Is a years worth of W-2 really needed?

[Hellooothere 0]

Hello my fiancee is a foreign national and I would like I apply for a visa for her. However I do not have a years worth of W-2. I am a dual citizen who just moved back to the States a couple months ago. I have been working for only a couple weeks now. I am enlisted in the military, will go to boot camp March. I plan on filing the visa after boot camp. I will be working until then. That's about 7-8 months of work but only a few months of W-2. My mother and step father will be co-sponsors. Combined they make over 120k a year. Will this work?

[VOL 425]

Just depends on what country you do visa for.

Every embassy has different rules........

[Ash.1101 1,757]

Hello my fiancee is a foreign national and I would like I apply for a visa for her. However I do not have a years worth of W-2. I am a dual citizen who just moved back to the States a couple months ago. I have been working for only a couple weeks now. I am enlisted in the military, will go to boot camp March. I plan on filing the visa after boot camp. I will be working until then. That's about 7-8 months of work but only a few months of W-2. My mother and step father will be co-sponsors. Combined they make over 120k a year. Will this work?

You'll be fine. You're not filing the visa until you get out of boot camp, you don't even have to show financials until your fiances interview which could be 5-8 months after you file your I-129F.

If you're enlisting in the military, then they'll know for the most part you'll have at least four years of pay, with a slight increase every year on base pay and then any increases with rank. Showing your paystubs (Army it's called the LES (Leave and Earnings Statement) I don't know if the other branches have other names) will show how much you make. Even for people who have only had a job for five months, but not within tax season, they simply multiple the average pay you get per month by 12, and that's what your annual income should be.

Tax returns and W2s are generally there to show good moral character (the the person files their taxes like a good citizen!) and to show stable income, yours will be stable due to a 4 year contract. The most important part is CURRENT income.

Also, your military pay starts when you enter boot camp, so you'll know a general idea of how much income you'll have (pretty sure it increases after boot camp). You could easily have about 8 months of pay from the military by the time your fiance has the interview, 2 months of boot camp, and then 6 months average waiting from filing I-129F til Interview date.

You'll be fine, just provide what you have.

[aaron2020 11,652]

Hello my fiancee is a foreign national and I would like I apply for a visa for her. However I do not have a years worth of W-2. I am a dual citizen who just moved back to the States a couple months ago. I have been working for only a couple weeks now. I am enlisted in the military, will go to boot camp March. I plan on filing the visa after boot camp. I will be working until then. That's about 7-8 months of work but only a few months of W-2. My mother and step father will be co-sponsors. Combined they make over 120k a year. Will this work?

Hi,

Let's clarify what's a W-2 and what's a pay stub.

A W-2 is an annual statement that an employer issues to the employee showing how much the employee earned in the prior year and how much taxes were collected and forwarded to the authorities. So, a year's worth of W-2 is one per employer.

Pay stubs are what you get when your employer pays you.

In about 7-8 months of work, you will collect many pay stubs. You will only get one W-2 from your employer in 2015 to show your 2014 earnings.

You will probably qualified to sponsor your fiancee on your own by the time she interviews for a visa.

Your mom and stepfather would make excellent Joint Sponsors if you need one.

Best of luck

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello my fiancee is a foreign national and I would like I apply for a visa for her. However I do not have a years worth of W-2. I am a dual citizen who just moved back to the States a couple months ago. I have been working for only a couple weeks now. I am enlisted in the military, will go to boot camp March. I plan on filing the visa after boot camp. I will be working until then. That's about 7-8 months of work but only a few months of W-2. My mother and step father will be co-sponsors. Combined they make over 120k a year. Will this work?

You get one W-2 per year for each company you work for, and that is at tax time. Don't confuse the W-2 with pay stubs.

[Hellooothere 0]

Thank you very much for multiple clarifications. I did not know that I would have to show financials until my fiancées interview!