I 751 evidence questions

[mmdude 1]

I currently have a conditional residency and am planning to apply for removing conditions (i 751)

I came to US on a F1 visa and got the PR card by marriage to my wife who is a naturalized US citizen.

I am attaching the following evidence:

1. Birth certificate of our newly born baby
   
2. Tax account transcript from IRS website for last 2 years with both our names as joint filing
   
3. Apartment lease with both our names
   
4. Utility bills with wife's name on electric bill and my name on the internet bill at the current address
   
5. Health insurance card with both our names
   
6. Auto Insurance with both our name
   

From comments and suggestions on this forum, I get a sense that what most of you recommend providing as much evidence as possible to make a strong case and not leave any scope for them requesting RFE.

So I am going to try my best to get as much evidence as possible.

I have the following questions:

1. I have not requested any affidavits so far. Are they a must?
   
2. I am also going to attach pictures of the both of us taken at family get togethers, of us eating out, at home etc. I am guessing 1-2 pictures from each occasion, so how many pictures should I include in total?
   
3. For out joint bank savings account, should I include multiple statements spanning last 1 year, say Jan 13-July 13-Jan 14?
   
4. I recently changed my employer, so also changed my health insurance. So should I also include our insurance ID from our previous health insurance?
   
5. Because I have always used paperless billing, I do not have bills older than last 2-3 months for utilities. Would bills for last 3 months be ok?
   

If this process so frustrating for everyone, or is it just me??

Thank you guys for your advice and support!

[ClassyBee 19]

_{Answer 1. Affidavits are not necessarily a must. But they cant hurt your chances in any case?}

_{Answer 2. Pix are also not primarily strong evidence, quantity is at your discretion}

_{Answer 3. If you cold send statements spanning entire period, I'd say do that. If not, send periodically too. It should be fine.}

_{Answer 4. Include all insurances old, new, terminated, current etc}

_{Answer 5. Historical bills for online account can go back as much as a year or two. Check yours if not more that 3 months. Ask the utility company if they can email them to you}

_{& Yes, The immigration stuff can be annoying but just find something to occupy your mind to maintain some level of sanity}

[victorian221b 12]

Yes, this process is very frustrating because there is a lot of waiting! Mine took 8 months to complete and you would not want to be near me during those 8 months LOL

Now with that said, here is what I did (I also received an RFE so most of this are responses to my RFE):

1) Affidavits aren't a must but it's not a bad idea to submit although attach it to the end of your package. I submitted 3.

2) I submitted about 6 photos, again also attached to the end of my package.

3) Some people suggested every quarter and you should be ok but to be on the safe side I'd go with every month. I did.

4) Yes. I was in the same situation as you and I did.

5) Can your utility company provide statements from previous months? Some utility companies also can show the history of your payments and also your user accounts with your name and information. You can also ask if they have other documents they can provide that spans more than just a few months. Does your joint bank statements showed that you paid your bills? I would not submit only 3 months though, is my point.

Good luck!

I currently have a conditional residency and am planning to apply for removing conditions (i 751)

I came to US on a F1 visa and got the PR card by marriage to my wife who is a naturalized US citizen.

I am attaching the following evidence:

1. Birth certificate of our newly born baby
2. Tax account transcript from IRS website for last 2 years with both our names as joint filing
3. Apartment lease with both our names
4. Utility bills with wife's name on electric bill and my name on the internet bill at the current address
5. Health insurance card with both our names
6. Auto Insurance with both our name

From comments and suggestions on this forum, I get a sense that what most of you recommend providing as much evidence as possible to make a strong case and not leave any scope for them requesting RFE.

So I am going to try my best to get as much evidence as possible.

I have the following questions:

1. I have not requested any affidavits so far. Are they a must?
2. I am also going to attach pictures of the both of us taken at family get togethers, of us eating out, at home etc. I am guessing 1-2 pictures from each occasion, so how many pictures should I include in total?
3. For out joint bank savings account, should I include multiple statements spanning last 1 year, say Jan 13-July 13-Jan 14?
4. I recently changed my employer, so also changed my health insurance. So should I also include our insurance ID from our previous health insurance?
5. Because I have always used paperless billing, I do not have bills older than last 2-3 months for utilities. Would bills for last 3 months be ok?

If this process so frustrating for everyone, or is it just me??

Thank you guys for your advice and support!

[mmdude 1]

Thanks both of you for your reply. Please advise if my understanding is correct on the following:

1. We do not staple any papers, just arrange them in order and if necessary use paper clips to organize them
2. We sign and date the forms in black ink
3. We do not need to send any passport sized photos
4. A single check of $590 ($505 + $85) should work
5. Since I live in Illinois (Chicago area), I send out my package to the California center
6. Do we use fedex, ups or usps? What special tracking method or insurance when we send out packages? (Honestly I do not care about the cost of sending out the package, especially after spending months working on evidence, I just want the best and safest method)

[shxn 2]

Thanks both of you for your reply. Please advise if my understanding is correct on the following:

1. We do not staple any papers, just arrange them in order and if necessary use paper clips to organize them
2. We sign and date the forms in black ink
3. We do not need to send any passport sized photos
4. A single check of $590 ($505 + $85) should work
5. Since I live in Illinois (Chicago area), I send out my package to the California center
6. Do we use fedex, ups or usps? What special tracking method or insurance when we send out packages? (Honestly I do not care about the cost of sending out the package, especially after spending months working on evidence, I just want the best and safest method)

You got this!

If you live in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, file with the California Service Center at:

USCIS California Service Center

P.O. Box 10751

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

I personally will be using USPS Express delivery just because I used that the last time around for my I-485 AoS and it was right on time and even managed to track down the signature of the receiver! I think a lot of VJers uses USPS but I'm sure whatever you choose to use will work just as well. UPS and FedEx might just be a bit more costly, that's all.

[victorian221b 12]

Yes to all of them and the other person had already answered the service center question.

I used USPS and purchased "signature on delivery" and "tracking" as well as Next-Day. I personally chose USPS coz it's cheaper (maybe by a few dollars) and have had no issues.

Thanks both of you for your reply. Please advise if my understanding is correct on the following:

1. We do not staple any papers, just arrange them in order and if necessary use paper clips to organize them
2. We sign and date the forms in black ink
3. We do not need to send any passport sized photos
4. A single check of $590 ($505 + $85) should work
5. Since I live in Illinois (Chicago area), I send out my package to the California center
6. Do we use fedex, ups or usps? What special tracking method or insurance when we send out packages? (Honestly I do not care about the cost of sending out the package, especially after spending months working on evidence, I just want the best and safest method)

[idduchristy 1]

Just to add on #1, we did 2 hole punch to bind all supporting docs, with table of contents after cover letter; used number tabs per document set (bank, insurance, medical, photos etc.)but the form 751 on the very top- paper clip the check.