Immmigrants who are applying to obtain a Green Card through a family member must submit an I-864, Affidavit of Support form. The Affidavit of Support form is used to show the USCIS that a Green Card applicant has a financial sponsor and has enough financial support to live without concern of becoming dependant on U.S. government welfare.

Form I-864 is legally required for many family-based and some employment based immigrants to show that, when they plan to immigrate to the US, they have adequate means of support. Generally, the following immigrants need an Affidavit of Support namely:

Family based immigrant visa applicants, including certain orphans, and

Employment based immigrant visa applicants whose relative filed the visa petition or has at least 5 percent or more ownership interest in the business that filed the petition.

So who qualifies as a sponsor in the I-864, affidavit of support case?

A sponsor must be at least 18 years old and either an American citizen or a lawful permanent resident (LPR). The sponsor should also have a domicile (residence) in the United States. The petitioner who is residing abroad should have a principal residence in the U.S. and intend to maintain that residence in the future. Lawful permanent resident sponsors should show they are maintaining their permanent resident status.

Many U.S. citizens and permanent residents reside outside the United States on a temporary basis, usually for work or due to family situations. This “Temporary” status will cover an extended period of residence abroad. Certain conditions need to be fulfilled by the sponsor living abroad to be considered domiciled in the United States.

An American citizen or permanent resident spouse or his /her dependent who has maintained a residence in the U.S. and/or whose spouse/parent works would also qualify as a sponsor related to the I-864, Affidavit of Support form.

The I 129F form is the main form for submitting the K1 Visa application packet. There are a few areas that may cause issues for a petitioner. This article will go over three common mistakes a petitioner may make when filing the K1 Visa.

Meeting The Fiance

Many applicants will try to send in the K1 Visa application well before they meet their fiance. They believe starting the process before they meet their fiance will allow them to complete the process a lot faster. Although this is a great approach, it will not work. Part of the requirements to start the process is meeting the fiance first.

Supporting Documentation

Some petitioners will submit the application without sending in required supporting documentation. Often times a legal specialist will tell the couple the forms are not needed. Send them in later. Although this is true for some documents, others will get the application denied. I recommend sending in all documentation. Never send them in at a later point in the process. Every time an immigration officer needs to request documentation from the petitioner, it puts the application on hold and slows down the visa process.

Originals versus Copies

Sending in copies instead of originals is not a good practice. Only send in copies when the immigration instructions requests copies. If it does not mention copies, then send in originals. No matter the kind of documentation requested, the petitioner can either buy more originals or make copies of the originals for themselves.

An example of this would be a birth certificate. Go down to the county office and buy a copy that has the state stamp and send that in verses sending in your own copy.

The two most essential function of a state are- War and Administration of Justice. If the state fail to fulfilled these two objective it can not be called the rightly the State. Administration of justice implies the peace and order with in a political community by means of physical force of the State.

Lord Bryce rightly said that- there can be no better test of the excellence of a Government than the efficiency of its judicial administration.

Concept of Justice-

The concept of justice become more conspicuous with the growth of State which ensures justice to it people through the instrumentality of law. The essence of legal justice lies in ensuring uniformity and certainty of law and at the same time ensuring that rights and duties are duly respected by the people.

Importance of Administrative Justice-

By nature man is the dominate nature and wants to enjoy his liberty , liberty which consist in the power to do everything that does not injure another. Thus liberty implies freedom of action so far permitted by law. It therefore, follows that legal liberty depends on the existence of the authority of the sate.

Origin of Administrative Justice.  The administration of justice evolve in civilized society in the stages-

First State- Primitive Society- when the society was primitive and private vengeance (revenge) and self help.

Second State- Emergence of State, and its function were only persuasive (influential) in nature, and do not have the power to punish the wrong doer.

Third State- State exerted its authority and capable to punish the wrong doer.

Advantage and Disadvantage of Administrative Justice-

-Merit- Uniformity, certainty, impartiality and equal.

-Demerit- Rigidity, formality, and complexity of law.

Kind of Administrative Justice-

There are two kind of Administrative justice-

Your life was bound with various obstacles that we could not rum away. Every day there were several innovations that came to life in different part of the world that may affect your life, the demand for the productions was increasing so as the demand of the workers that made this production possible. All over the world their were different industries that was working to sustain the needs of the society and each of them has different level of risk attached to the workers lives. They sustain the needs of the people through products they were producing at the same time the source of income through their compensation for rendering the service but there were risk aw well.

Maritime industry one of the fast growing industry, largest and eventually one of the riskiest industry. Maritime industry includes enterprises engaged in the business of designing, acquiring, constructing, manufacturing, operating, supplying, managing and operating shipping lines, marine repair shops, shipping and freight forwarding services and similar enterprises. Among other industries, the said industry was counted as one of the riskiest because of the working routine practice by the workers. The workers were working longer numbers of hours compared to the regular number of working hours, they were exposed to various chemical components while working, often time maritime workers were working away to the open sea for a couple of months or longer which results to lack of adequate medical attention and later on will be the cause of health complexities. These were the common reasons which leads to accidents and personal injuries which you cannot avoid when working on the said industry. It was not convincing you turn back to maritime industry but it was the way of putting you to a realization.