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She can't, unfortunately. She is an estates surveyor and needs to be present for her job unfortunately. Savings I'm unsure of, what are the requirements to self sponsor like that? Anywhere I could possibly read more? And thank you so much for the valuable information.

No disrespect but I have no intention on moving to the U.K. I will work something out eventually.

Therein lies the problem. My parents have passed, I have no siblings. The only family I have are some aunts I haven't seen in closer to forty years. My friends consists mostly of people I worked with and haven't spoken to them in close to a year. I live a very solitary life, I've always been able to take care of myself and any need I may have had up until this accident in 2024. It's all so tiresome.

Kinda hard to do with a broken back. My previous job was a good paying job, making shy of 70k a year as an aerospace welder. But then the accident happened, snap went the back and now I can barely walk (even with walking aids) or even lay flat without a plethora of pain throughout my back. I'm working on SSDI now as they do not believe I will be able to return to work thanks to the extensive damage. And they tell me currently the wait times can be extremely long due to the ongoing emergency. At times I can't even feel my legs. They tell me it's all been "stabilized" but the coming and going of the feelings in my legs every time I sneeze or slightly adjust myself scare me. But I'm digressing, I apologize. I feel you all have raised some valid concerns and points on the matter and feel I will be looking elsewhere. I don't want to spend 10-15k only to have it all crumble because the lawyer did something to set off USCIS suspicions. I'd rather wait then. Thank you all.

I'm wondering if this is legal, as if it is not I will cease communication with them. About two weeks ago I spoke to an immigration lawyer who said he could find me a join-sponsor for a "small fee" as I'm having trouble finding one for my marriage in California. I'm bringing a girl in from abroad, I am a U.S. citizen but broke my back not too long ago and am in the process of figuring out if I qualify for SSDI etc. so thought in the mean time I'd get married but I have a very small family, I'm left to a couple of aunts I haven't spoken to in 30+ years so suddenly showing up asking "hey will you sponsor this random girl in for me?" may not be looked upon favorably. So as I heard the immigration lawyer tell me this, I felt a rush of relief but the more I think about it I am worrying if it's legit / legal etc. If it's a standard practice then great, if it's sketchy I'm back to square one unfortunately. Thanks for looking!