Evidence of co-mingled assets - How much to include?

[applejuice 0]

Hi, friends:

I went through all of the introductory posts here about gathering evidence, etc. Some of the info dated back to 2006 and seemed a bit outdated to my rookie eyes, so I was hoping to post a really quick but subjective question about evidence of co-mingled assets.

I'm just wondering "how much is enough" or "how much is too much?"

I can dig up bank joint account statements, phone bills, cable and utility bills, etc., but it seems consensus here is that "include every month's bill" is on the excessive side. So how do you folks decide how much evidence to include -- every other month? Every quarter? Every six months?

I also assume the key point here is to have enough evidence to span the past two years since I've received the conditional GC?

Thanks! Would appreciate any pointers.

-applejuice

[TBoneTX 46,208]

I included stuff from Day One of marriage. Quarterly bank statements are fine. Include your tax transcripts, and a smattering of phone/utility bills. It really helps to include copies of your wills, powers of attorney, etc.

Rather than lump each type of item together (all bank statements together, all bills together, etc.), I arranged things by quarter. I included a cover-sheet for each quarter's collection of stuff, whatever it turned out to be. This (I surmised) kept the adjudicator from having to spread stuff out to see whether the time period was spanned; he/she could simply concentrate on the contents of what was submitted.

[Hypnos 6,578]

One bill / statement for every year is what I did.

I chose a month at random and printed off bank statements and bills for that month for as many years back as I could find.

[Hedi 24]

We included quarterly bank statements, car insurance papers, joint utilities (showing both names and same address) etc. from the beginning of our marriage (like TBoneTX said). We also included tax transcrtipts for 2009 and 2010 and an appointment letter with our tax accountant for the 2011 tax year (as we filed our ROC packet in January). I am the USC and a teacher, so I added my retirement statements (for 2010 and 2011) and life insurance forms showing my husband as my beneficiary.

[Sandra G. 5,075]

Include quarterly bank statements and utilities bills, health insurance, IRS transcript, some pictures, if if you travelled with her submit copy of hotels invoices, boarding pass.