is emplyment letter/verifiction of the petitioner needed on the k1 interview?

[jamz 0]

how important is the employment letter as supporting docs to I-134F? My fiance' have a problem with his company's HR..they don't want to give him the said verification letter..they said its because of the information laws in the US..they could not disclose the information of their employees as they might be sued.. is his current pay stubs will suffice?

thanks for all your help

[Gosia & Tito 199]

how important is the employment letter as supporting docs to I-134F? My fiance' have a problem with his company's HR..they don't want to give him the said verification letter..they said its because of the information laws in the US..they could not disclose the information of their employees as they might be sued.. is his current pay stubs will suffice?

thanks for all your help

Position held, start date, salary and whether is a permanent or contract position are "disclosable", that is the kind of info that might be required by a new employer if she were to change jobs.....The HR people are often clueless on this. If she states the purpose, she should be able to get letter...I had similar pushbacks from my HR, and I insisted all the way to the Director. I have my letter...

Pay stubs and IRS transcripts (free, just need to request them) should suffice

Edited July 13, 2011 by Gosia & Tito

[Casprd 167]

The previous poster is correct. This is all information that they can disclose and I don't believe they even need your permission. What they won't disclose is performance history as they can and often are sued for this. Start date, current salary, position and type (full/part/contract) are all ok. You will just have to push the HR people for this. If they won't give it then he can talk to his manager to get it.

[BlueBonnet 84]

When I was getting my passport renewed, I was claiming lost or stolen, my consualte asked me to go to the police and get a report done. I did, and the officer wouldnt do it, as it wasnt a Canadian Passport. I went back to my consulate, and they said I had to attempt to prove that I had requested it and sent me back to the police to get a letter stating that they wouldnt give it to me. Well, they wouldnt give me the letter either. So I took his business card and had him write his police ID number on it. I sent a letter to my consualte showing the phone numbers I called, the dates and time I talked to anyone, the fact that the officer wouldnt give me a letter and I submitted his business card.

Sometimes you just cant get the things you need from others, but at least try, be thorough in your explanation letter, and ask you HR person for her card and tell her youre submitting it to Homeland Security because she wont give you a employment letter.

Also for my AOS, we didnt send in a employment letter, it was a contract dispute between 2 companies and it was complicated as to whom my husband really worked for. We sent in a explanation letter instead and 6 weeks worth of paystubs. We never got an RFE for it.

I hope this helps in giving you some ideas on how to get around the letter that you cant get.

[Darnell 8,478]

employment letter is optional on the I-134. Paystubs can prove up current income and sometimes employment history.

[jamz 0]

When I was getting my passport renewed, I was claiming lost or stolen, my consualte asked me to go to the police and get a report done. I did, and the officer wouldnt do it, as it wasnt a Canadian Passport. I went back to my consulate, and they said I had to attempt to prove that I had requested it and sent me back to the police to get a letter stating that they wouldnt give it to me. Well, they wouldnt give me the letter either. So I took his business card and had him write his police ID number on it. I sent a letter to my consualte showing the phone numbers I called, the dates and time I talked to anyone, the fact that the officer wouldnt give me a letter and I submitted his business card.

Sometimes you just cant get the things you need from others, but at least try, be thorough in your explanation letter, and ask you HR person for her card and tell her youre submitting it to Homeland Security because she wont give you a employment letter.

Also for my AOS, we didnt send in a employment letter, it was a contract dispute between 2 companies and it was complicated as to whom my husband really worked for. We sent in a explanation letter instead and 6 weeks worth of paystubs. We never got an RFE for it.

I hope this helps in giving you some ideas on how to get around the letter that you cant get.

thanks all for the reply..he already went to his HR and explain where its needed and he even showed the Affidavit of Support form and also the instruction of I-134F where the employment letter was stated but still the HR was so hard to understand and wont give he will try to talk to the manager and see if he could help (i hope!) if not then maybe we will just follow what you did..get her card and attached that to an explanation letter

THANKS FOR THE TIPS GUYS....

[Gosia & Tito 199]

thanks all for the reply..he already went to his HR and explain where its needed and he even showed the Affidavit of Support form and also the instruction of I-134F where the employment letter was stated but still the HR was so hard to understand and wont give he will try to talk to the manager and see if he could help (i hope!) if not then maybe we will just follow what you did..get her card and attached that to an explanation letter

THANKS FOR THE TIPS GUYS....

Something that might help is for him to write the letter (stating what the I-134 instructions require) and then just have this manager to sign it after getting it in company letterhead (have a flash drive to easily do it at that moment).