Affidavit of Support - are scanned copies acceptable?

[A.A. 0]

Hi

I will be attending my K1 fiance visa interview soon. I was wondering if I can submit legible scanned copies (sent visa email) of my American fiancee's parents' financial documents in the interview, as support for my affidavit of support? What about form I-134 itself, can I present a genuinely signed but scanned copy? We both live in London and her parents are in America.

Thank you

Edited January 18, 2013 by A.A.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Have them mail (or FedEX or UPS) a signed version. Why risk getting a 221(g) if you get a CO who wants to see an actual signature vs. a scan?

[Darnell 8,479]

tax data - scans/copies are acceptable

signed I-134 documents? must be the original piece o paper.

[GandD 5,966]

Hi

I will be attending my K1 fiance visa interview soon. I was wondering if I can submit legible scanned copies (sent visa email) of my American fiancee's parents' financial documents in the interview, as support for my affidavit of support? What about form I-134 itself, can I present a genuinely signed but scanned copy? We both live in London and her parents are in America.

Thank you

Hi, this was the wording on our packet 4 regarding the documents we needed to bring (I-134 was on the list)

"Please bring to your interview the original and one photocopy of each of the following documents (as applicable), for each applicant:"

I also found this in the I-134 instructions under the "Requests for more information or interview" section under the "Processing Information" Heading:

"We may also request that you submit the originals of any copy"

Realistically, I would guess that this would all depend on the officer you get or frankly how realistic your printer makes the signature look. I would suggest bringing the original, especially of this form. The I-134 is one of the most important documents relating to your upcoming interview and you can bet that the officer will look the document over carefully. Good luck with the interview!

[A.A. 0]

Thanks all. Will definitely obtain and take with me signed I-134 form, but probably with have good copies of tax papers and other financial docs.

Edited January 18, 2013 by A.A.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi

I will be attending my K1 fiance visa interview soon. I was wondering if I can submit legible scanned copies (sent visa email) of my American fiancee's parents' financial documents in the interview, as support for my affidavit of support? What about form I-134 itself, can I present a genuinely signed but scanned copy? We both live in London and her parents are in America.

Thank you

An original signature is required. Anything that comes out of a machine is a copy of a signature - it was made by a machine.

There is no such thing as a "genuinely signed but scanned copy." The signature either comes from a person's own hands or a printer. What comes out of the printer is always a copy because the ink was not physically place there by the person. It was a machine that drew an exact copy of the person's signature.

For example, I sign an I-864. That's the original with the original signature. If I make a scan and send you the PDF, the best you can do is print out a copy because I still have the original. The print out you have came from a machine. The "signature" from your copy was not made by me. It was made by the printer - a machine which can only make a copy of my signature.