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Self Employed:What employer letter to send for B2 visitor visa applicatn for Parents
Hi,
I want to apply for tourist visa for my parents to come to US since their previous visa expired few years ago.
However I have a couple of questions related to the process since I am NOT working like most others on W2. Here is a background of my employee status in the US:
I am a GC holder in the US. I used to work on W2 for several years but now have my own S-corp named YYYY corp, and work through my S-corp YYYY corp for a Fintech client as a contractor. I am the only employee in my S-corp ZZZ. I am the owner of the S-corp YYYY as well. There are no other employees in my S-corp other than myself. The reason I opened S-corp is because it has more tax advantages and flexibility than when working on W2 .
The Fintech Client does not issue me any W2 or process my payroll or deduct any of my taxes. They just issue a check to my account for the IT services I provide them for the full amount I charge. Since my small business is an S-corporation, they do not even provide me a 1099. (I think 1099 is provided only in case of LLC ) Through my S-corp I then process a payroll for myself since I am an employee of my S-corp ZZZ. So from that total amount I get from the Fintech client, I pay myself a small amount as salary since I am an employee as well of my own S-corp ZZZ. So when I process my payroll through my S-corp, the required taxes are also taken out of the salary. As a result, my monthly salary statements / pay stubs are also issued by my own S-corporation YYYY to me when I process my payroll. Similarly the Year end W2 also is issued to me by my own S-corp ZZZ.
Based on my above employment background I have the following questions with respect to he Visitor visa application process:
(1) One of the requirements for applying for tourist visa for my parents is the employment verification letter. This is confusing in my case since I am owner of the S-corp YYYY and I am also an employee of YYYY who receives a salary from ZZZ.
So can you please let me know, in my case who should be isuing the employment verificiation letter for me. Do I need to get an employment verification letter from the Fintech Client or from my own S-corp YYYY that I am an employee of ?
I donot have any letter head that has my S-corp's name on it since it was never required so far.
So what would you suggest regarding the Employment verification letter ?
(2) Regardging the other B2 visitor visa application requirement which is the last 3 paystubs / salary statements and year-end W2, do I provide the paystubs and W2 from my own Scorp YYYY that was issued to me since I got a salary from my Scorp as an employee of my own Scorp ?
Appreciate your clarification in this regard
Thanks
waavman
I want to apply for tourist visa for my parents to come to US since their previous visa expired few years ago.
However I have a couple of questions related to the process since I am NOT working like most others on W2. Here is a background of my employee status in the US:
I am a GC holder in the US. I used to work on W2 for several years but now have my own S-corp named YYYY corp, and work through my S-corp YYYY corp for a Fintech client as a contractor. I am the only employee in my S-corp ZZZ. I am the owner of the S-corp YYYY as well. There are no other employees in my S-corp other than myself. The reason I opened S-corp is because it has more tax advantages and flexibility than when working on W2 .
The Fintech Client does not issue me any W2 or process my payroll or deduct any of my taxes. They just issue a check to my account for the IT services I provide them for the full amount I charge. Since my small business is an S-corporation, they do not even provide me a 1099. (I think 1099 is provided only in case of LLC ) Through my S-corp I then process a payroll for myself since I am an employee of my S-corp ZZZ. So from that total amount I get from the Fintech client, I pay myself a small amount as salary since I am an employee as well of my own S-corp ZZZ. So when I process my payroll through my S-corp, the required taxes are also taken out of the salary. As a result, my monthly salary statements / pay stubs are also issued by my own S-corporation YYYY to me when I process my payroll. Similarly the Year end W2 also is issued to me by my own S-corp ZZZ.
Based on my above employment background I have the following questions with respect to he Visitor visa application process:
(1) One of the requirements for applying for tourist visa for my parents is the employment verification letter. This is confusing in my case since I am owner of the S-corp YYYY and I am also an employee of YYYY who receives a salary from ZZZ.
So can you please let me know, in my case who should be isuing the employment verificiation letter for me. Do I need to get an employment verification letter from the Fintech Client or from my own S-corp YYYY that I am an employee of ?
I donot have any letter head that has my S-corp's name on it since it was never required so far.
So what would you suggest regarding the Employment verification letter ?
(2) Regardging the other B2 visitor visa application requirement which is the last 3 paystubs / salary statements and year-end W2, do I provide the paystubs and W2 from my own Scorp YYYY that was issued to me since I got a salary from my Scorp as an employee of my own Scorp ?
Appreciate your clarification in this regard
Thanks
waavman
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