Oh Noooo!! another !-134 pitfall ???

[Johnta 0]

"Supporting evidence

The sponsor must submit, in duplicate, evidence of income and resources, as appropriate."

Oh Brother!! Just when you think you are getting it all together you notice a little phrase that hasn't registered before--Phooey!

So what does this mean practically speaking? For instance: Being self-employed and having had unusually low income in 2005---I am relying heavily upon letters from my two banks to show that my income for 2006 (thus far) is way-well over the needed minimum---- I got the letter from each bank----now do I need an ORIGINAL duplicate from each bank? Or can I just make a copy of each one?

anybody know? Crikey!

So I'd have to have a duplicate of my home appraisal and ALL that jazz?

Also---how does one have the copy of his tax form notarized? They can't watch me sign them as they have already been signed (having been filled out in 2005)--how does that work?

Sigh,

John in SC

[zethris 0]

I was going to ask almost the same questions. Why in the world does it need to be notarized to begin with. What does that prove? I can understand the I-134 being notarized. But having anything else notarized seems kind of silly. What seriously, in reality, needs to be notarized? As it is I am having my mother be a co-sponser to avoid any risk of them deciding my evidence isn't enough for some reason.

Also, would I have to have paystubs with a signed letter from the owner of the company I work for plus a signed bank statement?

Or would paystubs and the signed letter be enough?

If I am combining with my mother who has tax returns and 2 profit and loss statements, plus the notarized and signed affidavit would that be enough? Or does she need to also send with it the signed bank statement?

P.S. this was also posted in another thread but I know I only go to a couple on this forum so like Johnta, I wanted to post here too to make sure the best people who will know are sure to see it. I am only days away from sending all my paperwork finally to my fiancee so she can be ready for her interview on Dec 4th.

[mRx 16]

"Supporting evidence

The sponsor must submit, in duplicate, evidence of income and resources, as appropriate."

Oh Brother!! Just when you think you are getting it all together you notice a little phrase that hasn't registered before--Phooey!

So what does this mean practically speaking? For instance: Being self-employed and having had unusually low income in 2005---I am relying heavily upon letters from my two banks to show that my income for 2006 (thus far) is way-well over the needed minimum---- I got the letter from each bank----now do I need an ORIGINAL duplicate from each bank? Or can I just make a copy of each one?

anybody know? Crikey!

So I'd have to have a duplicate of my home appraisal and ALL that jazz?

Also---how does one have the copy of his tax form notarized? They can't watch me sign them as they have already been signed (having been filled out in 2005)--how does that work?

Sigh,

John in SC

"Submit in duplicate" just means that you need at least 2 of the forms of evidence. As in tax transcript (1) and letter from the bank(2). They dont want copies of the same document. You do not need to have tax transcripts notorized. The only document that needs to be notorized is the I-134 itself.

I was going to ask almost the same questions. Why in the world does it need to be notarized to begin with. What does that prove? I can understand the I-134 being notarized. But having anything else notarized seems kind of silly. What seriously, in reality, needs to be notarized? As it is I am having my mother be a co-sponser to avoid any risk of them deciding my evidence isn't enough for some reason.

Also, would I have to have paystubs with a signed letter from the owner of the company I work for plus a signed bank statement?

Or would paystubs and the signed letter be enough?

If I am combining with my mother who has tax returns and 2 profit and loss statements, plus the notarized and signed affidavit would that be enough? Or does she need to also send with it the signed bank statement?

P.S. this was also posted in another thread but I know I only go to a couple on this forum so like Johnta, I wanted to post here too to make sure the best people who will know are sure to see it. I am only days away from sending all my paperwork finally to my fiancee so she can be ready for her interview on Dec 4th.

[Johnta 0]

"Supporting evidence

The sponsor must submit, in duplicate, evidence of income and resources, as appropriate."

"Submit in duplicate" just means that you need at least 2 of the forms of evidence. As in tax transcript (1) and letter from the bank(2). They dont want copies of the same document. You do not need to have tax transcripts notorized. The only document that needs to be notorized is the I-134 itself.

I don't know Matt---somehow I think you are wrong about that interpretation of "duplicate"

YODRAK---where are you??

JB

[Yodrak 7]

JB,

Chuckling to myself over this FAQ.

The I-134 does say to submit evidence in duplicate, and the DS-2000 (formerly OF-167) Public Charge instruction form says that one of the items of documentation that can be presented is notarized tax returns. I submited one copy of my documentation (photocopies, except for the I-134 and the letter from my employer) and the photocopies of the tax returns were not notarized.

The anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that the instructions have not changed in over a decade and no longer reflect current practices with regard to these two issues.

Yodrak

"Supporting evidence

The sponsor must submit, in duplicate, evidence of income and resources, as appropriate."

"Submit in duplicate" just means that you need at least 2 of the forms of evidence. As in tax transcript (1) and letter from the bank(2). They dont want copies of the same document. You do not need to have tax transcripts notorized. The only document that needs to be notorized is the I-134 itself.

I don't know Matt---somehow I think you are wrong about that interpretation of "duplicate"

YODRAK---where are you??

JB

Edited November 2, 2006 by Yodrak