Okay on the Form I-134, one evidence of supporting income is having a statement from a bank officer among other things the total amount deposited for the past year. I've been interpreted this as the deposit in 2005. Is this correct or should it be within the last 12 months? I want to know since I've made the request to two of my financial instititions. thanks!

I had my bank draw up a statement for the past 12 months.

how can you prove for financial support when you are a student like me ?
how money are they asking for? My fiancée and I are still students, even though i am done at the end the year. Cant I marry my fiancée and move to the USA to live with her if i cant prove that i am rich?!

what are my other options? (i could find a job there and live with her...)

could you give me more information about this. thanks a lot

"how can you prove for financial support when you are a student like me ?
how money are they asking for? My fiancée and I are still students, even though i am done at the end the year. Cant I marry my fiancée and move to the USA to live with her if i cant prove that i am rich?!

what are my other options? (i could find a job there and live with her...)

could you give me more information about this. thanks a lot"

If your fiancee is the USC then she needs to be able to prove she can support you.
She will need to show she is making 125% of the poverty level to support her household.

cj,

Point of clarification: the bank statement is documentation of an asset, specifically the money you have on deposit with the bank. It is not documentation of your income unless, perhaps, you are self-employed in a small business and you are showing transfers from the business account to your personal account.

Even if you are an employee with direct deposit, which would show on your bank statements, there are far better ways to document your current income such as a paystub or earnings statement that your employer issues.

Yodrak

Are banks actually issuing letters?

My bank just gave me a print-out of numbers.

Is there a specific word/title for the letter immigration is looking for, a la:

To whom it may concern,

XXX has had an account at XXX bank for XX years. XX has deposited a total of XXX in 2006 and XXX's curent balance is XXXX.

????????????

Or should I just go with my pay stubs and forget the stupid bank?
Does the bank letter (if it actually exists) have to be notorized??
Do the pay stubs have to be notorized?
Can they be copies, or do they have to be originals??


THANKS

Banks will issue it if you talk to the right person. Being self employed and a small business owner I made an apointment to speak with a bank officer and showed them the immigrations support documents. They took a couple of days but provided a letter with documentation showing deposits on my business and personal accounts and certified them for me.

Although this is just one form I prepared to go along with last 3 years federal returns, Schedule C profit loss statements of business income, savings, IRA retirement accounts, and investments.

Self employeed and business owners are used to having to provide a mountain of paperwork to made financial transactions. Someone who was employed would just need to copy a few recent paycheck stubs, get a letter from employee on salary, and tax records.

If you think you can not meet the 125% poverty guideline, don't put your fiance or wife through a bad interview, get a sponsor and have them provide the documentation to support their joint sponsorship of your wife or fiance.

In the Manila embassy it seems to be the common reason for denial, not enough support documentation or a missing co sponsor when the petitioner knows he/she might not make the 125% cut off.

I'm with Yodrak. Try to meet the income requirement first...which can be documented by pay stubs and an employer letter and tax returns. If you don't meet the income requirement, then you can use assets, such as money in the bank. I am going to provide bank statements for the last six months, but only as extra documentation. I'm going to qualify with income (for more info on the requirements, see the instructions for the I=864, even if you are only filing the I-134 now).

Mike

I got a letter from my bank kind of like the one mentioned. It is a letter with my bank's stationery and says:

Date

To whom it may concern:

XX has banked with XX Bank since XX. Her deposits for the year of 2006 to account number XX-XX are $XX.XX. The daily balance is $XX.XX.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX.

Sincerely,

XXXXX

Personal Banking Representative

I hope it's good because she asked me if I was sponsoring somebody and when I said yes she made this letter and said she has done them before....

I also have my payment stubs with the deduction details... I'd like to know if I need more stuff before I send my evidence.

Any thoughts????

Letter from employer?
Tax Transcripts?