I-134Declaration of Financial Support
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Form I-134, Declaration of Financial Support, is filed when USCIS needs to know whether someone coming for a temporary stay will have enough money for it. The person who signs it shows that they have sufficient financial resources, and access to them, to support the named beneficiary for the whole temporary stay. It is filed with certain Form I-131 parole requests based on urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, can be filed for a B, F or M nonimmigrant seeking an extension or change of status, and may be requested by the Department of State. It is not the I-864 affidavit of support used for most family-based immigrants, and the beneficiary is not obliged to repay the supporter. One beneficiary per form.
How to file Form I-134
With the related filing
Include it with the Form I-131 parole request or the B/F/M extension or change-of-status filing it supports, at the address USCIS lists.
“Please see our website at www.uscis.gov/I-134 for the most current information about where to file this declaration.”
Open on uscis.govImmigrant cases use I-864
If the beneficiary needs an affidavit of support under section 213A (most family-based immigrants), file Form I-864 instead.
“Do not use Form I-134 if the beneficiary you are agreeing to financially support must have Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA, filed on his or her behalf instead.”
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- PrintThe official I-134 PDF from uscis.gov, every page from the same edition.
- Sign by handIn the signature box, in ink. USCIS: “USCIS does not accept signatures created by a typewriter, word processor, stamp, auto-pen, or similar device.”
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Sources: USCIS Policy Manual, Vol. 1, Part B, Ch. 2 (signatures) · uscis.gov/file-online/tips-for-filing-forms-online (12 MB) · checked 2026-10-05
Line help for Form I-134
Plain-language notes written from the official instructions, with the place each one comes from. Informational, not legal advice.
Whether you are filing for yourself or agreeing to support someone else.
Form I-134 (01/20/25), Part 1Your identity, citizenship or immigration status with evidence, employment, income, assets, and the people you already support, including beneficiaries of earlier I-134 or I-134A filings.
Form I-134 Instructions (01/20/25), Part 2The person you will support: identity, where they are now, and family members coming with them.
Form I-134 (01/20/25), Part 3The beneficiary's statement if they file for themselves, and the supporter's statement, certification and handwritten signature.
Form I-134 (01/20/25), Parts 4–5Only if someone helped; Part 8 for extra answers.
Form I-134 (01/20/25), Parts 6–8Evidence of support weighs heavily.
For parole requests, USCIS treats a lack of evidence of financial support as a strong negative factor.
“Lack of evidence of financial support while in the United States is a strong negative factor that may lead to a denial of parole.”
Form I-134 Instructions (01/20/25), Who Must FileThe beneficiary owes the supporter nothing.
The instructions say beneficiaries are not obligated to repay or compensate the supporter for filing or for support.
“Beneficiaries are not obligated to repay, reimburse, or otherwise compensate their supporter in exchange for filing Form I-134 on their behalf”
Form I-134 Instructions (01/20/25), PurposeYour full name, by hand.
The supporter signs their full name; file a separate I-134 for each beneficiary.
“If you are agreeing to financially support more than one beneficiary, you must file a separate Form I-134 for each beneficiary.”
Form I-134 Instructions (01/20/25), Submission of DeclarationRevision history
We check the USCIS form page and its edition statement every day, and USCIS’s sitemap for preview files of new editions. This list starts when our crawler first saw the form.
| Edition | Status | Fields |
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| Edition 01/20/25 | Current | baseline |
Related forms
I-131
USCIS lists the 01/20/25 edition on its form page.
I-539
USCIS is not accepting the 09/15/26 edition. The edition it lists today is 08/28/24.
I-864
USCIS lists the 08/24/26 edition on its form page.
I-129F
USCIS lists the 01/20/25 edition on its form page.
Sources
- USCIS Form I-134 page · checked 2026-10-05
- Form I-134 Instructions (Edition 01/20/25) · checked 2026-10-05
- USCIS page for Form I-134 · crawled 2026-11-02
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