Very important question regarding affidavit of support

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chills

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okay as I was looking through the affidavit of support documents I came upon where they state the evidence of income a person must have in order to sponsor an immigrant and one of them is that they have to be currently employed to file the affidavit of support for the immigrant they are sponsoring.


well my soon to be wife, a us citizen, is currently unemployed and since she is the person that is going to be petitioning for me she has to file the affidavit of support in my behalf.

Now I called an immigration lawyer lawyer today and he said that even though she is unemployed that there is a way that she can still file the affidavit of support @ me getting a joint sponsor .

does anyone know if the affidavit of support thats filed by ur us citizen petitioner can be filed without him/ her being emplyed and if so how can it be done?
 
chills said:
okay as I was looking through the affidavit of support documents I came upon where they state the evidence of income a person must have in order to sponsor an immigrant and one of them is that they have to be currently employed to file the affidavit of support for the immigrant they are sponsoring.


well my soon to be wife, a us citizen, is currently unemployed and since she is the person that is going to be petitioning for me she has to file the affidavit of support in my behalf.

Now I called an immigration lawyer lawyer today and he said that even though she is unemployed that there is a way that she can still file the affidavit of support @ me getting a joint sponsor .

does anyone know if the affidavit of support thats filed by ur us citizen petitioner can be filed without him/ her being emplyed and if so how can it be done?
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As your lawyer said, get a joint sponsor or file I864A with your wife's I864.
 
ok thanks for the information

but does anyone else know if a us citizen can sponsor their foreign born spouse through affidavit of support if they are currently unemployed?
 
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chills said:
ok thanks for the information

but does anyone else know if a us citizen can sponsor their foreign born spouse through affidavit of support if they are currently unemployed?
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What Amishah said is correct. Your wife can get file I-864 with zero income and you or any other family member can file I-864A to co-sponsor.
 
thanks.. I spoke to a customer service rep at uscis today also and she said the same thing
 
chills said:
thanks.. I spoke to a customer service rep at uscis today also and she said the same thing
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What is your status right now? If you have an H1B visa and you are currently employed you can file combined income with your wife. Other than that like everybody said find another co-sponsor.
 
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