Patrick_M

Thanks very much! I just read through it.. congrats on making it to the other end! I saw a bit in the comments about people showing employment contracts as further support of livelihood. Even when the employment is abroad (and therefore income ineligible). Did you consider this or has anyone else seen this being helpful?

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. I've pushed back on my lawyer to give us more of an explanation for what he's telling us. Regarding the use of assets: Would it raise any red flags if my wife were to transfer money into my US account? Just so it's all in one place and easy to verify. Are there any problems with claiming a tax deferred 401k account as part of liquid assets? There would be a penalty to theoretically liquidate.

Thanks very much for the reply. Here are his exact words: "Recently, National Visa Center does not accept the assets as the financial resources to support the intending immigrant, especially when the petitioner is also outside of the States." Between my wife and I we have over 100k in assets which could be easily converted to cash in less than 1 year and we have no dependents. Some of our assets are here in Germany, some in the US, and some in Korea. As well I have a 401k but I was told that didn't count. I believe he's drawing on his own experience so I'm wondering if anyone has seen this recently? Or maybe I should push back on him to do a bit more research. Time is on our side for the moment as we only just filed the application a week ago.

Hi All, My wife and I live in Germany, I'm a US citizen and she is a Korean citizen. I've just recently filed our I-30 application with the help of an attorney. Since we're both living abroad I'm aware that our income does not count so we were planning on using my assets in order to complete her sponsorship. Our attorney said the other day that "recently" the USCIS is not accepting assets as means of sponsorship and that I would have to either get a US based job or find a joint sponsor. Has this been anyone else's experience? Thanks in advance, Patrick