Advice needed - Pregnant wife and new job whilst awaiting green card

[AttachedAtTheHip 1]

Hi there, 
 

My wife (UK) came over to the US in September of 2021 on a K1 visa and we got married that October. Her interview at the London embassy went fantastic and after the Covid19 restrictions lightened up she finally made it to the US. Life has been amazing for both of us so far. We promptly filed our I-485 and we’ve been waiting ever since.

 

I barely squeaked by on the financial requirement for I-864, so we got one of our friends to be our joint sponsor.

Fast forward to today. We still haven’t heard back about our application. I just got a new job making about $41.5k, however our joint sponsor lost his job last year and only recently got employed again.

 

My wife and I have gotten so tired of waiting and we really want to have a baby, so we’ve started trying now that we bought our own house and I have a better job.

The plan is to bring all my pay stubs and an employment letter showing that I make well over the financial requirement. We also have another friend that makes about $39-40k that is happy to be a joint sponsor.

Will this level of income be enough to satisfy the interviewing officer?

 

I’ve been thinking about it so much lately and it’s made me incredibly anxious. I’ve been losing sleep and can’t get it off my mind. I guess I’m really just looking for reassurance for our situation.

 

We’ve been together since 2014 and really wanted a baby, we couldn't wait any longer. Do you all think everything will be OK given the circumstances?

 

Thanks in advance for your responses and input!

[Lil bear 4,201]

51 minutes ago, AttachedAtTheHip said:

Hi there, 
 

My wife (UK) came over to the US in September of 2021 on a K1 visa and we got married that October. Her interview at the London embassy went fantastic and after the Covid19 restrictions lightened up she finally made it to the US. Life has been amazing for both of us so far. We promptly filed our I-485 and we’ve been waiting ever since.

 

I barely squeaked by on the financial requirement for I-864, so we got one of our friends to be our joint sponsor.

Fast forward to today. We still haven’t heard back about our application. I just got a new job making about $41.5k, however our joint sponsor lost his job last year and only recently got employed again.

 

My wife and I have gotten so tired of waiting and we really want to have a baby, so we’ve started trying now that we bought our own house and I have a better job.

The plan is to bring all my pay stubs and an employment letter showing that I make well over the financial requirement. We also have another friend that makes about $39-40k that is happy to be a joint sponsor.

Will this level of income be enough to satisfy the interviewing officer?

 

I’ve been thinking about it so much lately and it’s made me incredibly anxious. I’ve been losing sleep and can’t get it off my mind. I guess I’m really just looking for reassurance for our situation.

 

We’ve been together since 2014 and really wanted a baby, we couldn't wait any longer. Do you all think everything will be OK given the circumstances?

 

Thanks in advance for your responses and input!

Yes if you now meet the financial requirements then you should fill out a new I 864 for the interview and bring v all documents for that .. Tax transcripts, recent pay slips etc. At the interview you also withdraw the joint sponsor paperwork for 2 reasons (1. inability of joint sponsor to meet requirements and 2. no longer needing a joint sponsor ) 

[AttachedAtTheHip 1]

12 hours ago, Lil bear said:

Yes if you now meet the financial requirements then you should fill out a new I 864 for the interview and bring v all documents for that .. Tax transcripts, recent pay slips etc. At the interview you also withdraw the joint sponsor paperwork for 2 reasons (1. inability of joint sponsor to meet requirements and 2. no longer needing a joint sponsor ) 

Thanks so much for the response, I really appreciate it! My mind is a little more at ease. 

[Chancy 6,241]

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