This is Fred Wahl the VisaCoach
To days topic is: "What are the Income Requirements for Marriage based immigration
to the USA?"
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My fiancee from China and I were very glad we did.
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all of our documents to submit to start the process.
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Dan + Ying (Fiance Visa + AOS from China)
Now, lets talk about "the Income Requirements for
Marriage based immigration to the USA?
In order to successfully petition for your spouse or
fiancee to come to the USA, or obtain a Green Card after marriage,
you the US sponsor must demonstrate to Immigration that you have
enough income coming in, to support your spouse, and household.
The minimum financial requirement is that you must have income
equal to and preferably more than 100% of the poverty
income level where you live to be eligible to sponsor for a
Fiancee Visa, and over 125% of the poverty level to be
eligible for Spousal Visa or Adjustment of Status.
Each year the Department of Health and Human Services
publishes their Poverty Guidelines.
The new Poverty Guidelines have risen about $200 from last year.
As of March 2017, for residents in the continental US the Financial Eligibility requirements
for Permanent residency are as follows.
Required Annual Income (For Fiancee Visa) $16,240, if 2 Persons in Family or Household
$20,420, if 3 Persons in Family or Household $24,600, if 4 Persons in Family or Household
For each Additional person add $4,180
Required Annual Income (For Spousal Visa or Green Card)
$20,300, if 2 Persons in Family or Household $25,525, if 3 Persons in Family or Household
$30,750, if 4 Persons in Family or Household
For each Additional person add $5,225
The Financial eligibility thresholds are lower for
active military, and higher for residents of
Alaska or Hawaii.
Proving your Income.
Normally you provide your most recent Federal Tax Return,
3 to 6 pay stubs showing 'Year to date' earnings, plus a letter from your employer confirming
your job, and what your expected annual pay is.
If your income might be low, but you have 'money in the bank' your cash assets, can
be used as a alternative for annual income.
'Cash' assets are assets which can be easily converted
(sold)to cash.
For example: stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, cash in the bank
You may have a lot of other assets such as your car, boat, coin
collection, business or investment property but because these
can NOT be easily turned to cash immigration will not accept
them as alternatives to annual income.
The one exception to an asset that is hard to convert, but
CAN be counted is your home.
If the market value of your home is higher than your mortgage you
may use the equity just like a cash asset.
$5 cash assets is the equivalent of $1 annual income
For example, a retired Fiancee Visa sponsor living in California,
with NO income, and no dependents would need to have
5 times $16,240 or $81,200 in cash assets to quality for the Fiancee
Visa.
Alternatively a combination of income and assets will work.
For example, if the sponsors income is $10,000 per year,
then he should have $31,200 cash or convertible assets
to qualify.
$16,240 - $10,000 = $6,240 x 5 = $ 31,200 cash assets needed.
What if you don't have enough income OR assets?
In that case you can ask a relative or friend to act as a joint-sponsor.
Just like buying a car, your joint-sponsor could 'co-sign' your loan.
When a joint-sponsor is used the size of the household increases.
The combined household (for the financial calculations) would include
the household size of the sponsor combined with the household
size of the co-sponsor.
For example, a college student petitioning for his fiancee,
asks his father to joint-sponsor.
Both the college student and the father would each complete an
affidavit of support.
The student's household is just 2 persons, himself and his fiancee.
The father's household would be father, mother, and the two siblings
still living at home.
Thus the combined household would be 6 persons,
and the combined income of both sponsor and joint-sponsor
would have to be $32,960 or more.
A joint-sponsor can be used for any Spousal Visa or
Adjustment of Status petition, and can be used for MOST
Fiancee Visa petitions.
Not all consulates allow the use of a joint-sponsor for a Fiancee Visa.
For example: Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Nigeria do not.
If you are applying for a Fiancee visa and need a joint-sponsor,
before filing the petition, best is to contact the consulate directly and
confirm whether the consulate's policies permit the use of a
financial joint-sponsor.
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