shawna

Congratulations!

My fiance passed his interview yesterday, and I just wanted to thank everyone here for sharing your experiences and advice. I haven't written many posts, but I've done a lot of lurking here and on VisaJourney, which really helped us get our ducks in a row.

We had an almost identical situation. I emailed the Guangzhou consulate and they said they would fix it when my fiance returned his P3 with the photocopy of his passport, and apparently all is well now (document intake was today, and no one mentioned it). My assumption is that the name we put on the forms should match the passport exactly.

Ok, thanks. So do you think I should submit a letter from my job in Japan?

No, it's not a US-based employer, and I don't yet have a job for when I get back to the States (although I plan to print out some emails that show I've been job-hunting there and had some interviews/interest). I also have a driver's license and some W-9's with my US address (my parents' house).

Until very recently I was living in China with my fiance and working as a freelance writer and editor. My fiance's interview is at the end of this month, and I have a co-sponsor, but I'm trying to figure out what the appropriate types of proof are for my own income, considering that I don't expect it to carry much weight with the consulate anyway. My options are: -My tax returns for 2011. This is a given, but do I need to show some proof of having actually filed them, and if so, how do I get it? I couldn't find anything about this on the IRS website. Also, how important is it to submit the forms for previous years as well? -A statement from my bank in the US. About half of my income did go through my US bank account (the other half was in cash in RMB), but I don't have any savings. I can't see a letter from the bank bolstering my case much, but I don't want to seem evasive. -Proof of my current employment/salary. As of tomorrow I'm starting a 6-month job in Japan, at the end of which my fiance and I intend to move to the US together. Since my salary here doesn't count when determining whether I can support us in the States, the only ways I can see this being of possible help is by showing my employability, as well as, again, avoiding the appearance of evasiveness. But I wonder if it's unnecessary or might actually hurt by raising questions about my US domicile status. Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.