An applicant preparing a visa file was paid in cash but files income tax returns, and asked how to justify the ITRs when the attached bank statement won't show salary credits.
- Attach the cash-payment paper trail. Members confirmed it's acceptable — and effectively the only option — to attach cash vouchers and a cash salary certificate from the employer to evidence income that never hit the bank.
- Understand the voucher/slip distinction. In the poster's firm, vouchers are issued at payment while salary slips are generated on demand; if your employer can produce formal salary slips or a salary certificate on request, include those as well to strengthen the record.
- For students, sponsor documentation still matters. One member reminded that a student showing family financial support should include the sponsoring family member's ITR alongside their own documents.
The thread's underlying logic: when income is cash-based, the application needs employer-issued documents (vouchers, certificate) to bridge the gap between the declared ITR income and a bank statement that doesn't show it.