any successful K3 applicants here who used joint sponsors?

[july052007 0]

hi guys...

there's this news that K visa applicants in Manila are not allowed to have joint sponsors, unless its an immediate family member and within the household...is this true? i would like to know if there's anyone here who applied for K1 or K3 most especially who had joint sponsors and was approved or denied because of that? just a survey i guess...

thank you for ur replies...

july052007

[john_and_marlene 162]

It's nothing new. The general policy for K visas at the Manila consulate for a long time has been not to consider joint sponsors. There have been rare cases where this policy has been overridden where the relationship to the cosponsor makes it highly likely that they would actually give support if needed. If you look on the Manila website at their guides for K-1, K-3, and IR-1/CR-1 you'll see that they do indicate they will accept joint sponsors for the IR-1/CR-1 but there is no mention of it in the K-1 or K-3 guide. The affidavit of support for the IR-1/CR-1 is the I-864 which is legally binding and has specific guidelines for what is acceptable. For the K visas, they cannot use the I-864 and don't use the I-864 guidelines. The I-134 is not legally binding and is just one item they consider in determining the sponsors capability to provide support. A joint sponsor cannot be held legally liable for support in the case of the nonimmigrant K visas and so are viewed far less reliable than those that are bound by the I-864 in the case of the IR-1/CR-1 immigrant visa.