Members Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. When looking at income levels, the consular officer will look at the sponsor's employment income first. If the sponsor is using assets to meet the minimum Federal Poverty Guidelines, they must upload a scanned copy of documentation of those assets into CEAC.
Sponsors of spouses and children of U. Sponsors of orphans who will acquire citizenship after admission to the United States must only prove assets equal to the difference between the poverty guidelines and actual household income. Examples of assets easily convertible to cash are savings, stocks, bonds and property.
Sponsors may include the value of their home. They may not include the value of their automobile, unless they can show they have more than one and the primary automobile is not included as an asset. The visa applicant needs to file a Form IA to have his or her assets included in the minimum income level calculations.
Yes, financial sponsors receiving housing and other benefits in place of salary may count those benefits as income. The sponsor may count both taxable and non-taxable income such as housing allowance. The sponsor must prove the nature and amount of non-taxable income. Evidence of such income can be a Form W-2 such as Box 13 for military allowances or Form To qualify as a financial sponsor, a petitioner must be domiciled in any of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States.
A sponsor who is not currently living in the United States may meet the domicile requirement if he or she can submit evidence to establish that any of the following conditions apply:.
If not submitted to NVC along with the Affidavit of Support form, the petitioner will need to provide the visa applicant with evidence of his or her domicile. The visa applicant will need to bring that evidence to the visa interview for the consular officer to review. No, if a petitioner cannot satisfy the domicile requirement, the petitioner fails to qualify as a sponsor for the purposes of submitting Form I No, the petitioner must meet all the requirements to be a sponsor age, domicile and citizenship , except those related to income, before there can be a joint sponsor.
Many U. The sponsor living abroad must establish the following in order to be considered domiciled in the United States:. A petitioner who is unable to demonstrate that he or she is domiciled in the United States who wishes to qualify as a sponsor must demonstrate that:.
The sponsor does not have to precede the applicant to the United States but, if he or she does not do so, he or she must arrive in the United States concurrently with the applicant. Evidence that the sponsor has established a domicile in the United States and is either physically residing there or intends to do so before or concurrently with the applicant may include the following:.
Family members who immigrate later follow-to-join must resubmit a scanned copy of the principal applicant's I and supporting documents.
Yes, but only under certain circumstances. Two joint sponsors can be used per family unit applying to immigrate under the same petition. Every joint sponsor must meet the minimum income requirement, citizenship, residence and age requirements. Yes, if the petitioner or primary sponsor dies before all qualified family members have immigrated, a new sponsor may submit a Form I to become the primary sponsor regardless of the status of the deceased petitioner's estate.
When and how to Contact NVC. A-Z Index. Breadcrumb Home. Providing information about the address of the place of residence abroad. Registration of identity documents. Published: Updated: E-service "Application regarding the registration of place of residence abroad".
Where to submit the application: Documents can currently be submitted to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs only remotely: by post to one of the territorial division of the Office for Citizenship and Migration Affairs , adding a copy of personal identification document; with a secure electronic signature, by sending an e-mail to any OCMA territorial division or using the official electronic eAddress , adding a copy of personal identification document. Where to obtain additional information?
Learn how we can help you , or get started now. Both the family member seeking a green card and sponsoring family member must provide their address history on the appropriate form. The following table lists the forms where family members will enter their current and previous addresses:.
If you have lived abroad at any time during those five years, you must also list your last physical address outside the United States where you spent more than one year you may need to enter this address twice in the same section. Note that you must list the last address where you lived outside the United States, even if you lived there more than five years ago. Historically speaking, the U.
That said, you should treat this section of the application with reasonable care. If you have a lot of unexplained gaps in your address history, your green card application could be delayed or even denied.
And accuracy is extremely important when supplying any information to the U. In other words, you should do your best to give a complete and accurate address history. Boundless can help you easily manage your address history to check for any gaps.
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