Affidavit of Support,Letter of Intent, etc-Confused

[HollyEslem 6]

Okay, so we have been getting everything ready and I THINK we have the basics..We have the actual petition, Letters of Intent, Letter on how we met..what else? I also wanted to ask: What is the best way to present these things? typed, handwritten, typed and signed by hand? Also, how did you arrange these items to send them off? Did you put them in an envelope stabled together or paperclipped or another way? I want to be as neat and thorough as possible. We are going to label them by sections per suggestion.

Another thing: The Affidavit of Support-We have seen and heard conflicting reports. We have been told to submit it with the petition, we have been told to submit it in time for the interview and the USCIS website says that no Affidavit actually has to be submitted until he's here in the US and applies for AOS..so which is it? lol I'm super confused on that one.

We'd welcome any ideas on how to organize our paperwork!!! We have included a mound of evidence and we need to weed some out. For example, there is no way we could submit every single email or text or phone log. What kind of samples ( or time frames) did you use? I hope that makes sense. We already know what photos we are going to use and we have our other stuff. Just trying to get it together and have it be pretty self explanatory. Thank you all so much for all the help you have given us so far and please, any advice is most welcome!!

[KayDeeCee 4,892]

As far as the affidavit of support goes, you will need to provide an I-134 and supporting documents. The affidavit of support that is not needed until AOS would be the I-864. If your consulate had no specific information about when to send in or provide the I-134 and other financial documents, then just bring them to the interview.

[christiesalim 6]

Thanks for posting this. These are also questions I had and look forward to seeing the responses

Edited August 11, 2012 by christiesalim

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[Pitaya 2,577]

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[HollyEslem 6]

thanks everyone! I went through and read the guides and most of my questions were answered..yay! I do have a few other questions though..Do you have to claim a child as a dependant if you don't have any custody of them, they don't live with you and you don't pay support per court order? Also, on the affidavit of support there is enough space to list ONE job..what do i do if i have two jobs? and last, our co-sponsor is currently and actively getting a divorce. Will her ex husband have to sign anything if they filed jointly even though they will no longer be married? I think that is all for now..Thanks so much!!!

[KayDeeCee 4,892]

thanks everyone! I went through and read the guides and most of my questions were answered..yay! I do have a few other questions though..Do you have to claim a child as a dependant if you don't have any custody of them, they don't live with you and you don't pay support per court order? Also, on the affidavit of support there is enough space to list ONE job..what do i do if i have two jobs? and last, our co-sponsor is currently and actively getting a divorce. Will her ex husband have to sign anything if they filed jointly even though they will no longer be married? I think that is all for now..Thanks so much!!!

If the child is a minor, they are included in your household size whether or not they live with you, you pay child support or claim them on your taxes.

You can either try and make both fit or list your primary job, put the total of both for current annual income and add 'see attachment for 2nd job'. Add an attachment sheet listing the details of your second job and include letter from employer and recent pay stub(s) from each one to document your total income.

The co-sponsor provides a copy of their most recent tax transcript, even if filed jointly, but they are qualifying as the co-sponsor on their own individual income. She should provide a letter from employer and recent pay stub(s) to document her current income. The ex-husband is not the co-sponsor and will sign nothing.

[HollyEslem 6]

If the child is a minor, they are included in your household size whether or not they live with you, you pay child support or claim them on your taxes.

You can either try and make both fit or list your primary job, put the total of both for current annual income and add 'see attachment for 2nd job'. Add an attachment sheet listing the details of your second job and include letter from employer and recent pay stub(s) from each one to document your total income.

The co-sponsor provides a copy of their most recent tax transcript, even if filed jointly, but they are qualifying as the co-sponsor on their own individual income. She should provide a letter from employer and recent pay stub(s) to document her current income. The ex-husband is not the co-sponsor and will sign nothing.

i will have to attach a second page or something. I have to include it because it provides half of my income! There is no room to add it because on the Affadavit, you can only enter one address..and the thing about the co-sponsor is contradicting what i have read elsewhere ( I don't remember exactly where). I read that if they were married filing jointly, the spouse of the sponsor has to file an I-134A or something like that because there name is included on the tax return..it's just for a signature supposedly..now i'm really confused..I'll try to reference where i seen that and post here..if i'm not mistaken, it could've been the USCIS site itself..I just wanted to confirm if this was true

Edited August 12, 2012 by HollyEslem

[KayDeeCee 4,892]

i will have to attach a second page or something. I have to include it because it provides half of my income! There is no room to add it because on the Affadavit, you can only enter one address..and the thing about the co-sponsor is contradicting what i have read elsewhere ( I don't remember exactly where). I read that if they were married filing jointly, the spouse of the sponsor has to file an I-134A or something like that because there name is included on the tax return..it's just for a signature supposedly..now i'm really confused..I'll try to reference where i seen that and post here..if i'm not mistaken, it could've been the USCIS site itself..I just wanted to confirm if this was true

There is no such form as an I-134A. To use a co-sponsor with the I-134, you need to have only one that qualifies for their own household size plus the beneficiary. The petitioner fills out their I-134 and their co-sponsor fills out their own separate I-134. There is no combining of incomes of household members with the I-134. You are confusing it with the I-864, which allows for a qualifying household member to combine their income with the sponsor that is filling out the I-864 using the I-864A form. Those are not used for the K-1 interview.

It does not matter if the co-sponsor filed jointly with their spouse last year. They are filling out the I-134 using only their income and not the income of their spouse/ex-spouse. As I stated in my previous post, the spouse/ex-spouse signs nothing. Their income is not being included or considered and therefore their signature is not required or needed.