As a US citizen, you can petition for your spouse regardless of your age, tax status or financial situation and the fact that you are a student is no barrier to doing so. Although, CIS' concerns is that your wife does not end up on public assistance. This is why CIS wants to know that you have money to take care of your wife. Most people do so by filing the I-864 Affidavit of Support including evidence that they have sufficient funds to support the alien for whom they petition for green card. In situations such as yours, where the US citizen is unable to show evidence of sufficient income to convince CIS, then, you can have a friend or family member join you and act as a co-sponsor in an affidavit of support. Such friend or relative must be a US citizen or green card holder and must be living in any state in United States.
Answered on Mar 08th, 2013 at 11:47 PM