Only working part-time right now, so are my savings irrelevant for the K1 application?

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I definitely don't qualify for the income level, but I have been able to save quite a bit the last couple of years.

 

Will I be able to use someone in my household who works full-time as a co-sponsor? In my case it would be my sister

 

I'm looking for full-time work now, just wondering if this will hurt my application process when I go through with it?

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They don't care one bit about how much money you as the beneficiary have. They need to know that your fiance (living in the US) is the person who can provide for you.

I had to do the same, even though I had plenty of savings. They do not care about that, because your fiance will be the one having to provide for you.

I was unemployed during the exact timing of my K1 filing, and they, again, did not care one bit.

 

Howeverm if you are the person who is the sponsor, then they look at INCOME level yearly. If your sister is in your household (as in: living together), how are you not calculating in her income? Or do you just mean your family in general and you don't have a joined household? Yes, your sister can be co-sponsor. However, note that you of course need permission, that she needs to give a lot of info about her  finances (which can get a little tricky), and that you will need her again the next time.

 

You mentioned you were able to save a lot the last  couple of years. If you are required to show your last tax income stub, would you make the yearly income? Because in that case, there's no problem either. My (now husband) fiance did not have his tax return from 2016 yet, so he used the 2015 one, and that was fine.

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14 minutes ago, moosy said:

They don't care one bit about how much money you as the beneficiary have. They need to know that your fiance (living in the US) is the person who can provide for you.

I had to do the same, even though I had plenty of savings. They do not care about that, because your fiance will be the one having to provide for you.

I was unemployed during the exact timing of my K1 filing, and they, again, did not care one bit.

 

Howeverm if you are the person who is the sponsor, then they look at INCOME level yearly. If your sister is in your household (as in: living together), how are you not calculating in her income? Or do you just mean your family in general and you don't have a joined household? Yes, your sister can be co-sponsor. However, note that you of course need permission, that she needs to give a lot of info about her  finances (which can get a little tricky), and that you will need her again the next time.

 

You mentioned you were able to save a lot the last  couple of years. If you are required to show your last tax income stub, would you make the yearly income? Because in that case, there's no problem either. My (now husband) fiance did not have his tax return from 2016 yet, so he used the 2015 one, and that was fine.

Thank you very much for such a detailed response. It was very helpful