Specific $$$ amount I must have in the bank

[motoperpetuo 3]

hi! my fiancee is ukrainian, and our visa application was approved by immigration about a month ago. she's scheduled her interview with the embassy in kiev for august 23.

i just got off the phone with her, and she says that a ukrainian lawyer told her that i must have at least $16500 in my bank account to prove that i can support her. she also says that the forms she got from the embassy state specific dollar amounts the sponsor (me in this case) must have in the bank, based on family size and what state the family will live in.

has anyone heard of this? if so, is there a government website out there that gives the specific dollar amounts that one must have in the bank to get married?

thanks!

[JenT 0]

Depending upon your Embassy's requirements, you'll need to provide either an I-134 or an I-864 Affadavit of Support for your fiancee to present during her interview. You can check the USCIS web site for the guidelines for each of these forms...

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...ne&cty=Kiev

Jen

edited to add Embassy info link...

Edited July 26, 2006 by JenT

[William33 110]

As an add on to JenT's comment, if you have a job that exceeds the "poverty line" of income, you should be good to go. Money in the bank, or other appreciable assets are only necessary if you fall below the poverty line.

As JenT outlined, these affidavits say it all... Additionally, you should perform due dilligence at the applicable Embassy website, as JenT linked.

Good luck in your process.

Depending upon your Embassy's requirements, you'll need to provide either an I-134 or an I-864 Affadavit of Support for your fiancee to present during her interview. You can check the USCIS web site for the guidelines for each of these forms...

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...ne&cty=Kiev

Jen

edited to add Embassy info link...

Edited July 26, 2006 by William33

[motoperpetuo 3]

As an add on to JenT's comment, if you have a job that exceeds the "poverty line" of income, you should be good to go. Money in the bank, or other appreciable assets are only necessary if you fall below the poverty line.

As JenT outlined, these affidavits say it all... Additionally, you should perform due dilligence at the applicable Embassy website, as JenT linked.

Good luck in your process.

Depending upon your Embassy's requirements, you'll need to provide either an I-134 or an I-864 Affadavit of Support for your fiancee to present during her interview. You can check the USCIS web site for the guidelines for each of these forms...

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...ne&cty=Kiev

Jen

edited to add Embassy info link...

thanks for the replies. what you're saying makes sense to me. it seems that if there were specific dollar amounts that i must have in the bank, that would be mentioned somewhere on the i-134.

what this ukrainian lawyer is saying seems nonsensical, so i tend to disbelieve it. however, the immigration process is nonsensical enough that it's got me a little worried. thanks for responding. if anyone else has any input on this topic, please chime in. thanks!

[JenT 0]

Lawyers.

[Marc and Olga 0]

Lawyers.

[Yodrak 7]

motoperpetuo,

There is no requirement that one have a bank account, let alone how much money must be in one.

Sounds like there has been some misunderstanding about $ amounts, family size, and state of residence - sounds like the basis for income requirements, not bank balance.

Yodrak

hi! my fiancee is ukrainian, and our visa application was approved by immigration about a month ago. she's scheduled her interview with the embassy in kiev for august 23.

i just got off the phone with her, and she says that a ukrainian lawyer told her that i must have at least $16500 in my bank account to prove that i can support her. she also says that the forms she got from the embassy state specific dollar amounts the sponsor (me in this case) must have in the bank, based on family size and what state the family will live in.

has anyone heard of this? if so, is there a government website out there that gives the specific dollar amounts that one must have in the bank to get married?

thanks!

Edited July 26, 2006 by Yodrak

[seldi 1]

And THAT is why I don't have a lawyer.

[Alex+R 0]

And THAT is why I don't have a lawyer.

meeeeeeee too.

[gogal2020 0]

Well, out of what I heard from a lawyer here, in US. If your fiancee is from Ukraine, you can just go there, marry her, and within weeks or one month I think, she will have a visa to get into US. It is only in Ukraine you can do this. My fiancee is from Russia, so close, yet not possible for me.

Mike.

[Erik 0]

Yeah certainly not correct, actually I believe $16,500 is the poverty line or very close to it. So you need to prove you make %125 of that, not have it in your bank account.

He probably just wanted to see how much money you had before he wrote up your bill

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

As far as I understand, it's that you must make that amount within a year. Not actually have access to those funds at anyone time.

If that WAS the case, I would be SOL that is for shizzle.

Cass (bebop the great)

[Erik 0]

As far as I understand, it's that you must make that amount within a year. Not actually have access to those funds at anyone time.

If that WAS the case, I would be SOL that is for shizzle.

Cass (bebop the great)

Just a slight correction, if that is the poverty line for his household, he must make 125% of that amount, so actually it would be something like $20,640 or so.

[Yodrak 7]

Point of clarification - for adjustment of status yes, for a K visa not necessarily. I-864 (immigration) requirements do not apply to the non-immigrant K visas.

Yodrak

As far as I understand, it's that you must make that amount within a year. Not actually have access to those funds at anyone time.

If that WAS the case, I would be SOL that is for shizzle.

Cass (bebop the great)

Just a slight correction, if that is the poverty line for his household, he must make 125% of that amount, so actually it would be something like $20,640 or so.

[Erik 0]

Actually, there is a limit, you are NOT allowed to have MORE than $6,500 in your bank account. So, if you do have $16,500 in there, let me be the first here to extend my helpful hand and tell you I will gladly accept a cashiers check in the amount of $10,000. Of course, I won't charge you anything for my services... just trying to be helpful