I-134 Requirements

[Clare-n-Lisa 0]

I'm a retired GM employee what will i need to fulfill the requirements of the I-134?

I've already copied my Federal Tax Form from last year. Do I still need to go to my bank where my deposits are sent each month and get a statement showing all my deposits?

Am I also required to go to GM and get a statement showing I'm retired and what I receive each month?

Then who would I approach to have this pile of papers notarized? or What needs to be notarized?

This info is being sent to Guangzhou, China.

Thanks for any help you may provide.

Clare

[fruto123 0]

Clare-n-Lisa,

This is what I did. I emailed the embassy and ask them what is needed. I prepared my documents according to their email. I also print out their email as evidence in case they try to BS your fiancee to bring more evidence. At that time your fiancee can show them the email.

[William33 110]

Clare-n-Lisa,

Found some interesting items on the US Consulate Guangzhou site.

http://guangzhou.usconsulate.gov/kvfaq.html

For example,

"What kind of Affidavit of Support does my K-1 petitioner need to prepare for my visa interview?

K-1 petitioners should prepare the I-134 Affidavit of Support, which they can get from their local CIS office or on the CIS website http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/. However, it is not a required document as long as applicants can demonstrate at the interview that she/he will not become a public charge in the States."

I would think that a 2005 Tax return, a statement from your bank (outlining 1 year of activity, particularly deposits) and something from your GM annuity would suffice.

I'm a retired GM employee what will i need to fulfill the requirements of the I-134?

I've already copied my Federal Tax Form from last year. Do I still need to go to my bank where my deposits are sent each month and get a statement showing all my deposits?

Am I also required to go to GM and get a statement showing I'm retired and what I receive each month?

Then who would I approach to have this pile of papers notarized? or What needs to be notarized?

This info is being sent to Guangzhou, China.

Thanks for any help you may provide.

Clare

[Clare-n-Lisa 0]

Wow, William congratulations of flowing through your Packet 3 & 4 so quickly. You've already got your interview scheduled. Awesome, way to go.

Clare-n-Lisa,

Found some interesting items on the US Consulate Guangzhou site.

http://guangzhou.usconsulate.gov/kvfaq.html

For example,

"What kind of Affidavit of Support does my K-1 petitioner need to prepare for my visa interview?

K-1 petitioners should prepare the I-134 Affidavit of Support, which they can get from their local CIS office or on the CIS website http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/. However, it is not a required document as long as applicants can demonstrate at the interview that she/he will not become a public charge in the States."

I would think that a 2005 Tax return, a statement from your bank (outlining 1 year of activity, particularly deposits) and something from your GM annuity would suffice.

I'm a retired GM employee what will i need to fulfill the requirements of the I-134?

I've already copied my Federal Tax Form from last year. Do I still need to go to my bank where my deposits are sent each month and get a statement showing all my deposits?

Am I also required to go to GM and get a statement showing I'm retired and what I receive each month?

Then who would I approach to have this pile of papers notarized? or What needs to be notarized?

This info is being sent to Guangzhou, China.

Thanks for any help you may provide.

Clare

[Yodrak 7]

Clare,

First a point of clarification - I-134 does not have any requirements. I-134 is merely one piece of documentation that can be use to demonstrate that the visa applicant meets the requirements of INA 212(a)(4) by having a financial sponsor.

As a sponsor, you need to show that you have the financial resources - income and assets - sufficient to support the visa applicant so that they are not likely to become a public charge. Whatever the source of your income or the value of your assets, that's what you need to document. You can use whatever documentation you have or can obtain that is appropriate for the particular type of income or asset. Tax returns are a good way to document income from the DoS or USCIS point of view (if not 100% truthful it's more likely that the income is under-stated rather than over-stated!).

Only the I-134, if used, needs to be notarized. All banks will have notaries on staff, most offering the service at no cost to the bank's customers.

Yodrak

I'm a retired GM employee what will i need to fulfill the requirements of the I-134?

I've already copied my Federal Tax Form from last year. Do I still need to go to my bank where my deposits are sent each month and get a statement showing all my deposits?

Am I also required to go to GM and get a statement showing I'm retired and what I receive each month?

Then who would I approach to have this pile of papers notarized? or What needs to be notarized?

This info is being sent to Guangzhou, China.

Thanks for any help you may provide.

Clare

Edited September 22, 2006 by Yodrak

[zixuandavid 0]

For Guangzhou, this is a successful three doc approach to ensuring satisfying the public charge as Yodrak nicely explains :

1) Taxes & W2s

2) Employer letter

3) I-134 (if income meets the guidelines then don't include any assets).

These appear to get asked in equal parts; but let's say you don't have what they ask for, they will accept another doc usually. None of them are required on their own, but all three are the charm for this consulate since they are very sensitive to fraud issues.

What I recommend is that all the docs be in a folder, when the beneficiary is asked to produce some financial form, have her give the folder to the VO and let him pick out what he wants.

[rlt 0]

For Guangzhou, this is a successful three doc approach to ensuring satisfying the public charge as Yodrak nicely explains :

1) Taxes & W2s

2) Employer letter

3) I-134 (if income meets the guidelines then don't include any assets).

These appear to get asked in equal parts; but let's say you don't have what they ask for, they will accept another doc usually. None of them are required on their own, but all three are the charm for this consulate since they are very sensitive to fraud issues.

What I recommend is that all the docs be in a folder, when the beneficiary is asked to produce some financial form, have her give the folder to the VO and let him pick out what he wants.

What if I meet the 125% with income and still put assets on the I134?

Will that be a problem?

[Clare-n-Lisa 0]

Thanks everybody. Everything is clear now.

Yodrak, every form has requirements. Whether it's merely a name and address or any other quarry on the form. The context I was implying was to satisfy the fields of the form when referring to the requirements..

Thanks for clarifying that the only item (if used) that needs to be notarized is the I-134

Clare