I-864 question

[jepa 0]

Hi everyone,

My husband and I are also going through the DCF in South Korea and our interview is in a couple of weeks.

One quick question regarding the i-864:

I won't have income when I return to the States as I am a student. My husband is also a student so he doesn't either. When I read the i-864 instructions, since we don't have income, we need 3x the 125% HSS of poverty guidelines in assets (it comes out to ~$60,000 I think). My father-in-law, who is a korean citizen, offered to transfer that amount into my husband's bank account as our parents plan to support us while we're in school. So, as long as my husband's bank account shows that amount of money, is that sufficient without listing any co-sponsors (who are gc holders or US citizen)?

Thank you for all your help!

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

Technically, yes.

However:

- such a big sum transfered so close to the interview may be seen either as your husband "buying" his greencard (ie marriage for immigration purposes), or your father-in-law simply lending you the money for the visa interview and then you transfer it back; that is why they usually want to see one year's worth of bank account statements to see regular inflow of money, or at least not super recent.

- Many embassies will not accept assets in foreign countries, or will want to see x5 the povertyline to accept foreign assets (each embassy is different though).

If I was you, and your parents are willing to co-sponsor, I;d have their documents ready to submit at interview if the CO seems iffy about accepting the large amount of money transfered so soon before the interview.