I-751 Evidence List!

[foux_pas 0]

Hello everyone! This is my first post on VisaJourney even though I have been a member for quite some time. I am SUPER grateful that this site exists and there are so many people willing to help others - and want to thank yall in advance for even reading this!

As a short intro, my husband and I met in high school (our sophomore year) through my neighbor and friend (his best friend at the time). I had been living in the US with an expired US Visa ever since my parents brought me here at 8 years old. I told him about my situation after 3 years of being in a relationship but it didn't seem like a big deal to him and we continued our relationship by moving to college in the same city and eventually I moved in with him after I graduated. He proposed and we got married in 2010 and 2 years later, we are now filing jointly to remove the conditions on my green card. Needless to say, even though we have been together for over 7 years in total (8 years in a couple of months!), we are still a very young couple so I am worried our evidence may not suffice...

Anyways, here is a list of what we are planning to send on the 28th this month:

• Completed I-751 JOINT Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

• Check for $590 to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Photocopy of both sides of (wife's) Permanent Resident Card

• Copy of our Marriage Certificate

• Copy of both (husband's) current state ID card and (wife's) current state driver’s license presenting the same home address

(my husband doesn't have a drivers license)

• Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad to the Philippine Embassy

• Affidavit from (wife's sister), testifying that (wife) and (husband) have been in a relationship since we met in high school and that our marriage was entered into in good faith and is not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws.

• Affidavit from (friend), our long-time friend and (husband's) former roommate, stating his knowledge of our loving relationship ever since high school and the fact that we moved to a new city together to further our careers.

• Affidavit from (friend), our former duplex neighbor, testifying that (wife) and (husband) were frequently seen together and were often publicly affectionate.

• Copy of a Verification Letter from an official associate of PNC Bank verifying our three joint accounts (since 2012 - we didnt have a joint account prior to 2012)

• Copies of Account Statements of our Joint Checking and Savings accounts at PNC Bank showing that we both have been putting money in and taking money out

• Copy of (wife’s) car insurance policy, with (husband's) name listed as a resident souse – (husband) is listed as an excluded driver since he currently do not have a driver’s license (notice that a scan of wife’s

driver’s license

and husband's

state ID card

is provided earlier)

• Copies of Leases with both names listed spanning between 2010 – Current (3 different locations)

• Copies of Pay Stubs / Employment Verification Letter for both (husband) and (wife) issued around the same time frame with matching addresses

• Copies of Health Insurance Cards in both (husband) and (wife's) names: (2011 – 2012) Aetna, (2012 – Current) Highmark

• Copies of Medical Bills for both (husband) and (wife) presenting the same address of residence.

• Copies of select Bills to our current address (Equitable Gas, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Comcast, and his University)

• Copies of travel documents spanning from 2011 – 2013 (16 unique plane tickets showing that we sat next to each other on the same flights)

• A screenshot of (wife's) airbnb account page displaying a host's review clearly stating that (wife) and (husband) were guests at a location.

• Copies of photos of our relationship since 2004 (including our Senior prom photo!!!

, wedding photos, and photos of us and our families together after marriage)

I would like to include our tax transcripts for 2010 in which I filed married filing separately however we just noticed that my husband filed as single (!!!!) - we quickly amended this but this has not yet been approved. And we just filed our 2011 taxes (filing jointly) so we have not received any sort of official documentation for that yet either. I will definitely try my best to have these ready ASAP in case we get an RFE.

We have christmas cards and wedding invitations from friends and family but these are all generalized and do not have our names written explicitly (we don't have any of the envelopes since we forgot we could use these as evidence that we live together )

More info: we do not have any kids yet, neither of us have credit cards, we currently rent our home, and when I purchased my car I had to leave his name out because his credit is... terrible.

Thanks again everyone!

[usagirl12 3]

Hello everyone! This is my first post on VisaJourney even though I have been a member for quite some time. I am SUPER grateful that this site exists and there are so many people willing to help others - and want to thank yall in advance for even reading this!

As a short intro, my husband and I met in high school (our sophomore year) through my neighbor and friend (his best friend at the time). I had been living in the US with an expired US Visa ever since my parents brought me here at 8 years old. I told him about my situation after 3 years of being in a relationship but it didn't seem like a big deal to him and we continued our relationship by moving to college in the same city and eventually I moved in with him after I graduated. He proposed and we got married in 2010 and 2 years later, we are now filing jointly to remove the conditions on my green card. Needless to say, even though we have been together for over 7 years in total (8 years in a couple of months!), we are still a very young couple so I am worried our evidence may not suffice...

Anyways, here is a list of what we are planning to send on the 28th this month:

• Completed I-751 JOINT Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

• Check for $590 to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Photocopy of both sides of (wife's) Permanent Resident Card

• Copy of our Marriage Certificate

• Copy of both (husband's) current state ID card and (wife's) current state driver’s license presenting the same home address

(my husband doesn't have a drivers license)

• Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad to the Philippine Embassy

• Affidavit from (wife's sister), testifying that (wife) and (husband) have been in a relationship since we met in high school and that our marriage was entered into in good faith and is not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws.

• Affidavit from (friend), our long-time friend and (husband's) former roommate, stating his knowledge of our loving relationship ever since high school and the fact that we moved to a new city together to further our careers.

• Affidavit from (friend), our former duplex neighbor, testifying that (wife) and (husband) were frequently seen together and were often publicly affectionate.

• Copy of a Verification Letter from an official associate of PNC Bank verifying our three joint accounts (since 2012 - we didnt have a joint account prior to 2012)

• Copies of Account Statements of our Joint Checking and Savings accounts at PNC Bank showing that we both have been putting money in and taking money out

• Copy of (wife’s) car insurance policy, with (husband's) name listed as a resident souse – (husband) is listed as an excluded driver since he currently do not have a driver’s license (notice that a scan of wife’s

driver’s license

and husband's

state ID card

is provided earlier)

• Copies of Leases with both names listed spanning between 2010 – Current (3 different locations)

• Copies of Pay Stubs / Employment Verification Letter for both (husband) and (wife) issued around the same time frame with matching addresses

• Copies of Health Insurance Cards in both (husband) and (wife's) names: (2011 – 2012) Aetna, (2012 – Current) Highmark

• Copies of Medical Bills for both (husband) and (wife) presenting the same address of residence.

• Copies of select Bills to our current address (Equitable Gas, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Comcast, and his University)

• Copies of travel documents spanning from 2011 – 2013 (16 unique plane tickets showing that we sat next to each other on the same flights)

• A screenshot of (wife's) airbnb account page displaying a host's review clearly stating that (wife) and (husband) were guests at a location.

• Copies of photos of our relationship since 2004 (including our Senior prom photo!!!

, wedding photos, and photos of us and our families together after marriage)

I would like to include our tax transcripts for 2010 in which I filed married filing separately however we just noticed that my husband filed as single (!!!!) - we quickly amended this but this has not yet been approved. And we just filed our 2011 taxes (filing jointly) so we have not received any sort of official documentation for that yet either. I will definitely try my best to have these ready ASAP in case we get an RFE.

We have christmas cards and wedding invitations from friends and family but these are all generalized and do not have our names written explicitly (we don't have any of the envelopes since we forgot we could use these as evidence that we live together )

More info: we do not have any kids yet, neither of us have credit cards, we currently rent our home, and when I purchased my car I had to leave his name out because his credit is... terrible.

Thanks again everyone!

this seems like enough evidence. Send whatever you have. AT the worst they will send you a RFE (request for more evidence) .

[Kitten24 5]

I would read this thread if I were you to get some ideas: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/423890-review-of-evidence/

[BigDaddy28 228]

Hello everyone! This is my first post on VisaJourney even though I have been a member for quite some time. I am SUPER grateful that this site exists and there are so many people willing to help others - and want to thank yall in advance for even reading this!

As a short intro, my husband and I met in high school (our sophomore year) through my neighbor and friend (his best friend at the time). I had been living in the US with an expired US Visa ever since my parents brought me here at 8 years old. I told him about my situation after 3 years of being in a relationship but it didn't seem like a big deal to him and we continued our relationship by moving to college in the same city and eventually I moved in with him after I graduated. He proposed and we got married in 2010 and 2 years later, we are now filing jointly to remove the conditions on my green card. Needless to say, even though we have been together for over 7 years in total (8 years in a couple of months!), we are still a very young couple so I am worried our evidence may not suffice...

Anyways, here is a list of what we are planning to send on the 28th this month:

• Completed I-751 JOINT Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

• Check for $590 to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Photocopy of both sides of (wife's) Permanent Resident Card

• Copy of our Marriage Certificate

• Copy of both (husband's) current state ID card and (wife's) current state driver’s license presenting the same home address

(my husband doesn't have a drivers license)

• Report of Marriage Contracted Abroad to the Philippine Embassy

• Affidavit from (wife's sister), testifying that (wife) and (husband) have been in a relationship since we met in high school and that our marriage was entered into in good faith and is not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws.

• Affidavit from (friend), our long-time friend and (husband's) former roommate, stating his knowledge of our loving relationship ever since high school and the fact that we moved to a new city together to further our careers.

• Affidavit from (friend), our former duplex neighbor, testifying that (wife) and (husband) were frequently seen together and were often publicly affectionate.

• Copy of a Verification Letter from an official associate of PNC Bank verifying our three joint accounts (since 2012 - we didnt have a joint account prior to 2012)

• Copies of Account Statements of our Joint Checking and Savings accounts at PNC Bank showing that we both have been putting money in and taking money out

• Copy of (wife’s) car insurance policy, with (husband's) name listed as a resident souse – (husband) is listed as an excluded driver since he currently do not have a driver’s license (notice that a scan of wife’s

driver’s license

and husband's

state ID card

is provided earlier)

• Copies of Leases with both names listed spanning between 2010 – Current (3 different locations)

• Copies of Pay Stubs / Employment Verification Letter for both (husband) and (wife) issued around the same time frame with matching addresses

• Copies of Health Insurance Cards in both (husband) and (wife's) names: (2011 – 2012) Aetna, (2012 – Current) Highmark

• Copies of Medical Bills for both (husband) and (wife) presenting the same address of residence.

• Copies of select Bills to our current address (Equitable Gas, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Comcast, and his University)

• Copies of travel documents spanning from 2011 – 2013 (16 unique plane tickets showing that we sat next to each other on the same flights)

• A screenshot of (wife's) airbnb account page displaying a host's review clearly stating that (wife) and (husband) were guests at a location.

• Copies of photos of our relationship since 2004 (including our Senior prom photo!!!

, wedding photos, and photos of us and our families together after marriage)

I would like to include our tax transcripts for 2010 in which I filed married filing separately however we just noticed that my husband filed as single (!!!!) - we quickly amended this but this has not yet been approved. And we just filed our 2011 taxes (filing jointly) so we have not received any sort of official documentation for that yet either. I will definitely try my best to have these ready ASAP in case we get an RFE.

We have christmas cards and wedding invitations from friends and family but these are all generalized and do not have our names written explicitly (we don't have any of the envelopes since we forgot we could use these as evidence that we live together )

More info: we do not have any kids yet, neither of us have credit cards, we currently rent our home, and when I purchased my car I had to leave his name out because his credit is... terrible.

Thanks again everyone!

That evidence looks awesome, just try to include: as many bank statements as you could, electricity cable phone bills in both your names and send your taxes also they will ask you for that. did you file for 2012, if so send all the three years so you wouldn't worry about an RFE later. I didn't include as many bank statements and bills in my package and I'm kind of worried no. I don't want you to be in my same situation later.

[foux_pas 0]

I would read this thread if I were you to get some ideas

thanks! reviewing it now

That evidence looks awesome, just try to include: as many bank statements as you could, electricity cable phone bills in both your names and send your taxes also they will ask you for that. did you file for 2012, if so send all the three years so you wouldn't worry about an RFE later. I didn't include as many bank statements and bills in my package and I'm kind of worried no. I don't want you to be in my same situation later.

Just added those bills to my stack of papers to send and will be working on getting tax documents next week. Thanks and good luck to both of us!

this seems like enough evidence. Send whatever you have. AT the worst they will send you a RFE (request for more evidence) .

thank you so much!

[bigdog 376]

Enjoy the wait at least you are together and happy.

[foux_pas 0]

Hi everyone I would like to announce that our application was approved on Sep 5 (with no interview!) and I received my new green card today, Sep 7

Thank you again for all your help! I'm so grateful for the fact that helpful people and this website exist!!

[Cheezees 1,514]

Congrats!