it's official, i hate the i-134

[Electric86 0]

This form seems so simple, but the supporting documents have been such a pain...I read somewhere it's beneficial to send a letter from your bank stating the date of opening your checking account (or whatever account your paychecks are put in), the deposits for the past year, and current balance.

My bank will not do this. I have checked different branches, called the 1-800 number, checked online...Is this info mandatory? Is there a summarized version (perhaps one my bank's willing to make?) I can submit?

I will do any amount of paperwork to get my fiance here, but I am excited for this particular form to be complete!! Thanks.

[Anh map 2,098]

If you qualify on income no need for any asset information.

[Dave&Roza 748]

I had the same problem with a mutual fund company in trying to get the date of death value of my Mother's account. What a royal PITA some financial instutitions can be. I would 1) show them that the US government wants a letter on their letter head with the requested inforamtion; 2) if they refuse threaten to move my money to a bank that will give me such a letter; 3) ask to speak with a manager or someone high up the food chain; 4) follow thru on #2 if they still refuse after about 5 minutes. It is my money and they are to serve me, not the other way around. When you called the 1800 number how high up the chain did you get? I would go all the way to the president or CEO of the bank.

If your income is above the 125% of poverty level (I know it is only 100% for the I-134) I would just submit tax transtranscripts, paystubs, a letter from your employer and forget about the bank letter for now, but I would still persue this just in case.

Good luck,

Dave

[KayMar 4]

I qualified on income but wanted to provide everything to hedge my bets and not give any reason for an RFE. All of my banks provided statements for me with no problem. So would only mail it to me but when I described it they told me it is called a statement of deposit. When I used that term each bank complied. I was told once that all they are looking for is activity patterns.