help me understand - some do, some don't???

[Shanny 0]

hello everyone.

i have my k-3 interview in two weeks at the vancouver, canada consulate.

i emailed them a question about the I-134 as it did not show up anywhere in my package 3.

they emailed me back and said that my husband (the US citizen) did not need to fill the I-134 out.

why is that?

howcome some do and some don't?

i do not understand.

[meauxna 15]

howcome some do and some don't?

i do not understand.

Just because.

I don't understand it either.

[Yodrak 7]

Shanny,

If a K-visa applicant requires a sponsor (most do, but some may have adequate financial resources of their own), the consular officer may ask for an I-134 from the proposed sponsor if the officer thinks it will be helpful. There is no absolute requirement that I-134 be provided, its use is at the discretion of the consular officer.

I'm surprised that someone at the consulate was able to tell you that I-134 is not going to be required in your case unless that person has seen your financial information and is also the person who will be processing your visa application.

Yodrak

hello everyone.

i have my k-3 interview in two weeks at the vancouver, canada consulate.

i emailed them a question about the I-134 as it did not show up anywhere in my package 3.

they emailed me back and said that my husband (the US citizen) did not need to fill the I-134 out.

why is that?

howcome some do and some don't?

i do not understand.

[Shanny 0]

Shanny,

If a K-visa applicant requires a sponsor (most do, but some may have adequate financial resources of their own), the consular officer may ask for an I-134 from the proposed sponsor if the officer thinks it will be helpful. There is no absolute requirement that I-134 be provided, its use is at the discretion of the consular officer.

I'm surprised that someone at the consulate was able to tell you that I-134 is not going to be required in your case unless that person has seen your financial information and is also the person who will be processing your visa application.

Yodrak

hello everyone.

i have my k-3 interview in two weeks at the vancouver, canada consulate.

i emailed them a question about the I-134 as it did not show up anywhere in my package 3.

they emailed me back and said that my husband (the US citizen) did not need to fill the I-134 out.

why is that?

howcome some do and some don't?

i do not understand.

thanks for the replies, everyone.

yodrak, could they possibly tell one's financial situation by doing a background check on them?

i'm sure that one form we sent out months back had my husband's employer and what he did for a living on it.

could they just go by that?

i am also printing out the email that they sent me as proof for why we did not fill a I-134 out.

i'm just scared that we are gonna get there, they ask where it is, and then i get denied for not having one.

but it did not say ANYWHERE on package three that we needed one.

the checklist is where they tell you, correct?

[Yodrak 7]

Shanny,

They are going to decide on your visa application based on the information that you provide. If, after looking at what you provide, they are suspicious about something then they may investigate (VJers like to use the term Administrative Review, AR).

As I wrote, I-134 is required at the discretion of the consular officer processing the visa application. Even though it is almost universally required it is but one of many pieces of financial information and documentation that will be asked for. What you will see in the visa application package is that you will have to present evidence that you meet the public charge provisions of US immigration law. Such evidence as you may wish to present may or may not include an I-134, but since I-134 is so often asked for it would be prudent to have one at the ready.

Yodrak

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yodrak, could they possibly tell one's financial situation by doing a background check on them?

i'm sure that one form we sent out months back had my husband's employer and what he did for a living on it.

could they just go by that?

i am also printing out the email that they sent me as proof for why we did not fill a I-134 out.

i'm just scared that we are gonna get there, they ask where it is, and then i get denied for not having one.

but it did not say ANYWHERE on package three that we needed one.

the checklist is where they tell you, correct?

[meauxna 15]

I'm surprised that someone at the consulate was able to tell you that I-134 is not going to be required in your case unless that person has seen your financial information and is also the person who will be processing your visa application.

Vancouver has not required I-134 ever for K visas, in my recent memory.

[no name 1]

Vancouver has not required I-134 ever for K visas, in my recent memory.

Perhaps this is best asked in the Canadian forum?!

Altho the embassy page says it's included in P3:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...mp;cty=Montreal

Edited October 3, 2006 by devilette

[meauxna 15]

devilette, that's the info for Montreal.

They *do* require an affidavit of support. I'll confess to not keeping up with Vancouver interview stories, but I do remember that they regularly did not require I-134 for Ks.

I suppose reading the interview reviews there for Vancouver might shed some light on it.

[no name 1]

devilette, that's the info for Montreal.

They *do* require an affidavit of support. I'll confess to not keeping up with Vancouver interview stories, but I do remember that they regularly did not require I-134 for Ks.

I suppose reading the interview reviews there for Vancouver might shed some light on it.

ah, sorry!

Vancouver's list says:

Checklist

DS-230 part 1

DS-156

DS-156K

OF-167

I-134

Packet 3 does not include paper forms for the DS-230 part 1,DS-156(in duplicate),or DS-156k. You go to : http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html fill them out and print them. OF-167 and I-134 are included as paper forms but you do not have to use the ones that come in package 3.

[Yodrak 7]

meauxna,

Thanks for pointing that out to me, good caveat to be aware of.

Yodrak

I'm surprised that someone at the consulate was able to tell you that I-134 is not going to be required in your case unless that person has seen your financial information and is also the person who will be processing your visa application.

Vancouver has not required I-134 ever for K visas, in my recent memory.

Edited October 3, 2006 by Yodrak