Co-sponsor who lives mostly off of social security

[luisa 0]

My father will be the co-sponsor for my fiance who I am trying to bring over from england. My father is retired and has no dependents and with his social security that he receives he has enough money to be well over the poverty line. Without it he does not.

Is it true that the consulate does not recognize money from social security because it comes from the government? sorry if it's a dumb question but we're perplexed and any help would be appreciated

[~Chad~ 0]

If you are working, it may not be a problem, but if you have NO income, it could be a problem. I copied the following directly from the guides:

Not having adequate income will not usually be a problem if you have a co-sponsor, according to experiences

posted on the newsgroup, as long as the co-sponsor has adequate income/assets.

Be aware that the co-sponsor must have enough income/assets for both your fiance, any fiance children that will

be immigrating, and his/her own household. However, that IF the US fiance has been on welfare or other

government benefits for a lifetime or has no plans to work actively, the consulate can still deny the visa based on

the likelihood that the foreign fiance will become a public charge. Just having a co-sponsor may not be sufficient.

An actual case has been documented wherein a fiance visa was denied because the petitioning fiance was on

government benefits and would not be working, even though the US fiance had two co-sponsors.

[Boiler 44,874]

Your Fiancee can self sponsor, does not need that much, 3 or 4k, check with the Consulate the current requirement.

[luisa 0]

Your Fiancee can self sponsor, does not need that much, 3 or 4k, check with the Consulate the current requirement.

yes we're looking into the possibility of his self-sponsoring, we're just young, poor and in love and trying to scrape funds together and its a little maddening. thanks for you help!