Joint Sponsor Requirement

[Meilyn22 15]

15 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

"They" don't know what they are talking about.....

Are you saying I don't need a joint sponsor? I don't see why she should meet the income requirements for a household of 2, when she was single last year and her household was 1 🤔🤔🤔. 

[Vladislav667 60]

7 minutes ago, Meilyn22 said:

Are you saying I don't need a joint sponsor? I don't see why she should meet the income requirements for a household of 2, when she was single last year and her household was 1 🤔🤔🤔. 

Because now you are included in her household 

[Boiler 45,516]

Have a read of the I 864 and accompanying notes.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,452]

1 hour ago, Meilyn22 said:

This makes a lot of sense. What about the 6 months pay stub they are asking for? Like I said, my wife started working in January. It has only been 1 month. 

 

I am using Simple Citizens and I think they are messed up. They are no help at all. I wasted my money to use them. 

 

Looks like Simple Citizens do not know how to read properly.   Per Form I-864 instruction:

 

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You may include evidence supporting your claim about your expected income for the current year if you believe that submitting this evidence will help you establish ability to maintain sufficient income. You are not required to submit this evidence, however, unless specifically instructed to do so by a U.S. Government official. For example, you may include a recent letter from your employer, showing your employer’s address and telephone number, and indicating your annual salary. You may also provide pay stubs showing your income for the previous six months.

 

The instructions show examples of how to prove current income.  One is a letter from the employer.  Another is 6 months of pay stubs.  Notice the "may also" phrase.  The 6 months of pay stubs are not required if you have other evidence.

[Meilyn22 15]

13 minutes ago, Vladislav667 said:

Because now you are included in her household 

For this year she will meet the requirement due to her current job. Her employer already sent us a letter and we have pay stubs. What I don't understand is why she doesn't qualify due to last year's income instead of her income potential for this year. Last year she was single with a household of only 1 and she made around $14000. This year she's married with a new job and her potential income will be more than what USCIS is asking for. Now, Simple Citizens still claim I need a joint sponsor and I don't understand why. So that's my question.i am confused on whether she meets the requirements or not. 

[Boiler 45,516]

There are 2 requirements

 

File taxes

Have sufficient income well you can also use savings

 

Now if you are sponsoring someone why would historical income be of interest? They want to know that you have money coming in now which will hopefully continue to meet your sponsorship obligations.

 

Have a read, you are an International Student, it is pretty clear.

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Boiler

[Meilyn22 15]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

There are 2 requirements

 

File taxes

Have sufficient income well you can also use savings

 

Now if you are sponsoring someone why would historical income be of interest? They want to know that you have money coming in now which will hopefully continue to meet your sponsorship obligations.

 

Have a read, you are an International Student, it is pretty clear.

 

Yeah I will read the document by myself. Thanks a million. 

[SalishSea 17,829]

8 hours ago, Meilyn22 said:

Her name is Karina at simple citizens.

She is not in charge of your case.  That, whatever that is, is in no way affiliated with the department of state or USCIS.

[Meilyn22 15]

16 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

She is not in charge of your case.  That, whatever that is, is in no way affiliated with the department of state or USCIS.

My case as regards the website, not USCIS. That was what I meant. 

[SalishSea 17,829]

1 minute ago, Meilyn22 said:

My case as regards the website, not USCIS. That was what I meant. 

What website?

[Boiler 45,516]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

What website?

https://simplecitizen.com/

[Hilde 381]

7 hours ago, Meilyn22 said:

My case as regards the website, not USCIS. That was what I meant. 

I don´t have any specific information to give you but just some advice:

 

Do not blindly rely on lawyers. Every single time I log into this website I hear horror stories about people who got information from lawyers and now their case is delayed. Take it upon yourself to read the instructions and to REALLY understand what is being asked of you. There will be new terminology and you will just need to learn the process. This will be a long and bumpy road and you might as well be in the driver´s seat of your own car.

 

You may still use a lawyer, if you feel that you need to. But the advice that you get here will be MUCH more accurate.

 

However, there are MANY questions posted daily and people who give the advice do it for free and out of their own good soul. People don´t love answering easy questions that can be found by simply reading the instructions. But most here will really do their best to help a fellow immigrant when they see you´ve done your due diligence and are still struggling.

 

Good luck! You seem to already be ahead of the game, because you found this website. 

 

Everyone is cheering for everyone!

 

 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

12 hours ago, Boiler said:

https://simplecitizen.com/

Another company trying to make money off immigrants by making you do all the work before they simply put a stamp on the envelope and mail it off for you 🤦‍♀️
 

To OP, unless your case is extremely complicated (in which case you’d need an immigration lawyer, not one of these companies) I’d recommend you do everything yourself... they often give out wrong or misleading information as you’ve just discovered and are generally only interested in taking your money... no one has more interest in your case than you, they’re making you do all the leg work already so why pay them to double handle your files and make the process longer since you now have to send everything via them? 
 

this site has so much help... everyone here will happily give you advice if you just ask a question.. 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Duke & Marie

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

23 hours ago, Meilyn22 said:

I am an international student who recently got married to an American citizen. My wife doesn't meet the income requirements, even though she got a new job in January that would meet the requirement we can't prove this because she hasn't filed taxes and the year is still on.

 

My wife's dad agreed to be my co-sponsor, his earnings are way more than the requirement, but he was laid off in November last year and he doesn't know when his company will call him back even though he's sure they would. He has provided his Tax returns and W-2's but there's a problem. 

 

1) He only has pay Stubs until November 2020. 

2) His main boss quit, so he can't get a verification letter from the company. 

 

Am I better off looking for another sponsor or is there something I can do to still use my father in-law as my join sponsor?

 

Please I need answers. Thanks. 

Welcome to Visa Journey. 
 

Sounds like a straight forward AOS case to me.. just need to prove wife’s CURRENT income is 125% above the poverty line.

 

@aaron2020, @Lucky Cat, @Boiler and @Jorgedig have given you some great advise, please use it, they’re some of the best and more active members here..

 

As for the company your going through, my advise is save your money, do it yourself, no one has greater interest in your case than you, companies like this usually just create confusion, make errors and make the process longer.. I used a similar company initially, called rapid visa wasted $1300 on them, money that could of been put toward immigration fee’s etc, the process is expensive enough without needlessly wasting cash.. I’m not saying you have to dump them, but they’re really not doing a whole lot for you, save your money. 

[Meilyn22 15]

6 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

Welcome to Visa Journey. 
 

Sounds like a straight forward AOS case to me.. just need to prove wife’s CURRENT income is 125% above the poverty line.

 

@aaron2020, @Lucky Cat, @Boiler and @Jorgedig have given you some great advise, please use it, they’re some of the best and more active members here..

 

As for the company your going through, my advise is save your money, do it yourself, no one has greater interest in your case than you, companies like this usually just create confusion, make errors and make the process longer.. I used a similar company initially, called rapid visa wasted $1300 on them, money that could of been put toward immigration fee’s etc, the process is expensive enough without needlessly wasting cash.. I’m not saying you have to dump them, but they’re really not doing a whole lot for you, save your money. 

Thank you for your input. Yes, I am done with everything except for the sponsor thing. I am thinking I would just find myself a joint sponsor to be sure about what I am doing. I have been a student in the US for over 2 years now. I have not used any government benefits or broken any rules at all. My case is straightforward and I am intelligent enough to do things on my own lol. I mean, I came to the US and I did all the visa work by myself without any help. All I did was read information online and I got my visa. Even though it's hard to get a visa from my country. This time I would say laziness and fear was my problem. I was filling the files on my own before I decided to go with a company. I wanted to go with Rapidvisa, but I decided to try simplecitizen because they were cheaper. They got recommended by my brother in-law who already got his green card. 

 

Secondly, I am a computer science student and I have a lot of programming projects I am currently doing. I felt using a company would make it faster and easier for me. I could have done things the old fashioned way, that's reading the information here and doing things myself.

 

I understand and appreciate all you said. You are right. I have always been skeptical about agents and online platforms claiming to help you make things easy. The best way is to read and do things on your own. Your knowledge will increase and it brings satisfaction to know that you are capable.