I-134

[GarrettB 8]

I am going to have my parents as co sponsors for the K1.   Do I need to do anything different?  The instructions on the embassy site say to provide:  Signed tax returns  (W2 and 1040), bank statements, employment letter.  Their bank statements or mine?   How many months back? What's an employment letter?  I assume copies of the tax returns and bank statements will be okay (rather than trying to get the originals to Russia....)

[TBoneTX 45,542]

An employment letter is provided by their employer(s) on company letterhead, stating date of hire, annual salary or pay rate, and that employment is current.

 

Tax transcripts are typically more wieldy than are full tax returns, so confirm the tax-return requirement with the embassy.

[GarrettB 8]

Thanks.  So I do not need an employment letter, only my father as he is the co sponsor?  

[TBoneTX 45,542]

You do.  You're the sponsor (they are cosponsors), so follow the instructions regarding what a sponsor should provide.

Edited September 2, 2019 by TBoneTX

[JurisDoctor 2]

On 9/1/2019 at 2:36 PM, GarrettB said:

Thanks.  So I do not need an employment letter, only my father as he is the co sponsor?  

So how did you handle that? Please advise which docs did you need for yourself and for your father. Thank you.

[GarrettB 8]

I am self employed.  I did not provide an employment letter.  My father provided one and tons of info-- bank statements, several years of tax returns, proof of income from other sources, etc.  At the interview, all they wanted was the I-134 form.  They didn't even want any of that documentation or the employment letter!   I asked "Do you need any of this"  "Nope".  The process was far easier than I thought.   I don't know about other embassies but Moscow was not hard.  Everything took 2.5 hours including waiting in a huge line.   We were done by lunch time.

Edited January 28, 2020 by GarrettB