Hello all,
I have two questions for filling out the I-134. I have been here long enough to know that I should just read the questions literally, but I tend to think too much and then everything goes gray. The main goal here is to not do anything that would trigger an RFE, so I would like to hear what other people have answered with success.
These questions are from form I-134, 01/20/25 edition
The first question is part 2, question 14:
How many other dependents do you support (including yourself)
This seems obvious that it should be 1, but then question 15, asks for a list all of my dependents, and says do not include yourself...
Is the consensus that I should put 1 for question 14?
The other question is for part 2, question 16:
What is your annual income?
At first glance, this seems simple, just add my wages and social security payments, done. But again, I started thinking, and in an effort to not trigger an RFE, I got lost.
I have a W-2 which lists Wages, tips, other compensation in Box 1, but that number doesn't include 401k contributions. Box 3 on the W-2, Social security wages does include 401k contributions.
Then, there is the tax transcript with its own amibiguities. There are two numbers that I might use, Total wages: which is the same as box 1 on the W-2, and Total income: which includes social security payments received along with the box 1 wages from the W-2, but again, does not include 401k contributions.
Do I just use the Total income from the transcript? That seems to match the question on the I-134, but it doesn't include the 401k income.
I feel like having the numbers match the other documentation is more important than including all of the income as I am far enough above the required miminum that it is not an issue.
What have other people here stated for their annual income?
Thanks,
John