Ruth Malcolm

The London Embassy advised me to have my fiancé FedEx the original approval notice to
me, and then to fax it to them with a covering letter explaining that because time is
now extremely tight, and their backlog is sooooo long, 3-4 weeks in order to get a
speedy interview date. My papers have been sent to them via vermont some 3 weeks ago.

I'm getting confused about the affidavit of Support, what exactly should I have to
accompany the affidavit. I'm panicking that I don't have the correct evidence.

Would it help if I got my lawyer to write a statement about the equity from the sale
of my house, showing that I can support myself?

Someone, please put my mind at rest!

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Yours

Ruth Malcolm

Jitters

I made it easy for myself for the affidavit. I gave them photocopies of every piece
of evidence proving my income. I gave them a letter from my bank stating the amounts
deposited since opening account, a letter from my employer, copies of paychecks,
copies of bank statements, & copies of all my tax return transcripts & w-2's for the
past 3 years. That's a lot, and my fiance never needed anything except employer
letter, & tax returns. Each consulate is different, so I would send them all of that
if possible. The adjustment after marriage later on requires a lot more of your
income evidence, so it would be best to get used to collecting a lot of it.

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Shawn used the London consulate. He had my completed affidavit of support, the
letter from my employer, and a letter from the bank showing my current balance
and my 12-month average balance. I also sent him with a current bank statement
(or 2 or 12....) and a few recent paystubs from my employer. However, he did not
need these. I only sent them because some of the info in the letters was about 4
months old already.

As far as cash, my understanding is it's not necessary as long as your income
meets the 125% of poverty guideline (that would, of course, be for two people,
assuming he has no children). If you do need to count cash to meet the limit, I
believe you need $5000 in cash for every $1000 you fall short of the 125%. If you
are using cash, I believe that you would probably need the "12 month history of
all deposits" from your bank to back that up, but I could be wrong, since I only
relied on income.

Hope it helps, Beth