i-751 Evidence for joint petition

[GC121814 1]

Hi All,

I know this subject has been posted many times before, however, I'm currently in the process of creating my I-751 Joint Petition packet and am starting to stress myself out reading these blog pages lol.

So far I have accumulated the evidence listed below and wonder whether this will be sufficient? I'm filing at the California Service Center in the next month or so. Any advice/encouragement would be welcomed!

1. copy of green card front and back

2. copy of green card holder's passport

3. Lease agreement signed by both husband and wife for primary residence since we married in 2012

4. full copies of 2012 and 2013 joint tax returns including transcripts.

5. copies of 1099-INT for 2012 and 2013 for joint bank account including detailed statements spanning the length of the marriage.

6. copies of joint credit cards include statements spanning length of the marriage.

7. copy of car insurance policy spanning length of marriage naming both husband and wife under the policy

8. evidence of life insurance policy naming wife as beneficiary.

9. electricity utility bills in husbands name including some evidence of payment from joint bank account. All utilities were in the husbands name, therefore, I have also included evidence of mailing to wife with shared home address. An explanation to this effect has also been included in the packet.

10. copies of 2012 w2s for both husband and wife showing shared home address.

11. copies of flight itineraries for december 2014 for flights home to see family for the holidays.

12. holiday card from in-laws from 2013 to both of us with our home address on envelope.

13. three affidavits, one from in-laws, one from sister-in-law and one from a mutual friend who introduced husband and wife.

Is this a sufficient amount of evidence, I'm not sure I can think of anything else to add to this already large packet of information.

Thanks for the advice and support!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Are you just bragging about having an awesome package?

[GC121814 1]

lol no.

I think i've stressed myself out reading the various blog sites about those minimal cases that seem to go wrong despite a good file being created.

I'm an attorney myself so i'm super organized and just want to get this done with as little issues as possible.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

lol no.

I think i've stressed myself out reading the various blog sites about those minimal cases that seem to go wrong despite a good file being created.

I'm an attorney myself so i'm super organized and just want to get this done with as little issues as possible.

If it makes you feel better, we had--

No joint lease or house deed

No joint utilities

No beneficiary status on health insurance, life insurance, wills, IRA, etc

No children together

No affidavits from friends/family

And I kept my former married name instead of changing to new husband's name.

So I guess they could just tell we were swell folks and didn't bother with asking for more. But I know what you mean about people who list pages of stuff and then have an RFE. I don't get it. Maybe they send so much stuff, the adjudicators can't find the important things.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

Or the adjucators go "Heck, I'm not dealing with this! I'll just send them an RFE to zap them back to reality and just send me what I'm asking for as I'm no way going to look through this pile even if it's in here..."

OP: your pocket is solid as a rock! I don't know what blog you were reading, but that should be terminated.

If it makes you feel better, we had--
No joint lease or house deed
No joint utilities
No beneficiary status on health insurance, life insurance, wills, IRA, etc
No children together
No affidavits from friends/family
And I kept my former married name instead of changing to new husband's name.

So I guess they could just tell we were swell folks and didn't bother with asking for more. But I know what you mean about people who list pages of stuff and then have an RFE. I don't get it. Maybe they send so much stuff, the adjudicators can't find the important things.

[tuckin14 58]

If anything I'd say you a little too much... not that it's a bad thing. Generally one bank/credit card statement per quarter should be OK. I would include just the tax return transcripts, not the whole return. But if you've already got it, why not? I'd make sure to index it somehow so they know what they're looking at, but you've probably already thought of that.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Mine was only four bank statements I think and only the front page showing joint names but not every transaction. Plus about three different pages that showed thumbnails of checks because they showed the same people getting paid, but sometimes I wrote the check and sometimes he did. (Planned for immigration)

Only the front page of the tax transcripts to show joint filing.

Quite a few smallish photos just popped Into a Word document collage style and printed on plain paper that I chose based on different lengths of hair to show different time scale, holidays with family, and some looking not fixed up and posed but just everyday folks working around the house. I got a 10 year old neighbor boy to snap the last photo with my husband up a ladder putting up Christmas lights on our house and me holding the ladder. I thought everyday casual made us look like a real couple.

Because of the lack of the suggested things, I had to get creative with other things and had purposely saved two photo Christmas cards we had sent out, and a "We've Moved" postcard card with our new address.

It worked out keeping it concise with a sampling of items. Plus I wrote notes in red Sharpie at the bottom of each photocopied page what I was showing. "Driver licenses at old and new address"; "Check thumbnails showing we both use the account"; "Dentist statement showing our next appointments at the bottom" (who would go to the dentist together if they weren't real?)

[shendon 1]

Some people get away with less evidences. I also sent less evidences with 2 to 4 bank and credit card statements and some other stuff and still got RFE lol I guess it depends on who opened and review the package.