Using Assets to Meet I-864 Requirements

[Mary G. 0]

Hi,

I'm trying to complete the 864 for my husband and me. Since I am currently unemployed here in Germany, we are trying to qualify solely with our assets. However, since we are waiting for his interview appointment, should I wait longer before printing final bank statements and balances? I'm not sure how recent they have to be with regards to the interview appointment.

Also, my parents gave us some money about a month ago as a gift for our wedding. However, it shows up as a recent deposit. If I have a note in writing from my parents' about the gift, will that alleviate suspicion that we're just borrowing money in order to meet the povery guidelines?

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer!

Mary

[The Robinsons 0]

Hi Mary,

we had the same problem about meeting the poverty guidelines because my husband is living here in Denmark which means he does not have an income in the us. We sent the I-864 2 weeks ago to the embassy with a bankstatement that was about 1 week old at the time. All our savings were also in my husband's acount which we moved into mine. So we have some fairly large deposits showing up on my bank statement that are pretty new. But so far the embassy haven't asked for any additional information or asked for a newer bank statement. So I'm guessing they accepted it. And this is even though we do not have an interview date yet and from we've heard our I-130 just got re-approved in London last week. Anyway I hope this helped you. If not you're more than welcomed to write to me.

Tine