Application sent, then USC sponsor got laid off, advice please?

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DeeZee

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Hi,

I think I already know the answer to my situation but I'd still like ask for some advice:

My wife is the USC sponsor and I am on a F1 visa earning a student stipend. We sent in our application packet 10/04/2011. Sadly, my wife got laid off from her job yesterday 10/25/2011 :-(
so we are naturally very worried about our application - particularly with the I-864.

As total household income with included both our incomes: 41K from my wife's job + 31.5K from my student stipend (I'm studying toward a PhD, hopefully graduating on May 2012). Now that she's been laid off, it all comes down to my 31.5K student stipend.

Our household size is 4, and the 125% poverty line for 2011 is $27,937. I make just a little over that. We live check-to-check and don't have any significant assets.

Of course my wife is now frantically trying to find another job, but in case she can't find one in time, what can we do to help assure a positive outcome on our application?

Do I find another I-864 sponsor? from the same household? can it be from another household? is this what is considered a joint sponsor?
Can her unemployment check be considered as income?
Am I ok with my 31.5K stipend and not worry about it?

Thanks a lot for your help!
 
Your income + wife's unemployment checks is more that required minimum. No need to worry!
 
Unless you have a job offer lined up, your income will not be counted for the I-864 because it will end shortly after your GC approval, or possibly before the GC. They want evidence of income that is expected to continue into the foreseeable future beyond GC approval.
 
Thanks for the replies so far.

I'm thinking I should definitely find another person to fill out an I-864 for me. Could this be anyone? A cousin of mine living in the same state? Another family member living in another state? A friend?
 
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