lizz567

If I haven't exhausted your patience already, would you mind elaborating? I've tried researching this but got mixed/unclear information. If it's because of the *type* of asset, and they want something more liquid, that would be something we could solve, which is why I'm curious.

is this because the assets would be real estate, or because assets aren't allowed to help bridge the income gap, period?

thank you for the replies. I don't think we'd be able to find an alternative joint sponsor who has more money, unfortunately, so some of the financial requirement would likely need to be covered by real estate assets if that's an option. Maybe it would be possible for us to do it this way? Or is it likely our application would be rejected?

Yes, I can prove that I was in the US for more than 5 years (spent my whole childhood & adolescence there, left when I was 24)

I (US citizen) have been living in the Czech Republic with my husband for 7 years and we've been married for 2 years. We'd like to move to the US in 4 years and therefore will probably start the IR1 application process in 2 years, to give it enough time. I'm trying to get my head around the paperwork early just to avoid a situation where it turns out we won't be able to move to the US after all. Also, we're planning to have a baby and I'd do the paperwork to make sure the baby is a US citizen by the time we'd apply. First question: we'd all still live be living in CZ when we'd be filling out the IR1 and I-864. I'd be able to provide a non-expired US driver's license and (hopefully) a bank account to prove intent to domicile - would that be enough? Or am I approaching this incorrectly? Other questions: one of my parents would need to joint-sponsor us, so my mom would also need to fill out an I-864, if I understand correctly. They're retired and make a few thousand dollars under the federal poverty line for a household size of 3. But with their real estate assets it would be enough. Their land, excluding the part their house is on, would push them over the threshold by itself, and if it's allowed, their primary residence + the land it's on would give a comfortable margin. Would we be able to do it this way or are all real estate assets a red flag on the I-864? Also, am I correct in thinking that the poverty threshold calculation would be for a household size of 3 - me, my husband, and (just assuming) a baby? Or would it be 5 - my parents, my husband, me, and the baby? Last question: there's no simpler way to get my husband into the US, right? 😁My dad moved to the US in the 70's and doesn't remember having to do any of this.