Affidavit of support

[noughskrilla]

My wife(The Petitioner) is a full time student lives with her mom and sister in the same house i want to know if my wife's mom my (mother in-law) and my (sis. in-law) would also fill up the affidavit of support form although (my mother in-law) don't have the means to co-sponsor me and also my(sis. in-law) is not on their lease.

If yes,which of it would mom and sis fill?

I am asking so because i shall reside with them in the same house if everything goes on successfully and so i am thinking my (mother in law) and (sis. in law) has to fill up the affidavit of support form to demonstrate that they have approved my coming to stay in their house.

QUESTION 2:
The person doing the co-sponsoring with my wife is my family friend from Ghana but a US permanent card holder, I want to know where the person would get the Affidavit of Support forms to fill? Do I have to print one from the internet and send to him or what can i do about all of this.

I really need someone to educate me about all of this,I would be very glad if i get some good response. Thanks

[Diane333]

Co-sponsor ship

There can only be 2 sponsors, first one would be your fiancee and the second could be anyone who meets the poverty guidlines set forth by the government. The amounts are posted on the governemnt web page where it tells about the sponsorship. They are listed on a table going by family size.If the second of the 2 sponsors makes enough income she must provide w-2 forms to proove it.
The second of the 2 sponsors(joint sponsor) must either meet the income requirements or show assets that would also come up to the poverty level. They must be able to show that they make enough to care for the alien if they should fall upon hard times without anyone else. They will be responsible for 10 yrs should anything happen that requires finacial help (doctors,hospitol, medicine,etc)
Hope this helps...my fiance and I just came through this ordeal. We are still waiting on the interview.

[noughskrilla]

ok, thanks for the help

[Saint2Sanity]

Hey, Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Me and my fiance are planning to get married obviously. I'm in America and she's in England. She came over here and visited me and so we got all of our documents that I'm sure I need to send in and for her to take to her interview. i.e. Pictures of us together, Letters we've sent, Her having some of my belongings(Clothes) and me having some of hers, Documents of her flight out here and pictures of her with my family and what not. My question is about the filing part because it's seeming to be really hard as for me. So from what I've read below I only need to do 2 of the G-125(I might be wrong because I'm not looking at it) But it's the one about ourselves and our family and where we've worked etc. I'm of course going to make copies if she needs them you know for her interview. But I'm hard on cash because I suffer from bad anxiety and panic orders(A pain in the worst way for this) My fiance understands my problem and has helped me pull through it and deal with it but it's getting closer to the 3 month delay of us having to be together and I'm wondering since I don't have money because of not being able to work if I'm the sponsor and my mother is the joint sponsor if she could use things as the assets for the affadavit of support like the house and our property(All of which we own and owe nothing on) as assets and stuff and that'd be fine. I expect to try and find a job but it's hard right off the bat let alone with struggling with anxiety and I know she plans on working asap as soon as she can once she's here. I've obviously not seen a lot of help from looking places nor trying to get ahold of lawyers so any help to help me put everything in order would greatly be an angel to me and my fiance in our eyes forever. <3.


Thanks for any replys.


- Jay.

[nichole]

To Jay--

It starts with you filing a Fiance visa petition I-129F in the US. The G-325a forms for each of you is only part of the petition package. There are photographs, birth certificates as well as the evidence of having met in person within the last two years, photos, airline tickets, etc. The details of the whole process are on this website under the VISAS tab, so start studying K1 process there.

After several months your petition will be approved. Then it goes to the London side with more forms for her to fill out to send to the Embassy. And you are correct about having to provide an Affidavit of Support showing your income is above 125% of the poverty level. It looks like you will need your mom as the co-sponsor, so she would have to also fill out the I-134 and be above the poverty limit for a household of 3(?). Her household size is her, any dependents she has, plus the immigrant. Her assets can be used but she needs 3x the poverty limit. So say it was $20,000. Then she would need $60,000 in assets. If her income was $15,000 then she would be short only $5000. So she would need 3x$5000 in assets to make up the difference.
London does not ask for more proofs of your relationship at the interview ever so you can forget the photos and airline tickets for that part of the process. They care about the money.

Ok, fast forward. Your fiance gets the visa from London. She moves to the US. She can't work yet. You must marry and fill in a set of Adjustment of Status documents and pay the fee. You have to do a different Affidavit of Support, but this one requires assets of 5x. Then you wait again. Once she gets an EAD card, then she can look for work. The economy sucks now and it's not easy to find a job in the US, especially for an immigrant. So it will be many months before she can work in the US even if she finds a job.

I don't know if you have considered all the costs of the process or how you are going to pay for them.

$455 - I129F filing fee
$200-300 - her medical exam
$131 - Visa fee at London
$1010 - adjustment of Status fee

plus the cost of police certificates, birth certificate, marriage license, shots, transportation to London, many passport type photos, plane ticket to move, moving/shipping expenses.

[Saint2Sanity]

Okay thank you so much a million times over for your help, It's really going to help me as to what I needed and I hate to be a bother but I want to make sure I got everything right before I proceed so I don't screw anything up. So I've got a 2 year window after meeting her that I can file the form in correct? Cause obviously if it's not 2 years I don't see how she could fly back, then go back and get more money to do it over again. -_- . Okay, So it will be her and her 3 year old son coming to live with us. Obviously we're getting a paper written up from the father(Who rarely sees the child) so that he can move and live in another country. So my mother would have to put as her dependents as me, my little sister, and my fiance and her son correct? My sister's dad is the only one who works(Not my mother because she's obviously got a 5 year old to look after) but I doubt he makes the yearly income limit plus he won't be around the 10 year commitment that this obviously needs so there's no use in using him nor would I like to anyway.

But say granted once we figure out the co sponsor that I need and it comes out nicely to work out to the limit over poverty that you need. Once she gets here and stuff, I'd just need the grand to file the forms for her to become a resident right? And then after she becomes a resident she's an American citizen along with her boy and they automatically can then go on health insurance and stuff correct? So that after she becomes a resident and can go on health insurance I won't have to worry about excess money needed for hospital trips and what not....


I'm sorry if I'm being a bother but I obviously can't find anybody to help me and yeah like I said, For helping me you're an angel in my books.


- Jay.

[Saint2Sanity]

Sorry for posting back to back but also some other questions, I sent for the forms from the government and they sent it to me. I didn't get an I-130 petition thing but since I'm filing for the K1 Visa I don't need it right since I requested the paperwork from the actual people since they didn't send it in the envelopes I don't need it right? I should just file the I-129F Paper and the G-325a papers right? And about the G-325a I have a question, There's four of the G-325 papers but then there's 2 sets with copies to the back. I know obviously the ones with the copies on the back, I should make for me and one for her, But I'm guessing I have to send that to her for her to actually sign her name and stuff right? But what do I do with the 4 other G-325a regular papers without the copies behind them? And what forms if any do I have to send to my fiance in England? I know I'll have to send that G-325a one of the copies to her for her to fill out then send back to me. Then I can send all of mine and hers in along with the I-129F right? I send all of it together at once and then when it gets accepted they'll send me the affadavit of support paper correct? If I have to send anything to her it'd be helpful that way I can just send it all at once since it'll be like a week and a half to her then a week a half back. And another thing, Say I get my buddy to be the joint sponsor, Is he really responsible for her once she gets her Residency papers sent out and stuff and once she gets a job that offers health insurance? So come once I get an answer on here from you lovely folks I'll send the papers out to her that she needs and then when she sends them back I'm going to send them in, wait for the affadavit of support and then send it back in and then she should get her call for an interview correct? If I'm wrong please sort me out as it'd be much help and thanks to any who do. (= .


Also, Would I need to have a copy of her birth certificate too when I send the I-129F form in? O.o

[nichole]

$455 - I129F filing fee
$200-300 - her medical exam
$131 - Visa fee at London
$1010 - adjustment of Status fee for spouse
$600 - adjustment of status for child under 14

If you filed May 20, 2009 then you would have had to have met in person face to face sometime since May 20, 2007. Do the math for whenever you will file.

Household size: If you can count, you can figure this out.
Mom + little sis + Mom's husband + you + immigrant + her son = 6 = $36912 annual income.
How many live with Mom or she claims in her income tax even if they don't live in her house?
Mom + little sis + you + immigrant + her son = 5 = $32,237
Single friend + immigrant = 2 = $18,212 (you're not his dependent and don't live with him)
Married friend + his wife + their kid +immigrant = 4 = $27,562

Multiply 3 times any of those numbers to know what's needed in assets if you can't show it in a source of income. For AOS, multiply 5 times to know the assets needed. You're going to have to file AOS within about 90 days so don't fall short of thinking you only need enough money for the visa. Any co-sponsor is responsible if she applies for welfare. She can't do that. Co-sponsor would have to support her, not the US government. If she gets a job and health insurance then she won't need welfare and the co-sponsor won't have to worry. If she get a divorce from you, the co-sponsor is still legally responsible to support her.

And then after she becomes a resident she's an American citizen along with her boy and they automatically can then go on health insurance and stuff correct?

No, she will be a legal permant resident or more specifically a conditional permanent resident with a 2 year green card. You will have to file and PAY $545(her) + $80 (child) to get the "conditional" part removed before the 2 yr one expires. As a LPR or even conditional LPR, she can go on your insurance, work, get a social security number and driver's license, buy a house. She will still use a British passport. After she's been a LPR for 3 years and remains married to a US citizen, she can apply for naturalization to become a US citizen (more forms, more $$.)

G-325a biographic pages: Think of it as one page and 3 carbon copies that route to different places. If you will download the form from USCIS, you type on a PDF page on your computer and whatever you fill in on p1, *****ally fills in on p. 2-4. Print 4 and sign all 4. She can download and do her 4 pages, print, sign, and mail to you.

I send all of it together at once and then when it gets accepted they'll send me the affadavit of support paper correct?

Filing includes more than the forms...birth certificate, proofs of meeting, photos together, copies of a passport stamp and boarding pass showing she came to the US (to meet you). Things like that. Study the K1 visa guides and get it right. Our petition was 75 pieces of paper to give you an idea. Mail it all together. They will send you a receipt and you will wait months for an approval of the petition. They will not send you an I-134. You download that.

The approved petition goes to the National Visa Center. They send it to London. Once the petition gets to London she will wait maybe a month to get instuctions of 3 forms to fill out and things to gather for the interview. If she waits to start gathering her interview things until they send her the instuctions, add on the time it will take her to order a police certificate, birth certificate, (long list of things.) That's when she needs the I-134. She mails applications to London and a checklist saying she has all the interview documents in hand. They send her back an interview appointment letter after 3-4 weeks if you're lucky. The appointment will be a month later. She interviews and that's the first time anybody will evaluate your affidavit of support. If they don't like it, they will give her opportunity to get a better co-sponsor or provide more proof of income if you didn't send tax returns, letter from employer, pay stubs. Or in the case of assets, formal appraisal of land, specific stocks bonds, bank statements, etc. You're looking at maybe 8-10 months if you do everything perfectly. Leave things out and it will delay you a month each time at least.

You need to be responsible and study this stuff. Read the forms and instuctions. I'm done spoon-feeding you, so if you can't figure it out then pay a lawyer to hold your hand. That's what they do. Good luck.