I-134 and Supporting Documents

[jonilui 9]

There doesn't seem to be a clear answer I can find on the form itself, the USCIS website or VJ. I will be having my interview in the Montreal Consulate.

My fiance makes $75K. I've read that if your income alone is enough, you do not need to provide any supporting documents. Is this correct? Or do I need to get him to provide pay stubs, letter of employment?

[RoJ10 18]

As stated they need federal tax return and w2 for the whole one year and proof of employment with salary per month listed. Other than that if he meets the requirements then no need to provide bank statements etc.

[VOL 425]

As stated they need federal tax return and w2 for the whole one year and proof of employment with salary per month listed. Other than that if he meets the requirements then no need to provide bank statements etc.

What embassy requires this?

This would be embassy specific.

Many can't supply "Proof Of Employment" to do being self employed, or not being employed.

[RoJ10 18]

What embassy requires this?

This would be embassy specific.

Many can't supply "Proof Of Employment" to do being self employed, or not being employed.

Those are proof that you need to supply with I-134 if being asked by CO, if self employed then bank statements is usually need or the petitioner can simply state that and maybe recent bank transfer is enough. I read some forum that those who are self employed supplied the federal tax return plus w2 and recent bank transfer.

[RoJ10 18]

It's always a choice to bring one or not. Sometimes they're going to ask sometimes not. That is why there's an inconsistencies of information. If she's willing to risk not to bring any evidences it's up to her.

[truelove2014 0]

I had my interview at the Vancouver consulate a few weeks ago, and straight away I was asked for the letter of employment, pay stubs, affidavit of support, tax returns (even though my fiancé makes enough). Basically everything that I had ticked off on the packet 3 list, they asked for(not by the officer, but by the first booth I had to go up to where they collect all your stuff). I had my fiancé do the affidavit of support just in case (and I didn't want any delays), even though on the packet 3 list it said something about it might be required if the officer deems it necessary.

I brought everything I could think they might ask for. I even brought another certified copy of my fiancé divorce decree (even though we had already mailed one before), and I am glad I did, because they asked for it again!

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Those are proof that you need to supply with I-134 if being asked by CO, if self employed then bank statements is usually need or the petitioner can simply state that and maybe recent bank transfer is enough. I read some forum that those who are self employed supplied the federal tax return plus w2 and recent bank transfer.

Self Employee would not get a W2. They probably won't get anything, if they are lucky they might get a 1099 or a handful of 1099's, but that is not definite.

For someone wanting to know what they need, they need to have it embassy specific. No uniformity on requirement, it is Embassy Specific.......

[Ms Hogan 295]

There doesn't seem to be a clear answer I can find on the form itself, the USCIS website or VJ. I will be having my interview in the Montreal Consulate.

My fiance makes $75K. I've read that if your income alone is enough, you do not need to provide any supporting documents. Is this correct? Or do I need to get him to provide pay stubs, letter of employment?

Do you have tax transcripts? NOT tax returns but tax transcripts for the past 3 years?

I would bring pay stubs anyway and bring a letter of employment. I brought everything they asked for and more JUST IN CASE! It doesn't hurt to have extra documentation on hand in case that's the day they decide to ask for it or they are missing something from NVC.

That's my opinion.

[CowBoE 429]

There doesn't seem to be a clear answer I can find on the form itself, the USCIS website or VJ. I will be having my interview in the Montreal Consulate.

My fiance makes $75K. I've read that if your income alone is enough, you do not need to provide any supporting documents. Is this correct? Or do I need to get him to provide pay stubs, letter of employment?

I'm not certain there is a definite list that fits everyone and every embassy.

So I think you have to kind of improvise, which is what I did.

Rather than choosing the minimalist approach, I went the other way

and did the maximum by providing everything that I can...here is a list that

I can think of at the moment (keep in mind this could be bit over preparation

but I wanted my fiancee to be fully ready)

1. 3 years of W2s

2. 3 years of tax transcripts

3. 6 months of bank statements (I have many accounts, but only provided the main

on that is used to auto-deposit paycheck and pay bills out of)

4. 6 months of pay stubs

5. employment verification letter

6. I even prepared the asset side of things (life insurance, IRA/401K, house value,

stocks holdings, etc.) when I was uncertain as to how much documents were needed,

but ended up not sending it to her but had them ready...just in case.

[charlieprince 24]

There doesn't seem to be a clear answer I can find on the form itself, the USCIS website or VJ. I will be having my interview in the Montreal Consulate.

My fiance makes $75K. I've read that if your income alone is enough, you do not need to provide any supporting documents. Is this correct? Or do I need to get him to provide pay stubs, letter of employment?

Considering I just finished mailing all of the required K-1 packet, it's still fresh in my memory if your fiancee makes $75k then that is more than sufficient as income, however.. here are still the things you'd need and all of this are easy enough to get:

- I-134 Affidavit of Support

- Most Recent Tax Return (2014)

- W2 (your fiancee's W2)

- LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT (that shows annual salary/etc and where he works at on official letterhead)

- Pay Stubs for the past 3 months

those are almost mandatory.. you can also throw in Tax Returns from the past 3 years if you should so wish..

[jonilui 9]

Thanks for the help everyone! I will get my fiance to get letter of employment, 3 years of tax transcripts, and 3 of last pay stubs. I hope that is certainly sufficient.

I haven't actually received my P3 yet. It won't be a problem that the letter of employment is dated before I receive it, does it?

[Ilovecake 11]

My fiancé works for his family business and they don't have a letterhead