NVC email about I864

[JonandMarie 0]

After processing my I864 the NVC said this...

The NVC has received the information you have submitted in reference to

the Affidavit of Support. Please be advised that the Affidavit of Support

information you have provided does not appear to meet the minimum

income requirement according to the current poverty guidelines to sponsor

the intending immigrant(s) for this petition. The consular officer will make

a decision regarding this requirement at the time of your interview. In

order to avoid delays, you may wish to submit an additional Affidavit of

Support (Form I-864) for a/another Joint Sponsor to the National Visa

Center to assist in sponsoring the intending immigrants. To view the

current poverty guidelines, visit

It is because I am doing an asset based support. No idea what it will be like at the interview for my wife. What questions they will ask her. Anyone else ever do an asset based CR1 visa successfully?

I called the NVC the gentlemen confirmed it is just a standard response since they can't certify the income based on assets.

[Ms Hogan 295]

It reads to me like they're letting you know now to find a joint sponsor rather than waiting until the interview to be denied/delayed based on it. I'm not familiar with this particular wording but that's how it reads to me since ultimately the officer at the interview is going to make the call. I think NVC can only let you know that what you submitted is not considered to be enough and offer you the option to add more now rather than have an unsuccessful interview. I'm no expert. That's how I read it and if it were my application I would be finding a joint sponsor. But only you know just how much you have in terms of assets and whether or not it meets the qualifications.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

They are sending this automatically because you have no income. They likely didn't look at the asset part much, if at all.

Some embassies are stricter about sponsoring with assets than other. In general, as long as you are very comfortably over the x3 amount and the assets are US based, you should be ok.