I-751 January 2017 Filers

[Sep&Bow 2]

Hi All, we received an RFE letter 2 days ago. 😞 They wants us to submit additional evidence to show that we entered our marriage in good faith. Below is the letter received. I would like some recommendations or suggestions based our status. Sorry for the long post.

 

Items that they requested are below.

 

Item#1 - Children as result of your marriage.

- Unfortunately we are encountering difficulty from having children. We have been seeing fertility specialist since April this year, so we're planning to send available documents from the fertility clinic, such as emails between us and the clinic.

 

Item#2 - Evidence that you and your spouse have resided together and shared responsibility for common residence.

- We are currently living at my mother house right now and everything is under my mother's name. We can only produce copy of our driver licenses showing the same address, paycheck stubs, separate banks statements with same address.

- Phone bill is under my name only, but my wife phone number is listed.

- I have my work health coverage plan showing my wife as beneficiary. Same with my retirement plan.

 

Item#3 - Evidence that your and your spouse have combined financial resources or joint ownership of assets.

- We have joint CapitalOne saving account. We each have our own checking account that deposit money in our CapitalOne account. I guess we need to submit statements for all 3 accounts? Do you suggest every month for the last year 1/2?

- We also have IRS transcripts for 2016 and 2017 and W-2. 2015 was submitted previously.

- We have no utility bills. We have joint car insurance statements.

- Health insurance documents.

- No loan or joint credit card statement. 

 

Item#4 - Evidence that you and your spouse made estate, health and financial arrangements.

- We do not have anything here at the moment. Should we try to get power of attorney now? Is it too late now to get?

 

Item#5 - Affidavits from third parties.

- We're planning to get my mother and 2 of our friends to write a letter. Is it necessary to notarize each letter? I see ppl are doing it on VJ.

[ariani 71]

sep&bow that sucks. I would submit as much info as possible.

[Sep&Bow 2]

29 minutes ago, ariani said:

sep&bow that sucks. I would submit as much info as possible.

Thanks. We thought we sent everything at that time and didn't think we were going to get RFE. Now we wished we should have prepared for the worst outcome.

[JohnInTX 9]

1 minute ago, Sep&Bow said:

Thanks. We thought we sent everything at that time and didn't think we were going to get RFE. Now we wished we should have prepared for the worst outcome.

Was this an RFE or an Request For Additional Evidence?

John

[Sep&Bow 2]

5 minutes ago, JohnInTX said:

Was this an RFE or an Request For Additional Evidence?

John

John,

 

I don't have the paperwork at the moment. I can check when I get home. But I thought RFE is the same as request for additional evidence. Did I misunderstood?

[JohnInTX 9]

Just now, Sep&Bow said:

John,

 

I don't have the paperwork at the moment. I can check when I get home. But I thought RFE is the same as request for additional evidence. Did I misunderstood?

I was in the assumption that a request for additional evidence was a 2nd request. I had a RFE in March and am going up for my interview next week.

John

[Sep&Bow 2]

2 minutes ago, JohnInTX said:

I was in the assumption that a request for additional evidence was a 2nd request. I had a RFE in March and am going up for my interview next week.

John

Oh I see. This is my first request for additional evidence. Good luck with your interview.

[Tania09 8]

16 hours ago, Sep&Bow said:

Hi All, we received an RFE letter 2 days ago. 😞 They wants us to submit additional evidence to show that we entered our marriage in good faith. Below is the letter received. I would like some recommendations or suggestions based our status. Sorry for the long post.

 

Items that they requested are below.

 

Item#1 - Children as result of your marriage.

- Unfortunately we are encountering difficulty from having children. We have been seeing fertility specialist since April this year, so we're planning to send available documents from the fertility clinic, such as emails between us and the clinic.

 

Item#2 - Evidence that you and your spouse have resided together and shared responsibility for common residence.

- We are currently living at my mother house right now and everything is under my mother's name. We can only produce copy of our driver licenses showing the same address, paycheck stubs, separate banks statements with same address.

- Phone bill is under my name only, but my wife phone number is listed.

- I have my work health coverage plan showing my wife as beneficiary. Same with my retirement plan.

 

Item#3 - Evidence that your and your spouse have combined financial resources or joint ownership of assets.

- We have joint CapitalOne saving account. We each have our own checking account that deposit money in our CapitalOne account. I guess we need to submit statements for all 3 accounts? Do you suggest every month for the last year 1/2?

- We also have IRS transcripts for 2016 and 2017 and W-2. 2015 was submitted previously.

- We have no utility bills. We have joint car insurance statements.

- Health insurance documents.

- No loan or joint credit card statement. 

 

Item#4 - Evidence that you and your spouse made estate, health and financial arrangements.

- We do not have anything here at the moment. Should we try to get power of attorney now? Is it too late now to get?

 

Item#5 - Affidavits from third parties.

- We're planning to get my mother and 2 of our friends to write a letter. Is it necessary to notarize each letter? I see ppl are doing it on VJ.

We got almost the same situation, so we sent what we had (almost nothing) and now we are waiting again. We sent signed letter from my in laws confirming our domicile in their house. Let’s see if they will ok with it

[AHLS59 1]

Hi guys,

 

Received this message on the new website:

 

August 8, 2018

We are producing your card and will mail it to you

You do not need to do anything at this time

We will mail your Green Card, employment authorization document (EAD), or combo card (EAD and advance parole) to the address you gave us. It may take up to 120 days to deliver your new card.


I am assuming my case has been approved? I am just beyond happy.

I've seen people here saying hang in there, you will be approved soon but this was a really, really long journey. Filed on Jan 18, 2017. Almost 19 months.

Best of luck to all of you, and hang in there.

[Charly2 11]

13 hours ago, AHLS59 said:

Hi guys,

 

Received this message on the new website:

 

August 8, 2018

We are producing your card and will mail it to you

You do not need to do anything at this time

We will mail your Green Card, employment authorization document (EAD), or combo card (EAD and advance parole) to the address you gave us. It may take up to 120 days to deliver your new card.


I am assuming my case has been approved? I am just beyond happy.

I've seen people here saying hang in there, you will be approved soon but this was a really, really long journey. Filed on Jan 18, 2017. Almost 19 months.

Best of luck to all of you, and hang in there.

Yes buddy, you're approved! That means that the evidence you sent sufficed and there's no need for interview. I filed same month and year as you...I guess you din't filed for N 400..did you?

Edited August 10, 2018 by Charly2

[Charly2 11]

Whoever is considering applying for naturalization...better to do it sooner judging for this news:

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

[AHLS59 1]

10 hours ago, Charly2 said:

Yes buddy, you're approved! That means that the evidence you sent sufficed and there's no need for interview. I filed same month and year as you...I guess you din't filed for N 400..did you?

What a relief!  status updated again:

August 9, 2018

We approved your case

Read the notice we mailed you for more information

If you do not receive your notice by September 08, 2018, send us a case inquiry and select that you did not receive your notice by mail.

 

They haven't update the old website only the new one, any news on your case? I did not file for N-400 yet even though I was tempted to do it back in January when I was eligible I decided to clear my I-751 first then move onto my N-400. I have an overseas trip coming up in a few months I will probably wait until I am back to file for N-400 or maybe soon due the the latest news on citizenship.

 

It does feel good to not have anything pending with them for a bit .

 

Good luck to all of you.

[Steve1986 15]

On ‎7‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 3:40 PM, Steve1986 said:

Ya got the letter this morning, checked it, it is an approval letter saying, I will receive the green card within 60 days.

let's see.

 

regards

Steve

Hi All,

 

I got my green card in mail on July 21st one day after I received the letter of approval.

You can update my timeline record, Card received 7/21/2018.

 

Good luck to all of you, still waiting for their GC. I hope it comes soon and it will.

 

regards

Steve

[IdaGorge 0]

On 7/30/2018 at 8:40 AM, mav11235 said:

January filer here and still waiting. Though I filed my N-400 too, so maybe that has something to do with the delays.

01/2017 Filer here and still waiting, filed N-400 too last 02/2018 and says that case completion should be 1/2019. Hoping to get Permanent GC approve soon before N-400 interview which I don’t know when. Most batch got their GC already, it’s been a long long ride. 

[MHZ 68]

On 8/7/2018 at 1:24 PM, TomEn said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

 

 

Did y'all hear about this drama now?

Yes. That's why I never wanted any!