Sponsor Documents

 

As the name suggests, this category of documents are relevant to the sponsorship of the visa, which is you.  

•  Invitation Letter 

Prepare your invitation letter as authentic & simple as possible.  

• Letter to Consulate

Your letter to the Consulate should be brief and to the point. Its always a good practice to provide a list of Enclosures you are attaching for the ease of the Officer. 

• Affidavit of support

The first step in starting the process is to fill out the I-134 form, also known as the Affidavit of support form I-134. 1 form needs to be filled per traveler. IMMIHelp has a very good Step by Step Guide for filling this form.

• Proof of Status

Copy of your visa(H1, L1 etc) approval form, I-797.

• Passport Copy

Complete copy of your Passport. Will advice to include even the blank pages. 

• Proof of Residency

Copy of your I-94 form. 

• Birth Certificate

Copy of your Birth Certificate.

• Proof of Employment

If you are working on any Non-Immigrant visa, you need to provide a Proof of Employment. Most of the companies are already aware of it, so all you need to do is, call/email your HR department and they should be able to provide you one on the Official letter pad.

• Pay stubs

Get copies of last 6 pay stubs. This is to show that you did had a full time job. For most of us working on Visa in USA, ADP iPay is the place to get these.

• Bank A/c verification letter

In order to further prove that you can support the trip of your Parents/Relatives/Friends, you need to obtain a letter from the bank which should have the following fields in it:
1. Date Account was opened.
   
2. Average Yearly Balance.(Some people also say its enough to get average half-yearly balance)
   
3. Current Balance
   
4. Account Number(Banks are intelligent enough to provide only the last 4 digits, they mask the remaining ones)
   
5. Types of Account(One should include all the types of account you hold as it will help in increasing the overall Balance) 
   

• Bank Statement

Last 6 months bank statement is enough. the main purpose of this document is to prove that you were employed during that period and your balance curve was going north. 

• W2 Form

Copies of your last 2-3 W2 forms. Again, if you don't have it handy, you can always get it from ADP iPay.

• Tax Return Documents

Copies of your last 2-3 Tax Return forms. State Tax forms are not required, only Federal.