Can a US citizen who resides Outside US sponsor?

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Feb2005

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Hi,

I've very curious to know if a US citizen residing outside US for a long time ( I mean let's say right after getting citizenship moves back to country of origin) and applies to sponsor siblings what happens? Meaning is there even a validity to the sponsorship as technically US C doesn't live in the US and doesn't work...let's say US C makes money in native land...? Is there any chance siblings' paper will come thru?

I would really appreciate any thoughts or info on this situation.

Thanks.
 
All US Citizens are required to file US Tax returns every year no matter where they live, a USC can file petition for the qualified relatives regardless of the fact where he/she lives in or Outside US.
For the purpose of filing a Affidavit of support, if the USC in question is filing the required Tax returns and the income qualifies the poverty guidelines he/she can also file I-864 for a alien.
 
All US Citizens are required to file US Tax returns every year no matter where they live, a USC can file petition for the qualified relatives regardless of the fact where he/she lives in or Outside US.
For the purpose of filing a Affidavit of support, if the USC in question is filing the required Tax returns and the income qualifies the poverty guidelines he/she can also file I-864 for a alien.
 
Thanks for your reply.

The person in question does file tax return, it's a joint tax return anyway, his spouse lives in US and works here...so, even though US C doesn't make money..still they are filing joint return. So, basically US C is the dependant of the spouse.
 
I am not sure if I understood your situation correctly..but I think I do..I (USC)was in a similar situation where we both lived out of the US and although I filed tax returns, our 'business' is in my husband's name who was not a USC and more or less for salary, etc I was 'dependent' on him...It made sense to do things that way at the time... This worked fine till we actually needed to be back in the US due to our child being sick, but I had to sponsor him and we had to do paperwork etc and I had to now sponsor him..So if the GC holder (and the spouse is a USC)is the one with the income and the USC is dependent, it gets tricky to make sure you (USC) have adequate income to meet the minimun=m. They don't really care about the GC holder as much since you are the sponsor... (ours was marriage)..

We were lucky b/c it is our business we were able to restructure and meet requirments......but make sure you know what you are doing first...(Besides the issue of the USC living outside..that in itself shoyuld not matter-only the sponsorship/income part of who is dependent.. If the USC is declairing 0, it may indeed be a problem.



OH...and once you get the GC, keep in mind that the GC applicant (who is the income earner) cannot be employed by your foreign company. I found this out after the fact...So this is the situation I am in..As the atty always tells me they don't make rules for family.
 
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