CarmenArLan

Despite Covid and a swath of US consulate closings, 34 VJ'ers had their IR-1 Visas approved in July so far!  Good news and congrats!
 
https://www.visajourney.com/content/visa-approvals-this-month/
 
 

 

Just a current pay stub is better than an employer letter.  You can even take a MORE current pay stub to the interview.  Much better evidence of actual employment than a letter.
 

Thank you! 😊

From what I’ve read, you would need a letter from your employer stating your income and that you would continue to receive that income, but I’m not sure if that is only applicable for salary employees. Hopefully someone else will answer with more details!

I think you mean a household of two, sponsor and immigrant with ZERO dependents.  It's important to ready questions on forms carefully and interpret them literally. Current income (for an employed person) does not come from tax return or year to date income.  For the section that asks about tax returns, provide the information asked for.  When it comes to current income, it doesn't matter one bit what you made last year or the past twelve months.  Past is not current.  If you lost your job last week, you current income is zero, no matter what you made in the past.  If you got a new job last week paying a thousand a week, your current income is 52 thousand.
 
Take your gross pay for a full pay period, and multiply that by the number of pay periods in a full year.  That is your current income.  Document that by including the pay stub you used to calculate.