Income/Assets Requirement

[Canadaeh! 1]

Hello, 

 

Me and my husband both currently living and working in Canada. I am a US Citizen and as we both decided to move to US now, I filed DS-260 and I-864 to sponsor my husband to become permanent resident of USA. I do not have a source of income in US as I work in Canada and have Canadian income. I have been filing yearly taxes in US though. We decided to use our combined assets in lieu of income. We have more than 200K of assets, as per the I-864 instruction guideline, we multiplied the income shown in poverty guideline(2 person household) which is $20,300 by 3 which is approximately $70,000 USD. Yesterday we got the following messages in CEAC : 

<Sponsor> does not appear to meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants for this case. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview. To view the current poverty guidelines, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864p.pdf. In order to avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 for a joint sponsor to assist in sponsoring the intending immigrants may be submitted. If joint sponsor is used to assist in sponsoring the intended immigrants, please note that a Form I-864EZ may not be used and a Form I-864 must be submitted, if it has not been already.

 

We called in to the call center at  NVC, the agent advised that they only look at Last year US tax filing, which shows insufficient income so the above comment by them. They do not review the assets and other information submitted by us and the US embassy in Montreal would review this.

 

My question is that should I wait for the Interview and risk a rejection or have my parents become co-sponsor on this application? Has anyone been in the same situation. Can you please advise or share your experience on this matter? 

Note : We have also provided sufficient proof of US domicile.

Thank you in advance.

[Lemonslice 4,841]

I'm not sure about the assets, but since you're currently living in Canada, you might want to look at this thread: 

 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Canadaeh! 1]

On 12/27/2017 at 6:30 PM, Lemonslice said:

Thank you for the reply LemonSlice, the link was helpful for confirming the domicile information we have submitted. I am still looking for advice or experiences of fellow member of VJ who may have gone through the same situation as me.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure about the assets, but since you're currently living in Canada, you might want to look at this thread: 

 

 

[pushbrk 12,883]

NVC always sends that notice when income is not sufficient.  Assets are not evaluated at NVC.  The Consular officer will do that.  If the assets are liquid and properly documented, no problem.

[Canadaeh! 1]

Thank you pushbrk