Bringing most up-to-date account statements to the interview

[Danmuji 14]

We sent in stocks and bank statements as part of sponsor's I-864 back May to NVC. So the additional asset portion of the I-864 form matches May's financial statements.

 

Our interview is in October this year, would bring most current(September's) or should we just bring the May's?

 

Thank you.

[Redro 4,611]

I would bring up to date financial statements.

I am aware people in South Korea usually bring up to date national pension documentation as proof of assets when interviewing at Seoul. You might want to bring the last 3 months of financial statements or maybe May to September to show you've maintained the balance. 

p.s is it possible to share your timeline? What was your priority date? 

Edited September 16, 2021 by planningahead

[Danmuji 14]

9 hours ago, planningahead said:

I would bring up to date financial statements.

I am aware people in South Korea usually bring up to date national pension documentation as proof of assets when interviewing at Seoul. You might want to bring the last 3 months of financial statements or maybe May to September to show you've maintained the balance. 

p.s is it possible to share your timeline? What was your priority date? 

Thank you. The pension documentation isn't option for us. Thus the need for stocks and other liquid asset proof... 

 

We petitioned around February and approved in early May.

[Redro 4,611]

36 minutes ago, Danmuji said:

Thank you. The pension documentation isn't option for us. Thus the need for stocks and other liquid asset proof... 

 

We petitioned around February and approved in early May.

We will also be using stocks and savings for support, and interviewing in Seoul. Is the petitioner currently living in Korea? I'm watching this case with interest as we are in a similar situation. 

[Danmuji 14]

On 9/17/2021 at 11:13 AM, Kor2USA said:

We will also be using stocks and savings for support, and interviewing in Seoul. Is the petitioner currently living in Korea? I'm watching this case with interest as we are in a similar situation. 

Yes, and we find this thread to be extremely helpful even though meant for K1:

 

 

[Redro 4,611]

6 hours ago, Danmuji said:

Yes, and we find this thread to be extremely helpful even though meant for K1:

 

 

Yep! Hoping it will be as simple for us. I know not all COs are the same though. I've read some applicants receive a RFE for not having enough proof the USC intends to re-establish domicile (even though the USCs Korean visa was about to expire) whilst others get their visa with minimal paperwork and proof (e.g just showing national pension balance and US bank account). 

[Redro 4,611]

On 9/16/2021 at 8:11 PM, Danmuji said:

We sent in stocks and bank statements as part of sponsor's I-864 back May to NVC. So the additional asset portion of the I-864 form matches May's financial statements.

 

Our interview is in October this year, would bring most current(September's) or should we just bring the May's?

 

Thank you.

Did the consulate accept assets in place of a salary in the States/ did you update your statements? And what proof did you show to indicate the petitioner was going to go back to the States? 

Read your review and the process seems to have gone relatively smoothly? 

[Danmuji 14]

16 minutes ago, Kor2USA said:

Did the consulate accept assets in place of a salary in the States/ did you update your statements?

The petitioner being self-employeed, we wanted overwhelming asset. Addition to the three years self-employeed income reported on the tax transcript, we submitted US stock accounts of Roth, 401k, and personal statements.

 

Each of the three tax returns were over the $23k figure but per advice on VisaJourney for self-employeed folks, we included supplemental(stock) asset 

 

And what proof did you show to indicate the petitioner was going to go back to the States? 

We included petitioner's voting record, which showed voting as of 2019. They asked explicitly at the interview if I was going back to the states, to which we answered yes.

 

Read your review and the process seems to have gone relatively smoothly? 

Yes. We were first in and first out. Entered 7:30am and I think we left around 9:15. We prepared over 300 pages of additional proof including business bank statements, 6 months of utility and gas bill(to proof domicile), but none of that came into play. After the interview, it was my impression that the civil and financial documents sent to NVC are good enough.

 

During the interview, they asked several questions about beneficiary's volunteering in Colombia thorugh Korea gov. Like why/when/where . They seemed to look closely at the he "Colombian police report", (I put it in quotes because it was super sketchy compare to the 범죄기록증명서), which was printed off the Colombian police website per travel.state.gov instruction

Hope your case goes well.