Sufficient Evidence for ROC? Some questions

[monyfer 27]

Hello all. I cannot believe it has been over two years since my wonderful husband moved to the U.S. and it is about time for us to start thinking about ROC, which we will file in January. Here is a list of evidence I plan to submit. Does this sound like enough?

• IRS tax transcripts for 2011 and 2012 showing married filing jointly (I know we won't have 2013 yet since we will file the first week in January or so)
• Quarterly copies of joint checking account statements (beginning roughly six months after we married through to present)
• Quarterly copies of joint savings account statements (beginning roughly six months after we married through to present)
• Copies of our drivers' licenses, showing the same address
• Copies of our health insurance cards, showing we are on the same plan
• Statements showing joint car insurance
• Copies of boarding passes for approximately 4-6 trips taken together over a two year period since we got married
• Copies of credit card in each one's name showing same account number
• Copies showing we are each others' beneficiary on life insurance and retirement account plans
• Copies of envelopes that have been addressed to us over the last two years

A few questions/comments

• Not much evidence of joint property. I bought the house before we were married and he is not on the deed because it would have been expensive and a hassle to add him. Is it ok not to have proof of joint mortgage/deed/lease? Same with the car - the title is in my name only (although we do have joint car insurance).
• We do not have joint bills because all the bills are in my name - he obviously had no established credit score when he moved and so it was a huge hassle to transfer any of the bills to his name. Is this OK?
• Would affidavits from friends very helpful? I can get some but I hate to ask people and go to the notary, etc., if the evidence noted above is sufficient.

One last question: I changed my name to his last name a few months after we got married, so some of the evidence is in my maiden name and some is in my married name. On the 751 form, I see that there is NO WHERE for the US-Citizen Spouse to list a maiden or alternative name. How should we handle, so there is no confusion?

Thank you!

[victorian221b 12]

Hello!

Your list looks pretty solid

Here are a few things I thought of regarding your questions, so this may or may not help you.

1) Regarding properties, I think it's worth it to spend the money to get your husband's name on both the car title and the house deed but if money really is a huge issue, at least get him on the car title - as that's cheaper to do.

2) Affidavits are considered secondary evidence and will usually be the last resort if you absolutely have very little evidence. So in your case I wouldn't bother - but if you do get an RFE (which I doubt you will), it wouldn't be a bad idea to get those done when the time comes.

3) Regarding your maiden name, do you have gov't issued documents showing both names? Maybe a passport? I would think being the USC it wouldn't really matter as much since it's the conditional GC that they're after but for safety maybe it wouldn't hurt to include.

Good luck!

Hello all. I cannot believe it has been over two years since my wonderful husband moved to the U.S. and it is about time for us to start thinking about ROC, which we will file in January. Here is a list of evidence I plan to submit. Does this sound like enough?

• IRS tax transcripts for 2011 and 2012 showing married filing jointly (I know we won't have 2013 yet since we will file the first week in January or so)
• Quarterly copies of joint checking account statements (beginning roughly six months after we married through to present)
• Quarterly copies of joint savings account statements (beginning roughly six months after we married through to present)
• Copies of our drivers' licenses, showing the same address
• Copies of our health insurance cards, showing we are on the same plan
• Statements showing joint car insurance
• Copies of boarding passes for approximately 4-6 trips taken together over a two year period since we got married
• Copies of credit card in each one's name showing same account number
• Copies showing we are each others' beneficiary on life insurance and retirement account plans
• Copies of envelopes that have been addressed to us over the last two years

A few questions/comments

• Not much evidence of joint property. I bought the house before we were married and he is not on the deed because it would have been expensive and a hassle to add him. Is it ok not to have proof of joint mortgage/deed/lease? Same with the car - the title is in my name only (although we do have joint car insurance).
• We do not have joint bills because all the bills are in my name - he obviously had no established credit score when he moved and so it was a huge hassle to transfer any of the bills to his name. Is this OK?
• Would affidavits from friends very helpful? I can get some but I hate to ask people and go to the notary, etc., if the evidence noted above is sufficient.

One last question: I changed my name to his last name a few months after we got married, so some of the evidence is in my maiden name and some is in my married name. On the 751 form, I see that there is NO WHERE for the US-Citizen Spouse to list a maiden or alternative name. How should we handle, so there is no confusion?

Thank you!