Time to start thinking about ROC

[berber_wife 90]

Our window opens at the end of the month. I've been slowly collecting evidence. Does this sound like a good list? Anything we missed?

-Two different lease agreements in both of our names

-Affidavit from my parents that we shared a residence with them until Sept. 2015

-Joint car title

-Joint car insurance

-Joint health insurance

-Printouts from joint checking (since April 2014) and joint saving (since June 2015) accounts

-Him as a beneficiary on my IRA

-Me as a beneficiary on his life insurance policy

-Him as an authorized user on my credit card

-Tax transcripts showing joint filing for 2015 (neither of us had income in 2014 so we didn't file then)

-Itineraries and pictures from a family trip last summer to Europe and Morocco

-Pictures from other smaller trips

-Christmas letters and wedding invitations addressed to both of us

[Sukie 1,465]

Our window opens at the end of the month. I've been slowly collecting evidence. Does this sound like a good list? Anything we missed?

-Two different lease agreements in both of our names

-Affidavit from my parents that we shared a residence with them until Sept. 2015

-Joint car title

-Joint car insurance

-Joint health insurance

-Printouts from joint checking (since April 2014) and joint saving (since June 2015) accounts

-Him as a beneficiary on my IRA

-Me as a beneficiary on his life insurance policy

-Him as an authorized user on my credit card

-Tax transcripts showing joint filing for 2015 (neither of us had income in 2014 so we didn't file then)

-Itineraries and pictures from a family trip last summer to Europe and Morocco

-Pictures from other smaller trips

-Christmas letters and wedding invitations addressed to both of us

Copies of your driver's licenses. Copies of your renter's insurance.

Think about wills, and Medical Powers of Attorney. They aren't required, but every couple should have these. Good Luck!

Sukie in NY

[hsa12390 30]

Your list looks good! You should also have filed jointly even if you didn't make any income in 2014 (that was our situation as well but we still filed together)

[krinamej 1]

Copies of your driver's licenses. Copies of your renter's insurance.

Think about wills, and Medical Powers of Attorney. They aren't required, but every couple should have these. Good Luck!

Sukie in NY

Hey, we just moved into our own place, and since my husband just started driving, I haven't put hin in the insurance and/or the renter's insurance. All the bills are under my name, except for the car note. He is under the lease tho in our home. Everything she got, I got it too except for the bills and stuff. I'm also sending our son's birth certificate. Is there anything else we're leaving out? We can file in Jul. 18, but we'll probably send our ROC early August..

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

utility bills?

[TBoneTX 46,173]

Follow Sukie's advice in regard to Wills and medical powers of attorney. These make great evidence for ROC and are even more valuable to have in "life."

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

Joint tax returns carry a lot of weight

provide another marriage certificate / i know you already did this several times but one person was asked for this

name change on SS card if you did it

[berber_wife 90]

We don't have updated wills and POA...we really need them but been putting it off as the whole thing is kinda painful to us to deal with, which sounds stupid and I guess it is. But anyway, we won't have time to get it together before filing.

2014 tax return...too late there. Should we send an explanation letter or just leave it with the 2015 tax return?

We don't have renters insurance since we have fairly minimal and cheap furniture and electronics.

All utilities are included in our current place except for electric and Internet. Neither account will let me put a second name on it but I was able to do a printout from our electricity company showing that our bill is paid from our shared bank account.

How important is joint cell phone account? We didn't have one until recently because I was on my parent's account and he just had a prepaid plan. Should our most recent statement only be ok?

One more q - hubs is out of town for for work for the next few weeks. Should a printout of a photo of his GC be ok or does he need to find an actual scanner to scan it in?

[berber_wife 90]

Here is our cover letter listing our evidence:

8/10/2016

USCIS California Service Center

P.O. Box 10751

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

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

Elliott Stabler, Green Card Holder

Dear USCIS examiner:

Enclosed please find a JOINT I-751 petition for removal of conditions of permanent resident status regarding my husband, Elliott Stabler. Please also find a check for $590, the fee for this form. My husband entered the US on a B-1/2 visa and adjusted status to permanent resident due to personal and family health crises. We are happily living together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my husband, Elliott Stabler.

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

Financial Co-Mingling

Copy of our 2015 joint US tax return & W2s. We did not file a tax return in 2014 because neither of us had any income.

Copies of our 2016 joint checking account statements.

Copies of our 2015 joint checking account statements.

Copies of our 2014 joint checking account statements.

Letter of explanation for savings account printouts.

Copy of our joint savings account statement.

Copy of our credit card showing a joint account.

Copy of the title of our car, showing joint ownership.

Copy of joint car insurance policy.

Copy of our health insurance statement showing a joint policy (May 2016-present).

Copy of our vision insurance showing a joint policy.

Copy of document adding him to my previous health insurance policy (Oct. 2014-May 2016).

Joint Residence

Copy of our current lease (June 2016-present).

Copy of our previous lease (Sept. 2015-June 2016).

Copies of our drivers licenses from when we lived with my parents, showing joint residence (Oct. 2014-Sept. 2015).

Misc.

Copy of a statement showing my husband as the beneficiary on my IRA.

Wedding invitation addressed to both of us.

Christmas card addressed to both

Copies of itineraries and airline reservations from the trip we took to Morocco and Europe last summer, with my family, to visit his friends and family.

Photos from the above trip (back pocket of binder).

Please advise me if you have any further questions or problems related to this petition.

Sincerely,

Olivia Benson

USC Spouse

How does that look? Both the evidence and the letter? Anything we should add or take out?

We're also enclosing this letter to explain why our savings account statements printed out so funky (thx Chase Bank). Is it too much info? Still confusing?

Dear USCIS Examiner,

I wanted to make a note about how you should read our joint savings account statements.

In addition to our joint checking account, my husband has a separate checking account that he initially set up because he thought he might start his own business. In the end he did not start his business and has only used the account to send money to our joint account.

However, since all these accounts are with Chase, for some reason the bank stuck the savings and separate checking account statements together on the same printouts.

In reading the printouts, generally the checking account statement will show up first, followed by the savings account statement. I have highlighted all relevant information in the savings account statements, as well as a few passages in the checking account statements that shows that he sent most of the money to our joint checking account.

I am sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

Thank you.