I'm poor. can I still petition for my spouse?

[ErzaScarlet 0]

Been a year since i got my green card. So im still a LPR.

Ok..he's not yet my spouse but my fiance. I am planning to go home, get married then petition for him. The problem is I live with my mom and her boyfriend in HIS home. I just recently got a job and it barely pays for my car and all other bills. Basically I can't prove that I can support him when he gets here.

Is there still a way for the petition to be approved? It's hard enough as it is to find a way to get married to him since I just got my job and I can't easily be granted a leave. I just want us to be together. Our relationship is totally legit and we've been together for 7 years. Any thoughts on my situation? Please help.

Thank you so much.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You will need a co-sponsor.

[iamwhatiam80 92]

Been a year since i got my green card. So im still a LPR.

Ok..he's not yet my spouse but my fiance. I am planning to go home, get married then petition for him. The problem is I live with my mom and her boyfriend in HIS home. I just recently got a job and it barely pays for my car and all other bills. Basically I can't prove that I can support him when he gets here.

Is there still a way for the petition to be approved? It's hard enough as it is to find a way to get married to him since I just got my job and I can't easily be granted a leave. I just want us to be together. Our relationship is totally legit and we've been together for 7 years. Any thoughts on my situation? Please help.

Thank you so much.

Get a co sponsor. he/she could be a green card/citizen. they should have enough income to sponsor your spouse.

[ErzaScarlet 0]

The only relative I have here is my mom who is a USC but currently unemployed. Is there a threshold or something regarding my income that I need to reach to be able to support him?

[Delboy 6]

Been a year since i got my green card. So im still a LPR.

Ok..he's not yet my spouse but my fiance. I am planning to go home, get married then petition for him. The problem is I live with my mom and her boyfriend in HIS home. I just recently got a job and it barely pays for my car and all other bills. Basically I can't prove that I can support him when he gets here.

Is there still a way for the petition to be approved? It's hard enough as it is to find a way to get married to him since I just got my job and I can't easily be granted a leave. I just want us to be together. Our relationship is totally legit and we've been together for 7 years. Any thoughts on my situation? Please help.

Thank you so much.

Your petition is approved on the bases if your relationship is genuine and us immigration law allows you to petition for that family member.

Next step is to satisfy certain conditions which makes your family member eligible for the visa. Having certain income( Depending on the house hold size) is one of the condition. If you do not have enough income then you can always use your mom or his boyfriends income.

[Delboy 6]

The only relative I have here is my mom who is a USC but currently unemployed. Is there a threshold or something regarding my income that I need to reach to be able to support him?

Check poverty guideline for 2013 on USCIS form I-864p

[Mark88 183]

You will have to earn about $20K per year inable to be his sole sponsor. If you yearn 10K and another sponsor earns 10K this will workout, too. If you are a LPR it can take about 2-3 years to bring him here though...

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

If you yearn 10K and another sponsor earns 10K this will workout, too.

Only if they are in the same household and live together.

[Mark88 183]

Only if they are in the same household and live together.

To my knowledge, if i.e. her mother is a co-sponsor, but they live in different locations (within the US) this won't matter. If you could point out the source for this, this would really interest me, too.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

To my knowledge, if i.e. her mother is a co-sponsor, but they live in different locations (within the US) this won't matter. If you could point out the source for this, this would really interest me, too.

No, read over the instructions for I-864 and I-864A. To add income the people must live together. A co-sponsor that fills out their own I-864 must qualify as a sponsor on their own. Only people who physically live together can add incomes (and they must be related and pass a few other tests).

It spells this out on page 8 of the instructions.

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

[Cathi 5,755]

To my knowledge, if i.e. her mother is a co-sponsor, but they live in different locations (within the US) this won't matter. If you could point out the source for this, this would really interest me, too.

wrong

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

No visa will be issued without meeting the requirements of an I864 through your own imcome /assets or combined with a co sponor

[Umka36 781]

I don't want to sound like a downer, but if you are financially struggling now it will only get worse when you bring your soon to be spouse over. Hopefully you've budgeted all the cost associated with the immigration process.

[JRF 117]

I don't want to sound like a downer, but if you are financially struggling now it will only get worse when you bring your soon to be spouse over. Hopefully you've budgeted all the cost associated with the immigration process.

You hardly sound like a downer...it's practical and great advice.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

To my knowledge, if i.e. her mother is a co-sponsor, but they live in different locations (within the US) this won't matter. If you could point out the source for this, this would really interest me, too.

The mother would have to reside with him in order to use the I-864A to combine incomes with him to meet the requirement.

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

Who May Be Considered a "Household Member" for Purposes of This Form?

For purposes of this form, a "household member" is:

A relative who has the same principal residence as the sponsor and is related to the sponsor as a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling;

A relative or other person whom the sponsor has lawfully claimed as a dependent on the sponsor's most recent Federal income tax return even if that person does not live at the same residence as the sponsor