Please review my I-751 cover letter

[Thuy Du 0]

Dear friends,

I am about to send in my application to remove condition for my 2yrs Green Card. Following is my cover letter, please review and give me some advices

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United States Department of Homeland Security

USCIS California Service Center

P.O Box 10751

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

January 4, 2014

Nature of the Submission: I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

Petitioner: [my husband's name]

Beneficiary: [my name] (A#)

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find the JOINT Form I-751, Petition for removal of condition of permanent resident status for my wife, [my name]

I am enclosing the following:

A check of 590$ for I-751 and Biometric Fee

Form I-751

Copy of USCIS Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card) of [my name]

List of resided addresses

Copy of room rental agreements ( for years of 2011, 2012, 2013)

Copy of joint bank statements (For years of 2012 and 2013; 2 statements for each year)

Copy of joint phone bill statements (under my husband father's name) [for years of 2012, 2013; 2 statements for each year]

Copy of joint car insurance (for years of 2011, 2012, 2013)

Copy of 2 affidavit support letters sworn by friends

Copy of our airline tickets and reservations of our vacation to Vietnam in May, 2012

Work verification and recent pay stubs of [my name]

Photos taken with friends and family

Included is my wife's work verification and recent pay stubs. Since my wife and I are still going to school so there was no income tax was filed. My wife recently got a job since August, 2013 and we will file our joint income tax of the year 2013 at the end of Jan, 2014. I will be graduated in summer of 2014 and my wife will be graduated in fall of 2014.

We are happily living together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of condition on the residence of my wife.

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I agree to submit original documents to an Immigrant or Consular officer at a later date, if required.

Sincerely,

[my husband's name]

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I am worried that these joint papers are not enough. We are still students and therefore we don't have enough money to buy our own house yet. We are living at my husband's best friend house for almost 2 years and we share utilities together so there are no utility bills under our name, except the phone bill statement under my father in law's name. We only have 1 checking bank account and 1 auto insurance but no health nor life insurance.

Thank you so much for your help.

Edited January 7, 2014 by Thuy Du

[DreamNHope 9]

Dear friends,

I am about to send in my application to remove condition for my 2yrs Green Card. Following is my cover letter, please review and give me some advices

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United States Department of Homeland Security

USCIS California Service Center

P.O Box 10751

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

January 4, 2014

Nature of the Submission: I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

Petitioner: [my husband's name]

Beneficiary: [my name] (A#)

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find the JOINT Form I-751, Petition for removal of condition of permanent resident status for my wife, [my name]

I am enclosing the following:

A check of 590$ for I-751 and Biometric Fee

Form I-751

Copy of USCIS Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card) of [my name]

List of resided addresses

Copy of room rental agreements ( for years of 2011, 2012, 2013)

Copy of joint bank statements (For years of 2012 and 2013; 2 statements for each year)

Copy of joint phone bill statements (under my husband father's name) [for years of 2012, 2013; 2 statements for each year]

Copy of joint car insurance (for years of 2011, 2012, 2013)

Copy of 2 affidavit support letters sworn by friends

Copy of our airline tickets and reservations of our vacation to Vietnam in May, 2012

Work verification and recent pay stubs of [my name]

Photos taken with friends and family

Included is my wife's work verification and recent pay stubs. Since my wife and I are still going to school so there was no income tax was filed. My wife recently got a job since August, 2013 and we will file our joint income tax of the year 2013 at the end of Jan, 2014. I will be graduated in summer of 2014 and my wife will be graduated in fall of 2014.

We are happily living together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of condition on the residence of my wife.

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I agree to submit original documents to an Immigrant or Consular officer at a later date, if required.

Sincerely,

[my husband's name]

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I am worried that these joint papers are not enough. We are still students and therefore we don't have enough money to buy our own house yet. We are living at my husband's best friend house for almost 2 years and we share utilities together so there are no utility bills under our name, except the phone bill statement under my father in law's name. We only have 1 checking bank account and 1 auto insurance but no health nor life insurance.

Thank you so much for your help.

The interview Officer will understand you two have some source of extra income under the table. No income (both are students), yet had the money for the vacation in 2012 (each trip will avg to about $5000 EACH person). Good way to prove your way of being "honest" citizen!

IMHO, your case is heading to a strict interview for suspicion of marriage fraud (lack of other stronger commitment legal accounts such as health insurance, life insurance beneficiaries, and having children together). Don't gamble if you two are legit! Hire an experienced immigrant attorney and prepare well.

Edited January 8, 2014 by DreamNHope

[Thuy Du 0]

The interview Officer will understand you two have some source of extra income under the table. No income (both are students), yet had the money for the vacation in 2012 (each trip will avg to about $5000 EACH person). Good way to prove your way of being "honest" citizen!

IMHO, your case is heading to a strict interview for suspicion of marriage fraud (lack of other stronger commitment legal accounts such as health insurance, life insurance beneficiaries, and having children together). Don't gamble if you two are legit! Hire an experienced immigrant attorney and prepare well.

Dear friend,

We are truly love each other and had two year of dating before deciding to get married. At the time we applied for Green Card, we had my cousin as our co-sponsor. At the interview for my Green Card in 2012, we explained to the interview officer that we had my cousin as co-sponsor and my husband have financial aid from his school. We also showed her the plane tickets for the trip that we planned to go to Vietnam after getting the GC. We spent 2k for 2 tickets and 1k for our expenses during 1 month staying in VN, so total is 3k for both of us.

also have full financial aids from school to cover our expenses and we also receive helps from our families. We were living with parents in laws for about half year before we moved out. My husband's parents also traveled to Vietnam to visit m family and I also included pictures of them along with I-751 application.

Edited January 8, 2014 by Thuy Du

[DreamNHope 9]

Dear friend,

We are truly love each other and had two year of dating before deciding to get married. At the time we applied for Green Card, we had my cousin as our co-sponsor. At the interview for my Green Card in 2012, we explained to the interview officer that we had my cousin as co-sponsor and my husband have financial aid from his school. We also showed her the plane tickets for the trip that we planned to go to Vietnam after getting the GC. We spent 2k for 2 tickets and 1k for our expenses during 1 month staying in VN, so total is 3k for both of us.

also have full financial aids from school to cover our expenses and we also receive helps from our families. We were living with parents in laws for about half year before we moved out. My husband's parents also traveled to Vietnam to visit m family and I also included pictures of them along with I-751 application.

All I was saying was you two didn't prepare "well" for your I-751!

You don't have to pay taxes to file an income tax return! File one to prove to the Us gov't that you 2 are "Married and file jointly". What stronger evidence can overide that legal paperwork (your joint tax return)?

If you can afford to go back to VN (the cost is thousands of dollars), you can't afford to buy a 10-year term life insurance and put each other as beneficiaries? (each policy shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred dollars ANNUALLY)

My point is VERY SIMPLE, you got your priorities backward. You just got here in the US in a fairy short period of time. Instead of focusing your time and financial resources on your future, (I751), you chose to spend them on your trip back to Vietnam.

Now you come here and tell us you have "the feeling" your case isn't strong enough? Isn't it a bit too late to be concerned at this point?

Edited January 9, 2014 by DreamNHope

[Thuy Du 0]

Got approved on 4/29/14. Approval letter received on 5/2/14. New card was sent out and is on its way. The whole process took 3.5 months.