Immigrant spouse assets offsetting income under poverty guidelines

[journeyman76 0]

Hello fellow journeyers,

I have a couple of questions on the immigrant spouse's income being enough to qualify for asset approval for the couple. After qualifying under the K-1 for 100% of the poverty guidelines, now I find out we need 125% on this next round with the I-864. Oy vay! We're under the 125% poverty guidelines by about $3000 taking the sponsor into account. However, the immigrant spouse has $35,000. By listing that on line 28 of the I-864, does that cover us for approval? It says that the total value of all assets on line 29 has to be 3 times the difference between the poverty guidelines and the sponsor's household income. Say that difference is $3000, does that mean we've got to have at least $9000 in other assets to qualify?

The spouse's assets are in the bank in Brazil. What documentation will we need? Bank statement from the Brazilian bank?

Thanks very much for your help!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Yes to your math.

Re requirements, you will need a bank statement, but also proof the money has been there a while (rather than family putting the money there to make it look okay).

[journeyman76 0]

Yes to your math.

Re requirements, you will need a bank statement, but also proof the money has been there a while (rather than family putting the money there to make it look okay).

Thanks for your help!