Another one of those "do I have enough evidence" posts!

[xjennyinstereox 0]

Hi all,

Haven't posted here in a while. It's time to file my I-751 and I'm wondering if I have enough (or too much!) evidence. This is what we are sending:

-Copy of my passport, green card, birth certificate

-Copies of my license and husband's license (he's the US citizen) showing same address

-Copies of debit cards, CitiBank and Target cards showing joint accounts for all 3

-Bank statements, CitiBank statements, Target statements

-ING Direct savings account statements showing joint account

-Car titles & registrations showing joint ownership of both cars

-Car insurance notices, invoices showing both our names at same address

-Volkswagen Credit statements for both cars to same address

-Confirmation of change of address from US Postal Service showing previous and current address

-Utility bills from previous address

-Notarized Letter from my mother in law stating that we live with her, how much rent we pay, what utilities she pays (as an explanation as to why we have no utility bills in our names for our current address)

-Mail addressed to both of us at our previous and current address

-AT&T phone bills showing both names at previous and current address

-Joint tax returns for 2006, 2007 & 2008

-Flight itineraries, hotel confirmations, etc. for travel between 2007-2008 showing both names

-Approx. 100 photos of us over the last 2 years (including our renewal of vows ceremony that took place on our first wedding anniversary, it was pretty much like a wedding reception - 60 people there, food, drinks, 1st dance, cake cutting - I had a wedding dress and all!)

-Copy of the lease from our previous address

-Two original letters (sworn affidavits) written by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

That's what I can think of off the top of my head. There might be more.. is that enough? Too much?

[tom&tata 2]

Hi all,

Haven't posted here in a while. It's time to file my I-751 and I'm wondering if I have enough (or too much!) evidence. This is what we are sending:

-Copy of my passport, green card, birth certificate

-Copies of my license and husband's license (he's the US citizen) showing same address

-Copies of debit cards, CitiBank and Target cards showing joint accounts for all 3

-Bank statements, CitiBank statements, Target statements

-ING Direct savings account statements showing joint account

-Car titles & registrations showing joint ownership of both cars

-Car insurance notices, invoices showing both our names at same address

-Volkswagen Credit statements for both cars to same address

-Confirmation of change of address from US Postal Service showing previous and current address

-Utility bills from previous address

-Notarized Letter from my mother in law stating that we live with her, how much rent we pay, what utilities she pays (as an explanation as to why we have no utility bills in our names for our current address)

-Mail addressed to both of us at our previous and current address

-AT&T phone bills showing both names at previous and current address

-Joint tax returns for 2006, 2007 & 2008

-Flight itineraries, hotel confirmations, etc. for travel between 2007-2008 showing both names

-Approx. 100 photos of us over the last 2 years (including our renewal of vows ceremony that took place on our first wedding anniversary, it was pretty much like a wedding reception - 60 people there, food, drinks, 1st dance, cake cutting - I had a wedding dress and all!)

-Copy of the lease from our previous address

-Two original letters (sworn affidavits) written by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

That's what I can think of off the top of my head. There might be more.. is that enough? Too much?

Do you have life insurance or health insurance showing the spouse as beneficiary of benefit? Yours looks a lot like ours except for the insurance but you might want to black out some of the CC number - probably just leave the last 4 for security?

[xjennyinstereox 0]

For some reason I can't edit my post. Anyways..

How did you guys package everything? When I filed for my I-485, I used addecco (sp?) clips to separate everything and put it in an envelope. Should I do the same? Also, for the pictures, I have them in a photo album at the moment. Is that too bulky? Should I put them in an envelope as well? We were going to package everything (including the photo album) in a fed ex box (small one).

Do you have life insurance or health insurance showing the spouse as beneficiary of benefit? Yours looks a lot like ours except for the insurance but you might want to black out some of the CC number - probably just leave the last 4 for security?

Nope. I used to be on his health insurance but it ended up costing us way too much so now I have my own health insurance through my employer and he has his through his employer. As for life insurance, we were going to but never ended up getting any. Is that going to be an issue? And thanks for the advice about the CC's. Will do.

[Keigwyn 1]

That is a lot of evidence. Personally, I am not a believer in photos. To reference your photo they have biometrics, but do they know what your other-half looks like? no.

You don't need your passport or birth certificate.

The rest looks good!

I did not include photos or affidavits and got approved in 62 days (CSC)

[xjennyinstereox 0]

That is a lot of evidence. Personally, I am not a believer in photos. To reference your photo they have biometrics, but do they know what your other-half looks like? no.

You don't need your passport or birth certificate.

The rest looks good!

I did not include photos or affidavits and got approved in 62 days (CSC)

Well, I want to include the photos because the immigration officer who interviewed us for my I-485 was disappointed that I didn't have any 'wedding' photos the first time around. I had photos of us getting married at the court house, but there was no reception, wedding dress, tux, cake, etc. Seemed like he was expecting photos of a huge fancy church wedding with a huge reception afterwards

I figured I'd send them lots of photos this time around in case I got another person who was looking for more 'valid proof' in the form of photos.

[ANDRES_MARINEL 0]

That is a lot of evidence. Personally, I am not a believer in photos. To reference your photo they have biometrics, but do they know what your other-half looks like? no.

You don't need your passport or birth certificate.

The rest looks good!

I did not include photos or affidavits and got approved in 62 days (CSC)

Well, I want to include the photos because the immigration officer who interviewed us for my I-485 was disappointed that I didn't have any 'wedding' photos the first time around. I had photos of us getting married at the court house, but there was no reception, wedding dress, tux, cake, etc. Seemed like he was expecting photos of a huge fancy church wedding with a huge reception afterwards

I figured I'd send them lots of photos this time around in case I got another person who was looking for more 'valid proof' in the form of photos.

I think you have enough evidence, you would do great, I think that most likely you won't get a RFE. Good Luck in your journey

[tom&tata 2]

That is a lot of evidence. Personally, I am not a believer in photos. To reference your photo they have biometrics, but do they know what your other-half looks like? no.

You don't need your passport or birth certificate.

The rest looks good!

I did not include photos or affidavits and got approved in 62 days (CSC)

Well, I want to include the photos because the immigration officer who interviewed us for my I-485 was disappointed that I didn't have any 'wedding' photos the first time around. I had photos of us getting married at the court house, but there was no reception, wedding dress, tux, cake, etc. Seemed like he was expecting photos of a huge fancy church wedding with a huge reception afterwards

I figured I'd send them lots of photos this time around in case I got another person who was looking for more 'valid proof' in the form of photos.

I put 4 pictures - 2 from the vacation we took, the other 2 from my birthday. All has the stamped date & just glued on the piece of paper as part of the package - with acco fastener

[FaithfulandTrue 6]

Hi all,

Haven't posted here in a while. It's time to file my I-751 and I'm wondering if I have enough (or too much!) evidence. This is what we are sending:

-Copy of my passport, green card, birth certificate

-Copies of my license and husband's license (he's the US citizen) showing same address

-Copies of debit cards, CitiBank and Target cards showing joint accounts for all 3

-Bank statements, CitiBank statements, Target statements

-ING Direct savings account statements showing joint account

-Car titles & registrations showing joint ownership of both cars

-Car insurance notices, invoices showing both our names at same address

-Volkswagen Credit statements for both cars to same address

-Confirmation of change of address from US Postal Service showing previous and current address

-Utility bills from previous address

-Notarized Letter from my mother in law stating that we live with her, how much rent we pay, what utilities she pays (as an explanation as to why we have no utility bills in our names for our current address)

-Mail addressed to both of us at our previous and current address

-AT&T phone bills showing both names at previous and current address

-Joint tax returns for 2006, 2007 & 2008

-Flight itineraries, hotel confirmations, etc. for travel between 2007-2008 showing both names

-Approx. 100 photos of us over the last 2 years (including our renewal of vows ceremony that took place on our first wedding anniversary, it was pretty much like a wedding reception - 60 people there, food, drinks, 1st dance, cake cutting - I had a wedding dress and all!)

-Copy of the lease from our previous address

-Two original letters (sworn affidavits) written by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

That's what I can think of off the top of my head. There might be more.. is that enough? Too much?

sounds good to me

[Jasman0717 9]

If you are still concerned have your friends and family do affidavits for you. We had several friends and family do them for us, including my first wife, because we didn't have a lot of other documents and it seemed to work, Claudeth was approved without an interview in about 5 months.