I-864 - how to enter assets

[trailmix 77]

Ok so going along in this form (I864 aff of support).

When using assets (this is probably just being paranoid but...)

Say you have 60000.00 in assets in Canadian dollars in your joint account. Do you:

1) Divide these assets equally between the U.S. citizen and the immigrant - or is it ok to just enter it all under 'Your Assets' - item 26.

2) Do I need to convert the Canadian dollars in to U.S. dollars for this figure?

Thanks!

[Rings 10]

The I-864 is filled out by the US CItizen to ensure that there is not a public charge. I think you would have to convert that into American Dollars, but you should wait for another opinion because I am not wholly sure

[moonhunt 1]

Ok so going along in this form (I864 aff of support).

When using assets (this is probably just being paranoid but...)

Say you have 60000.00 in assets in Canadian dollars in your joint account. Do you:

1) Divide these assets equally between the U.S. citizen and the immigrant - or is it ok to just enter it all under 'Your Assets' - item 26.

2) Do I need to convert the Canadian dollars in to U.S. dollars for this figure?

Thanks!

I think it depends.

Who owns the asset legally ?

If it is bank account, who is account owner registered in the bank ?

If it is joint account, which list both of you as owner, yes, you can divide equally, and use half for you, and another half for your other legal owner.

But if it is registered only by your canadian (soon-to-be) spouse, you can not claim it as your asset, and you may have to use I-864A for your canadian (soon-to-be) spouse as co-sponser.

I think all foreign currency should be converted to U.S. Dollar amount for I-864 purpose.

[pushbrk 12,892]

Ok so going along in this form (I864 aff of support).

When using assets (this is probably just being paranoid but...)

Say you have 60000.00 in assets in Canadian dollars in your joint account. Do you:

1) Divide these assets equally between the U.S. citizen and the immigrant - or is it ok to just enter it all under 'Your Assets' - item 26.

2) Do I need to convert the Canadian dollars in to U.S. dollars for this figure?

Thanks!

I think it depends.

Who owns the asset legally ?

If it is bank account, who is account owner registered in the bank ?

If it is joint account, which list both of you as owner, yes, you can divide equally, and use half for you, and another half for your other legal owner.

But if it is registered only by your canadian (soon-to-be) spouse, you can not claim it as your asset, and you may have to use I-864A for your canadian (soon-to-be) spouse as co-sponser.

I think all foreign currency should be converted to U.S. Dollar amount for I-864 purpose.

Well, I think if you're married and it's a joint account you can list it all as an asset. On the other hand, if you qualify on income alone, you can simply leave all asset related portions of the form blank, as per the instructions that come with the form. Yes, convert to USD.

[trailmix 77]

I will convert to U.S. dollars, thanks for your replies

[Lansbury 19]

We showed all of our assets and didn't divide them in half.

All amounts should be shown in US dollars. Interestedly when we filled out our form and did this no-one questioned us about what conversion rate we had used.