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He is approved! All he has to do now is wait to get his passport back! For the update: I originally came on here asking for advice for our financial sponsorship. We were DQ'd at NVC but there was a note with the following: The income reported as stated on form I-864, I-864A is insufficient to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for visa issuance. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos and https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p. A consular officer will decide if you meet these requirements at the time of the interview. Note: You, as the sponsor, and any other sponsors household members and joint sponsors, must provide updated or additional evidence for the applicant to present at the time of their interview such as: * Other income * Assets * Proof of current employment Note: You submitted documentation to the National Visa Center through the Consular Electronic Application Center CEAC. You can continue to upload documents to CEAC up until the date of your visa interview. Most advice was that I needed another sponsor. Thing is, it was my mum sponsoring and she is $7000 over the required amount with assets. But PUSHBRK flat out said, My advice is to simply ignore everything in the message, except that part that says the Consular Officer will decide. Just expect them to do their job and get on with life. I have a lot of respect for PUSHBRK because I have been on these boards for a good while now and can see that he has a lot of knowledge. For that reason, I felt safe in trusting his advice. We did have a back up sponsor if needed but today, my husband was approved based on my mum's I-864 alone. PUSHBRK, if you are reading this, thank you so much! The success of our journey has a lot to do with your advice to us throughout the process. So thankful. CrazyCat, you are another that has offered us great advice and support, thank you too. We are so happy this part of our journey is nearly over. 600 days!

Thank you so much. With her social security and 2 pensions, she is $7000 over the minimum requirement for an 2 person household and she just turned 77. I also remember your advice from last year for my husband to show evidence of his share of a house he inherited from his parents. Hopefully, it will sell before his interview but he will take any evidence for all that. He should get about $100,000. Thank you again, so very much.

So do you think if they do their job, that would ential approving us? My mum is retired and most of ther income is not taxed but I did send in all the supporting documents that show all her payments. Her pensions don't show with her social security but are listed on her tax returns. Could that be it? That they are just looking at her social securtiy? That is lower than the poverty rate. It's her 2 pensions that take her over the requirement. So sorry about all these questions and thank you for your time in replying.

That puts my mind at ease. So it would be best to try and get their informaton and application uploded to the CEAC page? Do we have until the interview letter to upload? I need to check that. Is it ok for him to take the printouts to the interview for the joint sponsor?

Our case is currently at the NVC stage. My mom is sponsoring my husband. She is single and retired. She earns about $32,000 a year and a heafty savings account that has grown since it was opened. I'm currently a student and will finish in about 5 months so no income on my side. She also put the value of her house down. So we submitted all my tax info and my I864 and she completed hers and we sent 3 years of tax transcripts and her retirement and pension statements that she get at tax time. I also submitted her savings account over the years that shows it has been there for a good while and growth. My husband has inherited 50% of his parents house that is currently for sale so should get about $100g's for his share. He plans on taking evidence when he get his interview. So message from NVC says they have accepted and approved our case. They are submitting docs to his local embassy for setting up his interview. It does say Documentarily Qualified. Then there is a message note that says; The income reported as stated on form I-864, I-864A is insufficient to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for visa issuance. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos and https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p. A consular officer will decide if you meet these requirements at the time of the interview. Note: You, as the sponsor, and any other sponsors household members and joint sponsors, must provide updated or additional evidence for the applicant to present at the time of their interview such as: * Other income * Assets * Proof of current employment Note: You submitted documentation to the National Visa Center through the Consular Electronic Application Center CEAC. You can continue to upload documents to CEAC up until the date of your visa interview How should I interpret this? I do have someone willing to sponsor but my mum is $7000 over. I know that isn't much but it's still over. Could it be it's referring to my i864 or both mine and my mums? Would it be best to wait till the interview and then give the documents for joint sponsor if needed? If so, can my husband just print it all out to give to them? I'm in the states and he is in the UK. Any insight or advice, I would be so thankful. We are so happy to be at this stage, I just want to make sure I understand everything. I was hoping my mom's income and savings with our house sale money would have been enough but still thankful to be at this stage.

You follow along with others and you will see clusters of them getting approvals. Sometimes, it's here and other times, it is not. There is an estimator on this website and mine was all over place but in the end, it was near spot on. I had, any day now for about 10 days. You can go to your account and then timeline and enter as much data as you have and it will give you an estimate. Please note that there really any clear cut reason for an applicant to be processed or there might be more involvement on a case that means it might be a bit longer. These estimates are just that, an estimate.

Thank you so much for clarifying

I wasn’t looking to combine those files but comparing with another file to see if that was the reason I was having an issue with a different file. I wasn’t trying to combine them. I think I’m just confused on the password protection where it says don’t submit password protected files. But your words say if you can open them then that is all I need for submission and they will be able to open as well.

I downloaded from the IRS site using my ID Me log in and downloaded them. When I went to combine into 1, I can’t because they are password protected. This is my first time doing this so not sure if I downloaded the right thing but it does say Tax transcript at the top.

Any time then! Mine came through later in the day. We are at NVC. Got email less than a week after i130 approval. Paid on Sunday and wasn’t cleared till Wednesday evening. Going to start uploading docs tonight. Make sure any files have passwords removed. My tax transcripts have passwords on them. Also, filling the I864 on the pdf download was locked too.

Approved!!!!!! Priority Date: 18 March 2024 Approved: 2 June 2025 Texas service centre

Yes, only CR1/IR1 is being approved for March 2024. I shared the link because that gives the timeline for your specific category.

The processing times will be on the current visa bulletin which they update monthly. You can follow that each month. This is the current linkhttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-may-2025.html

Congratulations!

We can’t direct to groups outside of this forum but they are moving at a good pace. My visa journey estimate now says Any Day!!!! I’m 18 March. Congrats!!!!