I-134

[kevleigh 0]

I don't make enough money to support my fiance' by myself and my mom wants to co-sponsor, she is a retired teacher and gets a check every month from that as well as earns a monthly check from substitute teaching. Both of these together put her over 125%, is that ok? What exactly do they look at? Do they consider my income at all? The support part of the process is what is giving me the most stress of all of it. Any help or advice or suggestions from anyone who has already been through the interview in London would be most appreciated.

THANK YOU!!

[BaBamSam 239]

I don't make enough money to support my fiance' by myself and my mom wants to co-sponsor, she is a retired teacher and gets a check every month from that as well as earns a monthly check from substitute teaching. Both of these together put her over 125%, is that ok? What exactly do they look at? Do they consider my income at all? The support part of the process is what is giving me the most stress of all of it. Any help or advice or suggestions from anyone who has already been through the interview in London would be most appreciated.

THANK YOU!!

Hey there! Since you're going through London, you have the opportunity to self-sponsor (or rather, your fiance can choose to do that - mine will be doing this). I recently asked about this in the UK specific forum and you can check out all of the helpful stuff people told me there: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/405887-k-1-self-sponsorship/

Best of luck!

[melissa-n-alfredo 10]

I don't make enough money to support my fiance' by myself and my mom wants to co-sponsor, she is a retired teacher and gets a check every month from that as well as earns a monthly check from substitute teaching. Both of these together put her over 125%, is that ok? What exactly do they look at? Do they consider my income at all? The support part of the process is what is giving me the most stress of all of it. Any help or advice or suggestions from anyone who has already been through the interview in London would be most appreciated.

THANK YOU!!

Yes, they do look at your income but completely separate from your mom's. You will be the PRIMARY sponsor and she would be a co-sponsor, income will not be combined. As far as your mom's income, yes being retired and drawing monthly as a substitute is fine. They will of course want to see PROOF of this, whether in a letter from her retirement and/or monthly pay stubs from subbing. If she has them directly deposited, it would also be valuable to take her past 12 months bank deposits page from the bank. They will still need her income tax transcripts too, to show how much she claims. You will need this as well, for yourself, as well as proof of whatever income and/or assets that you have to claim. Both you and your mother will each fill out your own I-134 signed and dated.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Yes, they do look at your income but completely separate from your mom's. You will be the PRIMARY sponsor and she would be a co-sponsor, income will not be combined. As far as your mom's income, yes being retired and drawing monthly as a substitute is fine. They will of course want to see PROOF of this, whether in a letter from her retirement and/or monthly pay stubs from subbing. If she has them directly deposited, it would also be valuable to take her past 12 months bank deposits page from the bank. They will still need her income tax transcripts too, to show how much she claims. You will need this as well, for yourself, as well as proof of whatever income and/or assets that you have to claim. Both you and your mother will each fill out your own I-134 signed and dated.

This is not the case for London. London allows self-sponsoring and when the petitioner uses a co-sponsor, only the co-sponsor needs to provide the I-134 and their supporting financial documents.

OP> Check the information in the UK regional forum. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/

[BaBamSam 239]

Yes, they do look at your income but completely separate from your mom's. You will be the PRIMARY sponsor and she would be a co-sponsor, income will not be combined. As far as your mom's income, yes being retired and drawing monthly as a substitute is fine. They will of course want to see PROOF of this, whether in a letter from her retirement and/or monthly pay stubs from subbing. If she has them directly deposited, it would also be valuable to take her past 12 months bank deposits page from the bank. They will still need her income tax transcripts too, to show how much she claims. You will need this as well, for yourself, as well as proof of whatever income and/or assets that you have to claim. Both you and your mother will each fill out your own I-134 signed and dated.

Yes, both should fill out the I-134, but London is peculiar, so you should only submit your mom's and withhold your own unless directly asked for it. London does allow the primary sponsor to be someone other than the fiance in many cases - it's a unique embassy.

And if you go the self-sponsorship route, don't submit any of the 1-134s unless directly asked.

[kevleigh 0]

That's what we're working on now, printing out all her bank statements and highlighting the direct deposits for both the retirement and the substitute pay and she's also getting a letter from the school district where she's working. I'm beginning to feel a little better about it now. I was concerned they wouldn't allow her to combined both incomes. We also have her tax returns from 2010 and 2011. We won't have 2012 because of course we won't have filed yet. She won't file her taxes until April and I (well God willing) pray we have our NOA2 in the coming month.

I also forwarded him the link regarding self-sponsorship, that's interesting and something he might be interested in. Thank you both for your input. I think i can sleep now. :-)

[BaBamSam 239]

That's what we're working on now, printing out all her bank statements and highlighting the direct deposits for both the retirement and the substitute pay and she's also getting a letter from the school district where she's working. I'm beginning to feel a little better about it now. I was concerned they wouldn't allow her to combined both incomes. We also have her tax returns from 2010 and 2011. We won't have 2012 because of course we won't have filed yet. She won't file her taxes until April and I (well God willing) pray we have our NOA2 in the coming month.

I also forwarded him the link regarding self-sponsorship, that's interesting and something he might be interested in. Thank you both for your input. I think i can sleep now. :-)

It's a stressful thing! I'm glad VJ could help you sleep a little easier tonight.