mattcraig

Hello! I’m a U.S. citizen living overseas with my wife. We petitioned for a CR-1 visa for my wife in August 2021, and have our embassy appointment this coming Thursday in Ireland. We have just received an email directly from the embassy immigration office informing us my income does not meet sponsorship requirements since it has been earned outside the U.S. I’ve read many a post on VJ stating that foreign earned income is allowed if the income will continue from the same source once I establish domicile in the U.S. with my wife. This is the case for me, I work for a company that are going to transfer me to their U.S. payroll as soon as we move. In our original request I uploaded a letter from my company stating they they will employ me on their U.S. payroll once I move to the States, along with the minimum salary I will be paid (over 3x the poverty guidelines). The letter also states I am employed to do work for them at the moment. I am confused as to why this is not sufficient. I’m not sure if the Consular Officer has not seen the letter, or if it’s unclear. The only thing I’m aware might be confusing is that I’m employed through a co-employer. The company I work for uses a PEO (professional employer organisation) to administer my salary, but I perform all my work for the main, non-PEO employer, and my salary is sourced from them. I don’t have a joint sponsor lined up, my U.S. citizen parent lives here in Ireland with my non-U.S. citizen parent, so I can’t ask a parent to be a joint sponsor. We were depending on my income to meet the requirement. I appreciate any advice on how to proceed here, and how to make it abundantly clear that my income will be continuing from the same source. Is it worth uploading a new letter from my company explicitly stating that my income will continue from the same source? Or should we wait until the embassy interview for my wife to try and explain our situation? Appreciate any light anyone can shed on the matter.