Asset for affidavit support?
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Re: Asset for affidavit support?
If your wife doesn't earn enough to sponsor you, and you can't find a joint sponsor, you can live together in Iran but not in the US.
How is this relevant?
A spouse only needs 3x the amount; everyone else needs 5x.
If your income stops once you move to the US, you can't use it.
If your wife does not earn enough to be your financial sponsor and you can not get a joint sponsor, then your wife will need to return to the US ahead of you, and get a job that will support both of you. That's the bottom line, and there is no getting around it.
Ian
-she does not have any religious ties in USA...
If we want to use asset and cash, we need 5x more than what she would have needed to show in income.
I have every thing in Iran to show that I have positive income level, also assets of all of my family and her family too...
thanks for your kind help,all of you people...
Ian
#17
Re: Asset for affidavit support?
blaze was responding to one of the ideas I suggested, see quotes above.
Rene
#18
Re: Asset for affidavit support?
The family told me that she could stay in US and work for a year so she herself can support me,
but both of us don't like the idea, we want to live together , not falling apart,
any suggestion if she could work and we still be together ?
should she work for a year , or 6 month or less than it to support me herself?
As a side note, I'm just curious how you are doing an Immigrant Visa process from Iran? I know you can do some things from the internet...but how did she file the I-130 package? Was she living in the USA at that time? Who is checking her mail in the USA, at the US address she used on the I-130 (maybe her sister who lives in the USA)? Doesn't she have to send anything via mail to NVC? When NVC requests civil documents to be sent, how will you send them from Iran?
If we want to use asset and cash, we need 5x more than what she would have needed to show in income.
I have every thing in Iran to show that I have positive income level, also assets of all of my family and her family too,
The idea of selling the house is my last one, because we surely face so much loss to move the cash out side of the country and also the government does not agree to move the cash to other country easily. !we should pay them a lot to agree with. this is the most hardest way.
Also I think the cash in bank will be blocked until the support finishes and it may take at least 7 or 5 years (2 year for removing conditional LPR, 5 or 3 years to get citizenship) am I right?
Also we want to save our situation in Iran, I don't want to ruin all of the bridge we left behind because I am responsible for the family and in every situation ,it is me that must support family for suitable life.
I guess if I were you, I'd have your wife move to the USA ahead of you, secure a job, get a few paystubs in her possession, and then proceed with the I-864 and the rest of the immigration process.
I do not think your property in Iran will work as an asset, even if you wanted to try, because even if you sell it and have the cash in hand, it's very difficult to transfer it to the USA.
Just curious, are you going to interview in Ankara? We did, and it was a good experience.
Rene
#19
Re: Asset for affidavit support?
Dear blaze2363,
unfortunately, USCIS does only care whether the sponsor has income or not. I know what you feel....my ex was on unemployment before AOS and I was stressed! I thought that I can show my properties and bank accounts to USCIS. Nope, they do not care. However, he got a job by the time of AOS.
I would send your wife to US (if you really can not find a co-sponsor) get any kind of jobs asap just to meet the income guideline and you can join her pretty soon. But first consult with an attorney.
I wish you good luck and happiness.
unfortunately, USCIS does only care whether the sponsor has income or not. I know what you feel....my ex was on unemployment before AOS and I was stressed! I thought that I can show my properties and bank accounts to USCIS. Nope, they do not care. However, he got a job by the time of AOS.
I would send your wife to US (if you really can not find a co-sponsor) get any kind of jobs asap just to meet the income guideline and you can join her pretty soon. But first consult with an attorney.
I wish you good luck and happiness.
Last edited by EU_Girl; Nov 16th 2010 at 1:29 pm.
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Re: Asset for affidavit support?
It's all on the I-864 guidelines and it's been accepted by ConOffs time and time before.
#21
Re: Asset for affidavit support?
Sorry, but this isn't true. The intending immigrant's liquidable assets (e.g. bank savings) CAN be used for the affidavit of support, as long as the intending immigrant has lived with the sponsor for at least 6 months continuously prior to AOS. And I'm not even sure if the 6-month rule is still in force, as I believe I heard otherwise, but don't quote me on that. The same goes for income coming from the intending immigrant if it continues after the move and there is evidence for that (e.g. if the intending immigrant is being transferred within the same company).
It's all on the I-864 guidelines and it's been accepted by ConOffs time and time before.
It's all on the I-864 guidelines and it's been accepted by ConOffs time and time before.
So although the sale of a home might work for someone living in Canada, who can just drive over the border with the cash...or at least have it in a bank account that can be wired over to the USA....this is not true for the OP of this thread.
Rene