I-751 Sworn Affidavits...

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

I'm in the midst of gathering the paperwork for the I-751 and was wondering if one sworn affidavit which I already have is enough. I know that the application says that I'm supposed to have two. But unfortunately, I simply cannot find another person who is willing to sign and swear to another one (it was hard enough finding one person as it is!). So should I just submit that one that I already have (along with the application and joint evidence that I have) and hope that it will go through without any problems? Anyone else out there just submit one affidavit instead of two and did you have any problems with that?

Any thoughts, opinions, or ideas appreciated. Thanks.

Ant

[Marilyn. 340]

one should be fine..

if you have a lot of other evidence I wouldn't worry about it...

there have been many discussions about this but in my humble opinion affidavits are not a requirement, they are just a suggestion and they are good to include if you don't have a lot of other evidence...

[raymaga 25]

Affidavits are not necessary. They are just another example of evidence you can provide. We didn't provide any affidavits and were approved with no problems.

[antda 13]

Hi MarilynP and Raymaga,

Thanks for your replies and reassurance about only having one affidavit. It's good to know too, that you didn't have any problems with your I-751 paperwork, even though you didn't submit any affidavits at all. I guess I'll submit that one affidavit that I have, as after all, I can't submit the additional affidavits that I don't have..lol...

By the way, here is a list of the additional joint evidence that I have: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry1710209 I hope this will be sufficient enough too.

Ant

[Marilyn. 340]

yeah I had no problems.. no RFEs or anything..

[Marilyn. 340]

just to give you an idea this is what we included in our package ....

copy of baby's hospital certificate

copy of baby's death certificate

copy of rental agreement

copy of car insurance

copy of one recent joint tax form

copy of 401K that states that I am the primary beneficiary

copy of health care statement showing that I am covered under hubby's health care insurance

copy of one recent gas bill

copy of one recent phone bill

copy of one recent cable bill

copy of recent bank statements

copy of paper showing that hubby added me to his bank account

Copy of some bills (Sirius, Netflix etc) with just hubby's name and our address on it

Copy of some bills with just my name on it and our address (recent electric bill etc..)

Some envelopes with both our names and address on them...

I just sent in the most recent bill for each utility.... The phone and gas were in my name but I added hubby's name, the electric company didn't let me add my hubby's name...... and I just included the most recent bank statement.... and the application that we filled out to add me to hubby's account...

[antda 13]

Hi MarilynP,

Thanks for your reply and for including your helpful list of the joint evidence that you included in your I-751 package and congrats about your approval. Sorry about the loss of your baby, and I hope that you find comfort in knowing that your “angel is in the sky”…

I was surprised that you didn’t get an RFE, as you only submitted only the most recent bills and I thought they wanted to see all the bills over a period of time, not just the most recent bill. I guess if the evidence overall shows the entire period of the marriage, then it should be ok? I had a similar problem too with one of the bills (the cable bill) and not being able to add my name onto that, but that’s ok, as I have plenty of other bills already.

Anyway, here is my list (from the other message thread), so you can see how what I have so far in joint evidence compares to your list. I hope this is sufficient enough:

Application form and application/biometric fees

Cover letter

Permanent Residence Card (both front side and back side)

Canadian Passport (with added married surname)

Marriage Certificate

Pregnancy and Miscarriage Medical Notes

Joint Home Purchase Agreement and Maintenance Fees Letters

Joint Homeowner Insurance Declaration and Invoice

Joint Home Renovation and Repair Receipts

Joint Checking Account Bank Statements

Joint Credit Card Statements

Joint Non-Filing of Income Tax Letter/Explanation

Joint Automobile Insurance Policy Declaration and Statements

Joint Electric Bills

Joint Gas Bills

Joint Water and Septic/Sewer Invoices

Joint Telephone Invoices

Photographs during the years of our marriage

Joint Trips and Events Receipts and Tickets

Joint Mail, Subscriptions, and Junk Mail

Affidavit from an individual who have known us since conditional residency

Ant

just to give you an idea this is what we included in our package ....

copy of baby's hospital certificate

copy of baby's death certificate

copy of rental agreement

copy of car insurance

copy of one recent joint tax form

copy of 401K that states that I am the primary beneficiary

copy of health care statement showing that I am covered under hubby's health care insurance

copy of one recent gas bill

copy of one recent phone bill

copy of one recent cable bill

copy of recent bank statements

copy of paper showing that hubby added me to his bank account

Copy of some bills (Sirius, Netflix etc) with just hubby's name and our address on it

Copy of some bills with just my name on it and our address (recent electric bill etc..)

Some envelopes with both our names and address on them...

I just sent in the most recent bill for each utility.... The phone and gas were in my name but I added hubby's name, the electric company didn't let me add my hubby's name...... and I just included the most recent bank statement.... and the application that we filled out to add me to hubby's account...

[Marilyn. 340]

I guess if the evidence overall shows the entire period of the marriage, then it should be ok?

yeah I think you are fine as long as you have evidence from throughout the marriage.... I only included the recent bills but I had other stuff that was from earlier.. etc

and I think the baby stuff helped in my case too..

not all the evidence has to be joint.... i also included bills and stuff that were just in my name and some in the hubby''s name but they are good proof to show that you live at the same address...

[antda 13]

Hi MarilynP,

Thanks for clearing that up, as I was confused at first as to how you got approved with only one of each bill. Now I see that all the evidence you had overall did cover that span of time of your marriage. Yes, the joint evidence that I have so far (about 50-100 pages or so total) is from throughout the entire timeline of the marriage, so I should be ok there. Hmmm...never thought about non-joint stuff, but I think I have enough joint stuff, so I don't think it will come to that, but it's good to know anyways. Glad that the baby stuff helped in your case too, though again, sorry for your loss. Not sure if the baby stuff (pregnancy and miscarriage notes) I have in my case will help, but it will have to do for now(sigh...I have the baby stuff...but no baby........).

Ant

I guess if the evidence overall shows the entire period of the marriage, then it should be ok?

yeah I think you are fine as long as you have evidence from throughout the marriage.... I only included the recent bills but I had other stuff that was from earlier.. etc

and I think the baby stuff helped in my case too..

not all the evidence has to be joint.... i also included bills and stuff that were just in my name and some in the hubby''s name but they are good proof to show that you live at the same address...

Edited May 10, 2008 by AntandD

[James 2]

I would not be advising people that any evidence expressly suggested by the instructions is not necessary. Even if there are people who were approved without one, you are not going to have the same adjudicator as those people. Those petitions may have been approved at a rubber-stamp service center like CSC or may have been approved by an adjudicator with looser standards. In short, these folks may have just been lucky. Who knows? You don't, I don't, and the two folks above putting in their $0.02 certainly don't. It's always best to send as much as you possibly can. If you have an affidavit, and can get another one, I would send in both.

[Marilyn. 340]

hey i am just giving my opinion... i never said don't send in any affidavits..... and in my opinion the affidavits are just a suggestion, not a necessity.. and are good to send if you don't have a lot of other evidence...

there are quite a few people here who didn't send in affidavits and were approved...

[speaking_softly 0]

Ignore him Marilyn. He tried to throw his weight around with me on another thread without success.

My wife also got approved without affidavits, and her evidence was less strong than yours or AntandD (no baby). If AntandD submitted the evidence he says he did, it's a lock. Don't stress yourself over it.

[James 2]

Ignore him Marilyn. He tried to throw his weight around with me on another thread without success.

My wife also got approved without affidavits, and her evidence was less strong than yours or AntandD (no baby). If AntandD submitted the evidence he says he did, it's a lock. Don't stress yourself over it.

The only lock is the one that should be on your padded cell, psycho-newbie. Marilyn's opinion may have some weight, but you're an unknown quantity. What service center did you use? What country is your spouse from? What is your timeline? Did your spouse do AOS or enter on a CR-1 visa? Who knows? Who cares? You're certainly not looking to participate here in a big way. All you've done is barge in on the TSC-VSC thread and start criticizing others. How did VJ ever survive without your stellar contributions?

[speaking_softly 0]

Ignore him Marilyn. He tried to throw his weight around with me on another thread without success.

My wife also got approved without affidavits, and her evidence was less strong than yours or AntandD (no baby). If AntandD submitted the evidence he says he did, it's a lock. Don't stress yourself over it.

The only lock is the one that should be on your padded cell, psycho-newbie.

I rest my case. Knock off the bullying James. It serves no purpose.

Marilyn's case and my own had strong factual evidence without affidavits and both were approved. Yours supposedly had affidavits and is still pending. I filed at the same location as you yet mine was approved faster. Nuff said.

Your obsession and pejorative feelings towards immigration is scary, in addition to your condescension towards new members here. Give it a rest.

[James 2]

Ignore him Marilyn. He tried to throw his weight around with me on another thread without success.

My wife also got approved without affidavits, and her evidence was less strong than yours or AntandD (no baby). If AntandD submitted the evidence he says he did, it's a lock. Don't stress yourself over it.

The only lock is the one that should be on your padded cell, psycho-newbie.

I rest my case. Knock off the bullying James. It serves no purpose.

Marilyn's case and my own had strong factual evidence without affidavits and both were approved. Yours supposedly had affidavits and is still pending. I filed at the same location as you yet mine was approved faster. Nuff said.

Your obsession and pejorative feelings towards immigration is scary, in addition to your condescension towards new members here. Give it a rest.

Who are you again? When did you file? When were you approved? Were you transferred from TSC to CSC? Nobody knows. Why should anyone trust your experience as any sort of guide?

I have no "obsession . . . towards immigration," whatever that means. Nor do I have "pejorative feelings toward immigration," whatever that also may mean. (Words and phrases may be pejorative, but feelings? Hardly.)

If you are talking about my attitude and/or feelings toward CIS, it richly deserves any contempt I may choose to heap it them as a badly run government agency. My wife and I petitioned well over a year ago. CIS has approved petitions that were filed in CSC in February of this year, but has still not approved mine or those of many others who filed a year ago in TSC. Choose to defend this sad state of affairs, if you like; I, for one, find it indefensible. As a recent NY Times editorial put it, CIS runs "a creaky, corrosively inept system for welcoming immigrants in — an underperforming bureaucracy that takes their money and makes them wait, with a chronic indolence that is just another form of hostility." Apparently you disagree with that assessment.

As for my ostensible condescension toward newbies, you are simply taking my heretofore rather limited interaction with you in the TSC-VSC thread and fallaciously assuming I treat all new members the same way. Bear in mind, I'm not the one who initially took you to task in that thread. I would leave it to others to assess what a complete jackass you came off as in your first post as you completely misunderstood what was going on and presumed to tell others how they should react to having waited a year for their petitions to be approved: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=1811686