Looking Ahead

[sachinky 465]

Hi guys,

We will be filing for ROC in roughly six months and I thought I would just post what our 'file of evidence' that I've been collecting since our wedding looks like. I would love your input/suggestion on what we have so far and what we can build on.

Form I-751

Lease with both our names on them.

Joint Checking Account Statements

Joint Savings Account Statements

2009 IRS Tax Transcripts

2010 IRS Tax Transcripts

2011 IRS Tax Transcript (hopefully by then)

Joint Bank of America credit card.

Joint Capital One credit card.

Car registration with both our names on them.

Copy of GC (front and back)

Copy of Mr. Sachinky's driver's license

Explain that Sachinky doesn't have a license and doesn't wish to drive because NM drivers are d-bags.

Affidavit from Mr. Sachinky's parents.

Affidavit from landlord.

Affidavit from common friend.

Affidavit from colleague.

Cards/Invitations addressed to the both of us (6)

Photographs (15)

Car loan/payment with both our names on it

Verizon phone-bill with both of us on the same family plan.

Comcast bill in both our names.

Health insurance.

Gas, electricity bill in Mr. Sachinky's name. Cable in my name.

A Netflix flap with both our names on it.

How does this list look? Anything that I should be adding? What's redundant? How many bills per item should I be sending? Is this sufficient or should I be getting creative?

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to read.

[Nimaan 27]

Sachinsky,

The list looks good, just keep adding more statements as you keep getting them.

I would like suggest you get a state ID if you don't want to get a drivers license as I have noticed a lot of people getting RFE's for drivers license. This would also show proof of same address and would also save you as having a government ID instead of carrying your gc and/or passport as identification.

[w8inglongtime 29]

Hi guys,

We will be filing for ROC in roughly six months and I thought I would just post what our 'file of evidence' that I've been collecting since our wedding looks like. I would love your input/suggestion on what we have so far and what we can build on.

Form I-751

Lease with both our names on them.

Joint Checking Account Statements

Joint Savings Account Statements

2009 IRS Tax Transcripts

2010 IRS Tax Transcripts

2011 IRS Tax Transcript (hopefully by then)

Joint Bank of America credit card.

Joint Capital One credit card.

Car registration with both our names on them.

Copy of GC (front and back)

Copy of Mr. Sachinky's driver's license

Explain that Sachinky doesn't have a license and doesn't wish to drive because NM drivers are d-bags.

Affidavit from Mr. Sachinky's parents.

Affidavit from landlord.

Affidavit from common friend.

Affidavit from colleague.

Cards/Invitations addressed to the both of us (6)

Photographs (15)

Car loan/payment with both our names on it

Verizon phone-bill with both of us on the same family plan.

Comcast bill in both our names.

Health insurance.

Gas, electricity bill in Mr. Sachinky's name. Cable in my name.

A Netflix flap with both our names on it.

How does this list look? Anything that I should be adding? What's redundant? How many bills per item should I be sending? Is this sufficient or should I be getting creative?

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to read.

Looks like you have more than enough to go through smoothly. You definitely have more than I did and I got approved without a single RFE. Good luck

[trillium13 84]

Sounds great! We had a little less than that and were approved. Just make sure all your evidence spans your whole marriage. And YAY FOR YOU to get prepared so early!!

[sachinky 465]

Sachinsky,

The list looks good, just keep adding more statements as you keep getting them.

I would like suggest you get a state ID if you don't want to get a drivers license as I have noticed a lot of people getting RFE's for drivers license. This would also show proof of same address and would also save you as having a government ID instead of carrying your gc and/or passport as identification.

Thanks for that suggestion, I will definitely look into getting a state ID.

Looks like you have more than enough to go through smoothly. You definitely have more than I did and I got approved without a single RFE. Good luck

Thanks!

Sounds great! We had a little less than that and were approved. Just make sure all your evidence spans your whole marriage. And YAY FOR YOU to get prepared so early!!

Thanks! I take the Boy Scout's motto -- "be prepared" -- to heart. I'm a little OCD when it comes to stuff like this.

[TBoneTX 45,266]

make sure all your evidence spans your whole marriage.

Si, man. I organized our package by "quarter of the year," starting with 4th Quarter 2008 (the first quarter of our marriage) and ending with 4th Quarter 2010 (the last quarter before we applied for ROC). I created a "mini-cover-sheet" for each quarter and listed the 2 to 5 items "per quarter" that were appended.

I figured that this made sense because the idea is for the adjudicator to see the entire period of marriage readily, and not to have to root through stacks of bank statements or insurance statements or whatever to see what "spans the marriage." Consider this technique -- which has the added benefit of enabling YOU to see what and how much you're sending, si man.

[sachinky 465]

Well, the first 9 months of our marriage we were apart due to the CR-1 processing. So should I be sending phone-bills/Skype chatlogs for that time? The real stuff didn't start till I got to the US last May and added him to my bank account, applied for a joint credit card, got an apartment in New Mexico, etc.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Hi guys,

We will be filing for ROC in roughly six months and I thought I would just post what our 'file of evidence' that I've been collecting since our wedding looks like. I would love your input/suggestion on what we have so far and what we can build on.

Form I-751

Lease with both our names on them.

Joint Checking Account Statements

Joint Savings Account Statements

2009 IRS Tax Transcripts

2010 IRS Tax Transcripts

2011 IRS Tax Transcript (hopefully by then)

Joint Bank of America credit card.

Joint Capital One credit card.

Car registration with both our names on them.

Copy of GC (front and back)

Copy of Mr. Sachinky's driver's license

Explain that Sachinky doesn't have a license and doesn't wish to drive because NM drivers are d-bags.

Affidavit from Mr. Sachinky's parents.

Affidavit from landlord.

Affidavit from common friend.

Affidavit from colleague.

Cards/Invitations addressed to the both of us (6)

Photographs (15)

Car loan/payment with both our names on it

Verizon phone-bill with both of us on the same family plan.

Comcast bill in both our names.

Health insurance.

Gas, electricity bill in Mr. Sachinky's name. Cable in my name.

A Netflix flap with both our names on it.

You are a professional hit man and your boss, Three-Finger-Joe, tells you to make sue the target is dead before leaving. You put three bullets in his head and then, just to be sure, three more in his heart. He's dead, alright!

If you then cut off his head and drag the dead body to the railroad tracks you come over as unprofessional.

Your list, half of your list, actually, is a sure fire approval. No need to water it down by adding paper.

What you should do is add a cover letter telling in one paragraph who you are and then list all of the documents enclosed. That' ll shut 'em up quickly.

Edited July 17, 2011 by Just Bob

[juliava 80]

Hi there!!!!I just wanted to say that I will probably file around that time as well, so you are not alone!Your list looks good to me, but like JustBob said, looks like we need to focus on very relevant evidence of a bona fide marriage. My husband doesn't drive either, but our IDs have the same address.

Quick question: is it mandatory to include 2011 tax transcripts if you are a January or February filer?or 2009 and 2010 tax transcripts would be enough?

[sachinky 465]

You are a professional hit man and your boss, Three-Finger-Joe, tells you to make sue the target is dead before leaving. You put three bullets in his head and then, just to be sure, three more in his heart. He's dead, alright!

If you then cut off his head and drag the dead body to the railroad tracks you come over as unprofessional.

Your list, half of your list, actually, is a sure fire approval. No need to water it down by adding paper.

What you should do is add a cover letter telling in one paragraph who you are and then list all of the documents enclosed. That' ll shut 'em up quickly.

Haha, okay, I get it.

I looked through our file yesterday and I found two hotel receipts in both our names. Yay or nay?

Hi there!!!!I just wanted to say that I will probably file around that time as well, so you are not alone! Your list looks good to me, but like JustBob said, looks like we need to focus on very relevant evidence of a bona fide marriage. My husband doesn't drive either, but our IDs have the same address.

Quick question: is it mandatory to include 2011 tax transcripts if you are a January or February filer?or 2009 and 2010 tax transcripts would be enough?

Hey, I don't know honestly, I'm planning to file taxes really early next year so that we have copies of the returns even if we don't have enough time for the tax transcripts. Good luck!

[TBoneTX 45,266]

I looked through our file yesterday and I found two hotel receipts in both our names. Yay or nay?

Absolutely, si man.

[sachinky 465]

Update: Sending out our package tomorrow evening after work via Fedex overnight.

Thanks for all your help. Will be sure to keep you posted.

[mrs. wife! 3]

Sachi, the bank Statements you are sending you are actually sending every month for the last 2 yrs?