Chiemi

I'm sorry to bother you but let me make sure I understood it correctly. So NVC will use the poverty guideline of the year we submit I-864, a CO will use the one of the year the beneficiary has the interview. We likely (and hopefully) move on to NVC stage around the end of this year. Do you think it's better for us to wait until 2025 or the reveal of new poverty guideline then submit I-864? We want to be certain that his income is sufficient.

So it's going to be either the 2024 poverty guideline or the 2025 one depending on the year we submit our I-864. We thank both of you for clarifying it for us.

Ok I appreciate your quick response!

So it's going to be the 2024 guideline or maybe the 2025 one?

Thank you for your comments. He is going to be an employee. We make sure that we get the letter from the company. Thank you for your kind suggestion. One question: Do we go with the 2023 poverty guideline or the 2024 one? Does it depend on which year we submitted I-130? If it's the 2023 one, it would be little bit easier for us to reach the number because the 2024 one is $25,550. We try hard to get him a job from the US. Thank you all again for taking the time to respond to us!!

Thank you for sharing your situation, and we've checked your previous post which was really helpful. He may be hired back to his old job and do consulting work online, but he will be paid a bare minimum. He can continue working for the same company when he goes back to the US. We guess this is the direction we are going and meantime we continue looking for a joint sponsor. Again thank you for your comment. It's always good to know we are not the only couple being in a situation like this.

Thank you for your comment. We understand if that's the only way, we have to do whatever it takes. Then, when he should move back to the US is the next question. We assume sooner is better. However, we are afraid that if his going back to the US alone would not change our situation of needing a joint sponsor, or he would end up living in the US alone for next one-three years to be a solo sponsor.

Hello VJ folks, We have submitted I-130 in Oct2023 and been waiting for its approval. While we are waiting, we are trying to prepare for I-864, but we feel stuck now... Our background: The husband (USC) and the wife (beneficiary) are currently living in Japan, and he hasn't had income from US for the last three years. We would love to move to US together, but we are having hard time finding a joint sponsor. Most likely we will end up not getting one. So we are thinking what we can do without a joint sponsor. We don't have enough assets. He has to start earning money from US somehow, but even if he could manage to find a job now, would it cause a significant delay in I-864 approval? According to VJ estimation, we are hearing from USCIS sometime December this year. If he somehow manage to earn enough money by then, would we be fine without a joint sponsor? We need your insight on how to best solve this issue. We appreciate your help.