K-1 I-134 Affidavit of Support - Using assets ONLY

[Danni.B 37]

I've been researching this topic for awhile now, but it doesn't seem like a common question. Our situation is as following:

 

My Fiance (the petitioner) is an US citizen by birth, but lived in Canada his entire life. He moved to LA in Feb. and started a short-term academic program which will end in July. Our NOA2 was last week, and now we are getting ready for the next step. Since he never worked in the US, his income reported on US tax return was all oversea income since he was 18yr old. He does have 3yr tax return documents, but does not have an employment letter or a job at the moment. His income in Canada was approx. $70k as a software developer in the past several years, but it doesn't mean anything when it comes to i-134 current income. He won't have any problem getting a good job once he finishes the current program; but I think our interview will actually be sooner than that. 

 

So we will have to use assets only for i-134. The issue is that he has less savings/assets than me. Will this be a problem for us? Does the petitioner have to have majority of the assets?

He has approx. $30k in stocks, (he's been living off his savings since moved to the US)

I have approx. $90k in stocks and I own a condo in Vancouver CAD$550k minus mortgage $180k = Equity approx. USD$274k based on the sh*tty exchange rate right now... btw, I plan to sell this property in 1-2yrs.

 

Does the interview officer consider our employment history and background in Canada? We make decent income right now working in tech and finance industry. And we both will continue making the same if not more working in the same industry in LA. Will they also take our age into account? I think that we are in a decent financial situation considering that we are 30yr old. Living cost in Vancouver is similar to LA.

 

Any suggestions on what to say during the interview to make it a stronger argument for our situation and what to bring as evidence? We just really don't want to use his aunt as a co-sponsor... Any thoughts from anyone that has experience with consulate in Montreal would be much appreciated!!!

[Lemonslice 4,843]

I would prepare the documents to use his aunt as a cosponsor. It seems that your fiance's assets are not sufficient and Montreal usually does not consider the immigrant's income or assets.  Submitting any documentation to the consulate in Montreal after the interview can had 2-3 months of professing time...

 

By the time you get married, your spouse income should be sufficient and he could fill the I864 on his own.

Edited May 26, 2017 by Lemonslice

[Danni.B 37]

Thank you for the suggestion! @Lemonslice

[Danni.B 37]

Does anyone else have similar circumstances? It's so hard to get more suggestions on this issue.

Edited June 4, 2017 by Danni_xo

[Lemonslice 4,843]

I'm sorry no one is bringing creative solutions, Montreal is quite strict on these requirements.