Validity of sponsor

[Zoe12 5]

If sponsor retires one or two days after submission is it fine to sumbit as the sponsor is  employed? 

[Roel 7,192]

Uh. No? 

Youd need to contact USCIS with an update that the sponsor is no longer employed...

 

So if they would ask during the interview what does the sponsor do for work, youd still need to tell the truth.. 

[Zoe12 5]

23 minutes ago, Roel said:

Uh. No? 

Youd need to contact USCIS with an update that the sponsor is no longer employed...

 

So if they would ask during the interview what does the sponsor do for work, youd still need to tell the truth.. 

The sponsor is employed when I submit the application but retires shortly after. By the time of the interview we don’t need a sponsor anymore. Is that not going to work?

[Roel 7,192]

Are you talking about main sponsor or joint sponsor?

 

You don't need a sponsor by the time of the interview? 

[Zoe12 5]

5 minutes ago, Roel said:

Are you talking about main sponsor or joint sponsor?

 

You don't need a sponsor by the time of the interview? 

Yes, joint sponsor, sorry I forgot to specify. My husband will make 70K but hasn’t worked long enough yet. Just need the co sponsor to submit but he retires shortly after

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

2 hours ago, Zoe12 said:

Yes, joint sponsor, sorry I forgot to specify. My husband will make 70K but hasn’t worked long enough yet. Just need the co sponsor to submit but he retires shortly after

There is no requirement to have worked for a length of time.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

BTW   retirement is not umemployed

it is retired / there is still an income

[Zoe12 5]

2 hours ago, missileman said:

There is no requirement to have worked for a length of time.

He didn’t make much last year and he only worked two months so far so I think I need a joint sponsor to get through. 

[Zoe12 5]

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

BTW   retirement is not umemployed

it is retired / there is still an income

He is employed when we apply but retires shortly afterwards. The salary will then drop to barely above the poverty guidelines. So is it fine to apply as he is employed? because he is at the time we apply. 

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

3 minutes ago, Zoe12 said:

He didn’t make much last year and he only worked two months so far so I think I need a joint sponsor to get through. 

Maybe, maybe not...it will be at the discretion of the CO, who will consider the whole financial picture......If joint sponsors are allowed, it might be a good idea to have one ready.  

[carmel34 3,626]

Not a good idea to mislead an immigration officer...  you should take a new, current, affidavit of support from the petitioner and co-sponsor including financial documents supporting these to the interview, so that they are current at the time of the interview.  Submitting a co-sponsor's documents knowing that in a few days their income will drop drastically sounds like a bad decision to me.  Why not just find a different co-sponsor whose income will continue at a level that will support your case, and wait and submit the affidavit of support forms, (I assume you are doing a spousal visa, so I-864s?) correctly?  The commitment of financial support is not only on the day the form is signed, but for many years into the future.  Read the instructions on the forms very carefully.  You could also take new forms with current information and income levels to the interview and hope that the IO will decide that your petitioners current income plus the now much lower income of the co-sponsor will be sufficient, but this is impossible to predict.  Worse case scenario, you get denied at the interview and are asked for another co-sponsor, so if it's a spousal visa, you can fix it.

Edited April 28, 2019 by carmel34

[Zoe12 5]

2 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

Not a good idea to mislead an immigration officer...  you should take a new, current, affidavit of support from the petitioner and co-sponsor including financial documents supporting these to the interview, so that they are current at the time of the interview.  Submitting a co-sponsor's documents knowing that in a few days their income will drop drastically sounds like a bad decision to me.  Why not just find a different co-sponsor whose income will continue, and wait and submit the affidavit of support forms, (I assume you are doing a spousal visa, so I-864s?) correctly?  The commitment of financial support is not only on the day the form is signed, but for many years into the future.  Read the instructions on the forms very carefully.

I don’t want to mislead. I have absolutely no other sponsor which sucks. I have not submitted yet. The joint sponsor was not supposed to retire early but did. So he had already filled out the form awhile ago. Can I submit the joint sponsor now and update it on the interview or is that misleading as well?  

[carmel34 3,626]

13 minutes ago, Zoe12 said:

I don’t want to mislead. I have absolutely no other sponsor which sucks. I have not submitted yet. The joint sponsor was not supposed to retire early but did. So he had already filled out the form awhile ago. Can I submit the joint sponsor now and update it on the interview or is that misleading as well?  

If it has been a while since the I-864 was signed by the co-sponsor, and since signing their income has dropped significantly, I would suggest, if you have no other potential co-sponsors, to correct the co-sponsor's I-864 now and submit current information and hope for the best.  Also include co-sponsor's assets if you can, that might help.  You should have time between submission of the forms and the interview to keep looking for another co-sponsor, and if you find one, take another I-864 for the additional co-sponsor to the interview, to bring out if the IO expresses concerns. It partially depends on the location of your interview as consulates view these things differently, also your circumstances and place you will live in the US as the IO considers the totality of the financial issues, and current income of the petitioner is the most important you you could be fine with a retired co-sponsor's reduced income and assets because your husband's income is high enough currently.  Good luck!

Edited April 28, 2019 by carmel34

[Zoe12 5]

2 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

If it has been a while since the I-864 was signed by the co-sponsor, and since signing their income has dropped significantly, I would suggest, if you have no other potential co-sponsors, to correct the co-sponsor's I-864 now and submit current information and hope for the best.  Also include co-sponsor's assets if you can, that might help.  You should have time between submission of the forms and the interview to keep looking for another co-sponsor, and if you find one, take another I-864 for the additional co-sponsor to the interview, to bring out if the IO expresses concerns. It partially depends on the location of your interview as consulates view these things differently, also your circumstances and place you will live in the US as the IO considers the totality of the financial issues, and current income of the petitioner is the most important you you could be fine with a retired co-sponsor's reduced income and assets because your husband's income is high enough currently.  Good luck!

Their income won’t drop until a few months and have not signed the form yet. However, I don’t think they will accept $23.  If the sponsor retires in 4 months would it be ok to submit ?

 

[Cathi 5,748]

7 hours ago, Zoe12 said:

If sponsor retires one or two days after submission is it fine to sumbit as the sponsor is  employed? 

Nope, it's called misrepresentation. Look it up.