Sample Cover for I-751 Package

[BostonChick 0]

Hello everyone,

I thought I'd contribute to the board by posting a sample cover letter. I have always used a cover letter when submitting a bunch of documents and have found that the recipient usually appreciates the effort. Obviously, you may think it doesn't add value to the application, but for those that do - here you go.

[sender's address here]

USCIS Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden Street

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

January 5, 2007

Re: Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

Dear Sir (Madam),

Attached please find my petition to remove conditions on residence consisting of the following documentation:

• Form I-751

• Money order ($205)

• Two (2) passport photos

• Copy of green card

• Copy of passport

Additionally, please find enclosed the following documents as evidence of the relationship with my husband, [insert name]

• Joint checking account evidence

Bank letter

Bank statements (Month 1, Month 2)

• Joint savings account evidence

Bank statements (Month 1, Month 2)

• Joint tax filing status evidence

Official tax transcripts for Year 1 and Year 2

• Joint benefits evidence

401(k) plan beneficiary forms

Health insurance forms

• Joint residence evidence

Lease agreement

• Address change information

Form XYZ

• Family photos

Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you need any further evidence. I hope you will consider my petition favorably.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

[name]

Encl.

Edited January 8, 2007 by BostonChick

[basanti 0]

I pretty much copied the sample that was in the filing guide, but here's mine if anyone wants to see...i think this is a good idea to post them in case someone would like to see a sample:

January 8, 2007

USCIS Texas Service Center

P.O. Box 850965

Mesquite, TX 75185-0965

RE: I-751 JOINT PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF STATUS ON:

(husband's name and A#)

Dear USCIS Examiner:

Enclosed please find a Joint I-751 petition for removal of conditions of permanent resident status regarding my husband, (husband's name). Please also find a check for $275.00, the fee for this form. We have been happily living together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my husband.

Enclosed also please find the following documents to verify the status of our marriage and ongoing relationship:

· I-751

· Copy of passport and visa

· Copy of green card (front and back)

· Copy of I-797C, Notice of Action

· Copy of Marriage License

· Summary of Insurance Benefits and Insurance cards showing joint policy

· Original letters written by friends attesting to our relationship and marriage

· Copies of envelopes/card addressed to both of us

· Copies of bank statements showing joint account ownership

· Copy of visa credit cards showing a joint account

· Copies of Federal and State Tax Returns filed jointly for 2005

Please feel free to contact any of the sources of enclosed documentation for validity. Please advise me if you have any further questions or concerns related to this petition.

Sincerely,

(me)

[Velvettt 0]

New rules, folks. You don't send pictures.

[BostonChick 0]

Velvettt, can you clarify the new rule, please? I wasn't aware. To the previous poster - thanks for sharing your letter. There are a couple of some really good points in it.

Boston Chick

[ilovecookies 0]

thanks guys for posting this

[Velvettt 0]

Go to the USCIS website and download the I-751 form. It's the newest one, dated 8/06, and in the 4 page instructions, it tells you that pictures are now done by THEM at the same time as your fingerprinting.

[EminTX 131]

Here I am in 2015 looking up sample cover letters to use in proofing the one we have written and this thread was near the top of the list when searching for "751 cover letter".

For anyone who might be new to this or, like myself, come across this old thead, there is no requirement that you send no photos. A photograph of the petitioner will be taken at the biometrics interview. This does nothing to prove a relationship. If you want to send a vacation photo of your family in front of the Alamo, it could only further verify the validity of the reciept showing that you had 3 people in your room at the hotel located across the street from the land mark location. (a personal example)

The price has certainly changed and the address is also different.

I am guessing that this was the first one I opened because this was such a well written cover letter example.

Thank you again to everyone who has traveled this road before us and taken the time to share their experiences and information.

[EminTX 131]

Oh yeah--I meant to add:

On the lower back of each page submitted, we included my husbands name and the number from his greencard.

I have worked in a bureaucratic machine for many years and it is a NIGHTMARE putting things back together when you drop a folder that explodes all over the floor. It is the worst nightmare when it is a group of folders....

I don't see how this can hurt but it might be helpful if one of our documents flies off a desk or whatever and needs to get back to where it belongs.

(To do it, we simply typed it in a document to print and loaded the printer to get them all at once and re-ran them through the printer. )

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Also, I posted a thread years ago when I bought a new printer for this process--we got the HP Photosmart. We are still loving it and it is still producing super-sharp documents. The inks are reasonably priced and I'd happily buy from the same model-family again.

Edited March 23, 2015 by EminTX

[Ms Hogan 295]

This thread should probably just be closed since the samples are outdated and not accurate anymore.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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