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hello everyone welcome to stilt video series when it comes to united states immigration laws they are quite stringent and demanding under the laws every immigrant should have a financial sponsor to be eligible to immigrate to the us if you are looking to bring a foreign national into america and want to learn more about sponsorship this article will answer all of your questions this article touches on how a person can sponsor an immigrant based on a family-based green card program for corporate sponsors there's a whole different procedure what is a financial sponsor a financial sponsor is either a person a group of person or a business entity that willingly provides financial backup to an immigrant in other words they sponsor the immigrants journey into the united states if you are a financial sponsor you take up the responsibility responsibility of being in charge of the immigrant for the entire duration of a stay in the u.s taking up legal responsibilities means making your income and assets available to sponsor an immigrant immigrants have been receiving some means tested public benefits even though these aren't meant for them these include medicaid and temporary assistance for needy families and the state child health insurance program but the latest memorandum on enforcing the legal responsibilities of sponsors of aliens will dislove certain agencies from providing such benefits this means the sponsor should be financially secure to be able to bring in someone using a family based green card affidavit of support this financial health is held accountable by you having to file an affidavit of support if you have done some research on this topic then you'll be knowing that you need to file at least two forms namely form i 130 petition of alien relative form i-864 affidavit of support firm i-130 is straightforward and deals with basic personal and relationship-based information but the form i-864 is where you need to focus on if your main concern is financial sponsorship this form can be downloaded from the uscis website here this form will ask you to provide various information ranging from your salary and income sources to properties owned in the u.s and overseas consider the form i-864 as a contract with the u.s government agreeing to secure the immigrant financially if the immigrant uses any form of public benefits in the future the u.s government can reimburse that amount from your income or assets there are various types of i-864 forms like form i-864 form i-86 for easy and form i-864-a you will be using different forms of different scenarios by filling any of these forms you can become a financial sponsor who qualifies to sponsor an immigrant people who are willing to bring a non-citizen into america by sponsoring them should meet the eligibility criteria as laid out by the uscis in this section we explore those inbree eligibility criteria to become a sponsor to become eligible to sponsor a non-citizen into the united states you must meet the following criteria you must be a united states citizen or a permanent resident immigrants with any other visa status can sponsor a person in the u.s you must be at least 18 years old at the time of filing the form i-130 you should have your domicile in the u.s or any of its territories you must have met the required financial requirements more on this in the subsequent section you must have filed form i-864 affidavit of support income requirement to become financial sponsors by law you must prove that you have an income level of at least 125 percent above the federal property level the poverty level is as per the aspe's determined metrics at the time of writing the poverty level was set at dollar twelve thousand seven sixty per annum for a single person for a two person household it was dollar seventeen thousand two forty these are the same for 48 u.s states and the district of columbia for alaska and hawaii the numbers are different so as per the income level requirement your income should be at least dollar fifteen thousand nine fifty annually which would make you eligible for sponsoring for military personnel it is set at hundred percent of the poverty level which is equal to the poverty level earnings failure to meet the income requirement if you fail to meet the income requirement the road to bring someone into the united states doesn't end there to meet the requirement you can open up your financial assets this includes but is not limited to checking accounts saving accounts bonds stocks real estate properties business stakes etc you will be mentioning these in your form i-864 and the asset value will then be decided by the uscis if even after offering your assets doesn't meet the income requirement there's another possible option joint sponsorship join sponsorship joint sponsorship is a way wherein you can jointly sponsor an immigrant with another person the person who's willing to take legal responsibilities for the immigrant along with you is called a joint sponsor in most cases joint sponsorship is undertaken to meet the income requirement but the main requirement of a joint sponsor states that he should meet the 125 percent income requirement all by himself in most cases the need for a joint sponsor to pay for the immigrant never arises they more or less act as a financial backup or an insurance policy for the us government the same eligibility criteria applicable to you are applied to your co-sponsor as well but they don't need to have a direct relationship with the immigrant immigrant sponsorship faq we have compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the immigrant sponsorship here are the top five questions when should i file the affidavit of support you as a sponsor should complete the form by the time the vissa interview has been scheduled by the overseas counselor officer the immigrant will be attending this interview and will need to provide the i-864 form the interview process will be initiated once you file i-130 how long am i responsible for the immigrant you are responsible to take the financial responsibility until the immigrant either becomes a u.s citizen credited with 40 quarters or 10 years of work permanently moves out of the united states or dies whichever event occurs first what if i fail to provide financial support in certain cases if you fail to provide the required financial support then your co-sponsor is obliged to take up the responsibility as agreed during the filing if you filed without a co-sponsor then the immigrant is eligible to apply for and receive certain means tested public benefits but these will be built and you would eventually have to pay for them do i have to notify uscis if i change the address yes you are legally required to keep the uscis officials up to date with your current location till your financial obligations are over whether you move domestically or internationally you must file the form i-865 sponsors notice of change of address within a month 30 days of shifting can i supplement the lack of affidavit of support requirements with a credible employment offer no the uscis does not recognize such offers made sponsoring an immigrant isn't complex but you definitely need to take care of due diligence in case of confusion it is advised to get in touch with an immigration attorney in your state we hope this video has been helpful to you at stilt we provide financial services for immigrants and the underserved subscribe to our channel and visit stealth.com for more details