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Please help!! My parents' GC interview was scheduled, but I'm really worried about the Affidavit of Support

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Hi everyone, I am a US citizen, and I have applied for a green card for my parents. They have just been scheduled for their interview in the country they are from for January 2025. On the I-864A form we used US "Assets" because my husband and I were unemployed in 2023, so we filled zero income in our 2023 tax return, so we used the cash equality of our home (assessed value minus mortgage debt) which is higher than the minimum required for this case. But we got a response from the NVC saying that my parents were "DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED" but the income reported on I-864 form "is insufficient to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for visa issuance" and they said that "an additional Affidavit of support, Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted". We have absolutely no one to ask for this favor so I am very worried if they will accept our house Assets? or if my parents GC will be rejected? What can we do? My husband got a remote job and gets paid in another country abroad, so we could submit his 2024 pay stubs but they are from the US, they are from another country. My parents have money in an American bank but is not enough to gather the minimum required cash amount for a family of 4 which I was told is 130K USD. Could we submit my parents' assets in their home country? they are wealthy, have several properties, businesses, money in the bank and they will never really need any financial support. Please tell me what can I do. would really appreciate your help.

 

 

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20 hours ago, Familiar-truck said:

Hi everyone, I am a US citizen, and I have applied for a green card for my parents. They have just been scheduled for their interview in the country they are from for January 2025. On the I-864A form we used US "Assets" because my husband and I were unemployed in 2023, so we filled zero income in our 2023 tax return, so we used the cash equality of our home (assessed value minus mortgage debt) which is higher than the minimum required for this case. But we got a response from the NVC saying that my parents were "DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED" but the income reported on I-864 form "is insufficient to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for visa issuance" and they said that "an additional Affidavit of support, Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted". We have absolutely no one to ask for this favor so I am very worried if they will accept our house Assets? or if my parents GC will be rejected? What can we do? My husband got a remote job and gets paid in another country abroad, so we could submit his 2024 pay stubs but they are from the US, they are from another country. My parents have money in an American bank but is not enough to gather the minimum required cash amount for a family of 4 which I was told is 130K USD. Could we submit my parents' assets in their home country? they are wealthy, have several properties, businesses, money in the bank and they will never really need any financial support. Please tell me what can I do. would really appreciate your help.

 

 

Seems like the only way forward is either joint sponsor or wait until you qualify. 

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2 hours ago, MSSF said:

Yes, principal applicant can use their assets. Why you didn’t write them when u filled i864? 

But OPs principal applicant is not the one with assets, it's their parents. Assets are hit or miss and it depends whether they're liquid and there's enough.

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3 hours ago, OldUser said:

But OPs principal applicant is not the one with assets, it's their parents. Assets are hit or miss and it depends whether they're liquid and there's enough.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/i-864-affidavit-faqs.html#:~:text=actual household income.-,What can be used as assets%3F,%2C stocks%2C bonds and property.

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9 hours ago, OldUser said:

How so? It's not the parents but US citizen spouse petitioning a foreigner.

US citizen spouse will always be the principal applicant on I-864 and their parents can be joint sponsors.

 

Principal applicant is the intending immigrant who is suppose to come, above post shows they applied for parents greencard. Means they r principal applicant n can use their assets on i864

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