I’d like to sponsor my future stepmother for a green card through family sponsorship.
My father is a citizen, and he recently remarried, so I’d like to sponsor my soon-to-be stepmother for a green card through family sponsorship.
However, my father has no income at all, so it looks like I, as the daughter, will need to file as the one financially responsible for both of them.
Could this filing cause any disadvantage for me later?
The meaning of financial sponsorship is demonstrating that you can provide sufficient financial support so the sponsored immigrant doesn’t need to rely on U.S. public benefits (Public Charge). The financial sponsor is responsible for means-tested public benefits like Food Stamps or SSI until the immigrant has worked in the U.S. for 10 years paying Social Security taxes, naturalizes as a citizen, passes away, or gives up their green card.