Can a I-134 be rejected at the K-1 visa interview if completed too early?

[winelight 0]

I read here that after my K-1 fiancée petition (I-129F) is approved, I should begin gathering the information/documents that will be needed for the K-1 visa application. My question is, will the Embassy reject my fiancées K-1 visa application because the associated I-134 Affidavit of Support package (with supporting documents) was assembled BEFORE an Embassy case number is assigned? Is there such a thing as completing the Affidavit of Support package too early...especially Affidavit of Support supporting documents that my fiancée will need to prove financial support at the K-1 visa interview?

To be clear, I am completing the I-134 package (and supporting documents) AFTER K-1 petition approval but BEFORE NVC receipt of the approved K-1 petition. Seems this is ok from what I have read here...but I need to make sure I'm not wasting my time. I don't want to delay the K-1 visa package submission by waiting to prepare the I-134 until after the Embassy sends the visa application package. At the same time, I do not want my fiancée to be denied (or delayed) K-1 visa approval because the I-134 was completed before the Embassy formally requested this of my fiancée.

The US Embassy, in this case, is Manila. I would greatly appreciate a reply from anyone with deep knowledge or experience with the Manila Embassy in this regard.

Thank you very much (maraming salamat po) in advance.

P.S. Apologies for also posting this again under a different thread, but I was not sure the best place to make this post.

Edited June 7, 2013 by winelight

[canadian_wife 1,831]

my husband during our interview was asked for proof of tax transcripts for that year (we interviewed in May and they wanted to see that he filed on time in April) as well as updated employment letter and pay stubs. None of these things are 'required' but can be asked for. If we were not prepared it would have delayed our case.

You can put it together early, but no guarantee that they won't want updated info by the time of the interview. Why risk it?

good luck

[Pinkrlion 2,725]

No, my employee letter was dated in August, my interview was in October. I just provided current checkstubs from August to October. I requested tax transcripts in August as well, so I could already have them.

Edited June 7, 2013 by Pinkrlion

[KayDeeCee 4,903]

This is a non-issue. As long as you have recent financial documents, then you are good to go. It is not tied into your consulate case #.

If you had filled out the I-134 at the time you filled out the I-129F and it was now 6+ months old, then yes, that would be too early and I would suggest filling out a new one signed and dated closer to the interview date along with latest tax transcript, letter from employer and most recent pay stub(s).

[ConGau1981 56]

I have my I-134 filled out and all my supporting documents done...but I have not signed and dated anything yet. When she gets the call from the consulate in Saigon then I will sign everything and mail it to her

[winelight 0]

Thanks to all that have responded to my post so far.

I will certainly be signing the I-134 after the Embassy package arrives. It's the documents gathered prior to this that concerned me. the consensus of what I am hearing is that you CAN gather documents immediately after petition approval...even if it is well before the interview date. One just has to be prepared to update whatever is provided.

I just don't know if there is an official rule, policy, or USCIS statement on when you can begin to collect documents? I understand that the experience of this group is that you can do this (assuming you are prepared with updated info). It's just that with my "luck"...the one person in which they will enforce the rules (if any) will be me :-). So...if there is a rule that documents must be dated after they have requested the docs (via the K-1 visa package), maybe they ignore the rule if your docs are still within a reasonable time of the interview? But then again...what is "reasonable"? For immigrant visas, NVC plainly tells everyone NOT to prepare documents until they are asked for. I just don't know if this is the case for the non-immigrant K-1 visa?

I think I'm only getting a headstart of 3-4 weeks on the docs...so maybe this is not too bad? So...what I'm really asking here is if there is a clear rule (enforced or not) against jumping the gun (gun = "the Package"), or, if the official starting gun for collecting this info officially begins with the petition approval, or some other event?

So...I'm very happy to hear of everyone's positive experience in this regard...but what is the USCIS rule...if any?

[canadian_wife 1,831]

You won't be dealing with USCIS so their policy is irrelevant here, in fact, I'm not even sure they have one on the I134. You'll be dealing with the consulate.

Although each consulate is different and they appear to cut a wide swath, we went with the 6 month rule. It seems documents become out of date, according to the consulate, at 6 months...the police certificate, the medical, you have 6 months to use the visa. etc.

good luck

[Hank_ 9,174]

I read here that after my K-1 fiancée petition (I-129F) is approved, I should begin gathering the information/documents that will be needed for the K-1 visa application. My question is, will the Embassy reject my fiancées K-1 visa application because the associated I-134 Affidavit of Support package (with supporting documents) was assembled BEFORE an Embassy case number is assigned? Is there such a thing as completing the Affidavit of Support package too early...especially Affidavit of Support supporting documents that my fiancée will need to prove financial support at the K-1 visa interview?

To be clear, I am completing the I-134 package (and supporting documents) AFTER K-1 petition approval but BEFORE NVC receipt of the approved K-1 petition. Seems this is ok from what I have read here...but I need to make sure I'm not wasting my time. I don't want to delay the K-1 visa package submission by waiting to prepare the I-134 until after the Embassy sends the visa application package. At the same time, I do not want my fiancée to be denied (or delayed) K-1 visa approval because the I-134 was completed before the Embassy formally requested this of my fiancée.

The US Embassy, in this case, is Manila. I would greatly appreciate a reply from anyone with deep knowledge or experience with the Manila Embassy in this regard.

Thank you very much (maraming salamat po) in advance.

P.S. Apologies for also posting this again under a different thread, but I was not sure the best place to make this post.

No issue with your timeline for completing the I-134, USEM will have zero issue with the date, they just want the required documentation.

There is a link to the complete K-1 process for Manila in my signature below, just click and read.

Pop down to the Philippines forum and say "Hi", lots of good folks to answer your questions and point you in the right direction.

[Penguin_ie 6,002]

The only issues I could see if something changed, because the info must be up to date. So if you fill in the I-134 while you have a great job, but are unemployed by the time the interview comes, you msust send in updated docs.

[winelight 0]

So many excellent responses...it's not practical to thank all of you by name...but thanks to all that shared their knowledge and experience.

I will continue with my early document gathering...and send my fiancée updated bank statements, paystubs, or other significant financial information a week prior to the interview.

There are so many wonderful people here on VJ. God bless all of you.