I-134 Affidavit of Support

[aitian 0]

I am the petitioner but am not sure if I will qualify. I live in Thailand and will be moving back in August, hopefully with my fiance, to begin a Ph.D. program. I will receive a stipend of around 20k a year, but it is not a normal job I can produce a letter from a supervisor for, so I am afraid it will not suffice. I also have been studying in Thailand so I don't have any former employment either. The only documents I can supply is the contract from the school for the stipend and a letter from my bank stating that I've had around 20k in the past year deposited.

I was wondering if I can have my father submit an I-134 too, in case mine is not good enough. He has enough money and can guarantee to provide financial support if we come under financial hard times. Will this be alright?

[joeyjoey 1]

I am the petitioner but am not sure if I will qualify. I live in Thailand and will be moving back in August, hopefully with my fiance, to begin a Ph.D. program. I will receive a stipend of around 20k a year, but it is not a normal job I can produce a letter from a supervisor for, so I am afraid it will not suffice. I also have been studying in Thailand so I don't have any former employment either. The only documents I can supply is the contract from the school for the stipend and a letter from my bank stating that I've had around 20k in the past year deposited.

I was wondering if I can have my father submit an I-134 too, in case mine is not good enough. He has enough money and can guarantee to provide financial support if we come under financial hard times. Will this be alright?

Yes, your Father can be your co-sponsor. That will resolve the I-134 financial support issues.

[aitian 0]

Yes, your Father can be your co-sponsor. That will resolve the I-134 financial support issues.

If my father is a co-sponsor, do we each submit separate I-134 forms?

[Caladan 19]

Yes, you could each submit a separate I-134.

I'm a Ph.D. student, too, and when I called to ask for a letter, the first thing they asked as 'Do you have your original acceptance letter? That would work.' Since I've been in the program since 2002, they wrote up a summary of my income and signed it.

Your living stipend of 20K counts as income. Foreign graduate students bring over their spouses all the time.