Removal of Conditions Affidavits - what to include

[soon2batexan 3]

We will be filing to Remove Conditions on my Permanent Residence later this year. In the interest of being prepared, I've begun drafting letters for 2 friends and a co-worker who have known my husband and I since we were married (2 of them have known us as individuals for much longer, and these 2 people are independent of one another - they don't know each other).

For ease of completion, I've filled in the address (we're in Texas so I've addressed it to the USCIS VT Service Center, attn I-751), my A number, and mine and my husband's full names. As per the instructions on the USCIS website, on each letter (near the bottom below the signature area) I've added each person's name, address, phone number, date and place of birth already, and that way all they'll have to do when I e-mail it to them is fill in how they know both of us (i.e. when and how they met me and my husband, etc.) and confirmation of their knowledge of the marital relationship and whether or not they believe it to be genuine (which it is, and I'm confident that everyone who knows us can attest to that fact), and then they can add their signature.

My question is: to those of you who have been through the ROC process (or are going through it now), is there any particular information I should remind our friends and my co-worker to include as they write the letters for us? The I-751 instruction form says to include "Full and complete details explaining how he or she acquired this knowledge". Aside from stating that they see us on a regular basis, should I ask them to mention things like parties or occasions we've attended together with them, places we frequently visit with them, etc.? Just wondering how detailed it needs to be, or if it's better to just tell them to keep it short and sweet and acknowledge that they know us as a couple, they spend time with us regularly, have visited us in our home, etc.?

Just want to make sure we keep the folks at USCIS happy and make their job easier by giving them what they need the first time. Thanks for your input, everyone!

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Most of us didn't bother with affidavits. If you have a lot of evidence, they are completely unnecessary. But if you are set on sending them, whatever you want them to say is fine. There really isn't a set format, or criteria. They are just to affirm the validity of your relationship, so as long as they say something about your relationship together, that should work. There is also an example here on VJ under example forms in case you haven't seen it.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I can't remember precisely but I believe we had put 2, not that we didn;t have other evidence. 1 from my MIL and 1 from my husband's best friend. My MIL made a big deal and typed it on her stationary and made it all pretty! All she said was:

"My name is X and I was born in PA in### and I am a US citizen. I have known X (her son) since birth and met X (me) # yrs ago. I met X(me) before their marriage multiple time and attended the wedding on Mmddyy. They have visited our house in PA many times on holidays for family dinners and weekend visits through the last 2 yrs since their marriage."

She signed and dated it and that was all - she hammed it up a bit and said I was a lovely daughter-in-law and she considers me very close family( ) ) so that was nice of her!

Easey Peasey if you do want to include it.