Thai Assets Accepted for Affidavit of Support?

[dave2u 0]

If you're talking dollars, then I'm sure half a million would satisfy them. But I'm not the final arbiter, they are. Again, your income must be 125% of the annual poverty level for the state in which you plan to live, or else your assets must be three times the 125% figure. Period. Not one dollar less. No ifs, ands or buts.

There is a link somewhere in the instructions where you can go and see the poverty-level rates for all the states. For some reason, the link shows 150% of the poverty level, not 125%, but you can do the calculation to figure 125%. It's the same for the Lower 48, a little higher for Hawaii, highest of all for Alaska.

ok thank you so i hope i should be fine my homes are over the 500,000 with nothing owed and my monthly check is 850 and i do have cars also i have just read in a couple of places that they didnt like sponsoring with just assets so i hope its enough for a k-1 visa

[gradtaai 8]

ok thank you so i hope i should be fine my homes are over the 500,000 with nothing owed and my monthly check is 850 and i do have cars also i have just read in a couple of places that they didnt like sponsoring with just assets so i hope its enough for a k-1 visa

Just saw this in another part of this forum

Penguin_ie -- Yesterday, 04:46 PM

The house he lives in and the car he drives would not count for assets, because it would be an undue hardship to have to sell them; only second cards, or holiday homes/ investment properties count, in general.

I knew about the car but not about the house you live in.

[Siam Sam 6]

Just saw this in another part of this forum

Penguin_ie -- Yesterday, 04:46 PM

The house he lives in and the car he drives would not count for assets, because it would be an undue hardship to have to sell them; only second cards, or holiday homes/ investment properties count, in general.

I knew about the car but not about the house you live in.

I saw that, but I think they must mean if those are in the US. They did accept the home we live in for our assets, I guess because really, if my wife has to move to the US within six months or lose her visa, then obviously we won't be living in our home here. The interviewer even told the wife that when she does fill out the I-864a to say she would be willing to sell the place within a year. (This is the only real estate listed, we did not list her townhouse, because she'll never sell that, because it's really family property rather than hers despite what the deed says.)

[dave2u 0]

I saw that, but I think they must mean if those are in the US. They did accept the home we live in for our assets, I guess because really, if my wife has to move to the US within six months or lose her visa, then obviously we won't be living in our home here. The interviewer even told the wife that when she does fill out the I-864a to say she would be willing to sell the place within a year. (This is the only real estate listed, we did not list her townhouse, because she'll never sell that, because it's really family property rather than hers despite what the deed says.)

i am just wondering what they will say i did get the appraisal of my home i live in and one of my investment homes they are both paid off and i was going to use one or both they are both over the min requirements of 100,000 so with my disability and the homes i hope i will be fine i do have some nice cars also i wonder if i should list everything or will just 1 house do just fine i am having trouble with that i-864 form kinda hard to understand thanks for the replies tho

[Siam Sam 6]

Why not just list anything you have? But remember, they will want an official appraisal, at least on homes. Dunno about cars. But it sounds like you have enough to satisfy them. One thing they also wanted from us was a sentence on the I-864 about how we would be willing to sell the house within a year if need be. You might want to do that too.

[dave2u 0]

Why not just list anything you have? But remember, they will want an official appraisal, at least on homes. Dunno about cars. But it sounds like you have enough to satisfy them. One thing they also wanted from us was a sentence on the I-864 about how we would be willing to sell the house within a year if need be. You might want to do that too.

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

Why not just list anything you have? But remember, they will want an official appraisal, at least on homes. Dunno about cars. But it sounds like you have enough to satisfy them. One thing they also wanted from us was a sentence on the I-864 about how we would be willing to sell the house within a year if need be. You might want to do that too.

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

[Expat1 971]

Aren't foreign assets 5:1?

If they belong to the foreign spouse. If the USC spouse 3:1

[Expat1 971]

If you're talking dollars, then I'm sure half a million would satisfy them. But I'm not the final arbiter, they are. Again, your income must be 125% of the annual poverty level for the state in which you plan to live, or else your assets must be three times the 125% figure. Period. Not one dollar less. No ifs, ands or buts.

There is a link somewhere in the instructions where you can go and see the poverty-level rates for all the states. For some reason, the link shows 150% of the poverty level, not 125%, but you can do the calculation to figure 125%. It's the same for the Lower 48, a little higher for Hawaii, highest of all for Alaska.

Half mil is way more than enough. We passed through with about $80k in the bank and $120k in a 401k acct (household size 4) and didnt bother to report anything else

[dave2u 0]

Half mil is way more than enough. We passed through with about $80k in the bank and $120k in a 401k acct (household size 4) and didnt bother to report anything else

but did you do the 864 or 134 we not married yet so i did the 134

[gradtaai 8]

but did you do the 864 or 134 we not married yet so i did the 134

You are going for a K-1, so you put it on your i-134

[chrisete 55]

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

Idk...I put in a 864 along with the 134 for my K1 visa as told I should by a visa consultant. Although I do not have any faith in that consultant anymore since they made mistakes that I ended up correcting by using Visa Journey, they did accept it and approve my visa.

[Siam Sam 6]

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

thank u for responding i am just wondering if i should do the 864 the lady i spoke to said that the 134 if for k1 fiancee and the 864 is for spouse what is ur thought on that and i did have my mother do a 134 as a co sponsor also

I don't know anything about the 134, We're married, and our instructions stipulated the 864. Check what your instructions say, but if you're engaged and not married, from others here I'd say you need the 134.

If they belong to the foreign spouse. If the USC spouse 3:1

No, no, this has been debated all over this Board. It turns out the assets of any spouse, foreign or American, is counted in the 3:1 ratio. My wife is Thai, we live in Bangkok, all, and I mean all, our property is in her name, and the embassy at her interview this month counted her property in the 3:1 ratio.

There is a lot of confusion about this, and the fact that some embassies aren't even aware of it does not help matters. But it is in the instructions that if the visa applicant is a spouse, his/her assets are in the 3:1 ratio, and all other foreign applicants get 5:1. The US Embassy in Bangkok is apparently up on the rules, because again, my Thai wife was granted the 3:1 ratio.

Edited April 26, 2016 by Siam Sam

[ninz 14]

I know that this post is old but I would like to ask a topic starter what proof of value of the house you had? it should be value based on recent estimation of some agency or value you purchased? i bought a condo in bangkok in 2012 for 7 million baht and now it's market value is at least 10 million baht

Edited January 9, 2018 by ninz