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Michael McGuire
Hey everyone my name is Michael, I been reading about the I-134 online but I cant seem to understand it completely. Okay my queston is about meeting the income requirement. My fiancee is a New Zealand citizen and lives in Christchurch and makes $21,600NZD a year. I understand her income has nothing to do with it correct? As for me I live in San Diego, California and work at the University of California, San Diego and make $10.28 an hour full time so about $1,644.80 a month and about $19,737.60 a year. Okay the problem is I only had this job for about two months so I think this may be an issue. My last years income was under 10k as I was a student. Please let me know if ill need a co-signer thank you, Michael.
YuAndDan
You say fiancee (K-1) yet you posted this in the K-3 forum, K-3 is for Married Couples.

I-134 is needed for the visa interview, not when you file the I-129F

Foreign income has nothing to do with this, it is the US Citizen that is going to support the foreign citizen when they enter the USA so it is the US Citizen's income that counts.

19K is sufficient to support 2 people at 125% povertyline in CA. Two months is OK, if you provide an employer letter, and copies of pay stubs.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf

One thing about I-134, the directions included with I-134 are very old, USCIS has no reason to update them since USCIS has no application for that form.

The consulates tend to treat the I-134 like a mini-I-864 as so prefer the same financial evidence as the I-864.

In our case this what the I-134 included.
  • I-134 signed and notarized.
  • SIMPLE Tax transcripts from the IRS for past 3 years, (Redundant for the (1040,W2,1099) but are free from the IRS http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq1-6.html
  • Photo copy of IRS form 1040, and W2s for past 3 years (Not necessary if you provide the transcripts)
  • Letter from my employer stating annual salary, job responsibility, and that is full time, on company letterhead.
  • Photo copies of past month or so of pay stubs up to a few weeks before the interview.
My income was well above the povertyline so I did not include any asset data (LIKE BANK STATEMENTS or property values).

If your income exceeds 125% or (100% for military) of the povertyline when counting yourself, prospective immigrant and any dependents, then don't bother with assets (401K, Bank balance, Stocks etc..), it is just extra un-needed data to provide, the consular officer is most concerned with INCOME.

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Michael McGuire
QUOTE(YuAndDan @ Mar 12 2008, 07:57 PM) *
You say fiancee (K-1) yet you posted this in the K-3 forum, K-3 is for Married Couples.

I-134 is needed for the visa interview, not when you file the I-129F

Foreign income has nothing to do with this, it is the US Citizen that is going to support the foreign citizen when they enter the USA so it is the US Citizen's income that counts.

19K is sufficient to support 2 people at 125% povertyline in CA. Two months is OK, if you provide an employer letter, and copies of pay stubs.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf

One thing about I-134, the directions included with I-134 are very old, USCIS has no reason to update them since USCIS has no application for that form.

The consulates tend to treat the I-134 like a mini-I-864 as so prefer the same financial evidence as the I-864.

In our case this what the I-134 included.
  • I-134 signed and notarized.
  • SIMPLE Tax transcripts from the IRS for past 3 years, (Redundant for the (1040,W2,1099) but are free from the IRS http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq1-6.html
  • Photo copy of IRS form 1040, and W2s for past 3 years (Not necessary if you provide the transcripts)
  • Letter from my employer stating annual salary, job responsibility, and that is full time, on company letterhead.
  • Photo copies of past month or so of pay stubs up to a few weeks before the interview.
My income was well above the povertyline so I did not include any asset data (LIKE BANK STATEMENTS or property values).

If your income exceeds 125% or (100% for military) of the povertyline when counting yourself, prospective immigrant and any dependents, then don't bother with assets (401K, Bank balance, Stocks etc..), it is just extra un-needed data to provide, the consular officer is most concerned with INCOME.

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Thanks for your reply. Sorry I posted in the wrong section I was confused on where to post this question. But thanks for your answer It pretty muched answered what I was asking Thanks again smile.gif
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