Questions Regarding I-134 (for K1) Affidavit of Support

[lirwin2000 0]

We have a few questions related to the I134 Affidavit of Support form for our K1 visa interview. Most of these questions relate specifically to our case but I will give the background and how someone can help...

Our situation is like this:

The USC is a dual national (US and UK). He was born in the UK and went to school here and worked here up until Jan 2009. We had previously got engaged and started the K1 visa process (he used a relatives address on the forms who is in the US). His family are in the US and that's where both he and I wanted to be. So in Jan 2009 he quit his job in the UK to go out to the states to find a job, this didnt work too well to start with but finally he got a job offer about a month ago but doesn't start till the end of Jan, in the mean time he has been back in the UK doing some freelance work.

We are worried about issues regarding domicile, how does this work. To my interview I am taking copies of things such as his US passport/ US bank account / US credit cards / US phone bill / US drivers license, is this enough or do we need more, if so like what?

We are also worried if the interviewer asks where we will be living, we don't yet have a specific address. we are wanting to fly out to the states together before he starts work, the new company are providing a relocation allowance and paying for a hotel initially before we find an apartment. Is this acceptable? i also have print outs of the hotel we will probably be staying in and some print outs of the type of apartment we will be looking at which also shows the price of rent.

The job earns well above the poverty line. I am taking copies of the job offer letter which states salary, start date, the position being permanent and a copy of the relocation allowance. I also have copies of previous years tax returns, bank account statements. Is this info enough to prove financial worth? We also have an option of a joint sponsor if this isn't enough.

A couple of questions specific to the form are:

Section1. It asks about place of birth and if outside the US it asks for certificate numbers/A-number etc...

The USC was born in the UK (and has citizen ship through his mother who is a USC, his dad is British). We have stated the city and country as being the Uk but he doesnt have a citizenship certificate number which it asks for in 1.b. All he has is a british birth certificate and a US passport. so for 1.b we have marked: citizenship through mother, please see US passport. is this correct?

Section7. It asks about value of other personal property..

Is this anything the USC owns? such as cars, computer equipment, right down to sporting goods and clothes? how do you prove this figure?

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Sorry the post is so long but we really hope someone can help...

Thank you.

[lirwin2000 0]

sorry, one more question it asks the date the USC has resided in the US since, do we just state Jan 2009??

thanks again

[Justine+David 218]

The whole assets thing doesn't need to be addressed as long as you're making the income requirement, so unless you have a ton of assets, I wouldn't worry about that. I gather that it's more for people who don't earn a salary during the year but have several hundred thousand dollars in assets (perhaps for the older generation who are retired?)

Hopefully somebody else will come along and can answer the rest of your questions

[payxibka 10,045]

We are worried about issues regarding domicile, how does this work. To my interview I am taking copies of things such as his US passport/ US bank account / US credit cards / US phone bill / US drivers license, is this enough or do we need more, if so like what?

US Tax returns?

[Boiler 45,517]

Self sponsor and avoid the problem?

[lirwin2000 0]

Self sponsor and avoid the problem?

the USC is sponsoring me as well as another joint sponsor. i dont understand how i could self sponsor as i wouldnt be working until 3 months after getting married??

US Tax returns?

yes we have these too, we were going to use these as supporting evidence for the I134.

[Darnell 8,478]

I think they meant the USC 'self sponser you' instead of having a co-sponser, but I could be wrong.

As for his work in USA, he needs letter of employment from the HR person / office, stating the annual salary.

Don't confuse annual salary with accumulated income, they are two seperate things, and if he has employment letter, accumulated income then is shown from the tax returns, but annual salary from the NEW employment letter.

Good Luck !

Edited December 28, 2009 by Darnell

[Boiler 45,517]

I think they meant the USC 'self sponser you' instead of having a co-sponser, but I could be wrong.

As for his work in USA, he needs letter of employment from the HR person / office, stating the annual salary.

Don't confuse annual salary with accumulated income, they are two seperate things, and if he has employment letter, accumulated income then is shown from the tax returns, but annual salary from the NEW employment letter.

Good Luck !

A K1 can self sponsor, no need to uses a USC. Or a USC and Co Sponsor.

[rebeccajo 14]

A K1 can self sponsor, no need to uses a USC. Or a USC and Co Sponsor.

Boiler - Is this still 'done' in London as much as it used to be? I thought I had read some recent commentary where this tactic isn't as seamless as it used to be.

[lirwin2000 0]

A K1 can self sponsor, no need to uses a USC. Or a USC and Co Sponsor.

Boiler - Is this still 'done' in London as much as it used to be? I thought I had read some recent commentary where this tactic isn't as seamless as it used to be.

how do you go about doing this and should we consider doing this? (even though we have the USC and a co sponsor?)... the interview is a week today.