Affidavit of Support

[SnowyTater 0]

Guys I've been posting all over the forums on this and I'm sorry if I'm getting on people's nerves, but it's freaking me out and I can't find the answers

So been researching better now...I still don't understand where people (seems like most people) are getting that you have to submit the past 3 years worth of tax returns for the Affidavit of support?

I've read that it varies embassy by embassy. Here's what I and my mother (my co-sponsor, the one with the actual money) have gotten together:

1. Letters from our employers with salary, start date, standing in company

2. Several of our most recent paystubs

3. a letter from the bank giving the details of our account - current balance, when it's opened, what's been deposited in the last year.

Oh, my mom's well over the poverty line btw so we're not doing assets or anything. I make a penance and am a student so they're probably just gonna toss mine aside.

I've read that if you make plenty of salary, the ONLY thing you have to provide is tax returns?? When I've yet to see anything providing tax returns at all. On the instructions for the I-134, it says to give these only if you're self-employed which we're not.

Here's the link I've found for the London embassy's requirements from the sponsor with the I-134: link

It says:

To substantiate the information regarding income and resources the sponsor should attached two or more of the following items to the affidavit.

notarized copies of his or her latest federal income tax return;

a statement from his or her employer showing salary and the length and permanency of employment;

a statement from an officer of a bank regarding his or her account, the date the account was opened and the present balance;

any other evidence adequate to establish financial ability to carry out his or her undertaking toward the applicant for what might be an indefinite period of time.

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So, according to this, to fulfill the London embassy's requirements I must provide two of the above, and I've provided 3 (with 'other' being paystubs). Yet people are still acting like tax information (3 years specifically, why?) is the most important part.

Sorry guys, I'm just freaking out. If it varies by embassy I guess I just wanted to know other UK'ers' experiences Thanks.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

I think what you've got sounds good to me. I'm going to do tax returns just because that will be easier for me than going to the bank president for a letter. The page you referenced it the same one I had bookmarked. Somewhere in the K1 info or maybe the London info, I also read that it's only 100% of the poverty level for the K1, not the 125% required later on for the Adjustment of Status.

Edited April 15, 2008 by Nich-Nick

[william_wallace 8]

I think what you've got sounds good to me. I'm going to do tax returns just because that will be easier for me than going to the bank president for a letter. The page you referenced it the same one I had bookmarked. Somewhere in the K1 info or maybe the London info, I also read that it's only 100% of the poverty level for the K1, not the 125% required later on for the Adjustment of Status.

Why does it only need to be 100% poverty level for the K1, when you need to AOS withing 90 days anyway? I thought it clearly states it has to be 125%

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I went through London a couple of weeks ago, and they wanted the signed, original affidavit of support, and that was IT

I had all manner of other bumph, and it never even came out of its folder... not saying it's not best to be prepared, but I wouldn't stress too much if I were you

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

I did CR-1, so they should have been more strict, since it's the eqivilent of AOS, I had 3 years tax returns and they only kept one. I had photocopies of my MIL's passport, bank account statment, recent pay stubs. They didn't ask for any of it. If that's what they're like for CR-1, you'll be fine for K-1.

[SnowyTater 0]

Thanks a lot guys You're like...awesome.

My SO is killing himself stressing out over there - this and finals week for university together. We're both like...AAAHHH just now

[Lansbury 19]

Thanks a lot guys You're like...awesome.

My SO is killing himself stressing out over there - this and finals week for university together. We're both like...AAAHHH just now

Look on the bright side if you can do finals week you can handle getting a visa it is only slightly harder.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Well at least you know that he is very well versed in the subject of his visa interview

[StillThePrettiest 3]

...after which he will say 'was that IT?!'

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

I sent the I-134, three years of taz returns, letter from employer, and a letter from the bank...sounds like it might be overkill, but as STP says, better to be prepared....

Darren is starting to show signs of stress...always can tell, he watches StarTrek NG NON-STOP while we're online...but I never give hima hard time about it, since he still talks to me....

NINE days to go, but who's counting?

[Robyn-n-Kris 72]

I sent the I-134, three years of taz returns, letter from employer, and a letter from the bank...sounds like it might be overkill, but as STP says, better to be prepared....

Darren is starting to show signs of stress...always can tell, he watches StarTrek NG NON-STOP while we're online...but I never give hima hard time about it, since he still talks to me....

NINE days to go, but who's counting?

LOL sounds like Kris though he watches comedians!!! Now if only we had 9days to go as well.

[rebeccajo 14]

I went through London a couple of weeks ago, and they wanted the signed, original affidavit of support, and that was IT

I had all manner of other bumph, and it never even came out of its folder... not saying it's not best to be prepared, but I wouldn't stress too much if I were you

Prettiest -

You gave them JUST the affidavit? No supporting documents?

That is what we did 2.5 years ago.

[SnowyTater 0]

I'm still just worried about the tax stuff. It's obviously the best proof to show and if it were all my business and up to me, I'd totally get it. But it's my mom's and she's like...already been bugged to death about all this, and I wasn't too clear at first on everything needed either, lots my fault, etc Didn't want to have to bug her again for tax things and I've never even made enough to file so pfft to that one.

Man if only there was a secret Trekkie handshake when you go in the embassy for automatic approval You know I've never even seen Star Trek.

My sweetie and I never really get to see each other these days...this semester has killed us both and our technologies right now suck, it's hard. I'm flying over in like a month though and we really, really need it, this is all bah. But it's SO exciting with the end in sight, god life's about to get so good

green congratulations in advance when Darren does get through Whoo hoo!

[rebeccajo 14]

Go here:

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86988.pdf

....and read directly from the FAM about the I134. It begins partway down on Page 16.

[SnowyTater 0]

Rebeccajo how do you find this stuff

Oi ...it's just inconsistent, you know? This is the guidebook for the adjudicators, I guess, in which it very much prioritizes tax returns. But in the I-134 instructions it doesn't even mention them as an option, let alone a main necessity, except if you're self employed; and then with the London embassy's specific instructions, it just says provide at least 2 of 4 types of evidence.

Man I don't know Blargh. I'm just worried that it's been so long with ours. We got our NOA2 at the end of February and Iain only just sent packet 3 back to them this WEEK, that sounds really really terrible right? o_O I know it's good for four months but it also says asap. But it was send to his permanent address in Edinburgh and he's in school in London and couldn't go home for a good while, and the post office at his school is really ####### and basically open to anyone who wants to steal your mail so we were afraid to have it forwarded.

I think I'm probably going to end up sending everything in without the tax returns info. I guess the worst that'll happen is they request more and we're held up a couple weeks which is no problem. I don't think they're gonna issue a bonds thing for us or anything like that, no way is he going to be a public charge. We'll just cross our fingers and hope I guess

Thanks.