Documents required for inviting someone on Visitor Visa:

To invite your parents, friends, or any other relative to USA, you (the sponsor) need to provide them with a few documents, which are required in order to get the visitor visa approval by the USA consulate.

Sponsor in USA needs to send:

1. Completed and notarized Affidavit of Support form I-134. You can download it from USCIS web site.
   [ Form Filing Guidelines-help | Sample Form 134 ]
2. A letter from Bank/banks (on their business letter head), stating your account summary.
   (Talk to your bank and ask for your Account Verification letter. Which is usually on the bank's office stationary and should have the Date of Account Opened and Current Balance)
3. Copy of your Bank Statement, showing a good balance in order to justify your financial position.
4. Certificate Letter from your employer (on company's business letter head), stating that you are a permanent employee of the company, and also stating your salary.
5. 1 or 2 recent pay stub copies.
6. Copy of a few recent income tax returns or last few W2 forms.
7. If you are a Visa holder Copies of your - Visa (H1/L1), H1 Approval Form (I-797), and I-94. (If visa has expired but has a renewed petition, a photocopy of the renewed petition.)
   If Green Card Holder: Copy of Green Card front and back.
   If USA citizen: Copy of certificate of citizenship.
8. A neat photocopy of your complete Passport, including even the blank pages.
   Note: If you are sponsoring your in-laws, photocopies of all pages including blank pages of your spouse's passport and your marriage certificate is also required.
9. If sponsoring your parents, original birth certificate of the sponsor child (son or daughter) is required.
   Note: If you are inviting your in-laws, then spouse's birth certificate is required not yours.
10. An application/letter from you to the US consulate in India (address it to the particular consulate e.g. Delhi), requesting for issuing a visitor visa to the concerned person, stating that you will be taking care of every requirement for these people, including tickets, boarding and other expenses in USA.
11. A formal invitation letter addressed to the person(s) you are inviting to US. Also stating that you will be taking care of all their needs while in US, including tickets, boarding and other expenses in here.

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