someone can chime in who knows)

Let's assume it's 5 times the difference and you need to have 18,212 total per year to qualify. Let's say you only show making 16,212 per year. If it were 5 times the difference, then having a savings of 10,000 could put you at a qualified level. This might be worth looking into if it's at all possible.

Wish I could be of more help. Best of luck to you