I-751 List of evidence

[Lou Lou 1]

Thought I'd supply my list of evidence as an example that everybody has a different list, so go with what YOU feel is right for your case.

FINANCE AND INSURANCE

• Joint federal and state income tax returns for 2004 and 2005

• Joint bank account statements

• Letter from bank manager (saying he sees us in town often)

• Letter from credit card company

• Joint health insurance cards

UTILITIES

• Joint electricity statements

• Joint gas company statements

• Joint phone company statements

MISCELLANEOUS EVIDENCE

• Itineraries and boarding passes from trips we have made together (3 pages in total)

• Dental statements showing shared account

• 3 affidavits (one of which was from the dentist to tie with evidence listed directly above)

Whole package was 30 pages long. Fingers crossed it'll be OK. I'm certainly not too concerned. This was by far the easiest part of the whole journey

[Sweetgirl 0]

Thought I'd supply my list of evidence as an example that everybody has a different list, so go with what YOU feel is right for your case.

FINANCE AND INSURANCE

• Joint federal and state income tax returns for 2004 and 2005

• Joint bank account statements

• Letter from bank manager (saying he sees us in town often)

• Letter from credit card company

• Joint health insurance cards

UTILITIES

• Joint electricity statements

• Joint gas company statements

• Joint phone company statements

MISCELLANEOUS EVIDENCE

• Itineraries and boarding passes from trips we have made together (3 pages in total)

• Dental statements showing shared account

• 3 affidavits (one of which was from the dentist to tie with evidence listed directly above)

Whole package was 30 pages long. Fingers crossed it'll be OK. I'm certainly not too concerned. This was by far the easiest part of the whole journey

HI!

Seems you've got everything you need for the I-751 submitted succesfully.

You can also include a couple or more pictures of you together just incase.,but you've got the rest of the evidence you need . Best wishes

Sincerely.

[Lou Lou 1]

HI!

Seems you've got everything you need for the I-751 submitted succesfully.

You can also include a couple or more pictures of you together just incase.,but you've got the rest of the evidence you need . Best wishes

Sincerely.

Thanks We decided against pictures as it doesn't really prove anything in our humble opinions. Anyone can pose together for a pic if needed. I can underatnd why some would send a few if they really felt the need, but sending an album full seems a bit silly. Same as anyone can mail something to themselves with both names on an envelope. It's easily manufactured and not strong evidence. If we do get an RFE for anything, we have pics, plus plenty of other evidence to send waiting in our back pockets

[lucyrich 20]

Thanks We decided against pictures as it doesn't really prove anything in our humble opinions. Anyone can pose together for a pic if needed. I can underatnd why some would send a few if they really felt the need, but sending an album full seems a bit silly. Same as anyone can mail something to themselves with both names on an envelope. It's easily manufactured and not strong evidence. If we do get an RFE for anything, we have pics, plus plenty of other evidence to send waiting in our back pockets

I think we'll be submitting a bunch of pics. True, anyone can pose together for a few pics, but we've got pictures of us together at the St. Louis Arch, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Death Valley, Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Universal Studios, Disneyland, and a number of other recognizable and distant tourist sites, some of which (like Mt. Rushmore), are only practically reachable by a long car trip. Taken together, the photos show that we travel together, and it would be difficult to forge them all. Trust me, I would not have visited all of those places with someone I didn't love. The photos were fun to put together, and unlike voluminous text documents, it won't take an investigator long to page through them.

Now, pics of people together in a nondescript apartment don't prove much, I'll agree.

I wouldn't want to rely only upon the photos. We'll also be submitting the usual financial evidence, plus the birth certificate of our daughter. I think the birth certificate is one of the more convincing items we have.

Each couple will have collected a different set of evidence depending on their life circumstances. Just because I think our photos demonstrate a relevant point for our case doesn't mean that everyone ought to submit photos.

[Lou Lou 1]

I think we'll be submitting a bunch of pics. True, anyone can pose together for a few pics, but we've got pictures of us together at the St. Louis Arch, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Death Valley, Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Universal Studios, Disneyland, and a number of other recognizable and distant tourist sites, some of which (like Mt. Rushmore), are only practically reachable by a long car trip. Taken together, the photos show that we travel together, and it would be difficult to forge them all. Trust me, I would not have visited all of those places with someone I didn't love. The photos were fun to put together, and unlike voluminous text documents, it won't take an investigator long to page through them.

Now, pics of people together in a nondescript apartment don't prove much, I'll agree.

I wouldn't want to rely only upon the photos. We'll also be submitting the usual financial evidence, plus the birth certificate of our daughter. I think the birth certificate is one of the more convincing items we have.

Each couple will have collected a different set of evidence depending on their life circumstances. Just because I think our photos demonstrate a relevant point for our case doesn't mean that everyone ought to submit photos.

A fine example of why everyone's evidence is different, and there's not really a fixed list of anything Having boarding passes stuck on one page showing we have sat together on several long distance trips was proof enough for us...I didn't want to bombard them with our holidays snaps too. I have 30 pages of stuff including the cover letter and form. I don't think it will take them long to flick through ours, and being such a hippy I wanted to save as many trees as I could

Good luck with your submission. I agree the daughter is the strongest evidence!

[Sweetgirl 0]

Thanks We decided against pictures as it doesn't really prove anything in our humble opinions. Anyone can pose together for a pic if needed. I can underatnd why some would send a few if they really felt the need, but sending an album full seems a bit silly. Same as anyone can mail something to themselves with both names on an envelope. It's easily manufactured and not strong evidence. If we do get an RFE for anything, we have pics, plus plenty of other evidence to send waiting in our back pockets

I think we'll be submitting a bunch of pics. True, anyone can pose together for a few pics, but we've got pictures of us together at the St. Louis Arch, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Death Valley, Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Universal Studios, Disneyland, and a number of other recognizable and distant tourist sites, some of which (like Mt. Rushmore), are only practically reachable by a long car trip. Taken together, the photos show that we travel together, and it would be difficult to forge them all. Trust me, I would not have visited all of those places with someone I didn't love. The photos were fun to put together, and unlike voluminous text documents, it won't take an investigator long to page through them.

Now, pics of people together in a nondescript apartment don't prove much, I'll agree.

I wouldn't want to rely only upon the photos. We'll also be submitting the usual financial evidence, plus the birth certificate of our daughter. I think the birth certificate is one of the more convincing items we have.

Each couple will have collected a different set of evidence depending on their life circumstances. Just because I think our photos demonstrate a relevant point for our case doesn't mean that everyone ought to submit photos.

I absolutely agree with you about the pictures. Pictures never lie

Best wishes

Sincerely.

[Ozgal 0]

Hi, did you have your affidavits notarized or were they just signed by the people who wrote them? Cheers Lindy

[Lou Lou 1]

Hi, did you have your affidavits notarized or were they just signed by the people who wrote them? Cheers Lindy

They were not notarized, but I did get the people to state their full name, where they live, and their place and date of birth as stated on the I-751 instructions on P1. It also states that affidavits must be supported by other types of evidence, so for example we provided a dental statement with both our names on it with an affidavit from the dentist (the dentist also knows us personally).

[hcj 0]

My thoughts on pictures:

I personally think it's nice to have a few pictures in the package, IF you have pictures that are worth sending. I agree that it's not necessary to send an entire album, and if you don't have any snaps that you consider worthwhile, no need to include any then. Pics wouldn't be at the top of my list; I think financial ties are far more important, but a few snaps are nice as visual evidence that you are recognized socially as a couple by your family and friends.

IMO, what's worth sending and what's not:

- picture of the two of you -- may not be worth sending

- picture of the two of you at your family reunion, together with assorted close relatives -- VERY worth sending as it shows that your entire family recognizes you socially as a couple

- picture of the two of you at a wedding, accompanied by invitation addressed to both of you for said wedding -- IMO worth sending as again, it shows that other people recognize you as a couple

- vacation shots of the two of you, together with tickets/receipts from said vacation -- I think that's nice, it shows you travel together

For anyone who is just in the process of collecting evidence for their eventual removal of conditions, I would say to try to get some photos with both of you in it, along with family and friends. If the two sides of the family ever get together (for example, if your in-laws come to visit you and your parents come by too), definitely get pictures of both of you with both sides of the family. At our AOS interview our AO seemed very impressed by that particular picture (it was a photo of me, my husband, his parents, and my mom and sister all together at the Alcatraz Island attraction in San Francisco) -- I recall marking that as the moment in the interview when she felt satisfied that we were indeed married. After that she went through the motions of collecting our financial evidence and then pronounced us approved and shooed us out of her office.

BTW, in addition to our financial ties evidence, this is what we sent photos/cards-wise in our I-751 package:

- photo of the two of us at my family reunion, with travel tickets and thank you note from my cousin thanking my husband for assuming all BBQ duties at the reunion

- photo of the two of us at a visit to hubby's family abroad

- photo of the two of us at a friend's wedding, with wedding invite and thank you note for our wedding gift

- photo of the two of us re-visiting our place of marriage (on the opposite coast from where we live now)

- Correspondence addressed to both of us that referenced activities we did with the card sender (for example a thank you note from out-of-town guests who stayed with us for a weekend)

For photos I put captions underneath identifying who was in the picture and the context of the situation. I also put on post-it notes on the letters/notes, indicating the reason I was including each note (e.g. "note from friends thanking us for our hospitality during their stay with us on X date").

We chose not to do affidavits as we felt our photos/letters accomplished the same goal, and this way we didn't have to bother anyone.

P.S. We were approved in June -- about 2.5 months after we sent it in to CSC.

[LHH 0]

Hi, can you tell me the service center address on the receipt (797) which you received after you sent the I-751 form?

Thank you.

My thoughts on pictures:

I personally think it's nice to have a few pictures in the package, IF you have pictures that are worth sending. I agree that it's not necessary to send an entire album, and if you don't have any snaps that you consider worthwhile, no need to include any then. Pics wouldn't be at the top of my list; I think financial ties are far more important, but a few snaps are nice as visual evidence that you are recognized socially as a couple by your family and friends.

IMO, what's worth sending and what's not:

- picture of the two of you -- may not be worth sending

- picture of the two of you at your family reunion, together with assorted close relatives -- VERY worth sending as it shows that your entire family recognizes you socially as a couple

- picture of the two of you at a wedding, accompanied by invitation addressed to both of you for said wedding -- IMO worth sending as again, it shows that other people recognize you as a couple

- vacation shots of the two of you, together with tickets/receipts from said vacation -- I think that's nice, it shows you travel together

For anyone who is just in the process of collecting evidence for their eventual removal of conditions, I would say to try to get some photos with both of you in it, along with family and friends. If the two sides of the family ever get together (for example, if your in-laws come to visit you and your parents come by too), definitely get pictures of both of you with both sides of the family. At our AOS interview our AO seemed very impressed by that particular picture (it was a photo of me, my husband, his parents, and my mom and sister all together at the Alcatraz Island attraction in San Francisco) -- I recall marking that as the moment in the interview when she felt satisfied that we were indeed married. After that she went through the motions of collecting our financial evidence and then pronounced us approved and shooed us out of her office.

BTW, in addition to our financial ties evidence, this is what we sent photos/cards-wise in our I-751 package:

- photo of the two of us at my family reunion, with travel tickets and thank you note from my cousin thanking my husband for assuming all BBQ duties at the reunion

- photo of the two of us at a visit to hubby's family abroad

- photo of the two of us at a friend's wedding, with wedding invite and thank you note for our wedding gift

- photo of the two of us re-visiting our place of marriage (on the opposite coast from where we live now)

- Correspondence addressed to both of us that referenced activities we did with the card sender (for example a thank you note from out-of-town guests who stayed with us for a weekend)

For photos I put captions underneath identifying who was in the picture and the context of the situation. I also put on post-it notes on the letters/notes, indicating the reason I was including each note (e.g. "note from friends thanking us for our hospitality during their stay with us on X date").

We chose not to do affidavits as we felt our photos/letters accomplished the same goal, and this way we didn't have to bother anyone.

P.S. We were approved in June -- about 2.5 months after we sent it in to CSC.

[tammiandtom 0]

I agree with you about the pictures, and also the envelopes addressed to both of you (that one I'm definitely leaving out).

Did you have to send in a copy of your passport? I saw someone on here mention that in their list, but yet it doesn't say that in the instructions. Just a copy of the greencard, correct?

Good luck, it sounds like you have more than enough evidence.

[surasak_oregon 0]

I sent in copies of the most recent bank statement, Federal tax return from 2005, title to vehicle, and birth certificate of our son. There's really not much else since there's no debt, no mortgage, no bills (aside from phone bill). She doesn't drive or have a license so there's no insurance to worry about. I figure that if they won't accept the birth of a child or the joint ownership of a bank account or the joint ownership of a vehicle then adding more won't really matter much.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

We included pictures - we have several gigs of digital photos on an external hard-drive. I just picked a selection taken from different times and situations - they're not time stamped or anything, but they show us together in a number of situations (with different hair and clothes), and with various different people (including those who wrote our affidavit letters).

Included a dozen prints and the rest on a CD-ROM.

Edited February 4, 2007 by erekose

[EsOrEnNa 0]

You can also include a couple or more pictures of you together just incase.,but you've got the rest of the evidence you need

pics since we got the 2 year GC or since the begining of the RS..?

Edited February 5, 2007 by Joel'sWife

[Lou Lou 1]

Hi folks. Glad my list is useful. As you can see from my timeline, I was approved without sending any pictures of us, so it can be done. I sent the strongest evidence I had, and pictures was not part of it.

Crazielady - yep just a copy of GC, no passport copy needed.

Edited February 5, 2007 by Lou Lou