How Do Self Employed People Meet the Poverty Guidelines?
Being retired or self employed presents its own unique problems when it comes to meeting the Poverty Guidelines set out by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) when it comes to bring your fiancée or spouse to the United States to live on a marriage visa. The reason why is that most self employed people take many deductions and often show less than the poverty guidelines of $18,212. So how does one qualify? This can be accomplished by either your assets or having someone do an Affidavit of Support, form I-864, for you. This form basically states that they will step in and support your fiancée or spouse to make sure that they do not go on public assistance. If you are self employed you can use your assets to prove you have enough money. Examples of these can be if you are retired or self employed, are things such as house, pension, social security, business etc.
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