Petitioner Income Required

[Sheng82 0]

My fiance is working 4days in a week,is he qualified to be petitioner for a k1 visa.he wanted to make sure about this matter.I hope you could help us or give us advice.

 

 

Sheng

[geowrian 22,338]

Petitioner? Sure. But will he qualify as a sponsor on the I-134 (presented by you at the interview later)? That depends on his income and household size. See https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-864p.pdf. Or he may be able to use a joint sponsor if he doesn't meet the requirements.

Edited September 29, 2017 by geowrian

[Sheng82 0]

His working in pizza hut as a delivery driver,but he has his own house in USA.I come up with this question because we're still on our process of our documents.

[geowrian 22,338]

Well it depends on exactly how much he is currently making. If that's below the minimum for the household size, then he will need a co sponsor.

 

If it's above the minimum (100% of the poverty level in general, but COs at some embassies want to see 125% minimum), then the next challenge is proving that. As a delivery driver, I'm assuming his base pay is below the minimum (I could be wrong, obviously), but he gets tipped. Showing how much he has made in tips is the challenge. Hopefully he has been reporting the tips on his taxes, in which case the CO can look at what he made previously in tips and add that to his current base income and come up with a basic idea of how much he is currently making and make a decision on the public charge concern based on that. Plus showing evidence of the tips can help, even if it's bank statements showing regular deposits over the past year.

[Marta Proniagina 119]

https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
here are the poverty guidelines. depending on how many people he is providing and the state he lives in, that's how much he needs to make. Also for k1 interview it's usually 100% (but as been said, some embassies ask for 125%) and for green card it's 125%. 
Basically, if he lives by himself, provides himself only (has no other dependants like chidren, elder parents, ex wife,etc) for k1 interview with 100% minimum he'll be need to earn 16240 dollars per year in 48 states (cuz he'll be providing 2 people in the future-himself and you). If he provedes 2 people right now (himself and a child, for example) look for the 3d line 20.420 dollars. And for 125% just add 25% of the sum. 
And I did the math, so 125% for 2 ppl (him and you as a fiance) would be 20300 dollars. SO, if he doesn't make 20300 per year, you'll need a co-sponsor. Assets as bank account doesn't really help unless he has a lot of money and an expensive property.

Hope tht info was helpful. Good luck to you two!