No income but assets?

[Karry 9]

My Husband is American living and working in Germany since 2012. He filed for me and my son (he is not the father) for a immigrant Visa to move to the US. We already did the I-130 and also all the paperwork up to the affidavit of support.. now, it says if you earn more than a certain amount of money per year, leave number (...) blanc.. so we did.. the income he listed is from his Business here in Germany (he ownes it) he has no income inside the US. My question now is, are 40.000$ enough in assets if he has no income in the us because he lives in Germany? We don‘t have a Co-Sponsor in the us that could submit paperwork too.. will they deny the visas because he doesn‘t have a income in the us? How does it work? It only says what you can do it you don‘t have enough income.. but not what you can do if you don‘t have an income at all because he simply doesn‘t live there.

[payxibka 10,047]

5 minutes ago, Karry said:

My Husband is American living and working in Germany since 2012. He filed for me and my son (he is not the father) for a immigrant Visa to move to the US. We already did the I-130 and also all the paperwork up to the affidavit of support.. now, it says if you earn more than a certain amount of money per year, leave number (...) blanc.. so we did.. the income he listed is from his Business here in Germany (he ownes it) he has no income inside the US. My question now is, are 40.000$ enough in assets if he has no income in the us because he lives in Germany? We don‘t have a Co-Sponsor in the us that could submit paperwork too.. will they deny the visas because he doesn‘t have a income in the us? How does it work? It only says what you can do it you don‘t have enough income.. but not what you can do if you don‘t have an income at all because he simply doesn‘t live there.

Not for a family of three

[Karry 9]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Not for a family of three

Well.. he doesn‘t wanna go there and just live off that money.. we have to get there first to find jobs.. what do you think how much cash we would need?

Edited June 4, 2019 by Karry

[SalishSea 18,236]

Just now, Karry said:

Well.. he doesn‘t wanna go there and just living off that money.. we habe to get there first to find jobs.. what doyou think how much cash we would need?

He will need to establish domicile with US-based income.  Here is the federal poverty guideline by household member #:  https://aspe.hhs.gov/2019-poverty-guidelines

[Karry 9]

3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

He will need to establish domicile with US-based income.  Here is the federal poverty guideline by household member #:  https://aspe.hhs.gov/2019-poverty-guidelines

I know the guidelines.. and he has a domicile.. but he can‘t establish income from here.. so that‘s why my question is how much cash we need to get the visa

Edited June 4, 2019 by Karry

[payxibka 10,047]

18 minutes ago, Karry said:

I know the guidelines.. and he has a domicile.. but he can‘t establish income from here.. so that‘s why my question is how much cash we need to get the visa

I suggest looking to the I-864 instructions.   Page 10.  Item 10

[The Rock ll 227]

Cash assets has zero to no value..if there is no US income...co sponsor is the other option...your spouse has to work in US or US based company where he’s getting enough to overcome 125%...so I hope that answers your question...

[Karry 9]

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

I suggest looking to the I-864 instructions.   Page 10.  Item 10

We have already submitted the I-864. with his income he had for the past 3 years.. in Germany. What i‘m saying is, that there has to be a way to get a visa approved with only assets.. i just need to know how much money we need.

[Karry 9]

4 minutes ago, The Rock ll said:

Cash assets has zero to no value..if there is no US income...co sponsor is the other option...your spouse has to work in US or US based company where he’s getting enough to overcome 125%...so I hope that answers your question...

But we all live in Germany. He can‘t get an income as long as we live here. And we are not going to seperate for months. That is just not possible for us. And we don‘t have anybody that is willing to co-sponsor because of the responsibilities the co sponsor has. I mean he is an american.. there are so many germans going to the us to live there without being married to an american, how do they do it then?

Edited June 4, 2019 by Karry

[payxibka 10,047]

10 minutes ago, Karry said:

We have already submitted the I-864. with his income he had for the past 3 years.. in Germany. What i‘m saying is, that there has to be a way to get a visa approved with only assets.. i just need to know how much money we need.

The I864 has both an income and an asset section.

[Karry 9]

Just now, payxibka said:

The I864 has both an income and an asset section.

I know but it says if your income is more than required than leave the asset line blanc.. which we did because he has had an high income in Germany

15 minutes ago, payxibka said:

I suggest looking to the I-864 instructions.   Page 10.  Item 10

We have already submitted the I864

[SalishSea 18,236]

Just now, Karry said:

I know but it says if your income is more than required than leave the asset line blanc.. which we did because he has had an high income in Germany

From what I understand, he cannot use foreign-earned income to sponsor immigrants.  Many people in your situation have the USC return home to establish domicile and get a job so that they have US-based earnings.

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, Karry said:

I know but it says if your income is more than required than leave the asset line blanc.. which we did because he has had an high income in Germany

And if that income is not going to continue then you will need to redo the affidavit 

[SalishSea 18,236]

Another consideration~ his US taxes must also be up to date.  Foreign-earned income is federally taxable, and he will have had to filed tax returns for each year he lived in Germany, even if he does not owe.

[Karry 9]

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

From what I understand, he cannot use foreign-earned income to sponsor immigrants.  Many people in your situation have the USC return home to establish domicile and get a job so that they have US-based earnings.

But that isn‘t possible. In order for me to work here i need his support with my Child. I have no family around. With us seperating, i won‘t be able to work, pay for the house and so on. It can‘t be the only option. 

Just now, Jorgedig said:

Another consideration~ his US taxes must also be up to date.  Foreign-earned income is federally taxable, and he will have had to filed tax returns for each year he lived in Germany, even if he does not owe.

He did