a Sponsoring Question

[alexanade]

Good Evening ! my name is alexander new to the forum , with a very particular question

i got married 2 years ago , my wife and myself decided is time to move into residency , while 2 yrs is probably a long time to wait we decided it was the best.
Now this is were my issue comes into play , the sponsor part, im having an exceptional hard time to find one,my wife is only 24 and she doesnt have the Tax Required income wise is fine,both parents have refused to render any type of aid,but we are decided to stay together no matter what, now in this particular subject i have some questions
-Do i really need a sponsor?
-is there a solution for that in the event i cannot find one?
-can i "hire" one or something?

any , absolutely any help is more than welcome

Forgive my english is not my mother tongue

Thanks in advance
Best of regards.-

[Tibwa]

Your wife or you just need to have a Join Sponsor. That Join Sponsor can be anyone as long as your wife is the primary sponsor, you will be okay.

[newacct]

What matters most is current income. It matters more than income on past years' tax returns. When you say "income wise is fine", do you mean that your wife's current salary is sufficient? If so, just try to file based on that.

[alexanade]

what i meant is , she doesnt have the required 3 yrs of tax , probably just 1 , she started to work somewhat recently.

now, is there a way to skip that step? is really really a must ? do i have to have a sponsor?
it seems i just have a storm over me , no one wants to do that, i dont blame them is a lot of risk , but how can get one if no one is willing to?

[newacct]

what i meant is , she doesnt have the required 3 yrs of tax , probably just 1 , she started to work somewhat recently.

now, is there a way to skip that step?

There is no requirement to have any particular income on past years' tax returns, or to have filed tax returns for the last 3 years, or even the last 1 year. There is a threshold of income below which you are not required to file a tax return, found in the section "Do You Have To File?" in Form 1040 instructions. If she wasn't required to file for those years (because her income was below the threshold) and she didn't file, that's perfectly fine. If you are looking at the question about her "total income" from her tax returns from the last 3 years (I-864 Part 6 #24a-c), per the instructions, she would put "N/A" for years where she didn't file and was not required to file. She would also check the box in Part 6 #25, and attache a statement stating what her income was and how it was below the threshold. Only if she was required to file and didn't file would she need to go back and file.

The income requirement is on her current household income (Part 6 #20), which is made up of her current individual income (Part 6 #7), which is the current salary of her current job, which she can support by recent pay stubs and an employer letter if possible.

[alexanade]

There is no requirement to have any particular income on past years' tax returns, or to have filed tax returns for the last 3 years, or even the last 1 year. There is a threshold of income below which you are not required to file a tax return, found in the section "Do You Have To File?" in Form 1040 instructions. If she wasn't required to file for those years (because her income was below the threshold) and she didn't file, that's perfectly fine. If you are looking at the question about her "total income" from her tax returns from the last 3 years (I-864 Part 6 #24a-c), per the instructions, she would put "N/A" for years where she didn't file and was not required to file. She would also check the box in Part 6 #25, and attache a statement stating what her income was and how it was below the threshold. Only if she was required to file and didn't file would she need to go back and file.

The income requirement is on her current household income (Part 6 #20), which is made up of her current individual income (Part 6 #7), which is the current salary of her current job, which she can support by recent pay stubs and an employer letter if possible.

so if understand this right , she doesnt need the 3 years of tax return? only 1 would be fine in this case?

[newacct]

so if understand this right , she doesnt need the 3 years of tax return? only 1 would be fine in this case?

Right. She actually doesn't even need 1 year if she wasn't required to file. But if she filed the last year, she needs to include a copy of the last year's tax return. (3 years is optional.)

And she needs to fill out the "total income" number from her tax returns from the last 3 years. But if she didn't file and wasn't required to file for some of those 3 years, that is okay.

[alexanade]

Right. She actually doesn't even need 1 year if she wasn't required to file. But if she filed the last year, she needs to include a copy of the last year's tax return. (3 years is optional.)

And she needs to fill out the "total income" number from her tax returns from the last 3 years. But if she didn't file and wasn't required to file for some of those 3 years, that is okay.

awesome! for some reason all the lawyers i have visited tells me 3 yrs is a must , i dont know where they got that....

thank you for the answers!