What does the requirement that the sponsor demonstrate the ability to maintain an income at 125 per cent of the poverty level mean?
Sponsors will be judged on their ability to support the immigrants they are sponsoring at 125 per cent of the poverty level for their household size based on the information they provide in the Affidavit of Support and accompanying documentation. This information must demonstrate that the sponsor and his or her household can reasonably be expected to maintain an income at or above the level required to provide for themselves and all immigrants they have sponsored or are sponsoring.
