U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) lets citizens and green card holders petition for certain family members to enter the United States and become a lawful permanent resident. For spouses of petitioners, the required annual income for a green card is $27,050. This assumes the sponsoring citizen or green card holder isn’t on active military duty and only sponsoring one relative. More sponsorships require a higher minimum wage requirement.
Cost Details
The Minimum wage levels for spousal green card sponsorship are:
- One Sponsor: $27,050.
- Two Sponsors: $34,150.
- Three Sponsors: $41,250.
- Four Sponsors: $48,350.
- Five Sponsors: $55,450.
- Six Sponsors: $62,550.
- Seven Sponsors: $69,650.
- All additional sponsors require $7,100 each.
Minimum wage requirements derive from the number of people in a sponsor’s household. This includes:
- The sponsor themselves.
- The green card applicant.
- Any unmarried children under the age of twenty-one.
- Any additional dependents claimed on tax returns.
- Individuals planning to apply for a green card and arrive to the U.S. with the green card applicant.
- Anyone else the sponsor listed on a separate Affidavit of Support.
Sponsors can include income from people outside the household only if the combined annual income of all household members doesn’t meet the required minimum wage.
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