Bank Verification Letter for I-134 (BofA?, Capital One?)

[T+E 2]

In preparing support documents for the I-134, it notes a Bank Verification letter is required from a bank officer. I'm documenting assets because my current income will end when we relocate to the US. I haven't received the embassy requirements yet from Jakarta, but curious how others have obtained these elusive bank letters. (There are some older postings on this matter that were also unresolved).

 

Capital One 360 [A-] - Capital One advised to download the automatic-generated Verification of Deposit letter from their website, which has all of the information (Date account opened, total deposits in 12 months, and current balance), but it is not signed by an officer. Would this be sufficient?

 

Bank of America [F] - As I am abroad and the local BofA office here could not help me (they only serve commercial banking customers), I called the US Customer Service number. After 35 minutes on hold internationally, they flatly told me that they are NOT able to write me a custom letter that complies with the I-134 requirements. Therefore, I had to transfer the balance out of that account over to Capital One. Goodbye BofA... Has anyone had better success with these larger banks?

[usmsbow 801]

Unfortunately I can't answer your question directly, but Jakarta is a pretty laidback embassy. As long as you have other documentation showing you have sufficient assets (like bank statements), the embassy will probably be OK with it. The documentation Capital One provided sounds good enough.