Category: Travel and Tourism
Hi all,
Has anyone ever tried sponsoring a spouse to come to the U.S.?
My husband currently lives in Egypt, and I am trying to bring him here but I don't have enough income coming in to use for the affidavit of support that the sponsor has to fill out and am having trouble finding someone to help cosponsor.
Has anyone ever gone through this process before and had low income, like just SSI like I have? I also have a 2 and a half year old that factors in to the number of people in the household. I talked to an immigration lawyer that says I can get him here on a k-3 nonimmigrant visa for a spouse to wait on the immigrant application without the income mattering, but I read elsewhere on another immigration site that the immigrant getting a k-3 would still have to prove he can support himself or someone else can support him while here until he gets a work permit and can support himself and when he applies to change to permanent resident status he can sponsor him self if he is working. Does anyone know anything about this, because I am getting conflicting information and don't know what to do, because I don't want us to pay the fees which are high as we would have to borrow the money to pay them for them to deny us because of lack of income or support or whatever?
Also, if I couldn't get him here, which country do people think is easier to get into that someone would have a good probability of finding a job and being able to support themselves and their families? My husband has a Bachelor degree in chemistry and has worked in the chemistry field in quality assurance for almost 10 years. I don't have a degree or much work experience myself, but am still looking for a job and could probably teach English in another country or do child care or be a typist or whatever lower level jobs are available.
We have considered me going back to Egypt as it is very easy to get a visa there especially if you are married to an Egyptian, but he is working two jobs there and the sallary is very low and it would be very hard for him with the income he gets to have us there, so I am trying to bring him here, although my family doesn't want to help sponsor him and friends don't either because of the economy and the responsibility that it puts on the person cosponsoring.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Misty
We're currently having the same issue, not because of low income, but because of other picky and technical factors that the imigration organization loves to put on everyone. Luckily, we found someone, but it was really a hit or miss sort of thing. All I can say is, best of luck, because as far as I've been told, there's no other way to do this besides finding a co-sponsor, unless you have sufficient assets. So, keep trying, and best of luck.