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hyommysone   16

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Hi,

Our co-sponsor does not want to get a letter of employment confirming his job, title and annual pay.

But he can provide his latest tax return, 4 recent pay stubs and other requirements. Just not the letter of employment.

I wonder how most of you get your letter of employment. He thinks it is hard to get it that is why he do not bother of getting one.

Is it easy to get this letter?

Thank you!

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Getting a letter of employment is not that hard...All you need to do is contact the HR dept of your place of employment and request it....@ no point of time they will refused to do so as they are obligated to give you a letter of employed once requested for ...be it whatever the reason is for .

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hyommysone   16

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Getting a letter of employment is not that hard...All you need to do is contact the HR dept of your place of employment and request it....@ no point of time they will refused to do so as they are obligated to give you a letter of employed once requested for ...be it whatever the reason is for .

I will talk to him about it but he is being stubborn regarding this. I do not know why too. Since out of all the requirements the letter of employment is the easiest :/

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Hi,

Our co-sponsor does not want to get a letter of employment confirming his job, title and annual pay.

But he can provide his latest tax return, 4 recent pay stubs and other requirements. Just not the letter of employment.

I wonder how most of you get your letter of employment. He thinks it is hard to get it that is why he do not bother of getting one.

Is it easy to get this letter?

Thank you!

I work as a contractor and it was a pain getting this letter. The company I worked through even contacted their lawyer and stuff before they finally issued an electronic version of employment letter. They may be concerned about legal issues and they also may ask why one needs it.

In most cases though, it should be a simple matter of making a request and getting one without no hassles at all.

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hyommysone   16

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I work as a contractor and it was a pain getting this letter. The company I worked through even contacted their lawyer and stuff before they finally issued an electronic version of employment letter. They may be concerned about legal issues and they also may ask why one needs it.

In most cases though, it should be a simple matter of making a request and getting one without no hassles at all.

He is a regular employee. I do not know how it works there in USA. But here in the Philippines getting this letter is easy too. We just make a request on the hr through email then the following day we can get the letter.

I think I have to talk to him about this matter since it is just a simple task.

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The letter of employment is not required provided the source of current income can be shown; paystubs accomplish this.

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hyommysone   16

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The letter of employment is not required provided the source of current income can be shown; paystubs accomplish this.

So it is ok not to provide the letter of employment?

He can however, provide 4 of his recent pay stubs and his recent federal tax return.

Thank you!

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Ryan H   3,790

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So it is ok not to provide the letter of employment?

He can however, provide 4 of his recent pay stubs and his recent federal tax return.

Thank you!

Yes, it is ok not to provide a letter of employment, the recent pay stubs show the source of income.

Our journey:

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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hyommysone   16

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Yes, it is ok not to provide a letter of employment, the recent pay stubs show the source of income.

Thank you so much!

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VOL   425

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He can do his own letter of employment, Nobody says it needs to come from HR

Anyway I doubt the Embassy would even ask for that, if he has recent paystubs and last year taxes you should be fine..

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you cannot do your own letter of employment especially for immigration purposes...it needs to be specific with signature from your employer / HR......being self employed is different

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I've also heard that it's not required to send a letter if employment. Though it certainly wouldn't hurt to get it if you could

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We did not send a letter of employment and it was more than fine. Paystubs prove current employment better imho.

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