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Hey there, I am 23 and currently live in Canada. My partner is the American fiancé, he makes well over the federal poverty requirement needed to sponsor me. I am thinking of applying for welfare as I moved to a small town with my family and it's been very hard to find a job, so I wanted to apply for Welfare while I job search just to pay for food and bills. I just don't want it to impact my chances of immigration, I have 5 years of work experience and I've never had an issue getting a job anywhere else I've lived. 

 

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Your fiance's income will be the one to face scrutiny, not yours.

You may be asked what you want to do when you get to the US during the visa interview, but this question is not to probe your qualifications; just to get a better understanding of the life you want to have in the US.  Some K1 recipients may become homemakers, and some might have careers they want to pick up in the US market once they adjust status and get a work permit/EAP.  The one thing you do not want to allude to, is your intention to become a ward of the state and expect to just take out government assistance here, but that's the fiance's responsibility to prove, not yours.

If anything, your answer highlights that you're excited for the opportunity to live in America, where welfare is not needed or wanted for yourself.  And to me that doesn't seem a bad thing.

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Good answer on the financial aspect already.  However, the interview is NOT about how much you want to be in the USA for any other reason than your genuine relationship to your fiancé and your desire to marry and have a life together.

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9 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Good answer on the financial aspect already.  However, the interview is NOT about how much you want to be in the USA for any other reason than your genuine relationship to your fiancé and your desire to marry and have a life together.

100%.  Of course it's great to envision opportunity in the US, but the focus is on your relationship with your fiance, and the expectation that the USC has the needs of the beneficiary covered.  Where you're at in Canada financially is of little consequence.

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