I applied for my mother-in-law before my daughter was born. I was a doing my master's degree then, no job, $20,000 deposit (borrowed). got the visa in 2 days.
-guest:;
2001-5-12(#68618@0)
Not mandatory
-albxu(Yukon);
2001-3-16{190}(#33805@0)
I'd applied for my relative before when i was back in China. No tax asessment paper, but all the pay stubs for 6-month, employment letter, bank statements, etc. It was granted the next day.