nolanisha

Hi everyone,

I am an USC who is living and working in the UK and married to a UKC. This year after a sudden and tragic death in my family back home, we are trying to get back the New Orleans as soon as possible. As we were married in the UK, I am going through the embassy and have already received our case number. We are going to be making the doctor's appointment soon, but I have a question about sponsorship/affidavit of support that I can't seem to find anywhere on the embassy's website.

My father is going to be the primary sponsor. I know documents that are required are three years worth of tax returns, a letter from an employer, and wage slips - but my father us a small business owner. Three years of tax returns shouldn't be a problem, but I am having trouble finding out what else would be required as he won't have wage slips or a letter from a boss.

Any help is kindly and greatly appreciated!

Many thanks.

Noorah101

Your father will be a joint sponsor. You are the sponsor, even if you don't qualify financially, so you still need to do an I-864 and present at least 1 year (3 years is better) of your tax returns.

For your father, keep in mind he can only use his personal income on the I-864 (not gross biz income). If he pays himself a salary, then that's what he will use on the I-864, along with proof that he collects this salary from the business.

Otherwise, for example, if his biz income is $60K a year, but he has $40K of biz expenses, then his personal income is $20K, and that's the figure he can use on the I-864.

He can show his income by providing quarterly profit/loss statements, contracts from clients, payments from clients, etc. Hard to know what kind of evidence he might have without knowing the nature of the business.

Rene

ian-mstm

To clarify, you are not only the primary sponsor - you are the only sponsor because you are the USC spouse. Your father will be a joint sponsor.

Ian