Affidavit of Support

[dode93 0]

Hi everyone,

 

I am currently looking into the process of applying for a visa to move over to America with my wife. We are currently living together in the UK but want to move to America together.

 

We have been looking through the process of what we need to do and I have a few questions about the i-864 Affidavit of Support.

 

From our understanding it seems as if they want my wife to be able to prove that she can support me if we move to the US together, but she is currently living and working part time here in the UK and has no US income. Is there some way of getting around this for a couple in our situation? As it stands I currently have a decent amount of savings and I am the only one with any significant income (it is UK based income but I work offshore 2 weeks on, 3 weeks off, and can live in the US while working in the UK if that's an option).

 

Are there other couple who have been in this position, where you are both living in the applicant's home country and intend on moving to the US together? We imagine it's a common thing but it is difficult to find any information on it.

 

Also, we do not have our own house in the USA, and until I get a visa I do not want to buy a property there yet, just in case I end up getting refused for some reason. It could potentially be an option to use my in-laws address as the place we intend to live, as long as they are alright with that, but obviously once we get the visa we would be trying to get our own place as soon as possible.

 

Overall I'm just looking for some advice on how to complete the i-864 Affidavit of Support from other couples who have moved from the applicant's country together, with no US based income or place to stay.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Dode

 

 

 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

Issue 1:The financial support requirement can be met by having a qualified joint sponsor (US citizen or Green Card holder living in the US).  A joint sponsor has the same I-864 requirements as the primary sponsor/petitioner.  

 

Issue 2:  Your wife will have to show evidence of US domicile or the intent to re-establish domicile in the US.  She will either have to move to the US ahead of you or she will have to show evidence of concrete steps taken toward re-locating to the US.   You can show in-laws address as intended initial location. 

Edited January 12 by Crazy Cat

[Lil bear 4,189]

@dode93

If you have a letter from your current employer showing that they will continue to employ you under contract no matter where you live,  that may be acceptable.  May.  
 

Qualified joint sponsor is by far the safer and easier option 

[PGA 240]

Also, don't forget about tax returns for at least the last 3 years filed by the US citizen.... 

[pushbrk 12,876]

Another (unpopular for some reason here in this forum) is to simply qualify based on your liquid assets. Your house is not liquid but if you have well over 3 times the income requirement in liquid assets, you can qualify using those alone.  Any additional "complication" in doing that, has to do with completing the forms properly and documenting the assets properly, then simply ignoring the scary little notice that your income isn't enough (as if you didn't know that already).  You ignore, because you're using liquid assets, not income.

 

On the other hand, they certainly could have him document that he's keeping his job.  He'll still be able to have 60% of his life to be INSIDE the USA.

[D-R-J 192]

We qualified based on assets. But I also had my wife bring in I-864 and I864a from my parents just in case.

 

Are you planning on regular I-130 filing or DCF?