Fiancee Visa Co-sponsor - Family or Individual?
My girlfriend and I are looking to get married, but as she is Canadian, that is causing some issues. We're looking at the K1 Fiancee Visa, and that looks promising.. but we're confused about the co-sponsoring process. I'm working part-time now until I am out of college, but I don't meet the minimum 125% poverty rate cutoff for a 2 person household (I'm making about 11k per year right now). If my family (mother/stepfather) were to sponsor her, could they sponsor her as a couple/household? I ask this because together, they make more than the 125% poverty cutoff for a 5-person household (them, me, girlfriend, younger brother), but singly they do not. I am assuming that they would be allowed to sponsor as a household, but the wording of the K1 visa information I've read so far is unclear about this one issue.
Thanks for any information/assistance you folks can offer!
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there's a bit of confusion over what exactly is required. if you're going to file an I-129f fiancé petition, you would file an I-134 affidavit of support, not the I-864 affidavit required for immigrant petitions. the fiancé visa is not actually an immigrant visa. your fiancé uses it to enter, but isn't qualified for immigrant status until after you marry. So, the good news is, that only requires you to show an income of 100% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines or $15000. the bad news is, you're still short. in reality, the interviewing officer doesn't even have to request the I-134, if your fiancé's education and work experience is considered sufficient, but he can if he wants to. and yes, your mom and stepdad can sponsor her financially. in that case, they'd actually file the I-134 instead of you since I-134s don't allow for co-sponsors. keep in mind that once she enters the US and you marry, you'd still have to file the I-485 adjustment of status form in order for her to get a green card. and that costs $1000 to file. You would also need to file the I-864 at that time to show 125% of the income cutoff, but your parents would be able to file directly as co-sponsors at that time.
for a fiancee visa
http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow
US Citizen can apply for a special visa to allow a non-citizen (their fiancée) to enter the country in order to get married to a US citizen inside the US.
Once issued, the K1 visa will allow the non-citizen to enter the United States legally, for 90 days in order for the marriage ceremony to take place. Once you marry, the non-citizen can remain in the US and may apply for permanent residence. While USCIS processes the application, the non-citizen can remain in the US legally
The US citizen income must meet the require minimum to fulfill the affidavit of support
your parent could co sponsor ,,but very few are that gullible
it can be very onerous