Affidavit of support when filing I-130 outside the US.

[sirice]

Hi all,

Thanks for putting the time and effort to have this great forum.
I have read a bit and tried to search but couldn't really find what I was looking for.

Facts:
- I am a US Citizen by birth in the states.
- I have been living outside of the US most of my life.
- I do visit a lot for periods ranging from a couple of weeks to a
a few months.

Situation:

I have filled an I-130 petition for my spouse recently.
(been married for over than a year and a half now) and we got
initial approval by receiving a package that has all the required
information to proceed and a date/time of an appointment to be held.

Amongest the forms is the affidavit of support form.
Now since I do not live nor work in the US I can't show any US tax returns.
I read that in order to prove you can take care of your spouse in the US, you need to prove that you have 125% above poverty level which translates to
some $50,000 in the bank.

I am not sure what to do at the moment, I would like to have all my papers and forms ready, but one thing that I do not know how to prepare for is
the affidavit of support form.

is there any known rule of thumb that states how to show that the petitioner can support the beneficiary if both of them are not living in the US?


A simple question might come to your minds regarding me; is why are you filing for this if you are not living there now?
simply put, I will be living/working in the US but due to the nature of my work in consulting, it is hard to predict when exactly that'll happen so I just need to get all papers and the process ready and started to gain time.
I am planning for sometime in the coming 12-20 months.

Thanks for your time.

[immihelp]

Read https://www.immihelp.com/country-of-...it-of-support/

[tibi]

same situation

hey sirice

what did you do? after you have read the informations of immihelp.com

I`m almost in the same situation my mom is the US citizen but never lived in the US and has no domicile in the US?

thanks for answering my questions

tibi

[immihelp]

Did you read the section 'Good faith restablishment of domicile in the US' in the link I provided earlier?

That is what you would need to do, if you want to sponsor someone.

[tibi]

domicile

hey immihelp
Yes I have had read 'Good faith restablishment of domicile in the US' link!!!
But is there any other way to be a sponsor if the us citizen don`t reside in the US permanently and doesn`t work for the US Goverment?
Or if the US citizen has a domicile in the US! Does the NVC really check if that domicile is permanently or not?

Thanks for your time

Tibi

[immihelp]

If you don't have domicile in the US and no intention of establishing it either, unfortunately, you can not sponsor relatives to come and live in the US.