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[ Ссылка ] In order to sponsor for your spouse to obtain a Green Card after marriage, you the US Citizen or Lawful Resident must demonstrate you have enough income so that you can financially maintain your spouse, and household 125% above the national poverty threshold level. In 2018 the guideline for a two person household has risen to $20,575, increased by $275 from last year

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As of March 2018, for residents in the continental US
the Financial Eligibility requirements
for Permanent residency are as follows.

Required Annual Income
$20,575, if 2 Persons in Family or Household
$25,975, if 3 Persons in Family or Household
$31,375, if 4 Persons in Family or Household

For each Additional person add $5,400

The Financial eligibility thresholds are lower for
active military, and higher for residents of Alaska or Hawaii.

Proving your Income.

Normally you provide your most recent Federal Tax Return,
3 to 6 pay stubs showing 'Year to date' earnings,
plus a letter from your employer confirming your
job, and what your expected annual pay is.

If your income might be low, but you have
'money in the bank' your cash assets, can be used as
a alternative for annual income.

'Cash' assets are assets which can be easily converted (sold)
to cash. For example: stocks, bonds, certificates of
deposit, cash in the bank

You may have a lot other assets such as your car, boat, coin
collection, business or investment property but because these
can NOT be easily turned to cash immigration will not accept
them as alternatives to annual income.

The one exception to an asset that is hard to convert, but
CAN be counted is your home. If the market value of
your home is higher than your mortgage you may use
the equity just like a cash asset.

$5 cash assets is the equivalent of $1 annual income

For example, if your household is just you and your new
spouse, you need to have $20,575 annual income, but if
you have no income, BUT do have cash assets,
you would need to have

$20,575 times 5 or $102,875 of cash assets to qualify.

Alternatively a combination of income and assets could work.
For example, your income is $10,000 per year.

The calculation for how much cash assets you would need would
be

$20,575 annual income requirement, less the $10,000 income you have
leaving a shortfall of $10,575.

Then $10,575 times 5 or $52,875 is the amount of cash assets
you need to qualify.

What if you don't have enough income OR assets?

In that case you can ask a relative or friend to act as a joint-sponsor.

Just like buying a car, your joint-sponsor could 'co-sign' your loan.

When you use a joint-sponsor the total size of the household increases.
Now we combine all the people in your household plus those in
your joint-sponsor's.

For example, you ask your father to joint-sponsor.
Your household is just 2 persons, you and your new spouse.
Your father’s household is your father, mother, and the
two children still living at home.

Thus the combined household would be 6 persons, and the combined income
of both sponsor and joint-sponsor would need to
be $42,175 or more to qualify.

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