Questions about Affidavit of Support for K1 visa

[nv618 10]

Hello everyone,

 

I just joined this website as I am about to embark on my K1 visa journey. If this is in the wrong spot I apologize in advance, but I really need some answers!

 

I am the American who plans to bring my fiance over from Australia. I graduated from college last June, and was living with him in Australia from August 2017 to early February this year and then moved back to the states alone. I started a job this month (March) which will pay me $34,000 per year, which is well over the income requirement. However, the past 3 years I have been a student/working sporadically and made FAR LESS than the income requirement, like laughably so. I have read a lot of articles/forums which state that most recent year is what counts the most, but I have heard of people being denied for their sponsor not being at their job long enough. So, my questions:

1. Should we arrange to wait until early 2019 for him to have his interview at the Australian consulate so that I will be able to provide my 2018 tax documents? (which would mean I should wait to start the whole process for a few months?) Or should I file ASAP to be able to have the interview later this year (assuming that the initial process only takes 6-8 months) and then just provide my pay stubs from when I started the job?

2. When I do eventually fill out the I-864 and my fiance presents it at the interview after the current tax year is over, will it matter to the officer that the 2 years before I was making enough money, I was making way below the requirement? Even if I made well above the most recent year?

3. Even if I have made enough for the most recent year,  am I still able to plan to have a joint sponsor fill out an I-864 and have my fiance bring it with him to the interview? I only ask because I have read conflicting things online, some people saying that you should only have a joint sponsor prepared if you clearly made below the income requirement for most recent year. BUT I would be tempted to have one prepared anyway, since my previous years income was so low.

4. Is there any chance that anyone here has had experiences with the consulate in Sydney, Australia? I cannot find anything online about their particular requirements.

 

I hope these questions made sense, thanks!

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

the i864 isn't the correct affidavit for a fiancé, visa, that's for adjustment of status after your married

 

the affidavit is the i134, so if you need a joint sponsor, both of you need to fill the i134

 

 

[nv618 10]

Just now, aleful said:

hi

 

the i864 isn't the correct affidavit for a fiancé, visa, that's for adjustment of status after your married

 

the affidavit is the i134, so if you need a joint sponsor, both of you need to fill the i134

 

 

Ok yes the i134 is what I meant..

[aleful 1,905]

if you're going to have a joint sponsor anyway then the wait isn't worth it, file now and it doesn't matter how long you have been working or the amount of income you have, since you will have the joint sponsor

 

 

[nv618 10]

That's true I guess. 

I guess I'm just worried about asking someone to be my joint sponsor if I don't really need it. I have also read that having a joint sponsor in the first place isn't a good sign to the officer and they will scrutinize your case more severely than if the petitioner were to be the sole sponsor.