"Recent" supporting doc's for I-864

[mrsaright 0]

Hiya,

So I've got this gnawing doubt in the back of my mind that's telling me that I need to verify how "recent" is considered "recent enough" for the I-864 petition. My mother (the sponsor of my husband) sent me a signed letter from her employer stating all the necessary jargon, but the thing that I'm doubting is whether or not it holds enough water for the purposes of the interview. The letter is dated for Dec. 14, 2007, and our interview is on March 3, 2008. I'm thinking that as long as it's less than 90 days old it shouldn't be a problem.

But then I know that immigration looks very closely at the 3 months preceding the interview (is this right?) which makes me wonder if it will look like we're missing some original letter from her boss concerning her employment for the months of January and February of this year.

Also, I have a question about the 3 most recent paystubs that they ask for--my mother said that her work only issues digital paystubs... so if she wants a paper form she has to print it out from the computer. So, this is what she's sent me--computer print-outs. I feel like this may not cut it for the interview, but who knows, maybe the digital age is upon us and this is considered acceptable?? Any help?? We're cutting it close, I know...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I would think the e-pay stubs are more common than nothing; I get them like that as well. What is most important for your mom to send you is her tax transcripts for the past 3 years. Has she done this already? the letter from the employer is secondary evidence, these folks need to have the transcripts (or copies of the returns) as an attachment to the I-864.

[MargotDarko 0]

I would think the e-pay stubs are more common than nothing; I get them like that as well. What is most important for your mom to send you is her tax transcripts for the past 3 years. Has she done this already? the letter from the employer is secondary evidence, these folks need to have the transcripts (or copies of the returns) as an attachment to the I-864.

Only the most recent year is required, and as the tax filing date yet has not past, the 2007 W2 is the only absolute requirement as far as tax transcripts/returns go. Actually wait, maybe the 2006 tax return is also necessary with an interview before April.

Edited February 26, 2008 by MargotDarko

[mrsaright 0]

Ok... I've got a copy of her tax returns for the years of 2004, 2005, 2006 and a COPY of her W-2 for 2007 and her paystub e-printouts for the months of September 2007 until February 2008 with statements of her bank account balances from September 2007 until February 2008 (the ones before December being signed by the bank manager). The signed letter I have from her employer is from December 14 2007.

So... this is all cool, then? There's not a problem if the letter from her employer is from December and our interview will be next week? I guess we'll find out, eh? We can't do anything about it now. Maybe request a faxed letter from her employer, but I'm not sure if a fax would be accepted. I don't know. I think maybe I'm being too picky about these things.

[mrsaright 0]

the letter from the employer is secondary evidence, these folks need to have the transcripts (or copies of the returns) as an attachment to the I-864.

whew that makes me feel better. I guess I was getting hung up by the new provision that said something about how they would be considering the most recent 3 months preceding the application to determine whether a person could be a sponsor... but I think the provision was meant to make room for people who were recently hired... so the burden of the intending sponsor in this case would be for the recently-employed-of-three-months to show that their employment would definitely continue to be able to be able to be financially responsible should anything happen once the applicant were to immigrate (in fact I remember reading that the reason they were allowing recently-hired people to be sponsors was because the 3 months preceding the application of an immigrant is the best indication of continued employment). So I wasn't sure if they were making a general change and looking at ALL sponsors' recent 3 months (even those who've been employed for years with the same employer).