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Thank you, this is good advice and your of course correct that would be the best option for anyone in my postion if they wanted to ensure their visa was accepted! However not everyone has access to many people earning over the amount who are willing to take on the legal liabilities of sponsorship. This is why I stated it was not possible in the post - you have to work within the confines of what you have! Anyway, I think this missed the point a little, the question I was asking was less about assets and more to do with the request for FE of current income as from what I understand that is the first thing taken into account and if sufficient - payslips/job letter - is there a point in adding additional evidence of other types?

Looking for a bit of advice, have recieved my DQ notice but an additional FE notice which from searching this site is pretty standard. '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. 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.' So advice I need is on the situation: my partners previous 3 tax returns fell just short (around 6k over the course of 3 years in total) but this year due to a promotion in January she has an expected income of $30k (she is hourly so month to month can vary). We previously submitted her paystubs, a letter from her employer confirming the new role and another letter confirming an expected approx gross salary by the end of the year. As per the notice we have recieved we are going to add in further payslips, will this be enough to prove current income to the CO officer? Would there be anything else recommended? We are not in a situation to get a joint sponsor, however we are in a situation where she has over 30k in cash, and I have over £200k liquid assets in the UK. Do we complicate things by inserting these at this point as I know all advice always says rely on income first? Or do we upload evidence of this now as a back up? Bring it with me to the interview instead? I just don't want to delay the situation any further and its hard to know what the right avenue is.

does anyone have any idea what the current wait between DQ and appointments are?

I just had mine - 6/5/2024 filing so they are definitely working on may!

Ive paid for the ******removed***** and my pd is 5th may and its saying Jul 21 to Jul 24 for me at the moment, hoping this is somewhat accurate. It definitely seemed like there was a lot of cases early april just before they hiked the visa cost which slowed it down for a while but fingers crossed for any day now.

Yes everything else in the rest of the process is fine, its just this part which is frustrating as we have way over the amount just mostly its in pounds from my house sale.

My partner in the US has earned a little under the amount asked for in the I-864 on one year, in order to make up the shortfall we want to demonstrate this in cash savings. We have calculated what is needed and multiplied by 3 as required by spouses We have that amount of money both in my partner (sponsors) account which I transferred to her after I sold my house in the UK (actually nearly double what is needed just in case) I also have about 47 x this amount in pounds in my UK account (again from my house sale and some other savings) so we have more than amoutn to make up this enough. Everything I've read has said we are better off getting a sponsor which we can't, we don't have anyone who earns enough who can do this. What would we need to submit to show this - bank statements from us both, evidence of the money transfer? my house sale? Do you think we should look to see if we can find a lawyer to help with the preperation of this form?

they have just updated the UK travel advice to the USA to be a lot more stringent, i am from London and have an outstanding I-130 peititon for me. i'm planning to go to see my wife for 6 weeks next month. I will need two suitcases just because of the length. I have a return flight, proof of funds for whilst I'm there. I'm in between work so I don't have proof of returning for that. With whats going on right now, is there anything else I could/should take?

Thank you - thats really helpful. I am just hesitant to sell as the market isn't right and I don't plan to buy directly after getting to the USA so it seems like a bad financial decision to just have that sitting in the bank so it would really just be selling for the form. Cash wise - say there was a maximum of 6k under each year (we are a 2 person household) then that would be $18k, so then would something like $40,000 suffice as enough cushion for them to see that to make up the shortfall and the expenditure of moving? Wish cash how far back do they want bank statements to go? 6 months? A year?

What did you use instead?

Hello My wife is a US citizen and lives in the US, and I live in the UK so we are applying through consulate process. We have recently filed the I-130 but I have a question about the I-864 From what I understand, I, as the spouse can use my assets but not income on the form, is this correct? And assets have to be easy to liquidate within a year? My wife's income conservatively is around $20,000, $26,000, $20,000 for the last three tax years which would leave us slightly under the required amount I have a property in the UK that I do not intend to sell yet valued at £280,000-£300,000 with no mortgage, I own it outright. Would I be able to use this to make up the shortfall or do they prefer cash in the bank as proof? If I can use it to make up the shortfall, what would I need to prove the valuation of it? Would I need to include the deeds and show there is no mortgage? I really just want to make sure I put whatever the most watertight thing is. If cash in savings is better - then how much would they need to see from me to make sure there are no issues? Thank you!