Tracym

They might even accept the house as the asset - if your equity in the house is sufficient.

Anyone? Isn't the rule an asset that can be liquidated within one year, which a house (at least theoretically) could be?

penguinbar

The I 134 is for the K1 visa. Your fiancee would fill that out for you to take to the interview. He has to get that notarised as well.His local bank should do that for free or for a nominal fee. If he does not meet the poverty line which most people do you need a joint sponser. Since my job is commision based I needed one. Also closer to the time he will need a letter of employment . We also had a few months of my paystubs, a notarised copy of my last tax return, bank statements. I used extra evidence because I was using my assets as well. These were all brought to the interview.lso make copies of everything! They asked my fiancee for his birth cert and police report photocopies and gave him back the originals. My faincee was in the embassy 3 1/2 hours.Most of the time was spent waiting! The interview was alot less painless then we thought! Look on the forum for k1 visa experiences 2007/08. a few of us posted our recent experiences so you can get a better idea!

Tracym

If she has enough of her own assets, she might be able to self-sponsor for the K-1 and not need any of that from her fiance.

However, I believe he will still have to be the sponsor for the AOS, so it might be easiest imo for him to go ahead and be the sponsor for the K-1 as well, unless there are issues with his income.

penguinbar

True. Aren't the assets if you are self sponsering much higher than if you have a US sponser?

Noorah101

No, not for the I-134. Approval of the amount of savings or assets is at the ConOff's discretion.

Rene

Tracym

I don't know - I had a hunt and didn't find that info so far. I do some some folks on the forum have self-sponsored though.

However, personally, I'd think the path of least resistance would usually to do as you suggested, and have the fiance sponsor. She could show the value in her house as well, if his income was marginal.

Noorah101

I've seen posts in the past where the UKC has used as little as +/- $5,000 to self-sponsor, that would definitely be a lower amount than the assets needed for the I-864. So I'm sure it can be done.

The best thing to do would be for the OP to email the embassy in London, describe what she has in assets and the value, and see if they OK it ahead of time. I believe London will still do this.

Rene

AlanR

Absolutely right - expediency as opposed to accuracy/pedancy (if the latter is a real word!) led me to write the 3 years (less 90 days) without the clarification that, of course, one has to be a LPR for 3 years too....
Ian - I suspect you must be close to a record with the 3years 3 months. Wonder if anyone can beat this number!

penguinbar

I will say that anytime my fiancee emailed the embassy in London they did get back to him in three or four days with accurate information.

ian-mstm

It would have been 3 years 2.5 months... but former President Reagan died.

Ian

meauxna

hmmm
Married May 2002, IV petition filed August 2002, Admitted to PR November 2002, Naturalized July 2006.

What can I say, we're slackers.

AlanR

I think that the 'interesting' time (possibly typical) is the 6.5 years between I-129 and oath ceremony.....

Moxie

This list might help you.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/igor/vjdata/default.aspx
California Service center has been approving some February petitions. They sometimes don't forward to the NVC immediately after approval like Vermont does. Once in London, it normally takes less than 2 weeks to get the info from them. Once the documents are returned, it could take 3 more weeks to get the appointment letter. It all varies, but maybe 60 days from London receiving your file to the interview if you have everything ready by the time you hear from them, meaning the forms, photos, police certificates, birth certificates, etc.

AlmostThere1

The whole K-1 process for us was a warp speed process, I don't why we were so lucky. We went from K-1 to GC in slightly over 369 Days. We got a few good breaks that are no longer available, local filing etc.

Been a PR for almost 4 years now. As for the N-400, don't when/if I am going to do that. Simply for the reason I don't want to jeopardize the Dual-Citizenship I already hold. Germany doesn't permit "voluntary" dual citizenship without a lot of paperwork, something I haven't gotten around to do yet.

AlanR

Will "Germany" ever know?