I-751 Help

[tonikko 0]

Hi,

I am putting trying to put together my I-751 file and I am worried that we do not have enough evidence to prove our marriage. Both my husband (citizen) and I are young (24) and I am currently still in school. We are currently living at my mother's house as we are trying to save up for enough money to eventually move out.

As for evidence to show joint residence, we only have statements from our joint bank account and joint income taxes for 2006 and 2007. I also the tax stimulus letter with both of our names on it. I have my husband's letters as well that show his current residence at my mother's. I also plan to include the deed of the house to show that it is under my mother's name. Again because I am a student, we do not have joint insurance plans (as mine is offered by my school and my husband's by his work), nor any joint major purchases (car, homes, etc). In addition, my mother has decided to not have my husband and I pay for any bills as she wants us to be able to save up for money as soon as possible, so no joint utilities bills.

I am really worried that we do not have enough evidence to show for our marriage. I only have pictures and I plan to my mother and 2 other friends to write affidavits for us. Any suggestions on what I should do?? Should I include a letter stating that I am a student to explain for our minimal amount of evidence?

Much help is appreciated.

[ForeverAmen 0]

I don't have much advice to offer. Hopefully, others will come along soon. However, based on what I do understand, the evidence you have (although it's not a lot) does indeed prove that the two of you at the very least share the same residence. In addition, sending affidavits, and your joint filing of taxes is also a big help. BTW to prove that you are in school, send a copy of an envelope addressed to you from the school.

Wish you the best!

[ELW 5]

Have your mother state clearly in her notarized statement that both of you are living at her residence. I have heard of others without proof of residence doing something similar and it was accepted as good proof.

[Manchester_Man 0]

Me and my wife were in the same boat here. We're both 21 only had tax returns and a few bills...we both also lived at her mums house, we did rent a place but was all in our roommates name. What we did is write a little letter explaining why we didn't have a lot of evidence. Tax returns are a huge one. Include affidavits including one from his parents saying you both live there and a couple from friends/family (The more the btter) there's no harm in going overboard here. Include pictures and letter that you may have sent or taken. Any trips you have may have taken together (Plan tickets ect) We only sent a little compared to most because of circumstances, we haven't been approved yet as we only just sent ours in before CHristmas. But my advise is to include as much as you can, even if it's little letters or even junk mail you guys may get in the mail. Bank Statements of a joint account is a good one to. Any of the parts that you may feel is missing you can explain in a letter. I included 3 seperate notes in mine just to explain why we didn't have that evidence. I hope this helps!

Good Luck!

[tonikko 0]

Thank you everyone for you advice. Just a question, do all of the affidavits need to be notarized?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

They are supposed to be notarized, yes.

[tonikko 0]

Hi, I just realized that my 2006 joint taxes was under a different address from our current address. It was at his parent's house before he moved in with me. I am eligible to file within the 90 days on 01/16/09. Do you think I should just submit what I have by that date or do you think I should wait until we finish our 2008 taxes in February. Would that make a big difference not having one year of joint taxes not under our current residence?