Financial Institution Having a Hard Time Providing Evidence for I-134

[silentbear 4]

Hello, I'm at the point in my K1 journey where my fiance needs me (the petitioner) to fill out form I-134. The instructions in that form ask me to provide evidence of my finances, which is not a big deal at first, but my main financial institution is having a really hard time trying to fulfill this request of evidence.

 

I've given them the exact instruction from the I-134 instructions: 
"File evidence of income and resources, as appropriate:
1. Statement from an officer of the bank or other financial institutions with deposits, identifying the following details
regarding the account:
A. Date account opened;
B. Total amount deposited for the past year; and
C. Present balance."

 

For the last threes weeks, the update I've requested weekly from an agent at my financial institution is "we're reaching out to our higher ups to figure out how to provide this information."

 

I'm wondering if current petitioners filling this form out or past petitioners that have, also had a hard time with this?

 

[JeanneAdil 7,471]

when you opened the account the bank gave u documents (maybe a small folder) that has copy of your application for the account,  the date u opened the account,  type of account and all the services plus costs and fees /look into your files for this  (cross out account number when you send a copy as they only need name and address 

 

that's all you probably need from the bank but add copy of bank statement (cross out account number as they do not need that )

[JD2 257]

2 hours ago, silentbear said:

the update I've requested weekly from an agent

Who did you request this from?  Was it a relationship banker at a branch or a teller or did you call the 1-800 phone number?  This should be a very simple letter they can write up for you on their letterhead.  Relationship bankers do it all the time.

[silentbear 4]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

when you opened the account the bank gave u documents (maybe a small folder) that has copy of your application for the account,  the date u opened the account,  type of account and all the services plus costs and fees /look into your files for this  (cross out account number when you send a copy as they only need name and address 

 

that's all you probably need from the bank but add copy of bank statement (cross out account number as they do not need that )

 

I opened the account online and plus that was over a decade ago, so I don't have a folder or any of that paper work. Plus it says the statement from the financial institution needs to be signed by an official of the bank, and that probably includes them dating their signature.

[silentbear 4]

54 minutes ago, JD2 said:

Who did you request this from?  Was it a relationship banker at a branch or a teller or did you call the 1-800 phone number?  This should be a very simple letter they can write up for you on their letterhead.  Relationship bankers do it all the time.

 

I scheduled an appointment in-person with a relationship banker from the financial institution. I wrote in the the comments for the appointment about needing the evidence for the I-134, and they called me and asked me to clarify further. Then I've been exchanging calls and emails with the same banker for a few weeks now. 

 

I understand that should be an easy fulfillment, since really they only have to write a statement. I'm partnered with one of the top financial institutions in the country, so I'm surprised that they've never received a similar request like this before. It might be because of the state I'm from and the branch, where they've never received a request like this before, but I'm still very surprised at this. You would think another bank within the state would have knowledge about what I'm asking, but apparently they don't.

[Edward and Jaycel 2,488]

Are you using assets to qualify financially on the I-134 or is your income enough? If your income is enough, you do not need to bother with this.

[JD2 257]

2 hours ago, silentbear said:

I'm partnered with one of the top financial institutions in the country

I bank at a small local bank but they do these types of letters for me all the time for various non-immigration reasons.  You might want to try to do another appointment and don't mention it's for immigration just describe what you need it to say.

[TBoneTX 49,152]

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