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In the affidavit, the petitioner must "agree to provide support to maintain the sponsored alien at an annual income that is not less than 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines" until the noncitizen naturalizes as a U.S. citizen [14] or the noncitizen, the noncitizen's parent, or the noncitizen's spouse has worked for 40 qualifying quarters.
Here is a breakdown of 2025 poverty guidelines by region or state. 48 Contiguous States and Washington D.C. $15,650: 1-person household. $21,150: 2-person household. $26,650: 3-person household.
Battered immigrant spouses, battered immigrant children, immigrant parents of battered children, and immigrant children of battered parents Survivors of a severe form of trafficking [ 34 ] All other immigrants, including illegal immigrants, temporary residents, and those who are lawfully present in the U.S., are considered "not qualified".
Although a K-1 visa is legally classified as a non-immigrant visa, it usually leads to important immigration benefits and is therefore often processed by the Immigrant Visa section of United States embassies and consulates worldwide. In 2014, the Department of State issued a total of 35,925 K-1 visas to fiancées of U.S. citizens. [1]
For statistical purposes (e.g., counting the poor population), the United States Census Bureau uses a set of annual income levels, the poverty thresholds, slightly different from the federal poverty guidelines. As with the poverty guidelines, they represent a federal government estimate of the point below which a household of a given size has ...
Since 2022, California has run a modest-size program to help immigrant children unaccompanied by parents. Legislators may kill it to save money. Since 2022, California has run a modest-size ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vivek Ramaswamy often touts his family’s immigration and naturalization story on the campaign trail while promoting two controversial policy ideas: stripping citizenship from ...
The poverty guidelines are also used as an eligibility criterion by Medicaid and a number of other Federal programs. [ 73 ] In 2020, in the United States, the poverty threshold for a single person under 65 was an annual income of $12,760, or about $35 per day.