Is it allowed to have 2 or 3 Joint Sponsors because of insufficient income?

[Kagebunshin 1]

Hello. I'd like to ask if:

1. If it's allowed for a green card holder to be a joint sponsor?

2. Is it allowed to have 2 or 3 or even more joint sponsors? My mom's friend helped us to be our Joint-Sponsor but sadly he didn't meet the quota. And we've learned that another major reason why he can't be our joint sponsor is because he's a retired senior citizen. http://www.visajourney.com/content/support (BOX 2)

3. The two additional joint sponsors are green card holders. My mom is petitioning me and my brother. Do we have to get only one of them as the second joint sponsor or get both of them? If only one is allowed which one should we choose as the second joint sponsor?

3A - Mom's friend that is residing in her house with 56k annual income. (Age,30+)

3B - Mom's friend that is not residing with her with 40-70k? annual income. (Age,40+)

Thank you very much, God bless!!

[Hypnos 6,576]

1) Yes.

2) No.

3) Whoever meets the conditions (LPR or USC and sufficient income) that has agreed to do it.

Edited May 16, 2013 by Hypnos

[Dave&Roza 748]

Before going thru all the trouble of finding a co-sponsor, you need to see if the PI accepts a co-sponsor for your visa type. I know for a fact that for the K-1 visa they do not. If you are doing AOS in the US then it is not a problem, but if you have to deal with the Embassy in the PI you can save ourself some time and grief by researching if they accept a co-sponsor.

Good luck,

Dave

[Tahoma 2,292]

...you need to see if the PI accepts a co-sponsor for your visa type. I know for a fact that for the K-1 visa they do not.

Manila accepts joint sponsors for K-1ers roughly 50% of the time. I personally know two K-1 couples who used joint sponsors in Manila, and there have been many reports by others here on VJ who have successfully used a joint sponsor.

[apple21 953]

OP is under F2A category (Spouse and unmarried child below 21 of LPR).

[Tahoma 2,292]

OP is under F2A category (Spouse and unmarried child below 21 of LPR).

Yes, the OP is an F2A. However, I was responding to the misinformation about K-1ers.

[newacct 688]

If multiple people are immigrating, then the people can be split up into two (but no more than two) sponsors (one for some of the immigrants, and one for the others).

A joint sponsor must *by themselves* have enough income to support the people they are sponsoring. i.e. you do not "add up" their income with other sponsors' income. Therefore, there would never be a point in having more than one joint sponsor for the same person anyway.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Manila accepts joint sponsors for K-1ers roughly 50% of the time. I personally know two K-1 couples who used joint sponsors in Manila, and there have been many reports by others here on VJ who have successfully used a joint sponsor.

Is this a recent trend, because I had read that if you had to use a co-sponsor at the Manila Embassy you should get married and file the CR-1/IR-1 visa because it is adjudicated by the NVC which accepts a co-sponsor and Manila did not. That was the way I read many, many posts in the past. If it has changed to where Manila accepts a co-sponsor, I will not mention this in the future.

Thanks for straightening me out on this point.

Dave

[Tahoma 2,292]

Is this a recent trend, because I had read that if you had to use a co-sponsor at the Manila Embassy you should get married and file the CR-1/IR-1 visa because it is adjudicated by the NVC which accepts a co-sponsor and Manila did not. That was the way I read many, many posts in the past. If it has changed to where Manila accepts a co-sponsor, I will not mention this in the future.

Thanks for straightening me out on this point.

Dave

It's not a recent trend. In the four years that I've been on this board, Manila has always accepted K-1 joint sponsors on a "case-by-case basis" (the Embassy's own words). Of the two cases which I personally know about, one case was three years ago, and the other case was last year.

Some VJ K-1ers that come to mind who successfully used a joint sponsor in Manila:

femy11

RE206NZ

RichardShane

Lee&Lee

YourHumboldtBud

The_Sage1

carlo702

prettyjan

renecherubs

kinkyara

Manilyn117

dbcroasman

Eternal Love

Interestingly, there have been some reports by VJers where they said that either the pre-screener or the consular officer told them that Manila didn't allow joint sponsors for K-1 cases. I believe those reports because that happened to one of my friends. At his K-1 interview, the pre-screener told him that Manila didn't allow joint sponsors for K-1 cases. However, the consular officer approved his visa anyway despite the fact that his fiancée had zero income. She was a college student who had never held a job and had no assets.

Generally speaking, I believe Manila K-1ers are more likely to have their joint sponsors accepted when:

> The petitioner is Filipino

> The joint sponsor is a close family member

> The petitioner is young and educated

> The beneficiary is young and educated

> The joint sponsor submits an I-864 rather than an I-134

> The petitioner attends the interview

[Dave&Roza 748]

It's not a recent trend. In the four years that I've been on this board, Manila has always accepted K-1 joint sponsors on a "case-by-case basis" (the Embassy's own words). Of the two cases which I personally know about, one case was three years ago, and the other case was last year.

Generally speaking, I believe Manila K-1ers are more likely to have their joint sponsors accepted when:

> The petitioner is Filipino

> The joint sponsor is a close family member

> The petitioner is young and educated

> The beneficiary is young and educated

> The joint sponsor submits an I-864 rather than an I-134

> The petitioner attends the interview

Good to know. Thanks for educating me on this.

Dave

[Kagebunshin 1]

Thanks everyone!!