Visa Approved pending getting a co-sponsor

[Rohini 0]

Well... I had thought that if you have 3-5x the poverty level @ 125% in assets that was good enough. I have well over 5x plus I own my property and home outright, zero debt. And they still want me to get a co-sponsor. Just what I needed, more time tacked on to this case. If anyone's got any advice or pieces of wisdom I welcome them.

[sachinky 465]

There's something in there about not using your house if that's your primary residence. They are looking at assets that can be converted into liquid cash at a short notice. Plus, with the housing market tanking, prices of home properties have declined. And the thinking behind is quite reasonable -- I mean you aren't going to be able to sell your house off at a moment's notice to prevent your SO from becoming a burden on the state.

From what I understand, there must be $56,000 in a bank account in the USC's name for it to work. Simple enough if you got the cash.

Find a co-sponsor ASAP and send them the documents they want. Good luck.

What other questions was he asked, if you don't mind sharing? This was in Mumbai, right?

Edited December 9, 2009 by sachinky

[Rohini 0]

There's something in there about not using your house if that's your primary residence. They are looking at assets that can be converted into liquid cash at a short notice. Plus, with the housing market tanking, prices of home properties have declined. And the thinking behind is quite reasonable -- I mean you aren't going to be able to sell your house off at a moment's notice to prevent your SO from becoming a burden on the state.

From what I understand, there must be $56,000 in a bank account in the USC's name for it to work. Simple enough if you got the cash.

Find a co-sponsor ASAP and send them the documents they want. Good luck.

What other questions was he asked, if you don't mind sharing? This was in Mumbai, right?

I have well over 5x not counting my house all liquid, that wasn't acceptable. I'll be working on the co-sponsor in the morning, well in a few hours when other people are actually awake.

Yes, it was in Mumbai. They asked him what he planned to do when he got here, how soon we would get married & when & where, they asked several times if we were already married (probably because I lived in India from Oct, 2008 thru July), they asked about my work history. The interview was pretty simple.