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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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My husband (the USC) and I bought a house together a few months after AOS, so we're including evidence of joint home ownership with our ROC package. This is the first home that either of us has purchased. We have a thick package of papers that we went through and signed when we bought the house, but I don't think any one of them is the deed.

Can we send in some of the papers from that package that have both of our names on them, or do we need to go to the city clerk's office and get an official paper that is the deed? Join home ownership is the strongest piece of evidence showing co-mingling of assets, so I want to get this one right.

Thanks for your help!

K-1, AOS, ROC
2007, 2009, 2011

Naturalization

2016-05-17 - N-400 package sent

2016-05-21 - NOA1 (IOE receipt number)

2016-06-15 - Biometrics

2016-11-08 - Citizenship interview in Detroit: approved
2016-12-16 - Oath ceremony

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Kenya
Timeline
Posted

The HUD1 (settlement statement) should be fine.

ROC:
07/2010....Attorney mailed I-751 divorce waiver
07/21/10...USCIS recvd I-751
07/21/10...NOA1
08/20/10...Bio completed
09/16/10...Recvd RFE, due 10/31
10/26/10...Mailed RFE
10/27/10...RFE delivered to VSC
04/26/11...Interview
05/11/11...APPROVED!!
05/18/11...Card production ordered
05/23/11...Received green card



N400:
04/29/13.. Eligible to file N400
04/26/13...Mailed N400..Dallas, TX
04/28/13...USPS delivered package (Priority mail)
04/29/13...NOA Priority date
05/02/13...Check cashed
05/10/13...Rcvd bio notice
05/30/13...Bio Appt
05/17/13...Walk in bio successful
06/28/13...Placed in line for interview scheduling
08/06/13...Recvd email interview has been scheduled
08/10/13...Recvd Interview letter
09/12/13...N400 Interview
09/12/13...Decision cannot be made
10/21/14...Biometrics (second time)
01/05/15...In line for oath scheduling

01/21/15...Oath Ceremony

01/21/15...Applied Passport

02/05/15..Received Passport

Journey Over!!

Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: China
Timeline
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In our case, the deed (formally titled "Grant Deed", but I'm not sure if it's the same everywhere), was not part of the package we signed at closing. It was something the seller signed, and the closing agent took it to the county recorder to be recorded. The county recorder then mailed it to us with a sticker attached confirming that it had been recorded. So we received it after close, but I can't remember how long it took. If it wasn't mailed to you, and you really want it, you can probably order a copy from your county recorder. But I agree with the above poster. If you have other documentation of joint ownership, like the HUD-1, that's probably good enough. Mortgage statements are also good, if they have both names.

AOS:

03-20-2009: Married in San Diego (wife: F-1 visa and Chinese citizen, husband: US citizen)

03-29-2009: USCIS received AOS packet

04-03-2009: NOA1 issued

04-23-2009: Biometrics appointment

05-20-2009: EAD received

06-08-2009: Interview, approved

07-06-2009: GC received

ROC:

03-09-2011: I-751 and supporting documentation mailed to CSC via first class mail

03-14-2011: I-751 delivered (5 days to go 55 miles!)

03-16-2011: Check cleared

03-18-2011: NOA received, one year GC extension

04-04-2011: Early biometrics in San Marcos, CA

05-12-2011: Card production ordered! (no email notification, though)

05-17-2011: Approval letter received (approval date 5/12)

Posted

My husband (the USC) and I bought a house together a few months after AOS, so we're including evidence of joint home ownership with our ROC package. This is the first home that either of us has purchased. We have a thick package of papers that we went through and signed when we bought the house, but I don't think any one of them is the deed.

Can we send in some of the papers from that package that have both of our names on them, or do we need to go to the city clerk's office and get an official paper that is the deed? Join home ownership is the strongest piece of evidence showing co-mingling of assets, so I want to get this one right.

Thanks for your help!

Regardless of filing for removal of conditions, you should have a copy of your deed. The original should have been sent to the city or county clerk's office for recording and then the original should have been sent back to you for safe keeping.

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Manila, Philippines

I-129F Sent : 2008-12-02

I-129F Receipt Notice : 2008-12-05

RFE: 2009-02-26

Approval Notice: 2009-03-13

NVC Received: 2009-03-23

Left NVC: 2009-05-12

Stuck at NVC 50 days

Interview: 2009-06-23 Passed!

Visa picked up: 2009-06-25

POE Detroit: 2009-07-04

Married: 2009-09-11

Filed for AOS: 2009-09-22

Biometrics taken: 2009-10-29

Advance Parole approved 2009-11-04

Employment Authorization approved 2009-11-04

AOS Appointment 2009-12-15

AOS Approved 2009-12-15

Green Card Received 2010-01-02

Filed for ROC: 2011-09-17

ROC approved 2012-03-21

Green Card Received 2012-03-26

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Thanks, everyone.

The house was a foreclosure, if that makes any difference. I didn't see anything called "HUD1" or "Deed Grant," so I called the city clerk's office. She said the the deed was filed about 4 months after we bought the house and that she could print out the 3-page deed for $3. So, I got the deed from the city clerk's office.

It turned out to be pages that we already had, just with various stamps on them:

  • Warranty Deed
  • A statement by a public notary that the realtor (in a different state) "acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument"
  • Legal Description

Since none of those pages have our signatures on them, I'm also including the "Assessments/Taxes Hold Harmless Letter" and the "Closing Agreement," both of which have both of our signatures. We also have property tax bills and letters from the IRS about the first-time homeowners tax credit. Together, I hope that's enough.

We're mailing the package today. Thanks again for your help. :)

K-1, AOS, ROC
2007, 2009, 2011

Naturalization

2016-05-17 - N-400 package sent

2016-05-21 - NOA1 (IOE receipt number)

2016-06-15 - Biometrics

2016-11-08 - Citizenship interview in Detroit: approved
2016-12-16 - Oath ceremony

 
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