RDJ2PITT

This is the first mention I have seen that the property must be sold, I assumed that having the ABILITY to liquify the asset within a year was enough?

Can you confirm that the property must be sold in this scenario? My partner wants to keep his assets in Brazil intact unless absolutely necessary so if this is correct we may have to go sponsor route

Thanks!

the sale does not have to occur prior to the interview,

but the sale has to occur within 1 year of the interview date and

reread your topic, i've a new post in there, hopefully it explains more and raises new questions for you to ponder.

Below is the reply we got today (super fast!) Now,it is My understanding that assets can be used to make up the difference? So if the income requirement is 30k (random numbers) and I make 20K then the foreign assets would need to be 5x the lacking amount in this example would equal 50k. That is correct info right?

Caro (a) requerente,

Ela poderá usar renda no Brasil mas o valor é 5 vezes maior que o informado no " poverty guide line".

Atenciosamente,
Best regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit
United States Consulate General
Rio de Janeiro - RJ –Brazil

Similar issue here.I (usc) do not have the required income for past years. Rejoining workforce now and applying for CR1 in a few months (after we are married) Although I have not lived in Brazil.We are hoping to combine his real estate(unsold) assets/cash assets in rio with my projected income to appease the requirement without a co-sponsor.

Today we wrote to the Rio consulate to see what their feelings are towards assets/what they prefer. We should hear back early next week and I will update when they do. Seems to me in your situation selling your property and depositing the money in her account would be preferable because of the 3x(US) vs. 5x(foreign) requirement but considering Brazilian taxation on exporting money I really could not say. Good luck to us all.

So this is the situation. I am a student who does not meet support threshold ( I make <10k/yr US) My foreign partner has assets (land/cash) thats meets the 5x asset test. However I have read that not all consulates accept this. How do i find out if the Rio consulate is friendly to asset heavy proof of support provided by foreign spouse?

Thanks so Much!

Rdj2Pitt