Hmmm...No Deposit info on Bank Letter

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

Hmmm, I just got my account verification letter from my bank and they don't have the deposits total listed on it. I would take statements, but mine are all online and I only have them for the past 3 months, will that be enough?

Cass (bebop the great)

[YuAndDan 153]

If you are using the bank data, include past few months bank statements.

[Bruce n Jen 0]

Hmmm, I just got my account verification letter from my bank and they don't have the deposits total listed on it. I would take statements, but mine are all online and I only have them for the past 3 months, will that be enough?

Cass (bebop the great)

I had the exact same problem with Bank of America. I went to my local branch and "twisted" one of the assistant managers to do what is needed. I provided her with the total of my deposits for the year and she wrote me a letter. That's what I'm using.

[ucla_cutie26 0]

Same thing happened with me with BofA. They told me that they can't write a letter for me, so they printed out something from thier computer that has very little info. on it. But I am also including a year's worth of bank statements.

[rebeccajo 14]

If your income meets the requirements, an in-depth analysis of your asset accounts is probably moot.

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

Hmmm, I thought the bank account/deposit info was more a verification that your income and salary were being deposited on a regular basis?

Cass (bebop the great)

If your income meets the requirements, an in-depth analysis of your asset accounts is probably moot.

[rebeccajo 14]

Hmmm, I thought the bank account/deposit info was more a verification that your income and salary were being deposited on a regular basis?

Cass (bebop the great)

If your income meets the requirements, an in-depth analysis of your asset accounts is probably moot.

Did you read that in the instructions for the I-134?

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

No, of course not. But I do know that this determination isn't law and is based on what the consular officer believes. And aside from fulfilling a requirement on the I-134 for assets, I thought it was a good way to prove the physical intake of income. Thinking out of the box again.

Cass (bebop the great)

Did you read that in the instructions for the I-134?

[rebeccajo 14]

No, of course not. But I do know that this determination isn't law and is based on what the consular officer believes. And aside from fulfilling a requirement on the I-134 for assets, I thought it was a good way to prove the physical intake of income. Thinking out of the box again.

Cass (bebop the great)

Did you read that in the instructions for the I-134?

Isn't a paystub 'physical intake' of income?

[bebop + rocksteady 0]

Yes, but my paystubs are all online, and, while I plan on printing them out, they seem so....unofficial to me.

Cass (bebop the great)

P.S. This is all aside from the fact that the I-134 specifically requests the deposit amounts for the past year.

Isn't a paystub 'physical intake' of income?

Edited December 14, 2006 by bebop + rocksteady

[rebeccajo 14]

Your unofficial looking paystubs will be corraborated by your W-2.

I showed my bank statements but that was only to verify the deposit of child support. I had no other means of demonstrating that 'physical intake'. That would be the purpose of showing deposits, and for no other reason.

Edited December 14, 2006 by rebeccajo

[MariaEric 0]

I transfer checking money to my savings regularly... my letter showed both account info... but it was ballooned.. because the deposits to my savings appear as additional income. I also rcvd some insurance money from a hurricane... I get travel money with my govt job... I just included a signed letter explaining the anomolies.

I figure if they see something out of the ordinary to what your income is... they may assume a payment(s) was made to "buy" a visa. Just do your best to guess what they might think about anything and provide the best evidence to counter.

[rebeccajo 14]

I transfer checking money to my savings regularly... my letter showed both account info... but it was ballooned.. because the deposits to my savings appear as additional income. I also rcvd some insurance money from a hurricane... I get travel money with my govt job... I just included a signed letter explaining the anomolies.

I figure if they see something out of the ordinary to what your income is... they may assume a payment(s) was made to "buy" a visa. Just do your best to guess what they might think about anything and provide the best evidence to counter.

Sometimes providing unnecessary information can bring up unnecessary questions.

Edited December 15, 2006 by rebeccajo

[Caladan 19]

I'm in the same situation. The letter from my credit union won't give the deposits & debits, so I'm going to give them the last couple months of bank statements along with the letter I do have. (My other bank did all the information just fine.

[Autumnchik 6]

My bank also wouldn't type me a letter. All they would do was print out my statements since I opened my account and then the manager signed them. I am hoping that, along with a letter from my employer, pay stubs and past tax records will be enough.

Also, I moved to another state in June and opened my bank account here and I closed my old account in Georgia. I can provide statements from the old account going back over a year, but they won't give me a letter since I no longer have an account with them. Think that will be sufficient?