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Thanks guys. Yes, I thought about having someone I know personally deliver the documents, but nobody I know is going to China any time soon. I'm a medical student with no vacation time this year, so I can't be the one to do it, as much as I wish I could be there for him on interview day. We're still waiting for packet 3 now, but I think I will look into that possibility of getting special permission to submit prior to interview that you mentioned, Randy W. If they say that's not allowed, I will just go ahead as sole sponsor and see what happens... even before my parents transferred the money, I was pretty close to having adequate income/assets.

Hey, dnoblett, you referred to cases of people borrowing a large amount of money to boost assets. I was planning to go this route, because while my parents are in support of my case, they are very fearful of identity theft and are not comfortable sending over to China all of the information that would be required for them to be cosponsors. If I explain that large jump in my savings account as such, and provide just a letter of support (no official paperwork) from my parents, do you think that would be acceptable? Borrowed money does NOT reflect a stronger financial situation, although that may or may not be noticed. We can not look over your shoulder to tell you how the Visa Officer will react to your Affidavit of Support. It's up to you to do the best you can there - perhaps your parents will be more willing to help out when (IF) your affidavit is rejected. Perhaps they would be more willing to help out if they knew that you were submitting it DIRECTLY to the Consulate or through the CITIC Bank drop-off. Is there a way to submit directly to the consulate for K-1? If so, can you please direct me to some instructions on how to do this?

The problem is they can always ask where the deposit came from and suspect that once arrive in the USA that it will be returned. You can use anyone to act as a joint sponsor. Is this a K-1 or CR-1 case? They use different affidavit of support forms at the visa interview. It is a K-1, so I am using the I-134. If the information were able to be submitted directly to the consulate, or better yet, weren't leaving the US, they would be fine acting as joint sponsors. My fiance is in a rural area where letters I send him sometimes arrive and sometimes end up getting delivered to the completely wrong location, plus he resides at his place of employment where many people could possibly intercept the package. I can understand their concern.

Hey, dnoblett, you referred to cases of people borrowing a large amount of money to boost assets. I was planning to go this route, because while my parents are in support of my case, they are very fearful of identity theft and are not comfortable sending over to China all of the information that would be required for them to be cosponsors. If I explain that large jump in my savings account as such, and provide just a letter of support (no official paperwork) from my parents, do you think that would be acceptable?