Silvia Marie

My fiancé just called me and woke me up, it is 3:36 am over here in Germany but he got a good reason: we are approved! 🎉
 
NOA1 2/8
NOA2 5/25
 
OMG I can't believe it I'm so relived and stressed at the same time. 😊
 
Good luck to all of you still waiting I'm pretty sure you will receive yours soon too.

As noted, your fiance's income is insufficient. He still needs to complete an I-134, but you do need the joint sponsor.
 
Assuming both you (the beneficiary) and the joint sponsor have no dependents, then the household size is 2 and the required income level for the I-134 in the continental US is $16,240. Since your joint sponsor only makes $14,784, that leaves a minimum gap of $1,456 for the joint sponsor to fulfill. If she is using assets to do so, then she needs to meet 5x that amount ($7,280).
For a house as an asset, she needs to show that she owns the house, current market value (usually via an appraisal), and any mortgages or other liens on it (to calculate equity/net value).
 
Once you get to the AOS stage and need to fulfill the I-864, the assets only need to be 3x the amount, but the amount is at the 125% level. So that means she needs to be at the $20,300. That leaves a gap of $5,516 this time, meaning she needs $16,548 in assets.
 
You cannot add income or assets across sponsors (unless they are family members in the same household and using the I-864A). A sponsor must individually meet the requirements. You can't double-dip.
 
The joint sponsor does not need to include the primary sponsor and his dependents. The joint sponsor only needs to take care of their own obligations (spouse, if any, and dependent children) + those of the intending immigrant. So if the joint sponsor is unmarried and has no other dependents, she only counts herself. If you have no kids, then you only count yourself. That leaves a household size of 2 for your joint sponsor.
 
The household size for your fiance is 3 (him, his kid, and you).

Thank you, we really appreciate it!
Hope yours will come very soon...probably today or in the next few days since our NOA1s are the same. 
Make sure to check your mailbox daily...your suprise will be there waiting for you! 
Good luck! 💪🏼💪🏼

Congrats, that's awesome!
Same NOA1 here, still waiting though.

Hi February filers,
 
I am all with you in our patiently waiting period.
 
My fiance did send our I-129F package on Jan 31 st to Dallas Lockbox and they received it today as USPS tracking shows.
 
Good luck to all of you and love to stay in contact and hear about all your updates.
 
Silvia

Hi February filers,
 
I am all with you in our patiently waiting period.
 
My fiance did send our I-129F package on Jan 31 st to Dallas Lockbox and they received it today as USPS tracking shows.
 
Good luck to all of you and love to stay in contact and hear about all your updates.
 
Silvia

Hello my fellow Feb filers, 
just wanted to push our thread up a little. 
 
How`s everybody doing? What are you all up to? Anybody up to visit or something?
 
We are kinda in the process of gathering documents for our affidavit of support and I am getting my vaccinations done cause unfortunately I have lost my vaccination records. 
I am planning to visit in June as both our bdays are in June but I will wait and see maybe, well hopefully we will have our NOA2 by then and if so I`d rather stay here and wait for consular interview.
 
In patient love
Silvia Marie

Same for us NOA1 yesterday in the mail (routed to CSC), the packet got received on Feb 8. 
 
 

WOOHOO!!! Good luck on a smooth & speedy process!
 
Now the real waiting begins lol

Hi February filers,
 
I am all with you in our patiently waiting period.
 
My fiance did send our I-129F package on Jan 31 st to Dallas Lockbox and they received it today as USPS tracking shows.
 
Good luck to all of you and love to stay in contact and hear about all your updates.
 
Silvia