Sandy Springs, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Generally, a U.S. citizen with appropriate documentary evidence of current income exceeding $29,000, will meet the economic qualifications for the Affidavit of Support that is a part of the marriage-based adjustment of status application process. This is true even if the U.S. citizen had insufficient income in previous years. Note, however, that determination of sufficient documentable income also involves calculations based upon the size of the sponsor's household, so if you may have other relatives in your household or subject to previous immigration sponsorship, that will need to be taken into account. This detail is just one of the many details in the immigration application process that can be substantially more complex than it might appear just from reading the forms, the instructions and information available on the Internet. It would be wise for you and your spouse to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information about you and your spouse, could advise about immigration eligibilities, options and strategies, and could offer legal representation in the application process.

Generally a Permanent Resident's divorce will not impact his/her eligibility for naturalization, although (1) he/she will need to wait 5 years rather than 3 years after becoming a Permanent Resident to become eligible for naturalization; and (2) depending upon such circumstances as whether the Permanent Resident attained that status through marriage and whether the divorce took place fairly soon after becoming a Permanent Resident, the naturalization applicant may need to be prepared to provide satisfactory evidence of the bona fide nature of the marriage notwithstanding that it ended in divorce.

Health insurance is not the type of asset that can be included in the sometimes complex calculations for financial eligibility of a sponsoring relative in his/her Affidavit of Support. If the sponsoring relative does not have sufficient documentable income to meet the statutory requirements, then it may be necessary to have a joint sponsor. It would be wise for you and your husband to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, could provide advice for attaining your immigration-related goals.