I-751 - Suggestions on our package contents

[106206 15]

2 year GC expires 10/14/13

We are going to file I-751 in roughly 1 week

We had our attorney review the I-751 and supporting docs that we prepared, below is the list

Any critique of our items would be great. Thanks!

Section # Item Details

01 Payment

02 Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

03 Photocopy of Permanent Resident Card

04 Timeline and photographs illustrating pre-marital relationship and post-marital relationship between Conditional Resident and Spouse

05 Documentation of travel taken/booked by Conditional Resident and Spouse: Family trips to Boston, Montreal, Portland, New York, Florida, Venezuela, Aruba, Italy

06 Greeting Cards (Christmas, Birthday etc.) exchanged between and/or addressed to Conditional Resident and spouse

07 Two (2) Sworn Affidavits of bona fide marriage by personal friends of Conditional Resident & Spouse

08 2012 Tax Return & W2 / 1099 records for Conditional Resident & Spouse

09 Records illustrating of coverage for Conditional Resident on Spouse’s medical, dental & vision insurance

10 Credit Card Transaction Records for Conditional Resident & Spouse

11 Records illustrating Conditional Resident as Primary Beneficiary of Spouse’s life insurance, 401(k) and IRA Accounts

12 Telephone records illustrating Conditional Resident and Spouse on joint phone plan with regular daily calls between Conditional Resident and spouse

13 Letter of Standing for Checking Account jointly held by Conditional Resident & Spouse

14 Last Will and Testament for Conditional Resident and Spouse

15 Health club records (two years) illustrating Conditional Resident and Spouse regularly visit health club together on a daily basis

16 School Records for Conditional Resident illustrating prior full-time enrollment at XXX Institute of Technology & part-time enrollment at YYY Extension School

17 Experian Credit Report for Spouse of Conditional Resident showing address and credit account history matched to Item #10 above

18 Pay statements and employee record for Spouse of Conditional Resident

19 Birth Certificate (orig & translated), for Conditional Resident, Marriage Certificate between Conditional Resident & Spouse (included in case these are missing from file)

20 Passport for Conditional Resident (all pages), Photo page only for Spouse (included in case these are missing from file)

[SalJoy 11]

Probably you missed to mention joint bank account statements? Also send the statements for each month as lots of people are getting RFE for not doing that.

[Partita 17]

What about joint lease/house ownership and taxes for 2011? Lease/ownership with both names is very important.

Otherwise, it looks great. Good luck!

[jkelly07 120]

maybe three years joint tax transcripts. joint banking,two years statements 4 statements each year. copy of your green card front and back. copies of your drivers license,you need some utility bills lease water bill phone bills electric bill joint cell phone bill a letter from your church dues.or gym, cosco or sams club,

[106206 15]

Thanks for replies guys. Feedback:

Attorney said having the joint Checking statements without transaction activity would be a red flag so just get a letter of good standing showing joint account ownership. The Checking account we have in common has very little usage, e.g. most months no usage. We do ALL our purchases through AMEX. There are over $100k worth of AMEX transactions in past 2 years, $20k of which are through her, most of which are: food, home stuff e.g. Target, gas, etc. The AMEX cards are in her name and they are in the package photocopied. This includes receipts for the trips we took together including the airline bookings we are including. My Income goes into a checking account in my name only which is going to be a red flag for them. I'll include photocopies of the debit Checking cards anyhow as well.

She moved into my house which I purchased in 2009, 2 years before meeting her. The deed/mortgage was in my name. All utility bills were/are in my name. She has no job...therefore no ability to pay for any utility bills.

Three years tax transcripts....we were married 7/2011, we filed 2011 jointly so yes we could include that as well. 2010 filing I was married to someone else so not sure I want to add that.

Driver's license, good call.

[Andrea&Henry 311]

You can add utily bill with your name and mail or bills with her name. Just to show you share the same address. Did you include car insurance cards? Even when my husband owns my car, she both appear in the same card. If you have kids you should add the birth certificate.

Edited July 19, 2013 by Andrea&Henry