I-134 w Co Sponsor

[julitathomas0810 30]

My mother wants to help as being a co sponsor . She is retired and has a yearly income from SS of $8,882 . Has about 15,000 in the bank as savings and checking . Has a home with a mortgage house vale perhaps $125-150,000 . The embassy is Manila and I want to also bring the I-860 as well (not sure if that is the correct number) as back up since they rarely accept co sponsors . Since the house is under a mortgage is still something to use ? With all of that will she be accepted as a co sponsor at least on paper .

I make little over 15,000 and have 7,000 in my savings .

She also sells on Amazon with cookware and sold 45,000 worth of items . Can get a 1099 from amazon to show those earnings . Owns a cookware company that operates from home . With retail certificate and tax ID .

Edited August 5, 2013 by julitathomas0810

[Caryh 5,206]

My mother wants to help as being a co sponsor . She is retired and has a yearly income from SS of $8,882 . Has about 15,000 in the bank as savings and checking . Has a home with a mortgage house vale perhaps $125-150,000 . The embassy is Manila and I want to also bring the I-860 as well (not sure if that is the correct number) as back up since they rarely accept co sponsors . Since the house is under a mortgage is still something to use ? With all of that will she be accepted as a co sponsor at least on paper .

I make little over 15,000 and have 7,000 in my savings .

She also sells on Amazon with cookware and sold 45,000 worth of items . Can get a 1099 from amazon to show those earnings . Owns a cookware company that operates from home . With retail certificate and tax ID .

What matters is income, and she apparently doesn't have it, and neither do you. They're not going to want to include the house, as then where would she live? As to her selling on Amazon, if she's making income, she needs to be filing taxes on it. It doesn't matter what the gross accounts are, it matters what the net income is. If her retired income is being reported as $8,882, then she can't help as a cosponsor, as she is well under the poverty rate on her own. Filing to sponsor as self employed also has a bit greater complexity than as an employed person.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf gives the income requirements, $19,387 for two people, that's you and your fiancee and/or your mother and your fiancee.

Read part 7 of the I-864 instructions on assets, and how your can use them and how much to need to make up for income.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

[Tahoma 2,292]

You stand a better chance of selling shaving cream to the Taliban than you do of having your joint sponsor being approved by the U.S. Embassy Manila. Even if the Embassy allowed you to submit your joint sponsor's documents, your joint sponsor wouldn't qualify due to lack of current sustained annual income.

However, you could get a part-time second job in order to meet the income guidelines. You would want to do so rather quickly because you'll need a couple of pay stubs under your belt before your fiancée's interview, which should be coming up soonish.

Or, your fiancée could go to her interview and take her chances with your current sustained income. What's the worst that could happen? The Embassy would issue her a 221g which would give her one year to submit proof that you meet the income guidelines. That would give you more time to find a job, increase your income, and send her a few paycheck stubs.