I-134 Bank Statement

[dowd001 0]

It seems that Citibank will not give me a letter that states the total amount deposited over the past year, as required in the I-134. Anyone else have this problem before?

Any suggestions?

[iceyspots 0]

Do you keep your statements, or do you have statements available online throughout the year that you could use to show as proof of deposits ?

[dowd001 0]

Sure. I can print all those out. But that seems to not meet the requirements as stated in the I-134 instructions that the letter from the bank needs to have that amount listed.

[iceyspots 0]

Ok... well then I'm wondering what I'll have to do about my joint sponsor who has hundreds of thousands in mutual funds, but the place wont provide her with a letter.. they don't have any offices around here... so we'll just have to use our statements?>

[Larry and Maria 0]

I can't really advise; I can only tell you what I did for that.

I actually included the form and supporting evidence they asked for with the I-129F even though it's not necessary.

I photocopied in color those items I had copies of; I printed off the internet items I could retrieve from there; in all cases there was the logo of the institution plus the date.

I got approved 5/8 NOA2 CSC w/o RFEs so far.

[motu 6]

I would ask - why do you need a bank statement? I did not submit anything other than the income letter as my income was enough to cover the 125% of poverty level requirement - and I didn't submit a bank statement for the AOS (Green card) either. http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml

If you do not meet the 125% of loverty level then and only then is it worth the hassle of providing other documents like Bank statements, mutual funds, property valuations etc. and even then I would suggest getting a co-sponsor and not hassling with these. Good Luck

[iceyspots 0]

I do have to get a co sponsor because I make money, but I'm a student, but I'm under %125 of the poverty level.. My co-sponsors bank will not provide her with the "letter" and this institution is based in California so it's not like she can walk in and ask to speak with a manager... am worried.

[dowd001 0]

I meet the 125%, but my job is only through August, and says so on my letter from my employer. See other post from me. So, I am adding my bank information just in case the temporary nature of my job causes them an issue.

[kitkat1 5]

IMHO, this doesn't make sense. In both cases, Citibank or the Mutual Fund company, you or your sponsor should call again and talk to someone else. There is no reason why they cannot send a letter with this information to the account holder. They will probably request a letter to be faxed to them by you/your sponsor along with a copy of his/her driver's license to prove identity. With that, they can send out a letter.

If your bank will not send you a letter showing your deposits for the past year, make copies of your monthly statements or print them out. Then, CHANGE BANKS!!!

[iceyspots 0]

well I guess changing institutions is a little bit too late for me, we need the affadavit by may 22nd..

[dowd001 0]

the thing that kills me about Citibank is that they knew exactly what I was talking about. they say that they do "Consular Letters" all the time to help clients in doing affadavits of support for the immigration process. They were quite well informed about all of this, and had a process set up to get the letter out ASAP.

Nonetheless, they never put on the letters any statement about a summary of deposits as the I-134 says to do.

It was strange.

[iceyspots 0]

well I guess then obviously they don't know the procedures ! Maybe you can show them your statements and add up the deposit amounts and have them re-do it?

[puri 0]

I got mine from BofA and its called a verification letter or something. It does not give all your deposits but states when your account was opened your average deposits(?) and your current balance. I think this should be sufficient enough. With this you can write a letter stating that you have included your bank statements since the bank does not provide this in the letter. Then you can say all that I have given is true to the best of my knowledge and sign it. Wouldnt that work?

[Yodrak 7]

dowd,

Yes - take whatever letter they will give you and make photocopies of a year's worth of your statements to submit along with the letter.

Rhetorical question - is the amount of money in your bank accounts sufficient to make a difference? (And if the answer is yes, why are you leaving the money in a bank account instead of investing it where it can earn a reasonable return?)

Yodrak

It seems that Citibank will not give me a letter that states the total amount deposited over the past year, as required in the I-134. Anyone else have this problem before?

Any suggestions?

iceyspots,

Your posts are confusing - what is it that your proposed sponsor has, a bank account or mutual funds?

In practice, many many people document their bank accounts with bank statements only, no letter, but there's no reason to be talking about a letter to document mutual fund accounts.

Yodrak

Ok... well then I'm wondering what I'll have to do about my joint sponsor who has hundreds of thousands in mutual funds, but the place wont provide her with a letter.. they don't have any offices around here... so we'll just have to use our statements?>

I do have to get a co sponsor because I make money, but I'm a student, but I'm under %125 of the poverty level.. My co-sponsors bank will not provide her with the "letter" and this institution is based in California so it's not like she can walk in and ask to speak with a manager... am worried.

Edited May 14, 2006 by Yodrak

[iceyspots 0]

yes.. I am referring to mutual funds.