Review of documents

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Whew! We are almost ready to mail our I-751 application. Would you please help me by reviewing our cover letter and sharing with me any feedback? Please note the wording used regarding our Water/Sewer Bill and Telephone bill. The Water/Sewer bill is in my married name. The phone bill is in my husband's name. Therefore, I made a point of not listing these as "joint" bills.

Thanks!

September 19, 2008

USCIS California Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

P.O. Box 200

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

Re: I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions of Status On:

John Doe A#

Dear USCIS Examiner:

Enclosed please find a Joint I-751 petition to remove conditions of status regarding my husband John Doe (A# xxx-xxx-xxx). In addition you will find a check for $545.00 to cover the expense of both the application and biometric fees. My husband entered the United States on a K-1 Fiance visa. Within 90 days of his arrival, we were married, and are happily living together as husband and wife. Thus we are requesting that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my husband, John Doe.

Enclosed in this package, we are providing the following documents as evidence of our marriage and ongoing relationship:

Complete I-751 form

Check payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security for $545.00 (fees for form and biometric)

Copy of front and back of my husband’s Permanent Resident Card

Copy of my husband’s passport

Copy of our Marriage Certificate

Copy of both of our driver’s license

Affidavits by neighbors and friends

Copy of our Joint Taxes filed for 2006 and 2007

Copy of envelope detailing 2008 stimulus check in both of our names

Copy of my IRA showing my husband as my primary beneficiary

Copy of company provided Life Insurance policy show each other as the beneficiary

Copy of both our Health Insurance Card showing the same policy #

Copy of Joint Bank Accounts statement with two different banks

Copy of Joint Automobile Insurance Bill for two vehicles

Copy of Joint Automobile Insurance Policy Declaration

Copy of Joint Property Tax Invoices & Receipts

Copy of Joint Vehicle Registration

Copy of Water/Sewer & Electric Bills

Copy of Telephone Bill

Copy of Joint Gas Bills

Copy of Airline Reservations, Hotel Invoice, Boarding Passes and Baggage Claim Checks for Trips

Copy of Postage addressed individually

Copy of Postage addressed Jointly

Copy of Junk Mail both individually and jointly

Photographs taken from different events jointly, and with family and friends

Please do not hesitate to inquire at any of the sources enclosed to validate their statements. In addition, you are welcome to visit our home should you ever desire.

Sincerely,

Jane & John Doe (A# xxx-xxx-xxx)

[antda 13]

Hi Boaz,

Your cover letter and your list of evidence on it looks great! You've covered a lot of joint financial and personal evidence there, and more likely than not shouldn't get an RFE. Don't worry about the non-joint water bill and telephone bill. As long as it shows you're both at the same address/joint residence, and they can connect that idea together somehow, then that's fine.

Good luck in sending in your entire I-751 package and on the rest of your immigration journey.

Ant (Still waiting at the VSC...)

P.S. I wouldn't count on the USCIS showing up for a visit anytime soon, or at all. But if by some "new policy" that they do come to your door: greet them politely, invite them inside your home, share a plate of cookies and a cup of coffee with them, and then proceed to ask them to give you your 10yr green card right then and there or kick them out if they don't....

Whew! We are almost ready to mail our I-751 application. Would you please help me by reviewing our cover letter and sharing with me any feedback? Please note the wording used regarding our Water/Sewer Bill and Telephone bill. The Water/Sewer bill is in my married name. The phone bill is in my husband's name. Therefore, I made a point of not listing these as "joint" bills.

Thanks!

September 19, 2008

USCIS California Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

P.O. Box 200

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

Re: I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions of Status On:

John Doe A#

Dear USCIS Examiner:

Enclosed please find a Joint I-751 petition to remove conditions of status regarding my husband John Doe (A# xxx-xxx-xxx). In addition you will find a check for $545.00 to cover the expense of both the application and biometric fees. My husband entered the United States on a K-1 Fiance visa. Within 90 days of his arrival, we were married, and are happily living together as husband and wife. Thus we are requesting that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my husband, John Doe.

Enclosed in this package, we are providing the following documents as evidence of our marriage and ongoing relationship:

Complete I-751 form

Check payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security for $545.00 (fees for form and biometric)

Copy of front and back of my husband's Permanent Resident Card

Copy of my husband's passport

Copy of our Marriage Certificate

Copy of both of our driver's license

Affidavits by neighbors and friends

Copy of our Joint Taxes filed for 2006 and 2007

Copy of envelope detailing 2008 stimulus check in both of our names

Copy of my IRA showing my husband as my primary beneficiary

Copy of company provided Life Insurance policy show each other as the beneficiary

Copy of both our Health Insurance Card showing the same policy #

Copy of Joint Bank Accounts statement with two different banks

Copy of Joint Automobile Insurance Bill for two vehicles

Copy of Joint Automobile Insurance Policy Declaration

Copy of Joint Property Tax Invoices & Receipts

Copy of Joint Vehicle Registration

Copy of Water/Sewer & Electric Bills

Copy of Telephone Bill

Copy of Joint Gas Bills

Copy of Airline Reservations, Hotel Invoice, Boarding Passes and Baggage Claim Checks for Trips

Copy of Postage addressed individually

Copy of Postage addressed Jointly

Copy of Junk Mail both individually and jointly

Photographs taken from different events jointly, and with family and friends

Please do not hesitate to inquire at any of the sources enclosed to validate their statements. In addition, you are welcome to visit our home should you ever desire.

Sincerely,

Jane & John Doe (A# xxx-xxx-xxx)

Edited September 20, 2008 by AntandD

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Hi Boaz,

Your cover letter and your list of evidence on it looks great! You've covered a lot of joint financial and personal evidence there, and more likely than not shouldn't get an RFE. Don't worry about the non-joint water bill and telephone bill. As long as it shows you're both at the same address/joint residence, and they can connect that idea together somehow, then that's fine.

Good luck in sending in your entire I-751 package and on the rest of your immigration journey.

Ant (Still waiting at the VSC...)

P.S. I wouldn't count on the USCIS showing up for a visit anytime soon, or at all. But if by some "new policy" that they do come to your door: greet them politely, invite them inside your home, share a plate of cookies and a cup of coffee with them, and then proceed to ask them to give you your 10yr green card right then and there or kick them out if they don't....

I am seriously considering taking that part off. I copied it from a sample cover letter, and did not understand why I should be extending my 'southern hospitality'.

[antda 13]

Hi Boaz,

I didn't understand that part either, and I didn't include it in my cover letter either. Hmm...maybe you should take that part off too, especially if you don't agree with it and don't want to extend your "southern hospitality".

Lol...Frankly, if a USCIS officer showed up at my door, they would definitely not be getting any "(northern) hospitality" at all (unless they gave me my 10yr green card then I'll share my cookies with them)...

Imagining a USCIS official at my door...what a thought!,

Meanwhile, I'll save my cookie for everyone here on VJ, who have been nice and helpful, indeed, and are more deserving of such. Anyone want a freshly-baked cookie from Ant?...

Ant (Sharing my freshly-baked cookies with all VJers...)

I am seriously considering taking that part off. I copied it from a sample cover letter, and did not understand why I should be extending my 'southern hospitality'.

Edited September 20, 2008 by AntandD

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Sure! Got Milk?

[antda 13]

=cookies and milk for everyone (and why not, some for the USCIS officers too...)

Ant (Sharing my cookies and milk with all VJers....)

P.S. Boaz, By the way, since you're also at the VSC, you can add your name and information to the following message thread list: "VSC I-751 Status List" (look for the last updated list on the last page), so you can see and post your progress too, for all VJers on this same long-wait at the VSC. Thank you.: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=110056

Sure! Got Milk?

Edited September 20, 2008 by AntandD