Familiar-truck

thank you so much again!! I will read the instructions and like you said become an A-student! To be honest I have a hard time understanding these legal issues, that is why we hired someone! Many thanks

Thank you so much for your answer!! Understood who is who in process. About this: "equity in the primary residence is not considered to liquid. This is made very clear in the I-864 instructions." I am following your advice, and now I am reading all those instructions. I had not read them before because we hired an immigration lawyer, so I didn't read anything and relied on them. Sorry for asking but where in the instruction does it say that the value of the primary residence is not considered to liquid? I can't find that part; and what do you mean by this: "The petitioner is not applying for anything (said that already) and his parents are not applying for green cards. They are applying for immigrant visas." Please excuse my ignorance, but aren't the immigrant visa and green card are the same process? The attorney who filled out the forms didn't want to include my parents' assets or my husband salary and said we cannot use them because are in a foreign country, and only assets in the US are accepted. So, in the I864 they only used my house because it is the only asset we have here in the US. I asked again two days ago and the lastest answer I got from them is this: "We cannot provide a definitive answer because it will ultimately be up to the consular officer. They should bring documentation regarding their properties and investments, as well as your husband's recent pay stubs, and allow the consular officer to make a decision". I really don't know what to do! They don't want to fill out a new I864 form now, and I don't know if waiting until the interview will be too late and my parents could get rejected and lose all the time and money they have spent on this process. Thank you so much again!!

That's the last thing we want. We really don't have anyone to ask for that. And I think even if we did, my parents wouldn't want to put anyone outside into the position of signing anything to take responsibility for them.

thank you for your answer! I asked again to the immigration lawyer, and their answer was: "We cannot provide a definitive answer because it will ultimately be up to the consular officer. They should bring documentation regarding their properties and investments, as well as your husband's recent pay stubs, and allow the consular officer to make a decision". I really don't know what to think! if this has to be on the I864 or if it is enough as they say to bring the supporting documentation the day of the interview without presenting anything beforehand. yes, I am the us citizen and the petitioner

I am the US citizen, and I am a petitioner for my parents.

thank you yes they are

the principal immigrant/principal applicant are my parents, and they do have assets but, in another country, not in the US.

Hi, thank you so much for your answer! That is a good question! the thing is, we hired an immigration lawyer and his paralegal, and I asked them to use my parents assets, and my husband pay stubs from other country, and they told me we cannot use my parents' assets (properties, investments, money in the bank, their company profits, etc.) or my husband's salary because all of them are in a foreign country, and only assets in the US are accepted. So, in the I864 they only used my house because that is the only asset we have here in the US.

Hello, thank you so much for your reply! What do you mean by "wait until you qualify" could they put on hold my parent's case until I get a job and qualify? or If at the interview we don't meet the requirements they will reject our case and, in the future, when I qualify, will we have to do everything again?

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.