I-134 Question

[agreenw 0]

I'm starting to prepare the documents for my fiancé's interview (not for several more months) and have a few questions about the I-134. My father will be my fiancé's co-sponsor, so I am trying to educate him on the process but don't want to give him incorrect information. He and my mother jointly file their taxes every year, but only my father will be the co-sponsor. He will include his W-2s for the past 3 years and his income alone meets the 125% requirement. Should he or my mother write a letter explaining why her name is on the taxes but only he is the co-sponsor? How will the embassy be able to separate their incomes? With my father's W-2s?

Am I correct that the only required supporting documents for someone whose income meets the requirement are: letter of employment, 3-6 months of paystubs, tax transcripts from past 3 years, and w-2s from past 3 years?

Also, I recently posted in this forum asking which of these documents needed to be originals and most people agreed that the tax information and w-2s should be originals. However, on the USCIS instructions for form I-134, it says that copies are fine. Should I trust the instructions?

Thanks for your help!