checking in before mailing

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

Following this cover sheet are the documents listed below:

- I-751 application for removing of conditions filed jointly

- copy of the Permanent Resident card of ___

- copy of 4 recent bank statements of our joint savings account

- copy of 4 recent bank statements showing household money I give to ___

- interleaved with these statements are a copy of the cancelled check for each month

- copy of last cancelled check (it is too soon for January statement)

- copy of 2007 and 2008 1040 portion of tax returns filed jointly

- copy of 4 documents related to my ownership of the house in which we live

- copy of letter from Farm Bureau Insurance showing both of us as members

- copy of Medical Insurance cards for use in 2010

- copy of confirmation of ___ as medical beneficiary

- copy of online confirmation of ___ as health savings account beneficiary

- copy of online break-down of medical benefits indicating percentages

- copy of my driver's licence and ___'s showing same address

- copy of cards from friends showing same address

- copy of photographs of us together in various locations and on different dates

- copy of affidavit from +++

- copy of affidavit from ***

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Fee payment?

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

"Dear USCIS examiner:

Enclosed please find a JOINT I-751 petition for removal of conditions of permanent resident status regarding my wife, ___. Please also find a check for $545, the fee for this form plus the biometrics fee of $80. My wife entered the US on a K-1 visa in 2007. We are happily living together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my wife."

. . . is the first paragraph of the cover letter. Would it be redundant to mention it again? I had intended to place it in front of the cover letter and the I-751 after the cover letter. Is that wrong?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Looks good to me.

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

WHEW!!

Many thanks!

[v333k 59]

Following this cover sheet are the documents listed below:

- I-751 application for removing of conditions filed jointly

- copy of the Permanent Resident card of ___

- copy of 4 recent bank statements of our joint savings account

- copy of 4 recent bank statements showing household money I give to ___

- interleaved with these statements are a copy of the cancelled check for each month

- copy of last cancelled check (it is too soon for January statement)

- copy of 2007 and 2008 1040 portion of tax returns filed jointly

- copy of 4 documents related to my ownership of the house in which we live

- copy of letter from Farm Bureau Insurance showing both of us as members

- copy of Medical Insurance cards for use in 2010

- copy of confirmation of ___ as medical beneficiary

- copy of online confirmation of ___ as health savings account beneficiary

- copy of online break-down of medical benefits indicating percentages

- copy of my driver's licence and ___'s showing same address

- copy of cards from friends showing same address

- copy of photographs of us together in various locations and on different dates

- copy of affidavit from +++

- copy of affidavit from ***

One quick comment - do not send a copy of the affidavits. they need originals!!! Ask your friend/family/etc.. to give you 2 original affidavits - one to send with package and one to keep for your reference.

Some people ask for three original copies.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Total overkill.

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

Well, I got this info TOO LATE.

I guess we'll get an RFE for the affidavit originals...if they require them . . . since affidavits aren't considered necessary. Will see. Will let husband know my mistake (since he didn't actually do anything except sign where I told him to sign). Husband is not member of VJ.

Not sure what is meant by the "overkill" statement.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Not sure what is meant by the "overkill" statement.

I'll explain using an analogy.

Chicago Joe gets the order to kill Rattlesnake Bill. His boss tells him: "Make sure Rattlesnake is dead. Dead as a horse, got it?"

Joe finds Rattlesnake, gets out his 45 Magnum, shoots him in the head. Then in the chest, right where the heart is. Then in the stomach. Puts 4 more bullets into the head. Gets to the car, gets out the knife, cuts his throat. Then gets back to the car, opens the trunk, gets out a canister with gasoline. Sets him on fire. Before he drives off, he drives over his body. Several times.

Your list of evidence is the equivalent of this. You need to provide USCIS with some kind of evidence that you are still married and live together. That's the objective. You do not need to choke them to death with paperwork. If I were the O.P. getting your file, I would open it, and put it right back on the bottom of the stack for some other schmack to deal with it. Four bullets in the head would be enough to do the job. Overkill. Total overkill.

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

Well, then maybe we won't get an RFE for stuff we don't have---like 2 year old bank statements. The bank didn't think to check to make sure their system was even sending statements until THIS SUMMER. Or maybe we won't get an RFE for the ORIGINAL affidavits since I only sent copies. 'Twould be nice to have a 6 month wait for a 10-year GC rather than have RFEs for stuff we don't have.

It's water under the bridge anyway. Fat envelope was already sent and received.