Mh

In article <[email protected]> ,
Noorah101 <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> She's got 3 children from a previous marriage, so that's $29,250, not
    >> $15,500 (otherwise we'd have no problem!). Quite a significant leap!
    >> It seems that they don't discriminate between children and adults, nor
    >> do they take into account other factors that influence expenditure
    >> (whether you own your own house, how far you have to commute to work
    >> and hence fuel costs etc.). Not that I can complain; that's just the
    >> rules and the way it is.
    >> We can put covering info about expenditure (and us having lived
    >> together so we know we can afford it even if I wasn't working) in with
    >> the I-864, which hopefully will carry some weight, but it all seems
    >> horribly vague at the moment with no way of telling what the outcome
    >> will be.
    >> I can easily bring enough money with me so that we're well above the
    >> line for a good few years, but they don't say how much is "enough" so
    >> I can't rest easy yet (unless all they care about is that you have
    >> proof enough income *at the point of application*, but that seems a
    >> little odd)
    >> cheers
    >> Jules
    >Hi jules,
    >Go to www.uscis.gov, click on the left where it says "forms and fees",
    >then click on "forms", then scroll down to find both forms I-134 and I-
    >864. For now, you are concerned with the I-134 which will be required
    >at your interview in London (I assume London, right?)
    >On the I-134, the USC must meet 125% of the poverty guidelines you were
    >looking at. The USC's assets can come in to play if they are 5x the
    >amount required. (say she's falling $5,000 short of the required
    >amount. If she can show assets of $25,000, that's OK). OR, you can
    >email London with the amount of assets YOU have (as in cash), and see if
    >it's enough to "self-sponsor". It's not that you'd be making up the
    >difference on her I-134...it would just be your assets London would be
    >looking at. There is no set dollar amount that I know of in this
    >case...others have emailed London with their amounts, and London either
    >replies "sure, fine" or "not enough".

Or, if he really trusts her, transfer 5X the shortfall into HER account and
have the bank certify it - surely that'd be the easiest way.

MH

Noorah101

Nope! Especially if you're entering on a K-1, as you then have to deal with getting your SS card, getting married, filing AOS, going to the interview, removing conditions in 2 years....the list goes on.

The good news is, you probably get more used to being diligent in your research, and used to the amount of paperwork involved, and hopefully develop a fool-proof filing system for it all. That in itself makes it easier.

Rene