APRIL 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[Xiaova 1,480]

Wow a lot of updates came in after mid day.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
70000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
71000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
71500: 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (1 new / 1 in progress)
72000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 1 Other (5 new / 2 in progress)
73000: 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
74500: 5 Approvals, 2 RFESs (3 new / 4 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 4 RFESs, 1 RFER (3 new / 2 in progress)
76000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
76500: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs (2 new / 2 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 2 Others (8 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress)
79500: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs, 2 RFERs (13 new / 5 in progress)
80000: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs (16 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 5 Approvals (5 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 17 Approvals (14 new / 3 in progress)
81500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
05/23/22: 117 Total Updates: 64 Approvals, 34 RFESs, 13 RFERs, 2 Withdrawals, and 4 Others

 

March (22 - 17 approvals) + April (117) + May (4 - 2 approvals - expedite?) + June (9) = 152 total updates.

 

This is the most updates I seen them do in a day. I hope they can keep up this efficiency so we can finally catch up with the backlog but just frustrated that they moved to the end of the month 😕 Good for the groups at the end of the month though.

Edited May 24, 2022 by Xiaova

[wenweichang 22]

26 minutes ago, Xiaova said:

Wow a lot of updates came in after mid day.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
70000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
71000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
71500: 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (1 new / 1 in progress)
72000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 1 Other (5 new / 2 in progress)
73000: 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
74500: 5 Approvals, 2 RFESs (3 new / 4 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 4 RFESs, 1 RFER (3 new / 2 in progress)
76000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
76500: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs (2 new / 2 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 2 Others (8 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress)
79500: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs, 2 RFERs (13 new / 5 in progress)
80000: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs (16 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 5 Approvals (5 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 17 Approvals (14 new / 3 in progress)
81500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
05/23/22: 117 Total Updates: 64 Approvals, 34 RFESs, 13 RFERs, 2 Withdrawals, and 4 Others

 

March (22 - 17 approvals) + April (117) + May (4 - 2 approvals - expedite?) + June (9) = 152 total updates.

 

This is the most updates I seen them do in a day. I hope they can keep up this efficiency so we can finally catch up with the backlog but just frustrated that they moved to the end of the month 😕 Good for the groups at the end of the month though.

Thank you for the updates, truly, your daily updates keep me sane. Totally understand your frustration, I wish they would have done it in chronological order. I’m so afraid they will move to May or June when there are still over thousand untouched April cases. That’s what happened to March filers. 

[SouthBound2022 32]

788**

Entering 14 months. I give up even looking. 

[tiredofwaiting112 17]

11 minutes ago, SouthBound2022 said:

788**

Entering 14 months. I give up even looking. 

 

Same. Have lost all hope. Today is my enquiry today but lets be honest that's useless. They are going to send a generic reply which in no way or form will help my case. 

[foxtacles 7]

11 hours ago, slavaskii said:

No, it's for both, though AoS is actually 5x 125% of minimum wage. So roughly $115k. I-134 is only 5x 100% of minimum wage.

I don't think that's accurate. According to the instructions: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-864instr.pdf

 

Quote

Item Number 10. Total Value of Assets. In order to qualify based on the value of your assets, the total value of your assets must equal at least five times the difference between your total household income and the current Federal Poverty Guidelines for your household size. However, if you are a U.S. citizen and you are sponsoring your spouse or child age 18 years of age or older, the total value of your assets must only be equal to at least three times the difference. If the intending immigrant is a foreign national orphan who will be adopted in the United States after he or she acquires legal permanent residence, and who will, as a result, acquire citizenship under section 320 of the INA, the total value of your assets need only equal the difference

 

So it seems to be either 5x 125% or 3x 125% (if you have married a USC). It's not quite obvious to me based on this paragraph if the 125% threshold also applies or if it's 100% though.

Edited May 24, 2022 by foxtacles

[E & E 14]

8 hours ago, Xiaova said:

Wow a lot of updates came in after mid day.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
70000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress)
71000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
71500: 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (1 new / 1 in progress)
72000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 2 RFERs, 1 Other (5 new / 2 in progress)
73000: 1 RFES, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress)
74500: 5 Approvals, 2 RFESs (3 new / 4 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 4 RFESs, 1 RFER (3 new / 2 in progress)
76000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
76500: 1 Approval, 3 RFESs (2 new / 2 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (3 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs, 2 Others (8 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 RFER, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress)
79500: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs, 2 RFERs (13 new / 5 in progress)
80000: 13 Approvals, 3 RFESs (16 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 5 Approvals (5 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 17 Approvals (14 new / 3 in progress)
81500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
05/23/22: 117 Total Updates: 64 Approvals, 34 RFESs, 13 RFERs, 2 Withdrawals, and 4 Others

 

March (22 - 17 approvals) + April (117) + May (4 - 2 approvals - expedite?) + June (9) = 152 total updates.

 

This is the most updates I seen them do in a day. I hope they can keep up this efficiency so we can finally catch up with the backlog but just frustrated that they moved to the end of the month 😕 Good for the groups at the end of the month though.

Super frustrating 😩 400 DAYS waiting…

 

so disappointed that they don’t move chronologically I’m just nervous that my case might be unlucky and get left out. I feel the pain for all the remaining March filers

[Edward&Lily 29]

5 hours ago, foxtacles said:

I don't think that's accurate. According to the instructions: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-864instr.pdf

 

 

So it seems to be either 5x 125% or 3x 125% (if you have married a USC). It's not quite obvious to me based on this paragraph if the 125% threshold also applies or if it's 100% though.

Where did you find that info?
So for I-134 Form, if there is no income from petitioner - we either have to prove we have 3x 100% poverty line income between us in assets OR we do a joint sponsor? 

[foxtacles 7]

16 minutes ago, Edward&Lily said:

Where did you find that info?
So for I-134 Form, if there is no income from petitioner - we either have to prove we have 3x 100% poverty line income between us in assets OR we do a joint sponsor? 

I was referring to Form I-864, which is required for AoS.

 

The instructions for I-134 don't explicitly mention any hard income/asset threshold requirements, so you may get away with the aforementioned 100% bar or even less, but since you will have to file I-864 soon after anyway it makes sense to aim to meet the requirements for that. In short, I'd recommend that at the filing of I-134 you can already demonstrate that you'll either have the 125% above poverty line income or assets: 3x 125% of poverty line if you are married to a USC; otherwise 5x 125%.

 

(or a combination thereof, there is some calculation examples in the I-864 instructions on page 10)

Edited May 24, 2022 by foxtacles

[slavaskii 886]

1 hour ago, foxtacles said:

I was referring to Form I-864, which is required for AoS.

 

The instructions for I-134 don't explicitly mention any hard income/asset threshold requirements, so you may get away with the aforementioned 100% bar or even less, but since you will have to file I-864 soon after anyway it makes sense to aim to meet the requirements for that. In short, I'd recommend that at the filing of I-134 you can already demonstrate that you'll either have the 125% above poverty line income or assets: 3x 125% of poverty line if you are married to a USC; otherwise 5x 125%.

 

(or a combination thereof, there is some calculation examples in the I-864 instructions on page 10)

Thank you for quoting the aforementioned instructions! I was not aware of it being 3x and not 5x for AoS if spouse is US citizen. I know we've repeatedly mentioned the 5x number for the I-134, though, so I'd love to find the exact wording from USCIS where that's outlined. I wonder why there's a difference. But yes, you're entirely right that the aim is to satisfy the latter, higher requirements (edit: is it actually higher in all cases?) of the I-864, so everyone should ensure they can demonstrate sufficient support for that. Thanks again for your insight!

 

Edit2: Here's also a link to a site that explains the I-134 as 5x 100% of the minimum wage.

Edited May 24, 2022 by slavaskii

[foxtacles 7]

23 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

I know we've repeatedly mentioned the 5x number for the I-134, though, so I'd love to find the exact wording from USCIS where that's outlined. I wonder why there's a difference.

I've yet to find an authoritative source for this claim. It is frequently cited on various immigration websites (boundless, citizenpath etc.) but is not mentioned anywhere on official USCIS instructions or guidelines (although I'd love to be corrected if anybody has further information). The reason for that is probably that Form I-134 functions as a multi-purpose affidavit of support of sorts that is also commonly requested before the issuance of B category visas and some others. Depending on the visa type, the income/asset requirements that an officer is looking for probably vary greatly.

 

So at this point my theory is that the "5x 100% requirement" is just a general rule of thumb that makes sense for K1 applicants that ended up being copy-pasted around the web, but not a hard requirement per se. I'd wager that if you can prove that you are able to meet the I-864 requirements, you have a very solid basis for the I-134 to be accepted as well.

Edited May 24, 2022 by foxtacles

[Edward&Lily 29]

58 minutes ago, foxtacles said:

I've yet to find an authoritative source for this claim. It is frequently cited on various immigration websites (boundless, citizenpath etc.) but is not mentioned anywhere on official USCIS instructions or guidelines (although I'd love to be corrected if anybody has further information). The reason for that is probably that Form I-134 functions as a multi-purpose affidavit of support of sorts that is also commonly requested before the issuance of B category visas and some others. Depending on the visa type, the income/asset requirements that an officer is looking for probably vary greatly.

 

So at this point my theory is that the "5x 100% requirement" is just a general rule of thumb that makes sense for K1 applicants that ended up being copy-pasted around the web, but not a hard requirement per se. I'd wager that if you can prove that you are able to meet the I-864 requirements, you have a very solid basis for the I-134 to be accepted as well.

Okay so I think, going by the I-864 form if your spouse is a USC the assets have to be 3x the difference  of 125% income. So for two household I believe:

 

HHS Poverty Income for 2 people:      $22,887

Sponsors Income:    $0 (just as an example if we are doing sponsorship purely through assets)

Difference you need to make up: $22,887

Multiply by: 3x

Minimum required net cash value of assets: $68,661 between both the sponsor and intending immigrant 

 

I think this is correct based off a 2-people household and and the sponsor being a United States citizen.
 

Again, this is if income is $0 and you are looking at assets to sponsor. 

[foxtacles 7]

37 minutes ago, Edward&Lily said:

I think this is correct based off a 2-people household and and the sponsor being a United States citizen.
 

Again, this is if income is $0 and you are looking at assets to sponsor. 

Yes, that looks correct to me!

[leviiathan 206]

In transit today. I hope a lot of others get the same❤️

[Edward&Lily 29]

15 minutes ago, MissLadyRea said:

In transit today. I hope a lot of others get the same❤️

Congratulations! We are nearly there!! My fiancé also received the email from the NVC today  London embassy.

[Daithifd 1]

Received the email from NVC today, but still no change on what the USCIS case status says (still "Case Received"). Anything to worry about there? Also, do I wait for the embassy to contact me regarding the interview now, and go from there?