Is permanent employment a requirement for K1 sponsor?

[Kaljukotka 5]

Hi all,

I am going through the supporting evidence requirements for the Affidavit of Support and one of them is a letter from the employer stating whether the work is temporary or permanent.

My US fiancé started working at the end of March for a company that hired him through a contracting company. His work contract says it is "contract to hire", which means that for now the contract is for a one year of employment but they usually end up hiring the person as a permanent employee after that one year. He would be making $111,000 in a year, maybe a bit less during this year since he only started but still way more than what the minimum requirement for the sponsors are.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and could tell us if the embassy would for some reason not accept him as a sponsor because the work contact doesn't say permanent? 

Also, is the tax refund info required only for self-employed sponsors? So in my fiancés case he would only need to submit his bank statements and a letter from his employer as evidence?

Thank you!

[JFH 12,190]

A job for a year is acceptable. The main thing is that he has proof of current income or enough liquid assets by the time you have your interview. 

[Kaljukotka 5]

On 5/19/2021 at 8:21 AM, JFH said:

A job for a year is acceptable. The main thing is that he has proof of current income or enough liquid assets by the time you have your interview. 

Thank you! He was studying here in Finland for 3 years and graduated last December. He didn't have US income during that time so now that he started working he only has couple of paycheck deposits on his new bank account. He hadn't filed for taxes either last year (also it is still unclear if he needs to submit that information for the embassy interview. Different embassies have different requirements, I guess) so all he would have to show is the employer's statement and couple of paychecks. I believe all of his savings were used for his living here in Finland and moving back to US so all he currently has is the money from his paychecks.

Rationally thinking this should be enough but since this is the last step of the K1 visa process, we don't want to risk anything. Would there be any downsides if we asked his mother to sponsor as well? She gets $100,000 alimony a year and she would have documentations to prove it.