Adjustment of Status RFE for the I-864 income...... Assets or Joint Sponsor?

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

A Neighbor just sent her I-485 package a couple weeks ago.  Yesterday, they received an RFE for the I-864 income.  Would you use adequate assets to resubmit...or would you get a qualified joint sponsor with spouse?  Why?

 

 

Edited April 9 by Crazy Cat

[JeanneAdil 6,492]

crazycat

are assets liquidable"?

 

sizable savings

400 K 

whole life insurance policy that can be sold

 

home is harder to prove even with the appraisal and mortgage statement as how do u prove it could be sold in a year?

 

does he have a possible joint sponsor?  and if  so

how good is the joint sponsor and his/her income?

 

[Timona 4,207]

I would just get a JS. I don't like messing with assets

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

19 minutes ago, Timona said:

I would just get a JS. I don't like messing with assets

These are cash assets....liquid....and very substantial ($300K).  

In this case, I lean toward using the substantial cash assets....and a new I-864.

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

They sent the I-130 and I-485 packages just about 3 weeks ago.  I am surprised it is being processed so fast.

[Timona 4,207]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

These are cash assets....liquid....and very substantial ($300K).  

In this case, I lean toward using the substantial cash assets....and a new I-864.

 

Not well versed here. 

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@Redro

[Redro 4,611]

Qualified joint sponsor. 
I haven’t seen any successful cases of assets being used for AOS case. As you know we used assets for consular processing… but even that is hit or miss as some consulates don’t accept assets either and request JS. 

[wildbug100420 102]

8 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

They sent the I-130 and I-485 packages just about 3 weeks ago.  I am surprised it is being processed so fast.

New and improved processing time that goes along with the fee increase 😁

[GEOntificator 281]

On 4/9/2024 at 12:51 PM, Crazy Cat said:

They sent the I-130 and I-485 packages just about 3 weeks ago.  I am surprised it is being processed so fast.

I have been trying to monitor I-130s and I-485s in the recent months. Literally every day I see at least 5 cases that are within 50-100 days from submission get approved. It is crazy.. I see these approvals on different forums and platforms.

[Redro 4,611]

26 minutes ago, GEOntificator said:

I have been trying to monitor I-130s and I-485s in the recent months. Literally every day I see at least 5 cases that are within 50-100 days from submission get approved. It is crazy.. I see these approvals on different forums and platforms.

Yep. Be aware USCIS isn’t about that FIFO life. So, some people get approved fairly quickly while other cases are left behind for a year or so… Hopefully most people get a quick approval. 

[GEOntificator 281]

2 hours ago, Redro said:

Yep. Be aware USCIS isn’t about that FIFO life. So, some people get approved fairly quickly while other cases are left behind for a year or so… Hopefully most people get a quick approval. 

Yep. My personal opinion is that USCIS is indeed improving reviewing times of certain applications but all that is at the expense of leaving the old backlog the same and taking care of new ones first... My mother's I-765 for approved in 23 days and I-131 in about 75. I have a feeling that I-130 and I-485 won't take longer than 6-9 months at best based on IR-5 approvals that I have seen recently. IR-1s seem to be following suit as well.

[OldUser 6,635]

5 minutes ago, GEOntificator said:

Yep. My personal opinion is that USCIS is indeed improving reviewing times of certain applications but all that is at the expense of leaving the old backlog the same and taking care of new ones first... 

That's the classical tactics by USCIS, I've seen it few times now. The only problem is, some get lucky but eventually the resources get shifted elsewhere and processing becomes slow without any warning. Good example is I-751. When I filed mine, California Service center was one of the fastest. Within a year it degraded to be one of the slowest, while Potomac improved.

Edited April 15 by OldUser