Can a us citizen sponsor you to live legally in the US?

Answer 1

A citizen of the United States or an organization or business can sponsor a person or family to live in the United States. The citizen must prove that he or she can provide financially for the immigrant until employment is secured.

Answer 2

What do you mean by sponsor? Yes, if you mean signing an affidavit of support, i.e. assuring the United States government that if the individual goes on welfare you will reimburse the government for the monies spent on him. In fact, sometimes, an affidavit of support is requested for by the government before a visitor's visa is issued. Yes, if you mean petitioning for the individual to be classified as your spouse, thereby allowing him/ her to remain in this country, living in lawful marriage with you. Yes, if you mean offering them a job and requesting that they be allowed to remain in this country working as your employee, particularly because they are not displacing a United States worker, they are paid at or over 95% of the prevailing wage paid a United States worker and they are able, willing and ready to take the job when the labor certification is approved. In other words, the answer is yes. There is one caveat. Unless the government approves an extension of the visitor's visa, or the individual changes his visa to another kind of visa lawfully, or the individual has filed an application which allows him/her to stay until a decision is made, the individual cannot overstay the period granted under the terms of the visitor's visa.