Student sponsoring spouse - finances

[cangygirl]

Hi there
I read through the guide, saw that spousal sponsorship does not have a minimum income requirement, and submitted my package to sponsor my spouse. In the package I included a letter stating that I was still in school, a bank account statement showing close to 1000 and letters from my parents stating that they were willing to help us.

I recieved the letter stating that I have met the requirements for eligibility as a sponsor, and that the application for permanent residence has been forwarded to the appropriate visa office.

Recently an immigration lawyer advised me to get my parents to have affadavits done stating that they would financially help us with details regarding the $ amount they would be willing to provide us with.

Is this necessary? My understanding was that because of the letter I recieved, I had passed the financial inquiry stage. The immigration lawyer seems to think that I could still be turned down due to my status as a student and my husband's lack of English (ie unemployability).
Does anyone having advise regarding the matter? Should I get the affadavits done to be safe? Or would sending them in slow down the whole process?
Thanks

 

[graham]

it is always good to be prepared,more than enough is better than waiting because of not enough,you are right...there is no min. requirement for sponsoring a spouse but anything you can do that is not so hard to impress the immigration people is good,it all comes down to 1 person doing the interview,they can have a bad day and refuse a case so it might be good if you can obtain that easily to also show that your family is in support of your marriage to the degree that they are willing to help financially.good luck to you.

 

[ariell]

Well I don't know, but seems to me that you're already been approved as your husband's sponsor so the point of getting the letters from your parents would be what exactly?

I'm a student and I was approved and my husband just recently got his visa. I know of a couple others who applied as students and were approved. I don't remember anyone saying that they submitted anything similar to an affidavit from their parents. My personal inclination would be not to do the affidavits. At this point, you've been approved. The issue now will be your husband's background and establishing whether the two of you have a genuine relationship. I would keep the affidavit idea as that -- an idea -- go back and get them if you need an interview and there seems to be some question as to your ability to support your husband. But personally I think it's a non-issue. Good luck.