No Sponsor for Affidavit of Support, Please need Urgent Help!!!

[Rajaeejehad 2]

Dear All

i have paid all fees (AOS and IV) and now i have been looking for a sponsor since last week but i am unable to find one.

My wife is the petitioner and she is a student that never worked before. She doesnt even have a Tax file number.

Can i sponsor myself?

What is the amount needed in my bank account?

Can a friend sponsor me or he must be a relative of mine?

Please please i need your support urgently, ,kindly advise.

Thank you.

[PK and PK 13]

Dear All

i have paid all fees (AOS and IV) and now i have been looking for a sponsor since last week but i am unable to find one.

My wife is the petitioner and she is a student that never worked before. She doesnt even have a Tax file number.

Can i sponsor myself?

What is the amount needed in my bank account?

Can a friend sponsor me or he must be a relative of mine?

Please please i need your support urgently, ,kindly advise.

Thank you.

Any US citizen or LPR can sponsor you. They don't have to be related. They have to make enough money to support their dependents and you.

[Rajaeejehad 2]

Thank you PK for your reply.

I am currently working in saudi arabia and making 6000 dollars per week and it is tax free.

if i get an employment certificate with my salary would it be enough?

I have around 40,000 dollar in my account now, how can i use them? can i transfer them to my wife account and get us of it?

[Manent modest 5]

I just confirm it :

Q: What is the family-sponsored immigration? and who can be a sponsor?

A: Family-sponsored immigration is to become a U.S. permanent resident through certain family relations. Normally, a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident would file an immigration petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS). The U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident is called the sponsor. The alien relative for whom the immigration petition is filed is called the beneficiary.

A U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident can be the sponsor of a family-sponsored immigration petition. However, the sponsor has to meet certain requirements and legal obligations. The sponsor has to submit a legally binding affidavit of support for the beneficiary to USCIS, in which the sponsor guarantees to maintain the standard of living of the intending immigrant at a level not lower than 125% of the national poverty level. This obligation continues until the beneficiary has become a U.S. citizen, or has worked in the United States for 40 qualifying quarters.

[Rajaeejehad 2]

Thank you Lera

then there is no way for me to help myself out, this is really sad.

begging someone to file the AOS is very painful to me. as no one is willing to help.

Can my wife buy a car there or piece of land with 60,000 dollar worth, would she be able to sponsor me afterwards?

[Manent modest 5]

Sorry I don t know I will ask ... There is poverty guideline this is for Massachusetts but is the same for the 48 states except Hawaii and Alaska ... You need someone who make at least 15 000$/ year

http://www.masslegalhelp.org/housing/poverty-guidelines

[Rajaeejehad 2]

Thank you lera.

Really great support.

her dad is a LPR and he has been working for the past 4 years, he will become a USC in the next couple of months.

his current salary is 800 dollars per month (9600 dollars per year), can he sponsor me and also my wife will buy a land for 60,000 dollars, would this be ok?

[Manent modest 5]

I don t think it work like this but i am learning too about this process step by step ... Maybe apple21 can help you

US government just want to make sure someone can afford you until you can start to work. I read some people tried to show everything they could 6 months pay stub, job letter etc try to gather maximum doc between her and her father anyway if it s not enough they ll tell you or she go to see an free immigrant lawyer before to send the papers like this you don loose your time. I always tell my husband to see an immigrant lawyer in Boston there is volunteer that you can go to see.

Good luck to you !

[Villanelle 4,122]

So your filing as F2a (spouse of LPR) You say your wife never got a tax id number (Social Security number) she really needs to get one. Part of the aff of support includes her including her tax returns or a statement explaining why she has none. The 864 needs to be filled out by your wife for you even if she has no income. There is a place on it for her to list her social #. It is required. The instructions clearly state it is needed and the form will be rejected with out one. So that is your big STEP ONE>

On her 864 you can include YOUR assets and income. However your current job is not going to count because it will not be continuing once you get to the US- so dont include it- unless you can telecommute and have proof the job will continue.

You can also include assets YOU have. No need to transfer them into her name. Assets are tricky though. They are not calculated at the same rate as job income. First. its up to the discretion of the CO reviewing it. But generally they need to be something that can be converted into cash (or is cash) and can be viewed as something disposable that wont cause hardship to the family. Cash is simple, cash is cash. When you put up something like a house though- then it becomes well how much is the house worth if you own it outright and where will you all live if you need to sell it?

Your assets need to be 5 times the difference between your income and the poverty guidelines. For cash you would need to show proof that the cash is yours. Ex how you accumulated it over time or where it was withdrawn from a retirement acct or whatever.

Honestly, most of the questions youve asked are in the 864 instructions. Some times just looking at the form and not the instructions... well sometimes the instructions are silly, put your name here and sign at the bottom...but for this form the instructions contain a lot of necessary info. Please read through them. You will find most everything you need.

Feel free to post back if you have specific issues or dont understand where to fill it out what you need to or want a double check of what you are doing.

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

[Cathi 5,751]

Thank you lera.

Really great support.

her dad is a LPR and he has been working for the past 4 years, he will become a USC in the next couple of months.

his current salary is 800 dollars per month (9600 dollars per year), can he sponsor me and also my wife will buy a land for 60,000 dollars, would this be ok?

how can your wife but land if she isn;t working? No she cannot but land and use it to sponsor you. No, you cannot sponsor yourself because the minute you walk into the US you will no longer be working in KSA. Your wife will always be your main sponsor, you can get a joint sponsor. A joint sponsor can be any US citizen or LPR residing in the US.No $9600 is not enough to be a joint sponsor. Your joint sponsor must make enough for dependents plus you. Here are the guidelines http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/15poverty.cfm

Edited February 25, 2015 by mimolicious

[CowBoE 429]

Thank you Lera

then there is no way for me to help myself out, this is really sad.

begging someone to file the AOS is very painful to me. as no one is willing to help.

Can my wife buy a car there or piece of land with 60,000 dollar worth, would she be able to sponsor me afterwards?

"...begging someone to file the AOS is very painful..."

That is because you are only thinking from your perspective.

Why would anyone (except for very close and "kind" family members)

easily agree to sponsor you and risk full financial burden...

for what benefit they would get in return?

I certainly wouldn't sponsor anyone except for very close family members

such as my parents or siblings.

You know the minimum income level to sponsor is really not that much ($21000).

If your fiancee badly wants you in US, can she stop going to school and

start working? After you get here and start working again, then she can resume her studies.

If she works even for the minimum wage of about $7.50 per hour (but varies by state)

she can still make about $15,600/year.

Therefore, between her father's earning, and her potential earning,

the total should qualify them to joint sponsor you.

As for the Tax filing ID...there is no such for individuals.

They use Social Security Card number, which pretty much everyone has in US.

Edited February 25, 2015 by DualityOneness

[Manent modest 5]

Iam agree with duality oneness if she can earn 16000$/year wich is not much hours to work it will make easy for you guys ... Is just an idea we all have to play efficient in this process...

[PK and PK 13]

Thank you Lera

then there is no way for me to help myself out, this is really sad.

begging someone to file the AOS is very painful to me. as no one is willing to help.

Can my wife buy a car there or piece of land with 60,000 dollar worth, would she be able to sponsor me afterwards?

You want liquid assets. Cash is better than a car or land. But it needs to be 5x the 125% poverty income. So assuming 2 people (you and your spouse) it would be around $100K. You might want to have a clear records of how you acquired the assets (like many years of paystubs/bank statements) to show you don't get a quick loan or something. They are just trying to insure that taxpayers are on the hook for 5 years after you come over. Realty is you may get a job soon after you come but they cannot be sure.

Edited February 26, 2015 by PK and PK

[Rajaeejehad 2]

Thank you all for the great help

i will keep you update.

Many thanks again.

[chubbs 11]

Thank you all for the great help

i will keep you update.

Many thanks again.

Read the info on this link. Expand all and under "obtain financial evidence" you will find the following;

• For those who are unemployed or retired, submit a photocopy of ongoing income from other means, such as:
  • retirement benefits;
  • other household members' income; or
  • other significant assets.

Maybe she puts down payment for a house ( use the $60,000) and your father-in-law can be a joint sponsor. Have you been sending your wife any money, weekly or monthly? Her bank statements can show that.

Note this under the head "Complete an Affidavit of Support Form"

If none of the above apply and:

1. You do not meet the minimum income requirement and are using a joint sponsor, and
2. You are not using the income of other household members to qualify.

The sponsor and the joint sponsor must each complete Form I-864

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Step_4_Collect_Financial_Documents.html

Also get the help of a lawyer, that would be the best.