APRIL 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS

[Edward&Lily 29]

56 minutes ago, Nylar said:

Yep London embassy too. From my understanding of the Required Documents page, the I-134 isn't strictly required and you can use proof of liquid assets in place of it. My plan was to get a statement from my bank to show how much I have in my savings and declare to the officer I wish to self sponsor.

 

 

Okay thank you!! How much do we need to self sponsor ourselves do you reckon? I know the petitioner income has to be 125% above the poverty guidelines but it’s quite unclear. 

[Nylar 58]

19 minutes ago, Edward&Lily said:

Okay thank you!! How much do we need to self sponsor ourselves do you reckon? I know the petitioner income has to be 125% above the poverty guidelines but it’s quite unclear. 

I'm not sure, I've seen varying reports on VJ about what they accept from several thousand to 5 figures.

[slavaskii 885]

35 minutes ago, Edward&Lily said:

Okay thank you!! How much do we need to self sponsor ourselves do you reckon? I know the petitioner income has to be 125% above the poverty guidelines but it’s quite unclear. 

 

8 minutes ago, Nylar said:

I'm not sure, I've seen varying reports on VJ about what they accept from several thousand to 5 figures.

If using assets instead of any income to self-sponsor, you need to show proof of 5x the minimum wage threshold.

[Edward&Lily 29]

19 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

 

If using assets instead of any income to self-sponsor, you need to show proof of 5x the minimum wage threshold.

So it a two people household - would it be 5x the minimum household income of $18,310 (https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines) 

So if no income stated on the I-134,  assets for beneficiary and petition must equal at least $91,550??

[Nylar 58]

Surely that's for AoS? From what I have read you just need to prove you won't be a public charge until you have your EAD.

[slavaskii 885]

1 hour ago, Edward&Lily said:

So it a two people household - would it be 5x the minimum household income of $18,310 (https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines) 

So if no income stated on the I-134,  assets for beneficiary and petition must equal at least $91,550??

Yes, this is correct. If no income on the I-134, you're looking at 5x the minimum income needed for two people. Sorry I forgot about the two people thing; this version of the I-134 doesn't ask for household size, just dependents, which is a bit confusing. Plus, that's asked only for the income section, not asset section. My understanding is that work income goes under Item 15 and the assets you'll put forth to 'make up the difference' go into the following chart. 

 

For the group: do we say we have 1 dependent under the income section if we mean the beneficiary? Or if we live alone currently, it's '0'?

 

1 hour ago, Nylar said:

Surely that's for AoS? From what I have read you just need to prove you won't be a public charge until you have your EAD.

No, it's for both, though AoS is actually 5x 125% of minimum wage. So roughly $115k. I-134 is only 5x 100% of minimum wage.

[danli 25]

390 days of waiting.😢

[Xiaova 1,480]

Here are the mid day updates.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 1 Other (5 new / 0 in progress)
74500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (1 new / 2 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 3 RFESs (2 new / 1 in progress)
76500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs, 1 Other (3 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress)
79500: 7 Approvals, 3 RFESs (8 new / 2 in progress)
80000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 3 Approvals (2 new / 1 in progress)
05/23/22: 44 Total Updates: 19 Approvals, 22 RFESs, 1 Withdrawals,  and 2 Others (Both Notice was mailed)

 

Not a great start to the week. Huge amount of RFESs already and not a lot of updates in general. June only has 1 update (RFES).

 

Also 4 RFESs came in on Saturday for 80000 to 81000 groups.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Xiaova

[Charlotte070 68]

18 minutes ago, Xiaova said:

Here are the mid day updates.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 1 Other (5 new / 0 in progress)
74500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (1 new / 2 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 3 RFESs (2 new / 1 in progress)
76500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs, 1 Other (3 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress)
79500: 7 Approvals, 3 RFESs (8 new / 2 in progress)
80000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 3 Approvals (2 new / 1 in progress)
05/23/22: 44 Total Updates: 19 Approvals, 22 RFESs, 1 Withdrawals,  and 2 Others (Both Notice was mailed)

 

Not a great start to the week. Huge amount of RFESs already and not a lot of updates in general. June only has 1 update (RFES).

 

Also 4 RFESs came in on Saturday for 80000 to 81000 groups.

Wow this is horrendous. I’m very close to giving up and trying to find another option for my fiancé and I to be together 

[Pranav469 47]

2 hours ago, Xiaova said:

Here are the mid day updates.

 

69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress)
72500: 4 RFESs, 1 Other (5 new / 0 in progress)
74500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (1 new / 2 in progress)
75000: 2 Approvals, 5 RFESs (6 new / 1 in progress)
75500: 3 RFESs (2 new / 1 in progress)
76500: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress)
77500: 2 RFESs (2 new / 0 in progress)
78000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
78500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs, 1 Other (3 new / 1 in progress)
79000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress)
79500: 7 Approvals, 3 RFESs (8 new / 2 in progress)
80000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
80500: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress)
81000: 3 Approvals (2 new / 1 in progress)
05/23/22: 44 Total Updates: 19 Approvals, 22 RFESs, 1 Withdrawals,  and 2 Others (Both Notice was mailed)

 

Not a great start to the week. Huge amount of RFESs already and not a lot of updates in general. June only has 1 update (RFES).

 

Also 4 RFESs came in on Saturday for 80000 to 81000 groups.

Damn I was hoping this wouldn’t happen but the holiday weekend takes its toll again 😩

[Optimist19 775]

Did anyone else notice that the receipt date for inquiry got pushed back a few days? I was just checking now, and I noticed that I can inquiry Aug. 10 (it was Aug. 12 before). It looks like anyone through April 11 can now inquire. I hope this isn't a mistake. If it's not a mistake, then hopefully this is a good sign, even though it's only a few days different. They have to start somewhere... 

[Charlotte070 68]

25 minutes ago, Optimist19 said:

Did anyone else notice that the receipt date for inquiry got pushed back a few days? I was just checking now, and I noticed that I can inquiry Aug. 10 (it was Aug. 12 before). It looks like anyone through April 11 can now inquire. I hope this isn't a mistake. If it's not a mistake, then hopefully this is a good sign, even though it's only a few days different. They have to start somewhere... 

I saw that. I think it’s artificially decreased because of that huge June chunk they worked on instead of focusing on those waiting already over a year. I’m really afraid it will get pushed back again because so many filers are able to now file inquiries yet it looks like they didn’t do a lot of work in the earlier April groups today. Let’s see what the end of the day numbers look like 

[Optimist19 775]

6 minutes ago, Charlotte070 said:

I saw that. I think it’s artificially decreased because of that huge June chunk they worked on instead of focusing on those waiting already over a year. I’m really afraid it will get pushed back again because so many filers are able to now file inquiries yet it looks like they didn’t do a lot of work in the earlier April groups today. Let’s see what the end of the day numbers look like 

Very possible. Don’t give up hope you’re so close! I’m also worried about them pushing it again. Let’s hope they can stay caught up at least to the 13.5 months!

[Xiaova 1,480]

Is the case status page down for anyone else?

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

 

I get a "connection error(gateway_error)"

 

Just wanted to make sure I didn't get banned for scanning it too much 🤐🤣

[Xiaova 1,480]

10 minutes ago, Xiaova said:

Is the case status page down for anyone else?

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

 

I get a "connection error(gateway_error)"

 

Just wanted to make sure I didn't get banned for scanning it too much 🤐🤣

never mind seems to be back up again.