CR-1... I-864 seems I didn't send enough info

[dims1 0]

Hi....

My sweety's paperwork has been going very smoothly from the start.

I sent in the I-864 and thought I would call them to see if it had been reviewed and ok'd.

Well, it turns out that they want proof of my balance in my bank and checking acct.

Thing is the 864 form didn't say when the balance was or if it should be an ending balance or beginning balance or anything. Very vague.

So I glanced through some of my monthly bank statements and decided to put 1000.00 as my answer. I had that for balance on a few statements.

My question is, are they looking for something more exact? a certain balance from a certain time?

The nice lady also said I will need a statement from the bank for a year. But my bank doesn't offer those. I have my monthly statements I could use.

But for what period? up til I sent the 864 to NVC? Prior year? Wow! I'm confused. Never saw anything in the rules or the 864 instructions about this.

Anyone gone through this or have any input?

I'm using property assets(Real estate) cuz my business has been extremely slow the last few years because of the economy.

The lady said there was nothing listed about property assets, Just the proof of balance. So it sounds like everything is good to go except for this one issue

Thanks for any help.

[MaryandMian 1]

The nice lady also said I will need a statement from the bank for a year. But my bank doesn't offer those. I have my monthly statements I could use.

Our bank did not provide the statements or letters either. So I made photo copies of one years worth of statements. Typed up a letter stating that these were the true exact copies and that I was having a person from the bank notarize my statement. I took the copies to my local branch and one of the tellers glanced over the statements and verified the account numbers and dates and then she notarized my letter for me. I did not have any problems doing it this way.

Good luck.

[Yodrak 7]

dims,

The NVC staff do not evaluate the I-864, they merely check to see if the package is complete. If you provide information on the form they'll look for documentation supporting that number.

In the old days, when NVC did not collect the documentation for the the visa application and check it for completeness, the first person to see the documentation was the consular officer who evaluates it - and they are in a position to simply ignore information that isn't documented if the information is not essential to approving or denying.

Since you gave a bank balance number, send in your most recent bank statement or 2 or 3.

Yodrak

Hi....

My sweety's paperwork has been going very smoothly from the start.

I sent in the I-864 and thought I would call them to see if it had been reviewed and ok'd.

Well, it turns out that they want proof of my balance in my bank and checking acct.

Thing is the 864 form didn't say when the balance was or if it should be an ending balance or beginning balance or anything. Very vague.

So I glanced through some of my monthly bank statements and decided to put 1000.00 as my answer. I had that for balance on a few statements.

My question is, are they looking for something more exact? a certain balance from a certain time?

The nice lady also said I will need a statement from the bank for a year. But my bank doesn't offer those. I have my monthly statements I could use.

But for what period? up til I sent the 864 to NVC? Prior year? Wow! I'm confused. Never saw anything in the rules or the 864 instructions about this.

Anyone gone through this or have any input?

I'm using property assets(Real estate) cuz my business has been extremely slow the last few years because of the economy.

The lady said there was nothing listed about property assets, Just the proof of balance. So it sounds like everything is good to go except for this one issue

Thanks for any help.

[Michael and Milahjean 0]

It seems that I also have a problem with some missing or incomplete information. The auto system is telling me that a letter was mailed on Nov 10, but the NVC office is closed today, so I wait until next week to learn what happened. I sent the I-864EZ, also with the documentation requested. I wonder what's up? This is a set back I hadn't counted on. Oh well.

[dims1 0]

Thank you all for your reply. Its a great comfort to have you folks give a helping hand here at VJ.

Thank you MaryandMian...

Yes I just talked to my bank and they will type me a letter to the fact that I have been with them for 20 yrs. I'll send that too. Other wise I have monthly statements I can photocopy for that part of it.

Thank you Yodrak...

I can do as you suggested but since they were asking for only a balance I just gave them a figure of 1000.00 because that amount is on this and that statement periodically. So I think I will borrow 1000.00 from a friend today and deposit it in my savings acct. then on Monday I'll print out my online invoice of that acct. That will show there is 1000.00 in my savings acct. Hope that works.

Michael....

I find it uncanny how are timlines are alot alike. Now we both receive these notices. Mine was sent on the 8th as well. This may put us neck and neck in this weird race,hehehe!

Yea, to bad about the delay but I think NVC takes care of things MUCH faster than CSC, so it shouldn't be to bad.

Still though, I would love to get past this step and on to the 4 month wait for interview,hehehe. I'll keep you posted on this little setback. hope you'll do the same.

God bless,

Mike

[Michael and Milahjean 0]

Turns out my disturbing auto voice status message stating there was missing or incomplete information was triggered by the fact that the I-864EZ was received and approved and NVC was awaiting the arrival of the DS230 package, which has been sent to NVC a few days prior. Now that the DS230 has been received all is well. The DS230 package was the incomplete or missing information. I was told 2-4 weeks for final review. Yippee!! We're on the home stretch now...and then the loooooooooooooong wait at Manila...

[dims1 0]

Wow lucky you! Congrats!

Since mine is a financial request I'm sure its not the missing 230. I'll probably get that notice as well although they should have my 230 by now.... Good luck to you guys!

Mike

[Yodrak 7]

dims,

I would provide "this and that statement" that show a $1000+- balance - highlight it - and all other statements up to and including the most recent one.

$1,000 isn't a meaningful amount of money, but if the consular officer really looks at the bank account documentation and detects what you propose to do it doesn't make you look particularly trustworthy. Better to show that you've had the claimed balance than to have just the right amount mirculously appear in your account immediately before running off the supporting documentation for your I-864.

Yodrak

...I can do as you suggested but since they were asking for only a balance I just gave them a figure of 1000.00 because that amount is on this and that statement periodically. So I think I will borrow 1000.00 from a friend today and deposit it in my savings acct. then on Monday I'll print out my online invoice of that acct. That will show there is 1000.00 in my savings acct. Hope that works.

....

Mike

[w1n78 0]

sorry to hear what happened dims1. we are all in the same batch, it seems. i hope you remain in our batch even with this unfortunate event. good luck and keep us informed

[dims1 0]

Thanks Win78,

I received the actual letter frorm NVC today. It was pretty simple and vague.

The checklist says:

You have not attached the proof of ownership and value of each of the following assets....

"Savings/Checking accounts"

That's it.

Anyway, I already sent out the info I THINK they want. A letter from the manager of my bank, photo copies showing my balances of my checking and savings, and I photo copied all 12 monthly statements of my checking (where the 1000.00 is)

Hoping that will do the trick.

I'm real happy that they found my property assets proof and my self employment proof in order.... I was a little worried about that.

Yea its nice to find some folks who are on the same time line for Philippines. I'll keep posting my progress here. hope you'll do the same.

God bless,

Mike

[phong+mai 0]

$1000.00 doesn't make or break a I-864. You should have left it blank considering it's optional information.

[dims1 0]

Hi phong_mai,

Well that's true but since it was on the form and I assumed the word "optional" there meant the whole assets section I figured I should put something. And since I'm self employed, there is nothing in the instructions about supplying info about my bank so I didn't.

I realize now that they want "proof" for any and all proofs of assets or income or employment or whatever.

I just didn't get all the answers right on my big test, hehehe! I just hope I passed! Thanks!

[alix 20]

dims,

The NVC staff do not evaluate the I-864, they merely check to see if the package is complete. If you provide information on the form they'll look for documentation supporting that number.

In the old days, when NVC did not collect the documentation for the the visa application and check it for completeness, the first person to see the documentation was the consular officer who evaluates it - and they are in a position to simply ignore information that isn't documented if the information is not essential to approving or denying.

Since you gave a bank balance number, send in your most recent bank statement or 2 or 3.

Yodrak

Yodrak,

Sorry for my question, but who evaluates the I-864? Is it the US Consulate? Do you know if they do it on the day of the interview or prior to it?

Alix

[Yodrak 7]

Alix,

Consular staff will evaluate the I-864. Don't know who or when, that may very well vary from consulate to consulate depending on the local procedures.

Yodrak

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Sorry for my question, but who evaluates the I-864? Is it the US Consulate? Do you know if they do it on the day of the interview or prior to it?

Alix