I-134a

[Jose&Karolina 5]

here is my story so far... i just received my noa2 after only 77 days from noa1 (is that some kind of record?).

i currently am employed at the home depot part time and make about $15k a year... pitiful. i am not trying to bring my wife here to struggle so i am started a new career. and that being said i was recently hired as an 911 telecommunicator in a police department making $31k a year. the problem is i haven't started yet. my start date should be in about a week. so basically I'm in between jobs. and im not sure what to do about my 134a. if i could hold off for atleast a few weeks i could maybe start and get a weeks pay or 2 weeks and fill it out with that salary or should i just fill it out and leave my almost current job completely out of it. with my new salary i make enough for a family of four, but with my current not enough for even myself.

my only savior is my aunt who is more than willing to sponsor me. she makes over $50k a year as a fire rescue dispatcher (yea its a family business lol) and that's enough for an 8 family household. its currently only her and her daughter and one person she sponsored before so that would be three plus me and my fiance only five so that should be fine as well. so i would not be worried at all if i had at least 2 months on my new job until i had my noa2 in my hand but things don't always pan out how you want them to.

what should i do? im kind of in an awkward position now with my financials. thanks in advance

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Congrats, and no, not a record.

I do not know the process for making an interview in Poland, but it usually takes at least 2 months for most to get through the NVC and have their interviews scheduled at the consulate. It may even be possible to schedule your interview 3 or 4 months from now so that you have time to receive a few months worth of pay stubs from the new job. You could also go sooner and just add the job offer documents to show you have a new job and its salary and take your co-sponsor's information with you too. You would each fill out an I-134 and provide your supporting documentation,

[Jose&Karolina 5]

do you think that it will be enough without my new job and just my current job and sponsor?

[Gosia & Tito 199]

here is my story so far... i just received my noa2 after only 77 days from noa1 (is that some kind of record?).

i currently am employed at the home depot part time and make about $15k a year... pitiful. i am not trying to bring my wife here to struggle so i am started a new career. and that being said i was recently hired as an 911 telecommunicator in a police department making $31k a year. the problem is i haven't started yet. my start date should be in about a week. so basically I'm in between jobs. and im not sure what to do about my 134a. if i could hold off for atleast a few weeks i could maybe start and get a weeks pay or 2 weeks and fill it out with that salary or should i just fill it out and leave my almost current job completely out of it. with my new salary i make enough for a family of four, but with my current not enough for even myself.

my only savior is my aunt who is more than willing to sponsor me. she makes over $50k a year as a fire rescue dispatcher (yea its a family business lol) and that's enough for an 8 family household. its currently only her and her daughter and one person she sponsored before so that would be three plus me and my fiance only five so that should be fine as well. so i would not be worried at all if i had at least 2 months on my new job until i had my noa2 in my hand but things don't always pan out how you want them to.

what should i do? im kind of in an awkward position now with my financials. thanks in advance

Shouldn't be a problem, but is wise to have a backup.

You still have a couple of months until interview. From past experience, which seems to be the same in recent couples; the Warsaw Embassy is not terribly hard; but they do seem to make a decision before hand and the interview is just crossing the t's; reason I'm saying this is because many have reported very short interviews with very few simple questions: ours was 10 min and 3 questions

Is because of that that I added the backup plan: in your I-134 you can attach a page to give a bit more detail of your new job and salary. Stick to the facts: when it started, what is the salary, contract or permanent position,

I think that your age would play a factor: I mean, if you are younger -say up to mid 20s; then it is 'normal' that you are changing to a better job and that you didn't have a big paying one before; the change to a better paying also helps the case that you want to support your wife. Also, it shows a progression to better jobs/higher salaries.

Not to say that if you were older it could be a red flag; plenty of people just like to live within their means and have a life to live outside an office. Not everybody wants to sign for a 30 year mortgage or have the latest and greatest cars and gadgets.

The backup refers to having your aunt co-sponsor you with a i-134. You could choose to have it handy for the interview such that if there is any questioning, your fiancee will have a quick refutal

Now notice the 134 is non binding and really is just an indicator -and a very light indicator at best; to the Embassy that you would be able to support both. Once you AoS-adjust status you will have another form that IS a binding contract; if you still are counting on aunt, that might become a bit touchy: whoever sponsors could be on the hook for many years.

Anyhow, back to your question, I don't think it would be a big issue, but better be prepared. If you have some $ in accounts/investments, list those as to show you have emergency funds you could tap. Obviously, if you have real state list it. You will have a few paychecks to support your financial stance and that is all what you need to have.

Good luck

[Jose&Karolina 5]

Shouldn't be a problem, but is wise to have a backup.

You still have a couple of months until interview. From past experience, which seems to be the same in recent couples; the Warsaw Embassy is not terribly hard; but they do seem to make a decision before hand and the interview is just crossing the t's; reason I'm saying this is because many have reported very short interviews with very few simple questions: ours was 10 min and 3 questions

Is because of that that I added the backup plan: in your I-134 you can attach a page to give a bit more detail of your new job and salary. Stick to the facts: when it started, what is the salary, contract or permanent position,

I think that your age would play a factor: I mean, if you are younger -say up to mid 20s; then it is 'normal' that you are changing to a better job and that you didn't have a big paying one before; the change to a better paying also helps the case that you want to support your wife. Also, it shows a progression to better jobs/higher salaries.

Not to say that if you were older it could be a red flag; plenty of people just like to live within their means and have a life to live outside an office. Not everybody wants to sign for a 30 year mortgage or have the latest and greatest cars and gadgets.

The backup refers to having your aunt co-sponsor you with a i-134. You could choose to have it handy for the interview such that if there is any questioning, your fiancee will have a quick refutal

Now notice the 134 is non binding and really is just an indicator -and a very light indicator at best; to the Embassy that you would be able to support both. Once you AoS-adjust status you will have another form that IS a binding contract; if you still are counting on aunt, that might become a bit touchy: whoever sponsors could be on the hook for many years.

Anyhow, back to your question, I don't think it would be a big issue, but better be prepared. If you have some $ in accounts/investments, list those as to show you have emergency funds you could tap. Obviously, if you have real state list it. You will have a few paychecks to support your financial stance and that is all what you need to have.

Good luck

thanks for the info. i am definitely going to use my aunt as a co sponsor. i am in my early twenties so i am definitely just starting out financially, the only problem is weather or not to try and wait until i start my new job or just use my old job. my old job clearly doesnt meet the guidlines they use, my new one surpasses it completely. so by that viewpoint it would be better to put the new one so they wouldnt have a reason to fail me in that aspect.

the way you are phrasing it seems like my cospnsor might not even be used. if i use my current job i will most definitaly need a co sponsor. by the time aos comes around with my income i wont need her sponsorship im thinking.

[Redicent 14]

Thats all good advice. I will just add that if you are not going to wait until you have a few pay subs under your belt, at least wait until you start the job. Get a letter from the head of the department you're working for. A letter with official letterhead stating your position, annual salary and that it is permanent work, the department head would sign it stating their position and inviting any follow up questions to them. The more official the better. And get your sponsor to sign an I-864 and show income over 125% of poverty level for AOS, not just the 100% for k-1 visa. Have all of this available at the interview.

By the way, how much evidence of ongoing relationship did you send with your I-129F petition?

[Jose&Karolina 5]

Thats all good advice. I will just add that if you are not going to wait until you have a few pay subs under your belt, at least wait until you start the job. Get a letter from the head of the department you're working for. A letter with official letterhead stating your position, annual salary and that it is permanent work, the department head would sign it stating their position and inviting any follow up questions to them. The more official the better. And get your sponsor to sign an I-864 and show income over 125% of poverty level for AOS, not just the 100% for k-1 visa. Have all of this available at the interview.

By the way, how much evidence of ongoing relationship did you send with your I-129F petition?

i was thinking about that and im not sure if it would be better to do what you said or do it with my current job, just for the fact that i have more time under my belt. my aunt makes way over 125% and all the documents she will give me with the 134a will show that. i was thinking of doing that exact thing that you said. start my new job and have my supervisor sign an official paper stating all of my information.

for my 129f i just sent a bunch of our first emails and reciepts for flowers i sent her. my embassy is said to not be a front loading one and i sent the basics. for the interview i will send all of our skype phone call logs and some chat ones, its all we have really because all of our communication is through skype (its the 21st century). and being a long distance relationship what more could we do? skype is free and awesome i see her like she is with me all the time.

Edited July 22, 2013 by Jose&Karolina

[Gosia & Tito 199]

thanks for the info. i am definitely going to use my aunt as a co sponsor. i am in my early twenties so i am definitely just starting out financially, the only problem is weather or not to try and wait until i start my new job or just use my old job. my old job clearly doesnt meet the guidlines they use, my new one surpasses it completely. so by that viewpoint it would be better to put the new one so they wouldnt have a reason to fail me in that aspect.

the way you are phrasing it seems like my cospnsor might not even be used. if i use my current job i will most definitaly need a co sponsor. by the time aos comes around with my income i wont need her sponsorship im thinking.

By the time of the interview, you will be in the new job already. I'd use that one. If you feel a bit nervous about the timing, in the box where they want the salary in the 134, put a note and explain in a separate page that job starts on date X.

The AoS will require your latest tax return, which will not have the new job; but as before, you can attach explanations.

[Jose&Karolina 5]

well the time has come for me to send the 134-a to my fiance. i got about 6 paystubs under my belt as well as a retirement account and an official letter stating my salary and that i stand to make $34,000 this year. sweet.. . so i went against using my aunt as a co sponsor for the fact that we are not so close and im not sure i want to ask that of her anymore. i feel this income is more than sufficient to satisfy there support needs. going by the 125% poverty guidelines witch is $19,500 for 2 people i dont think it will be a problem, but my paranoia is not my best trait. what do you guys and girls think?