Regarding the 125% Level...

[Stars 0]

Hello everyone,

It's so wonderful to know there is a forum for this concern situation!

If someone can please assist me here. I'm totally confuse about the poverty line requirement. I want to sponsor my spouse. I still live with my parents. I take care of them, I go to school and I work. Now as mentioned by a lot of the folks here, the 125% level of income does not kick in right after you petition but only when your foreign partner goes for the interview or submit the necessary forms for his or her part? Correct me if I'm wrong.

For the past two years, I worked at fast food restaurants for part time only due to my busy schedule in school. I made really little probably not more then $10,000 a year. However, I just started working now. I have two jobs. I get checks from the government to take care of my mom, and I also have another part time job. I calculated that and it comes around to $17,000 a year. So my real question is, can I still sponsor him, when I only have started working at the stage that I am over the 100% poverty line?

- Stars

[athena_ny 1]

Hello everyone,

It's so wonderful to know there is a forum for this concern situation!

If someone can please assist me here. I'm totally confuse about the poverty line requirement. I want to sponsor my spouse. I still live with my parents. I take care of them, I go to school and I work. Now as mentioned by a lot of the folks here, the 125% level of income does not kick in right after you petition but only when your foreign partner goes for the interview or submit the necessary forms for his or her part? Correct me if I'm wrong.

For the past two years, I worked at fast food restaurants for part time only due to my busy schedule in school. I made really little probably not more then $10,000 a year. However, I just started working now. I have two jobs. I get checks from the government to take care of my mom, and I also have another part time job. I calculated that and it comes around to $17,000 a year. So my real question is, can I still sponsor him, when I only have started working at the stage that I am over the 100% poverty line?

- Stars

You can submit the paperwork with just yourself sponsoring him for the K-1 visa, with supporting documentation and if the cosnulate feels that your evidence isn't strong enough, work isn't stable enough, they can require you come up with a co-sponsor. But you very well may be okay at that level.

Once he gets here, you need to make 125% of the poverty level for AOS. At that point, you'll probably need to get a cosponsor.

[pushbrk 12,881]

Hello everyone,

It's so wonderful to know there is a forum for this concern situation!

If someone can please assist me here. I'm totally confuse about the poverty line requirement. I want to sponsor my spouse. I still live with my parents. I take care of them, I go to school and I work. Now as mentioned by a lot of the folks here, the 125% level of income does not kick in right after you petition but only when your foreign partner goes for the interview or submit the necessary forms for his or her part? Correct me if I'm wrong.

For the past two years, I worked at fast food restaurants for part time only due to my busy schedule in school. I made really little probably not more then $10,000 a year. However, I just started working now. I have two jobs. I get checks from the government to take care of my mom, and I also have another part time job. I calculated that and it comes around to $17,000 a year. So my real question is, can I still sponsor him, when I only have started working at the stage that I am over the 100% poverty line?

- Stars

You can submit the paperwork with just yourself sponsoring him for the K-1 visa, with supporting documentation and if the cosnulate feels that your evidence isn't strong enough, work isn't stable enough, they can require you come up with a co-sponsor. But you very well may be okay at that level.

Once he gets here, you need to make 125% of the poverty level for AOS. At that point, you'll probably need to get a cosponsor.

If you're using the money you get from the government to take care of your mom, as part of the income, then your household size would be three, not two. If not, then the household size can be two. No double dipping.

[motu 5]

To be on the safer side - you can look for a co-sponsor a relative like brother or sister or aunt etc. - this way your current petition and future adjustment of status would be financially approvable. Good Luck