Am I making enough?

[Pauie18 56]

Hi everyone. I've done research about this but I just wanna make sure with you guys. I'm US citizen and I want to petition my Filipino fiance. We've been together for 2 years. I used to live in the Philippines with him, but then I moved here to California in May 2017.I got a job a week after coming here. I work at a bakery full time. I make 1760 dollars a month so that would be 21000+ a year. But my problem is I want to start petitioning him next month when I've save enough for all the expenses.(I have very little expenses since my rent is only 250 haha.) Is it okay that I haven't been working for a year yet? I know I have to show my income tax returns, so it's not going to be for a year yet. I'm actually up to be manager at the bakery in January so my income will go up a little bit, but am I even making enough? Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! 😊 

[CopperChem 328]

I would recommend reading through the following guideline for how they calculate it. https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

 

[KULtoATL 1,551]

It is not so much as if you are making enough. Rather, do you make enough for your household size i.e. sufficient income to cover youself + foreign fiance/e + other dependents (if any). To check the corresponding required minimum annual income for your household size, refer to the link provided by the member above.

 

On the I-134, you only need to meet 100%. However, best to just refer to the 125% because the I-864 used for AOS will require that amount instead. If you do not meet the poverty guideline, you can find a co-sponsor  

 

If you file now, you won't get your NOA2 for at least 4 months given the current processing times. By then you'd have been promoted and be making a higher expected annual income, which might be more than enough for the I-134 and I-864. Otherwise, you do have about 4 months to search for someone to be your co-sponsor in the event that you do need one.

[Pauie18 56]

So we don't have any dependents. It's just gonna be me and him.  Also Manila(Philippines) doesn't allow Co sponsors for fiance visa. This is a bit confusing. We're both 25 and I've never done anything this important to me before. Any advice is amazing. Thank you guys!