I-134, IRS, SSC and other questions

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Hail O ye VJers...

Kindly make comments if you have answers to any of the following:

Form I-134:

Would the part on Mortgage etc be ignored (N/A) if one resides in an Apartment?

Since the form asks for "any or all of the following......bank statement, employer letter......", one of those should suffice right? Missed getting to the bank on Friday and i want to mail out documents first thing Tuesday morning so i am considering just going with letter from employer.

Income Tax Records

Site is rife with statements of people going to interview with income tax records? Would that requirement be listed on a page within the initial package that the beneficiary receives? There seems to be different schools of thought...one year income tax records or three years?

Payment Stubs?

Are these necessary in addition to income tax and (i guess W2s??)

What amount may be considered adequate....six months? One year??

Would appreciate input from those that have gone through the Lagos Embassy. Will probably post this there as well but the more input i get the better hence the posting here....wider audience...

Ofcourse my "default M.O" right now is to send more than necessary rather than less but perhaps i f i get enough opinions, i might send fewer items.

Courier service

Talking about sending, has there been any unofficial poll regarding courier services. I did come across someone complaining bitterly about UPS. So, i ask those who have sent to Lagos, what courier service did you use and what was your experience?

SS card

okay so this may be considered jumping the gun but here goes. What is the best plan here without falling into the pit-holes. Scenario...looking ahead........she arrives NY Nov 10. (in time to marvel at the stuffed turkeys), no wedding date set....what would be the best route for SSC? Oh by the way i have read the wonderfully written stuff by MD..... but i guess my brain`s document zapped at the moment and i could do with a simpler version...

She would need Driver`s license....how does SSC come into the equation?

She may get EAD at JFK................how would SSC fit in?

Yup, i knew this was a posting i just could not sequester.............all my rambling thoughts...

Okay, i am done...for now........Your comments, answers, suggestions....would be welcome. Thanks

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I don't think there are any really HARD written rules for Lagos so I opted to keep it simple stupid especially after reading the embassy reviews.

I did not send a bank letter because I don't have a local branch however I did send my last 5 bank statements.

Since I did not send a bank letter I did include 3 years of income tax returns and W-2's. I felt this coupled with my employer salary verification and my employer salary review statement should satisfy all salary questions.

I only sent the last 3 paystubs because it shows that I am currently employed and with the above information should be enough.

I sent all 6lbs of documentation via FedEx. If you use the soft pak envelope it's cheaper. Even with a 60% discount it still cost $55.00. I sent it on Friday and it arrived on Wednesday.

I have sent several packages and have never had a problem. This last package worried me a bit because I was forced to state exactly what was in the package. I had written Documents in the declaration part of the airbill. They wanted to know what type of documents exactly. I told them what it was and FedEx wrote Visa/Immigration Documets on the airbill. Well you know how packages can disappear so that made me nervous. Well it arrived fine and infact it was ahead of the estimated delivery date by 3days.

From what I understand the 90day EAD maybe issued at JFK as a stamp on her I-94. She would then have to take this to Social Security Office and they may issue the card in 2 weeks.

Some states will not issue a drivers licence with out a SS#.

Hope this helps some.

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Thank you. Yes the info does help. At least, my gut feelings to go with Fedex has been reinforced. I just cant understand why the Lagos Embassy cannot put up concrete information on the website...oh well maybe they want to have enough room to dance around the issues and do not wish to be pinned down to statements made on the website....