co-sponsor -- please help!

[jevienna 0]

Hi everyone,

My wife is coming to the US next week on a K3. We're planning to file for adjustment of status as soon as possible after she's here.

I am graduating from medical school in the next month and will be starting work as a medical resident at the end of June.

While in school I wasn't employed, but did earn some income from old investments

I am concerned about being the only sponsor for my wife, because - even though I had decent financial assets - the income on my recent W2's has been low.

I am wondering if my father can be a co-sponsor for my wife, even though we are not going to be living with my parents. From what I can tell, it looks like he can't be included in my household size calculation so he can't be a co-sponsor!

Is this correct?

Any advice would be welcome! (I am so frustrated with USCIS phone support and the Boston USCIS office that I thought I'd start asking here first!)

Cheers

[MHandMB 0]

You can get whomever you want to co-sponsor you; they don't need to be in the same household. If your co-sponser lived with you, then they would fill out a supplement to your affidavit of support. A co-sponsor not in your household needs to complete their own affidavit of support. The forms may have changed since we submitted our AOS a year ago, but I don't think you'll have any problem using your dad as a co-sponsor.

Take a look at the "Guides" tab at the top of this page, as well as the "Example Forms" link. That should give you a good start.

Edited May 16, 2007 by MHandMB

[newyorktooaxaca 0]

I second the previous advice. You can get anyone to sponsor you. Also don't bother with USCIS phone "non-support." It is absolutely useless, and they can't give you any information about your application. I have read in other posts that the best way to get action is to go to your district office and bring your Senator, for future reference.

Kristen

Hi everyone,

My wife is coming to the US next week on a K3. We're planning to file for adjustment of status as soon as possible after she's here.

I am graduating from medical school in the next month and will be starting work as a medical resident at the end of June.

While in school I wasn't employed, but did earn some income from old investments

I am concerned about being the only sponsor for my wife, because - even though I had decent financial assets - the income on my recent W2's has been low.

I am wondering if my father can be a co-sponsor for my wife, even though we are not going to be living with my parents. From what I can tell, it looks like he can't be included in my household size calculation so he can't be a co-sponsor!

Is this correct?

Any advice would be welcome! (I am so frustrated with USCIS phone support and the Boston USCIS office that I thought I'd start asking here first!)

Cheers

[kitkat1 5]

I second the previous advice. You can get anyone to sponsor you. Also don't bother with USCIS phone "non-support." It is absolutely useless, and they can't give you any information about your application. I have read in other posts that the best way to get action is to go to your district office and bring your Senator, for future reference.

I would not recommend contacting your district office or senator in a case like this - they are there to help in serious situations. Instead, read the affadavit of support instructions and you will find all the information there.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864.pdf

How Can My Relatives and Dependents Help Me Meet the Income Requirements?

What Is a Joint Sponsor?

[jevienna 0]

I second the previous advice. You can get anyone to sponsor you. Also don't bother with USCIS phone "non-support." It is absolutely useless, and they can't give you any information about your application. I have read in other posts that the best way to get action is to go to your district office and bring your Senator, for future reference.

I would not recommend contacting your district office or senator in a case like this - they are there to help in serious situations. Instead, read the affadavit of support instructions and you will find all the information there.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864.pdf

How Can My Relatives and Dependents Help Me Meet the Income Requirements?

What Is a Joint Sponsor?

Thanks everyone for your help.

It sounds like I should NOT have my father fill out the 864A -- I'll have him fill out an I-864.

The instructions on the forms are not the clearest, so I thought I'd ask rather than have anything sent back!