i130 minimum income requirement issue and out of US cash (South African Rand) to meet 5x assets to sponsor the intending immigrant & 'DQ

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It would be very unusual for them to consider the beneficiary's assets for an immigrant visa.

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You are a blessing thank you for sharing this info. We submitted all of her proof of income and accounted for this on the first form. The proof we can transfer we never looked into so this will be good to be aware of. Please clarify- you included your mother's assets on the first I-864 and you included all the proof required (value of house minus mortgage etc) Yes we included all mother's assets on the first I-864 and yes we included all the proof required including value of house and all investments etc)

 

So they can decide to not accept my moms assets even though it more than qualifies? Also can they still reject if I have 30k in savings with only 5,500 short if they use AGI? In this case I am trying not to use my fiancé income but he can in a worst case scenario to qualify us which sounds like it helps given his income is low six figures, but will they have to qualify if my savings are in excess of the shortage or is there high level of discretion and they can still reject? - Correct, CO might decide they don't like your mother making up the short fall and they request a joint sponsor. 

Question: does your fiance live with you? would you use him as a joint sponsor or a household member? 

TBH: I would ask your fiance to prepare his own I-864 and use that as a back up when your mother goes to interview. You would still be the primary sponsor AND if you are planning on getting married you'll be combining your assets anyway... Yes live with fiancé.  Yes would use them as a joint sponsor.

 

If they reject will they give us another opportunity if we moved forward with no joint sponsor or do we have to do a joint sponsor prior without causing severe delays - NVC is giving you the option right now to prepare a joint sponsor to avoid future delays if the CO decides to not accept the current I-864. They will give your mother a 221G and request a joint sponsor. US Consulate in SA can be extremely slow after an RFE. One member had to wait months for his fiance to receive her visa after she did not bring her PCC to the interview. Others have reported delays because the embassy was waiting on medicals.  Thank you for the advice on scheduling medical before the interview. Can you complete the medical appointment before the interview or only schedule the appointment?

 

lastly once we are DQ'ed which we are on the current status how long until interview would take place? - I'm not sure maybe 2-4 months? I didn't keep up with interviews out of SA because I interviewed in another country. But, there is no real backlog to my knowledge. 

 

This should cover the rest of the questions  Thank you so much again for all of your help and efficiency! We are so appreciative of you taking the time to provide such wonderful advice and tips!

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

It would be very unusual for them to consider the beneficiary's assets for an immigrant visa.

Instructions on I-864 state you can use the immigrants assets if there is a shortfall:

Part 7. If your total household income does not meet the requirement, you may submit evidence of the value of your assets, the sponsored immigrant’s assets, and/or assets of a household member that can be used, if necessary, for the support of the intending immigrants. The value of assets of all of these persons may be combined in order to meet the necessary requirement.

 

But, I'm not sure how strict the embassy in SA is, how old the intending immigrant is... and other factors that might impact a request for joint sponsor.