I-134 Co-Sponsor Letter From Employer

[October21 0]

Hiya,

I'm in the midst of gathering all the necessary NOA 2 documents to send to my fiance and I'm stressing out a bit over the I-134 paperwork. As usual, I have some questions that I hope anyone could help me with.

1. At the moment I'm employed in a temporary position that will most likely be wrapping up in the next few weeks (I don't have an exact date of completion right now, it's whenever they tell me they have to let me go). I'm gathering all my I-134 paperwork now and I know that I have to submit, among other things, a letter from my employer, recent pay stubs, as well as stating on my I-134 form what my annual income is.

My question is: Should I be worried about asking my current boss to write the letter for me, as well as stating my current income and my pay stubs, and then sending all that information along when I won't still be employed at my workplace by the time my fiance gets an interview? I mean, technically I'm not unemployed right now, but I will be soon enough. Should I just send all of that paperwork stating my current employer since that's where I am at the time that I'm collecting the information?

2. In addition to being a temporary employee, I'm also underemployed and don't earn much so my father is going to be our co-sponsor. He's filled out his own I-134 and will be collecting his own letter from his employer, pay stubs, and necessary tax information.

My question is: My father has a set base pay salary at his job, but he works *a lot* of overtime and earns an additional almost half of his base pay from his overtime. When he gets his tax return transcripts, they will list his annual income including the overtime pay he earned that year, but when he gets his letter from his employer, they will only state his base pay rate not including the overtime. Will that discrepancy between the tax returns and the employer letter be a problem? Without the overtime he still makes 125% of the poverty level to support our soon to be 3-person household, but he's concerned that the difference between what his income tax return says and what the employer letter says will raise an eyebrow.

Sorry that's so much to ask! Getting to this part of the process has always made me the most nervous because of my crappy employment situation. Any help or advice would be appreciated more than you could imagine. Thank you!

[KennyJ 10]

Hiya,

I'm in the midst of gathering all the necessary NOA 2 documents to send to my fiance and I'm stressing out a bit over the I-134 paperwork. As usual, I have some questions that I hope anyone could help me with.

1. At the moment I'm employed in a temporary position that will most likely be wrapping up in the next few weeks (I don't have an exact date of completion right now, it's whenever they tell me they have to let me go). I'm gathering all my I-134 paperwork now and I know that I have to submit, among other things, a letter from my employer, recent pay stubs, as well as stating on my I-134 form what my annual income is.

My question is: Should I be worried about asking my current boss to write the letter for me, as well as stating my current income and my pay stubs, and then sending all that information along when I won't still be employed at my workplace by the time my fiance gets an interview? I mean, technically I'm not unemployed right now, but I will be soon enough. Should I just send all of that paperwork stating my current employer since that's where I am at the time that I'm collecting the information?

2. In addition to being a temporary employee, I'm also underemployed and don't earn much so my father is going to be our co-sponsor. He's filled out his own I-134 and will be collecting his own letter from his employer, pay stubs, and necessary tax information.

My question is: My father has a set base pay salary at his job, but he works *a lot* of overtime and earns an additional almost half of his base pay from his overtime. When he gets his tax return transcripts, they will list his annual income including the overtime pay he earned that year, but when he gets his letter from his employer, they will only state his base pay rate not including the overtime. Will that discrepancy between the tax returns and the employer letter be a problem? Without the overtime he still makes 125% of the poverty level to support our soon to be 3-person household, but he's concerned that the difference between what his income tax return says and what the employer letter says will raise an eyebrow.

Sorry that's so much to ask! Getting to this part of the process has always made me the most nervous because of my crappy employment situation. Any help or advice would be appreciated more than you could imagine. Thank you!

1) I would just submit your paystubs. The CO would concern if your job is a temporary one.

2) They only look at his recent paystubs not much about his income tax. You can also ask your dad to include his w2 as well.

[GandD 5,966]

1. At the moment I'm employed in a temporary position that will most likely be wrapping up in the next few weeks (I don't have an exact date of completion right now, it's whenever they tell me they have to let me go). I'm gathering all my I-134 paperwork now and I know that I have to submit, among other things, a letter from my employer, recent pay stubs, as well as stating on my I-134 form what my annual income is.

My question is: Should I be worried about asking my current boss to write the letter for me, as well as stating my current income and my pay stubs, and then sending all that information along when I won't still be employed at my workplace by the time my fiance gets an interview? I mean, technically I'm not unemployed right now, but I will be soon enough. Should I just send all of that paperwork stating my current employer since that's where I am at the time that I'm collecting the information?

2. In addition to being a temporary employee, I'm also underemployed and don't earn much so my father is going to be our co-sponsor. He's filled out his own I-134 and will be collecting his own letter from his employer, pay stubs, and necessary tax information.

My question is: My father has a set base pay salary at his job, but he works *a lot* of overtime and earns an additional almost half of his base pay from his overtime. When he gets his tax return transcripts, they will list his annual income including the overtime pay he earned that year, but when he gets his letter from his employer, they will only state his base pay rate not including the overtime. Will that discrepancy between the tax returns and the employer letter be a problem? Without the overtime he still makes 125% of the poverty level to support our soon to be 3-person household, but he's concerned that the difference between what his income tax return says and what the employer letter says will raise an eyebrow.

Sorry that's so much to ask! Getting to this part of the process has always made me the most nervous because of my crappy employment situation. Any help or advice would be appreciated more than you could imagine. Thank you!

1. If you're a temp employee, when you submit a letter from your employer, they need to specify that it is a temp position. This is a quote from the I-134 instructions:

"Statement(s) from your employer on business stationery showing:

1. Date and Nature of employment

2. Salary Paid; and

3. Whether the position is temporary or permanent"

That being said, you'll likely need a co-sponser as you have indicated. My point of mentioning this is you need to be clear on your I-134 supporting evidence that you are in a temp position as it specifically asks.

2. Lots of people are hourly, so I'd just make sure your Dad's employer specifies what he earns and that he is eligible for overtime. The IO will see his transcripts and know what he historically earns. Since all of the income is from his one employer I doubt there will be an issue with the difference. I have quarterly bonuses and they didn't raise any flags.

[October21 0]

Thanks very much for your help, KoJ and GandD! My dad will be sending in his W-2 as well as his return transcripts (we both requested both from the IRS), and I'll make sure that he asks them to specify in his employer letter that he is eligible for overtime.

I will ask my boss to specify in his letter that my employment there is temporary and I'll send all the other stuff along with the pay stubs only because I'd rather have too much information than not enough.

Thanks so much again!