Mike

A joint sponsor is a person who is not the petitioner for the sponsored immigrant but who meets the citizenship, residence, and age requirements and who meets the 125 percent minimum income requirement for his or her household size. Joint sponsors are permitted when the petitioner cannot meet the income requirements or has died before all family members have immigrated. Joint sponsors must accept joint legal responsibility for supporting sponsored immigrant(s) and reimbursing the cost of any means-tested public benefit used until the sponsored immigrants naturalize, can be credited with 40 qualifying quarters of work, depart the United States permanently, or die.

There is no limit on the number of joint sponsors; however, each joint sponsor must meet the 125 percent of the poverty line income requirement for their household size. Joint sponsors are not permitted if the petitioner meets the income requirements unless an Immigration or Consular Officer requests one.

sajjad434

If a joint sponsor is meeting the obligation of income requiremen and main petitioner has only submitted tax returns for last one year would main petitioner would require to submitt last three years?

If he is to submitt for the last three years and one year returns are not enough then what is the benefit of Joint sponsor?

john

Hi, where you read this?

sajjad434

this has happen to one of my friend. NVC has asked him to ask the petitioner for the tax return of three years coz he submitted for one last year inspite of the eligibility of Joint sponsor who has provided all the things and eligible.