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Thank you so much. With her social security and 2 pensions, she is $7000 over the minimum requirement for an 2 person household and she just turned 77. I also remember your advice from last year for my husband to show evidence of his share of a house he inherited from his parents. Hopefully, it will sell before his interview but he will take any evidence for all that. He should get about $100,000. Thank you again, so very much.

So do you think if they do their job, that would ential approving us? My mum is retired and most of ther income is not taxed but I did send in all the supporting documents that show all her payments. Her pensions don't show with her social security but are listed on her tax returns. Could that be it? That they are just looking at her social securtiy? That is lower than the poverty rate. It's her 2 pensions that take her over the requirement. So sorry about all these questions and thank you for your time in replying.

That puts my mind at ease. So it would be best to try and get their informaton and application uploded to the CEAC page? Do we have until the interview letter to upload? I need to check that. Is it ok for him to take the printouts to the interview for the joint sponsor?

Our case is currently at the NVC stage. My mom is sponsoring my husband. She is single and retired. She earns about $32,000 a year and a heafty savings account that has grown since it was opened. I'm currently a student and will finish in about 5 months so no income on my side. She also put the value of her house down. So we submitted all my tax info and my I864 and she completed hers and we sent 3 years of tax transcripts and her retirement and pension statements that she get at tax time. I also submitted her savings account over the years that shows it has been there for a good while and growth. My husband has inherited 50% of his parents house that is currently for sale so should get about $100g's for his share. He plans on taking evidence when he get his interview. So message from NVC says they have accepted and approved our case. They are submitting docs to his local embassy for setting up his interview. It does say Documentarily Qualified. Then there is a message note that says; The income reported as stated on form I-864, I-864A is insufficient to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for visa issuance. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos and https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p. A consular officer will decide if you meet these requirements at the time of the interview. Note: You, as the sponsor, and any other sponsors household members and joint sponsors, must provide updated or additional evidence for the applicant to present at the time of their interview such as: * Other income * Assets * Proof of current employment Note: You submitted documentation to the National Visa Center through the Consular Electronic Application Center CEAC. You can continue to upload documents to CEAC up until the date of your visa interview How should I interpret this? I do have someone willing to sponsor but my mum is $7000 over. I know that isn't much but it's still over. Could it be it's referring to my i864 or both mine and my mums? Would it be best to wait till the interview and then give the documents for joint sponsor if needed? If so, can my husband just print it all out to give to them? I'm in the states and he is in the UK. Any insight or advice, I would be so thankful. We are so happy to be at this stage, I just want to make sure I understand everything. I was hoping my mom's income and savings with our house sale money would have been enough but still thankful to be at this stage.

You follow along with others and you will see clusters of them getting approvals. Sometimes, it's here and other times, it is not. There is an estimator on this website and mine was all over place but in the end, it was near spot on. I had, any day now for about 10 days. You can go to your account and then timeline and enter as much data as you have and it will give you an estimate. Please note that there really any clear cut reason for an applicant to be processed or there might be more involvement on a case that means it might be a bit longer. These estimates are just that, an estimate.

Thank you so much for clarifying

I wasn’t looking to combine those files but comparing with another file to see if that was the reason I was having an issue with a different file. I wasn’t trying to combine them. I think I’m just confused on the password protection where it says don’t submit password protected files. But your words say if you can open them then that is all I need for submission and they will be able to open as well.

I downloaded from the IRS site using my ID Me log in and downloaded them. When I went to combine into 1, I can’t because they are password protected. This is my first time doing this so not sure if I downloaded the right thing but it does say Tax transcript at the top.

Any time then! Mine came through later in the day. We are at NVC. Got email less than a week after i130 approval. Paid on Sunday and wasn’t cleared till Wednesday evening. Going to start uploading docs tonight. Make sure any files have passwords removed. My tax transcripts have passwords on them. Also, filling the I864 on the pdf download was locked too.

Approved!!!!!! Priority Date: 18 March 2024 Approved: 2 June 2025 Texas service centre

Yes, only CR1/IR1 is being approved for March 2024. I shared the link because that gives the timeline for your specific category.

The processing times will be on the current visa bulletin which they update monthly. You can follow that each month. This is the current linkhttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-may-2025.html

Congratulations!

We can’t direct to groups outside of this forum but they are moving at a good pace. My visa journey estimate now says Any Day!!!! I’m 18 March. Congrats!!!!

I’m the 18th! Super excited and can’t wait!

Hey up to all the March 2024 filers. How is everyone doing? Crazy to think we are all officially a year in now. Crazy to think the timeline keeps getting longer and longer. I always thought our timeline would have reflected the estimate when we applied. It was about 14 months back then but now it's 17 months! I wonder what will happen once we do get to March 2024, was there a mad rush of applications to get in before the fee increase? Will that make it even longer? I'm just happy we are near the end of this journey. At least July isn't too far away now.

When we file our taxes, we use My Expat Taxes. Their software asks you to highlight these boxes where you have income and where you might have income. It then walks you through each source of income with very precise questions. I’m pretty sure that it asks you if your income is with a foreign employer and if you pay foreign tax. It does go on to ask you about your foreign expenses and if you are paying for housing in the states. You can go through answering all the questions and see what it comes out with at the end. You only pay if you use them to finalise and file for you.

So I have completed the 3 month countdown on 'My Progress' today and as I expected, it has gone to, Your case is taking longer than we previously estimated, but it is within normal processing times. The next step to decide is if they will allow my husband to visit his family again. He came over for 2 weeks just before Christmas and returned home when he was supposed to. We know that any travel is risky but our house is putting up for sale this week. It is an inheritied house and needs to be sold according to the will so if it has sold then he won't have that tie to the UK. My husband will be staying with our oldest until he gets the approval for his green card so other than credit card bills and banking, ties will be limited. I'm sure he can get his employer to write a letter and he will have his return ticket but not sure at that point if they will see his ties back home are strong enough. At the same time, our children are suffering through all this, especially our youngest. I'm on the fence, my heart is breaking for our children. On the other side, it could be that our i130 approval comes in late spring or summer and he has a trip booked and would have to cancel. That would be a lot of money to lose. I think just waiting it out is the best and safest move. We are all so close now. Just a few more months for this step!

Been a while since I've updated my timeline. I got to November and it was still saying 12 months. Then near December, they did an update on the system and mine changed to 3 months and now a month later, 2 months. My PD is 18 March 2024. When we applied, the current timeline for those that applied the year before and getting approved was about 12 months. I'm pretty sure when I applied, the timeline was 12 to 14 months. I'm not going to get my hopes up but I do have hope. The earliest would be only 2 months away!!!! I'm going to visit my husband in March and if we don't hear anything by the end of my visit, then we only have about 3 months. I flew over to see my husband in August and then he flew here for 2 weeks just before Christmas. These little visits have helped so much but will never make up for the time lost, especially for our children. Hang in there all, we are so close now!

Hand on heart, thank you so much for your reply and your time. Feeling much more calmer now to have a solid plan. Just hope it’s all enough to get their approval.

Hello there, I thought I would just revisit this page to see if I can calm myself down with my i864. I have taken the time while I can to better my odds of getting a job by going back to school. My mum is more than happy to sponsor. Looking back at our previous responses, having her go as the joint sponsor is the route we are now looking at. Looking at her taxes, between social security and pensions, she makes $32,753. My understanding is that that would be just enough for her to sponsor my husband with just her and my husband for the household, is that correct? Would it still be wise to send in savings details and any other assets to boost the form? Then I just follow my i864 household as myself, my 3 children, and my husband (beneficiary). Thank you so much for the time you take out of your life to share on here.

Mello3, is your spouse still in their country? If so, it will def be at least 12-14 months. If they are here and you applied here earlier this year, there is a good chance you could be approved sooner as they are clearing this year's in country applications quite a bit faster than last year. No matter what though, take the 'my progress' tab with a grain of salt. Rarely ever accurate. I had some friends that applied consular processing from the UK last July and it said 10 months for them and when it got to March/April time, it changed to case is taking longer than expected. They just got their approval late Sept. which tied in with the .gov site estimate of 12-14 months. I just wouldn't take any of those estimates on 'my progress' as written in stone. 12-14 months and if it does come sooner, well, that's a wonderful bonus but for us, we have just planned on our i130 approval being March/April 2025 or shortly after.

Our progress was very short at the beginning. I applied 18 March. Not long after, it went to 16 months and had been bouncing back and forth between 15 and 16 months till end of August. Then in Sept it went to 14 months and mid October, it went to 12 months. It's all over the place so I only go by the estimate that was for all I 130's on the government website which was appoximately 12 months but I know it could take a few months longer. Today, the 'my progress' tab is missing off my account but I'm sure it will still be 12 months. I take no note of that tab anyway but I do like to check it once or twice a month. It's my curiosity that likes to see what it comes up with, lol.

Thank you so much for replying. Back then, we had just applied and paid for the application to remove the conditions of his 2 year green card. Not long after, my husband got news that his parents weren’t doing great health wise and a choice was made to move back to the UK. Although nothing was officially done, we sent a letter to explain the situation and withdraw that application. I can’t remember what it was but back then, nothing was done online. It wasn’t until last year that we saw there was a formal application to relinquish his green card. We did not fill out any official form. I also see your point about our youngest son, hadn’t thought of it that way.

He has an approved ESTA that he got in August in preparation of his trip. I had read about pre clearance from Dublin but his ticket is non stop from UK to here and he bought them back in May with an upgrade. Don't want to risk losing more money but wished we had known about the pros of flying out of Dublin before that. Our children don't know that he is coming because I don't want them to be upset.