How joint sponsor going to prison affects green card holder?

[tootiredofspam 0]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm already in the US.

 

My husband did not have 3 tax years of work from IRS due to doing Masters, so we needed a joint sponsor. We asked one of the relatives to be a joint sponsor just for paperwork. They had been working steadily and could show the last 3 years of filing taxes, making like 70k.

In reality my husband made over 65k at that time.

After we came to the US, I got a job and rn make over 100k myself. So we definitely do not need a sponsor in reality as we combined make over 180k

 

Now, that joint sponsor is under investigation and we started to wonder how this will affect us if any at all. Is there even a possibility to drop the joint sponsor under the given circumstances? Would i need their info or anything down the line when I apply for naturalization too?

 

I understand the government asks for sponsors to ensure that I'm not a burden in the beginning before i gained employment.

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by tootiredofspam

[Lil bear 4,181]

6 hours ago, tootiredofspam said:

Hi everyone,

 

I'm already in the US.

 

My husband did not have 3 tax years of work from IRS due to doing Masters, so we needed a joint sponsor. We asked one of the relatives to be a joint sponsor just for paperwork. They had been working steadily and could show the last 3 years of filing taxes, making like 70k.

In reality my husband made over 65k at that time.

After we came to the US, I got a job and rn make over 100k myself. So we definitely do not need a sponsor in reality as we combined make over 180k

 

Now, that joint sponsor is under investigation and we started to wonder how this will affect us if any at all. Is there even a possibility to drop the joint sponsor under the given circumstances? Would i need their info or anything down the line when I apply for naturalization too?

 

I understand the government asks for sponsors to ensure that I'm not a burden in the beginning before i gained employment.

 

It would help if you filled in your timeline so we are nit assuming the specifics of your situation .. what visa you used to enter the US.. whether you have a 2 yr or 10 yr GC.. etc 

 

but that said.. i am not aware that the status of a joint sponsor is reviewed at any stage after the initial I864 apart from the requirement for a sponsor to notify the USCIS of change of address within 10 days of relocation. The only issue could be if the joint sponsor was  found to have been incorrectly approved initially.. .. but its not retroactive due to an event after that initial  point in time. Someone who was approved as a sponsor,  but then no longer has adequate income,  is still held to the commitment as  a sponsor 

[tootiredofspam 0]

47 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

It would help if you filled in your timeline so we are nit assuming the specifics of your situation .. what visa you used to enter the US.. whether you have a 2 yr or 10 yr GC.. etc 

 

but that said.. i am not aware that the status of a joint sponsor is reviewed at any stage after the initial I864 apart from the requirement for a sponsor to notify the USCIS of change of address within 10 days of relocation. The only issue could be if the joint sponsor was  found to have been incorrectly approved initially.. .. but its not retroactive due to an event after that initial  point in time. Someone who was approved as a sponsor,  but then no longer has adequate income,  is still held to the commitment as  a sponsor 

 Hi, I have a 10 year green card, IR1. 

[Boiler 45,441]

So no issue

[Chancy 6,241]

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