now the tricky part comes, why is he sponsoring? [ relationship? why spending lets say $10k/year for this person? ] net worth of the sponsor?[ property, savings minus debts] [for example sponsor is making $60k/yr after tax he gets $36k. where does he live in san diego CA where 1 bedroom is $1200/month...thats 15k on rent ... this guy saves like $10k-$15k a year and is willing to spend all[most] of his saving sponsoring somebody else.... hmmm... .. makes sense??] they would be more interested in tax returns and social security annual statement. i do not know what they look at.. but here is the basic rule.... if you can convince urself about the sponsorship then it is very easy to convince others.. ================================================== anyway and as always, what do i know? (o: