Minimum Income
Requirements
Generally speaking, the U.S.
Government requires that a sponsor of a foreign national make at least 125% of
the national poverty income. Complicating factors include where you live, your
assets, the number of people in your household, etc. Below are the Poverty
Charts provided on the State Department’s website. For more information, go to:
http://travel.state.gov/i864gen.html http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1327.html2005 Poverty Guidelines
For Immigrant Affidavit of Support
The Department of Health
and Human Services on February 18, 2005, published its annual update of the
Poverty Guidelines, taking into account increases in prices as measured by the
Consumer Price Index. On April 1, posts must begin using these new guidelines
in calculating levels of income and assets that immigrant visa petitioners and
joint sponsors must demonstrate in their I-864 Affidavits of Support.
The following are the 2005 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia:
For family units with more than 8
members, add $3,260 for each additional member to meet the poverty guideline;
$4,075 to meet 125% of the poverty guideline.
The following are the 2005 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska:
Add $4,080 for each
additional family member to meet the poverty guideline; $5100 to meet 125% of
the poverty guideline.
The following are the 2005 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii:
Add $3,750 for each additional family member to meet the poverty guideline; $4688 to meet 125% of the poverty guideline. When processing immigrant visa cases subject to the Affidavit of Support (I-864) requirement under INA 212(a)(4)(C), posts must use the figures in the column on the right (125% of poverty guidelines) as the minimum income that a petitioner and/or a joint sponsor must demonstrate, or the column on the left (100%) for an active member of the U.S. Armed Forces sponsoring his orher spouse or children.
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