I-751 evidence questions

[NYC-KK 0]

Is it mandatory to get at least two people to complete sworn affidavits? We rent a room in our apartment to a woman who is in the US on a student/work visa. Can she do a sworn affidavit for us or does it have to be a permanent resident or US Citizen?

[Sandra G. 5,048]

If the person is legal in the USA she can sign the affidavit, but my suggestion is that you get affidavit from 2 or 3 American friends, and specially from your family(MOTHER,SISTER?).It's not mandatory to submit the affidavit but you increase your chances to have your I-751 approved having people letting USCIS know that you have a real relationship with your wife(NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT). Submit if possible a letter from the landlord confirming that your wife is living with you since xxxxx,lease, TRANSCRIPT from IRS, and utilities bills, jointly bank account statement spanning the last 2 years, health insurance papers,life insurance, car insurance, submit everything you have in your name, her name and both of you names,pictures of you together, pictures with your family and/or her family as well.Letters received in your house in your name and her name as well.

[TBoneTX 45,324]

I asked a very sharp immigration attorney whether affidavits are truly required. He said that affidavits are only for people whose other evidence is thin.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Is it mandatory to get at least two people to complete sworn affidavits? We rent a room in our apartment to a woman who is in the US on a student/work visa. Can she do a sworn affidavit for us or does it have to be a permanent resident or US Citizen?

Agree with tbone. We won't be submitting Affidavits. We have plenty of evidence and i don't want to bug my friends/family for affidavits.

[Ning 619]

Is it mandatory to get at least two people to complete sworn affidavits? We rent a room in our apartment to a woman who is in the US on a student/work visa. Can she do a sworn affidavit for us or does it have to be a permanent resident or US Citizen?

It certianly isnt mandatory nor needed if your relationship is solid. I think this idea of using these affidavits is wildly misunderstood. Anyone could write anything hence it would be usless to the officer reviewing the case. In our case this never came up. Who would the officer trust to be a judge of someones relationship?

The idea of using notaries for such things is also misunderstood. A notary has zero to do with the content of a document. They dont even read them. They simply acknowledge signatures.

What will be important is anything that indicates you are living as a married couple by co mingling tangible aspects. This will not prove to be difficult for most people. In our own case it was easy to do.

[NYC-KK 0]

Thanks everyone for your input. The affidavits seem to be the most humiliating part of this. The way the instructions read, however, it seems that we should provide them even if they are not mandatory. I will provide at least two in addition to a heap of other evidence.

Are people submitting monthly statements for the entire period of marriage, such as credit card statements, family plan phone bill statements, joint bank account statements, as well as each medical/insurance claim statement? Or is is sufficient to submit just a few of statements and photocopies of credit cards to substantiate financial ties?

What about copies of wills, living wills, health care proxy, power of attorney? Are people submitting these?

Is it advisable to remove social security numbers from all documents, such as joint tax transcripts? Or should they be left on the tax transcripts?

[Dave&Roza 748]

Thanks everyone for your input. The affidavits seem to be the most humiliating part of this. The way the instructions read, however, it seems that we should provide them even if they are not mandatory. I will provide at least two in addition to a heap of other evidence.

Are people submitting monthly statements for the entire period of marriage, such as credit card statements, family plan phone bill statements, joint bank account statements, as well as each medical/insurance claim statement? Or is is sufficient to submit just a few of statements and photocopies of credit cards to substantiate financial ties?

What about copies of wills, living wills, health care proxy, power of attorney? Are people submitting these?

Is it advisable to remove social security numbers from all documents, such as joint tax transcripts? Or should they be left on the tax transcripts?

The wills, health care proxy, power of attorney, tax returns, joint assets accounts carry more weight than the affidavits, photos, or utility bills. You are tryng to show that you are becoming a couple, not a USC and a foreign person that came to the US with the intent of immigrating and cercumventing the immigration laws--i.e. visa fraud. Someone committing visa fraud will not readily combine assets since the immigrate will take them to the cleaners at the first chance. I am not going to worry about SSN as you include them on most of the forms already submitted so if they wanted to commit ID theft it is very easy to do so--I just hope they shread all documentation not needed rather than just throw it away.

I also will not be including Affidavits as I feel we have enough evidence. I would select a few of each type that spans the time since arriving in the US to filing the ROC. For us that will be about 30 months worth.

Good luck,

Dave

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Thanks everyone for your input. The affidavits seem to be the most humiliating part of this. The way the instructions read, however, it seems that we should provide them even if they are not mandatory. I will provide at least two in addition to a heap of other evidence.

Nah the instructions just list them as advice. Many many many people submit ROC without Affidavits and I will be one of them. As you said it's humiliating to have to ask friends/family to be involved in your process.

Are people submitting monthly statements for the entire period of marriage, such as credit card statements, family plan phone bill statements, joint bank account statements, as well as each medical/insurance claim statement? Or is is sufficient to submit just a few of statements and photocopies of credit cards to substantiate financial ties?

Not for the entire period no. Once every 3/6 months is what I'll be doing. Whether it's 3 or 6 will depend on how much ####### I collect

What about copies of wills, living wills, health care proxy, power of attorney? Are people submitting these?

I was going to. It's on my list for things I'm considering but I've decided my other stuff is fine. I will probably include the Power of Attorney for when we bought the house and Tony needed to sign my name while I was out of the country (if I can find it).

Is it advisable to remove social security numbers from all documents, such as joint tax transcripts? Or should they be left on the tax transcripts?

They have that info on your applications forms anyway so it would be redundant.

The wills, health care proxy, power of attorney, tax returns, joint assets accounts and utility bills carry more weight than the affidavits, photos, or utility bills.

I fixed it for you. Not only joint accounts, but joint DEBT is good evidence so the utility bills with joint names are good evidence.