K1 AOS Sponsorship question

[Martin + Amie 0]

Good evening ladies and gents,

I successfully obtained a K1 visa, travelled to the United States and am now married within the 90 days specified. The process of AOS now begins and i am unclear on certain things. When i first applied for my K1 visa i was contracting for an American company in the UK. They agreed to write a letter stating i would earn X amount and that my job offer letter was confirmation. My visa was approved on this basis, the basis that i would have a job waiting for me in the US. The AOS form is now stating that i need a co-sponsor. My wife currently isnt working and we are living on the savings i had before i came over until all of this was cleared. It seems as if i can't get my company to sponsor me for the AOS, is this correct? Even though US immigration let me into the country on a K1 visa based on a job offer letter from my company i now need a co-sponsor? What if my wife cannot sponsor me, does anyone know of any other alternatives to get this resolved properly?

many thanks and any help is appreciated.

Best Regards

Martin Tuncaydin

[Yodrak 7]

Martin,

You entered as a non-immigrant. Non-immigrants do not need a sponsor if the can support themselves, which you can.

Now that you want to adjust status - become an immigrant - different rules apply. Your petitioner must sponsor you, and that's your wife. Your wife can use the total household income to do this - her income plus the income of other people living in the household. You, for one.

Read the I-864 instructions. They explain this pretty well.

Yodrak

Good evening ladies and gents,

I successfully obtained a K1 visa, travelled to the United States and am now married within the 90 days specified. The process of AOS now begins and i am unclear on certain things. When i first applied for my K1 visa i was contracting for an American company in the UK. They agreed to write a letter stating i would earn X amount and that my job offer letter was confirmation. My visa was approved on this basis, the basis that i would have a job waiting for me in the US. The AOS form is now stating that i need a co-sponsor. My wife currently isnt working and we are living on the savings i had before i came over until all of this was cleared. It seems as if i can't get my company to sponsor me for the AOS, is this correct? Even though US immigration let me into the country on a K1 visa based on a job offer letter from my company i now need a co-sponsor? What if my wife cannot sponsor me, does anyone know of any other alternatives to get this resolved properly?

many thanks and any help is appreciated.

Best Regards

Martin Tuncaydin