Income requirement for K1 visa

BAQ says on Jul 5, 2007, 12:55:

Your income needs to be either 10 or 20% ABOVE the govts established income for

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BAQ says on Jul 5, 2007, 13:01:

the poverty threshold. In 2007, the govt says that for TWO PEOPLE, if your income is less than 13,690.00 per year, you are BELOW the POVERTY THRESHOLD.

Even at the 10% level, your stated income for TWO PEOPLE would be below what the Govt is going to require for you to sponsor a fiance.

If anyone has better, let him know but last I heard that was the policy.

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 5, 2007, 19:01:

Baq, you are almost correct. The guideline is 125% of the poverty threshold for 2 people. And to trev233, the exact figure or formula is in visajourney.com. Just download or open the affidavit of support, after clicking on downloadable forms, and it will spell out the requirements. It is a government document. Nothing secretive.

Your situation is pretty involved. I don't know if you would qualify or not. My guess is not, without the help and legal manipulation of a good attorney.

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Gator says on Jul 5, 2007, 19:21:

The U.S. citizen petitioner must meet a minimum income requirement that is the poverty level set by Congress every February. The current requirements for two people is $13,200 x 125% or $17,120 MINIMUM income . Your income must meet the requirement for a number of dependents that includes you, her and any children of the fiancee who will be receiving a K2 visa and coming to the U.S. In addition, any children for which the petitioner is paying child support and any fomer spouse for which you are paying alimony also count as dependents.

The 13000$ in your checking account and 38000$ in mutual funds will not count, only the income produced. However it will not hurt to list all assets to show you are stable.

Remember is is NOT the government's posted poverty level it is 125 percent of that amount.

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gringoloid says on Jul 6, 2007, 04:45:

Just for the sake of examining options, would Trev223 be able to emigrate to Colombia?

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trev233 says on Jul 6, 2007, 17:51:

Thanks for all the feedback. I did happen to call a lawyer in NY today. He said the requirement is to have 17000 a year or 3x that in assets (51000). I ´m borderline ,he said if i went the way of a cosighner it wouldnt be a problem. And gringold , based on my income i did receive a visa here, so there did ´nt seem to be any problem with But I guess after travelling around the world for the last 10 years I miss the states and want to settle down. For good or bad it´s still home.
And by the way ,the lawyer wants 2000$ ,which i think, is the going rate.
again thanks too everyone for the advice-

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BAQ says on Jul 7, 2007, 14:18:

GATOR, I dont know why I bother posting, I usually get the answers at least in the ballpark but you always have the PRECISE answers. HAHAHAH

Thank my standard response should just be ASK GATOR !!

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Gator says on Jul 7, 2007, 20:49:

Please, BAQ, I need you to keep me honest.

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