Help!!!!!

[BA/M 8]

Is that enough for a joint sponsor to sponsor a CR1 visa 

[EandH0904 1,184]

How many people are in the Household? 

[BA/M 8]

11 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

How many people are in the Household? 

 

3 minutes ago, BA/M said:

 

2

[geowrian 22,337]

Maybe? Maybe not?

That's like showing a pay stub for $2,200/month and asking if that's enough to live on. How many people (now noted to be 2)? Where are they living (NYC or the boondocks)? What kinds of expenses are involved?

To be clear, I'm not actually asking for that type of information. It's just that there's no way to know just based on a tax return if that will be sufficient for the CO to address the public charge concern.

 

It looks like they are an employee (not self-employed). As such, pay stubs and an employment letter would be the best evidence of current income. Tax returns - while required to help with the overall assessment - only show past income for an employee.

[BA/M 8]

7 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Maybe? Maybe not?

That's like showing a pay stub for $2,200/month and asking if that's enough to live on. How many people (now noted to be 2)? Where are they living (NYC or the boondocks)? What kinds of expenses are involved?

To be clear, I'm not actually asking for that type of information. It's just that there's no way to know just based on a tax return if that will be sufficient for the CO to address the public charge concern.

 

It looks like they are an employee (not self-employed). As such, pay stubs and an employment letter would be the best evidence of current income. Tax returns - while required to help with the overall assessment - only show past income for an employee.

Yes just 2 people n they’re in Mississippi i just want to know wats the amount and is it the taxable income or the first??

[geowrian 22,337]

39 minutes ago, BA/M said:

Yes just 2 people n they’re in Mississippi i just want to know wats the amount and is it the taxable income or the first??

For a household of 2 in the continental US, one must have current income of at least $20,575/year to qualify to submit an I-864. See https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p.

 

There are 2 major items of noteworthiness:

1. Current income
   1. Current income for an employee is denoted via how much they make in a 12 month period, and evidenced via pays stubs and/or an employment letter. Tax returns would be past income for an employee.
      1. For example, if somebody worked all of 2018 but is now unemployed, their current income is $0.
   2. If one is self-employed, tax returns would be the source of their current income instead. In which case you would list the total income (line 6 for 2018 for a 1040, line 22 for 2017 and back).
2. The CO will look at the totality of the circumstances to determine the public charge issue. There is no minimum income level to satisfy this piece.
   1. Typically, barring reason for a CO to believe otherwise, being fairly above the minimum level noted above is sufficient. So if somebody currently makes $35,668/year - barring any issues or concerns - that would probably be enough for a spouse.
   2. NOTE: I said spouse above because an elderly parent or similar may have significant medical care or insurance costs that make it a much tougher call.

Best wishes and good luck.

 

Edited January 22, 2019 by geowrian

[BA/M 8]

6 minutes ago, geowrian said:

For a household of 2 in the continental US, one must have current income of at least $20,575/year to qualify to submit an I-864. See https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p.

 

There are 2 major items of noteworthiness:

1. Current income
   1. Current income for an employee is denoted via how much they make in a 12 month period, and evidenced via pays stubs and/or an employment letter. Tax returns would be past income for an employee.
      1. For example, if somebody worked all of 2018 but is not unemployed, their current income is $0.
   2. If one is self-employed, tax returns would be the source of their current income instead. In which case you would list the total income (line 6 for 2018 for a 1040, line 22 for 2017 and back).
2. The CO will look at the totality of the circumstances to determine the public charge issue. There is no minimum income level to satisfy this piece.
   1. Typically, barring reason for a CO to believe otherwise, being fairly above the minimum level noted above is sufficient. So if somebody currently makes $35,668/year - barring any issues or concerns - that would probably be enough for a spouse.
   2. NOTE: I said spouse above because an elderly parent or similar may have significant medical care or insurance costs that make it a much tougher call.

Best wishes and good luck.

 

Thank u so much

[Ryan H 3,812]

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