Hi! I received our interview date last week for USEM for Apr 3, 2008. Im preparing now my affidavit of support. My salary on my regular job is I think more than the poverty level. In addition to that, I have several 1099 forms (Independent contractor) from 3 companies I have worked on from last year and another 1099 form from my rental home. Total salary of around 100K from last year. My question is, should I include my two properties and all my W2's/1099 forms on my affidavit of support? And if I include those properties, how would I answer the question from I 134: I own real estate valued at: and With mortgage(s) or other encumbrance(s) thereon amounting to: $? Especially right now with the US economy, those properties actually fell in prices so I think I owe more the the actual value of those houses now. I'm just a little lost about I-134 right now, I can make things simple and just present 1 W2 (around 75K) but I will be presenting my latest ITR and all of those things from what I mentioned above will reflect on the ITR form for 2007. So ultimate question is, should I just present 1 W2 or present everything? Thanks for your reply!

If you qualify on income alone then that is the only proof I would provide; I wouldn't worry about any of the other stuff.

I agree, since you already beat the poverty level hands down, just give them that. It will be proof enough of your income.

As others said, you can rely on just your income. I am working on the I134 too, but I don't have the directions in front of me right now. For proof of income, you need more than just a W2. You need a letter from your employer (look at the directions to I134 for exactly what information it has to give--basically your salary and whether you are a permanent employee...there is something else I can't think of, but it spells it out on the form). You will also need copies of your most recent tax return (including your W2) and three most recent pay stubs. If you work for multiple contractors, you might want to give a few pay stubs from each (and a letter from each!). Your consulate may also require three most recent tax returns.

Ugh, sorry, I misread your question. You want to know if you could simplify everything by just relying on your main job. I thought you were just talking about using income alone and ignoring the property. I think you can (same reason -- the main job is enough to qualify), the only thing you might want to consider is that you still need to submit your tax return, and there may be a discrepancy between the two. Maybe that is not an issue (it is not all that uncommon for people to have extra sources of income from temporary side jobs or investments or whatever), but you might want to check into it.

If your present job is 75k then you are way above the poverty level, the employment letter from your boss and your W2s from that job and you 1099 form should be ok. If your regular job had you below the poverty level then you could go ahead and include all your other income. I find that the federal tax transcript takes the guessing out of everything.

Thanks for the reply guys! I strongly agree on everyone's suggestion that my main job will be sufficient enough. I just thought that a couple of questions from I 134 should be answered (if you own a property and it's value and the balance mortgage) accordingly if you have a property anyway. Its just that from my 2007 ITR, everything I made last year was of course stated. I guess I was just hesitant to leave it blank the part from I 134 where it ask about if you own a real estate. And yes, I do have all the required docs like paystubs and letter from employer. So I would do today, I will have my I 134 notarized and leave those questions from I 134 I mentioned above blank. But to be on the safe side, I will bring all docs I got during the interview (about the real estate, and rental home docs), I will be joining my fiancee with her interview in Manila this coming month.