Zhongguo

COOL! Thanks much, that's what I hoped to hear, was at least one time someone was successful using assets. :+)

Compared to many other cultures Americans are thought of as very "legally, to the letter of the law", very specific. But this is crazy. Is there no legal definition of “usable asset”? Does the money have to be in the bank 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 10 years??

Has anyone had any luck asking them?? Being in China I have to use the embassy in Guangzhou. On their site they have a message window for questions; http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/immigrant-visa-unit-question.html

I tried it once. After our interview when they said: “Need a cosponsor”. Because on my initial I-864 I had showed a letter from the banks legal department where dad had his living trust drawn up, specifications of what I was to get in the inheritance. (But the money wasn’t “in my bank account” yet). So after we got home like about 2 days later the money was released. So I went to the contact form and asked them “if I could submit a printout showing the money IS NOW IN the bank” Instead of a cosponsor? They DID reply! Their WHOLE reply was: “You can submit what you want”. With such a “noncommittal reply” I have been reluctant to ask anything else for fear of pissing them off. BUT, I may ask them soon. I don’t want to ask anyone else to sign this legal contract, I-864, putting themselves “on the line” like that when I CAN (by their own rules) do it!

I AM VERY sad to see gwinne's message that the NVC told her they "don't look at assets". I have a similar situation. I have lived in China 12 years now and have no job back in the States. But, I am married to a Chinese lady and want us to maove to the States. When I first started this procedure (over a year ago) my father was going to sponsor my wife, but he died before we were finished. So now I am trying to sponsor. We had the interview and they told us we needed a cosponsor. THEN, my inheritence was released. So, instead of submitting a cosponsor I-864 like they said I submitted a printout showing $200,000 in the bank (a joint account with my wife, in the States). They replied back: "Need a cosponsor"... I think WHAT??!! That is WAY over the: 2 people X 125% X 3 Years = $58,000

So, my question, if we can't use assets, why does the instruction page on their website say we can? OR, IF we CAN, HOW?