i-751 April 2016 Filers - Part 2 (merged)

[Sukie 1,464]

5 hours ago, Cowface said:

- Credit Card Statements : We do have credit card that we only use in case of emergency, but my husband is just an authorized user. So the statement is only showing my name on it. It's Bank of America.

 

Cowface,

 

If you can go to the Bank of America website, it's possible that under your "Profile" it will show your husband's name as an authorized user.  This is what my spouse and I did.  I have a credit card where SHE is the authorized user and she has a credit card where I am the authorized user.  We just captured the info in a screen dump and added that to our pile.

 

The bank statements is what got you.  They always expect at least a sample of bank statements from the time you first opened your joint account - not just one statement.

 

Good luck!

 

Sukie in NY

[Private One 44]

8 hours ago, Cowface said:

Thanks for the help... This is my plan.

I am going to make a letter head listing all the documents I will be submitting with.

- 2016 Joint Tax Return : Definitely I will include this in and as they advised me not to submit documents that were previously submitted, I will omit 2013 - 2015 returns

- Credit Card Statements : We do have credit card that we only use in case of emergency, but my husband is just an authorized user. So the statement is only showing my name on it. It's Bank of America.

- Health Insurance : Unfortunately, we did not put each other's name on our health insurance because both of our work were going to deduct more amount from our paycheck. However, I joined his vision plan this year because I didn't have any. So I will try to make a letter to explain the whole situation briefly.

- Bills : I actually did not submit any bills because they did not have both of our names. But I will definitely try this method. Thanks!

- Receipts of home appliances : We just moved into a new apartment and actually bought some furniture (under my husband's name).

I am also going to file my new lease agreement with the new place anyway, I will make another letter that we moved into a new place during the process of this application.

 

I do feel hopeful now, the RFE letter was quite surprisingly listed the documents that I sent them over to them.

Apparently, I only sent a month of our joint bank account, instead of the past 3 ~ 4 years. I will submit more bank account statements.

They specifically mentioned that they have my statefarm bills and insurance (it literally said statefarm).

 

I will complete all the details by next week and send them over.

Hopefully they will not put me into the interview process because both of my extend letter and the driver's license expires in June.

And there is no way I can renew my ID or get a stamp on my passport because it's already expired and the government of Korea wouldn't issue me a passport at all because I didn't service the military in Korea..

To want extent do you guys share bank accounts? Do you simply have a bank account together that's pretty much inactive or is that account real active? It would help if you both had direct deposits going into that account. If you do, highlight those deposits on the statements. Also, I would highlight all important transactions from that account (payment of rent and other bills). That's what I did for shared accounts evidence we sent. 

 

I was expecting to get a REF because we really did not send much...not even taxes. A big part of the approval process lies not with policy but individual judgement. Some officers can be real tough.

 

Best Wishes.

[Kineo 93]

Our update

Vermont Service Center	51	Applicants		20%	Approved
VJ Name	I751 Mailed	NOA1 Date	Biometrics Appt	RFE/Interview?	Approved	Key
MARIE&CURT	4/1/2016	4/5/2016	5/3/2016			NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter.
VIRJI1988	4/1/2016	4/5/2016	4/29/2016			RFE or Interview = Note if you received an RFE, Interview, or both
FANIA&NELSON	4/4/2016	4/6/2016	5/6/2016		3/20/17	Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment.
GASOLINE2805	4/4/2016	4/7/2016	5/20/2016			Approved = The Date your case was approved.
PSV57	4/6/2016	4/11/2016	6/1/2016
BOS_LHR	4/6/2016	4/7/2016	5/16/2016
NOBBIE	4/7/2016	4/12/2016	6/1/2016
SCOFF	4/8/2016	4/11/2016			3/31/2017
VTJOSEPH	4/8/2016	4/11/2016	5/27/2016
AZABU234	4/8/2016	4/12/2016	6/3/2016
MCUZIN1985	4/9/2016	4/14/2016	5/31/2016
COWFACE	4/9/2016	4/12/2016	5/31/2016	RFE 4/11/17
JSC N GOM	4/11/2016	4/13/2016	6/3/2016		4/5/2017
SACHAANDIAIN	4/11/2016	4/14/2016	6/16/2016		4/10/2017
THE_WAITING_GAME	4/11/2016	5/16/2016	6/20/2016
RAJ101	4/11/2016	4/12/2016	5/31/2016
MYRNA87	4/12/2016	5/3/2016	5/31/2016
FODU	4/12/2016	4/15/2016	6/2/2016
SHARONGILMORE	4/12/2016	4/15/2016	6/3/2016
BALMORAL	4/12/2016	4/18/2016	06/09/2016
PRECIOUSHEART1	4/12/2016	4/14/2016	6/3/2016
REMOTECONTROL	4/13/2016	4/15/2016	6/6/2016
SKRIBS	4/14/2016	4/18/2016	6/14/2016		3/31/2017	*I-751 Waiver
KTERO	4/15/2016	4/19/2016	6/9/2016
YELU1988	4/15/2016	4/18/2016	6/6/2016
MYHEARTWILLGOON93	4/18/2016	4/21/2016	6/6/2016
NAN2	4/19/2016	4/25/2016	6/7/2016
VANY_DC	4/19/2016	5/25/2016	6/10/2016	RFE	4/10	yay
PAIGECHARLOTTE	4/19/2016	4/21/2016	6/9/2016
GITSIE	4/20/2016	4/20/2016	6/8/2016
TKDWLS0131	4/20/2016	4/25/2016	6/10/2016
MAGDA_PEARL	4/20/2016	4/22/2016	6/10/2016
KAWAIIAKUREI06	4/21/2016	4/25/2016	5/27/2016
ANGELBIJOI	4/21/2016	5/16/2016	6/26/2016
PILI	4/21/2016	4/22/2016	6/8/2016
MOMENTS12	4/21/2016	4/26/2016	6/7/2016
SUKIE	4/22/2016	4/25/2016	6/10/2016
TALHA_MK	4/22/2016	4/26/2016	6/9/2016
ARIENDJ	4/23/2016	4/27/2016	6/7/2016
PRIVATE ONE	4/23/2016	4/26/2016	6/10/2016		04/08/2017
CHRIS_B	4/24/2016	5/17/2016	6/8/2016
NYC-AND-INDIA	4/25/2016	4/29/2016	6/14/2016
BUESO	4/25/2016	4/27/2016	6/6/2016
ST. JAMES-ONE	4/25/2016	4/27/2016	6/9/2016		04/05
KINEO	4/25/2016	4/28/2016	6/13/2016
HONEYPIE84	4/26/2016	5/2/2016	6/15/2016
LUCYBELLE	4/27/2016	4/29/2016	6/20/2016
OKAMIMARS	4/27/2016	4/29/2016	6/14/2016
VICTORY1			07/01/2016		3/27/2017
OSITOCOCO	4/29/2016	5/2/2016	6/21/2016
ATL2012	4/1/2016	4/9/2016	4/27/2016		04/07/2017

[Private One 44]

11 hours ago, Sukie said:

SOOOOOOOOO jealous!  But so happy for you!  Isn't it funny how the approvals happen in bunches throughout our month - and not in order. 

 

Sukie in NY

Sukie! You've been one of the biggest source of inspiration for me. I'm hoping you won't have to wait much longer. I can't say I didn't feel a bit jealous at those who got approved before I did, especially after seeing that St.James-One (April 27 filer)  got approved. Yours is probably on its way.

[Cowface 5]

3 minutes ago, Private One said:

To want extent do you guys share bank accounts? Do you simply have a bank account together that's pretty much inactive or is that account real active? It would help if you both had direct deposits going into that account. If you do, highlight those deposits on the statements. Also, I would highlight all important transactions from that account (payment of rent and other bills). That's what I did for shared accounts evidence we sent. 

 

I was expecting to get a REF because we really did not send much...not even taxes. A big part of the approval process lies not with policy but individual judgement. Some officers can be real tough.

 

Best Wishes.

We have both accounts having direct deposit in. One from my work and the other from his work. This is going to be A LOT of papers to send them 3 years of transactions. I will actually make a note that what account we usually use for utilities and rents and so forth.

 

Thanks for the wishes. I hope they will enhance the speed of process.

[Private One 44]

4 minutes ago, Cowface said:

We have both accounts having direct deposit in. One from my work and the other from his work. This is going to be A LOT of papers to send them 3 years of transactions. I will actually make a note that what account we usually use for utilities and rents and so forth.

 

Thanks for the wishes. I hope they will enhance the speed of process.

Small bump in the road for you but I think you'll be OK. The best thing is you have the evidence...good evidence with the direct deposits. Nothing says co-mingling like both your pays deposited into the same account that's used for household expenses.

 

You guys will be just fine. 

[Cowface 5]

2 hours ago, Private One said:

Small bump in the road for you but I think you'll be OK. The best thing is you have the evidence...good evidence with the direct deposits. Nothing says co-mingling like both your pays deposited into the same account that's used for household expenses.

 

You guys will be just fine. 

Let me make this more clear.

 

I have account A, getting my money from my work. I use this account to pay bills / rents.

My husband has account B, getting his money from his work. I use this account for other stuff.

 

Both of the accounts, however, are jointed. I just went to the bank and requested a reference letter for both accounts with the most recent transactions for 12 months.

For some reason, they cannot access the older records.

 

I also have downloaded ALL statements for both accounts for 2015 / 2016 & 2017.

I am highlighting the direct deposits and bills that we paid on the details and will make a note on the top of each sheet.

This is going to be a heavy RFE package.

[Cowface 5]

4 hours ago, Sukie said:

Cowface,

 

If you can go to the Bank of America website, it's possible that under your "Profile" it will show your husband's name as an authorized user.  This is what my spouse and I did.  I have a credit card where SHE is the authorized user and she has a credit card where I am the authorized user.  We just captured the info in a screen dump and added that to our pile.

 

The bank statements is what got you.  They always expect at least a sample of bank statements from the time you first opened your joint account - not just one statement.

 

Good luck!

 

Sukie in NY

I am on BoA website but it doesn't show me where it shows who the authorized user is.

What if I scan both credit cards and erase some numbers? Do you think that will help?

[Sukie 1,464]

1 hour ago, Cowface said:

I am on BoA website but it doesn't show me where it shows who the authorized user is.

What if I scan both credit cards and erase some numbers? Do you think that will help?

Yes.  Scan both cards.  We didn't black out numbers.  And don't worry about weight.  Our original submission was 4 pounds.

 

Sukie in NY

[atl2012 1]

13 hours ago, St.James-One said:

Congrats! I added your approval date to the spreadsheet.

Thanks!

[MyHeartWillGoOn93 8]

Before I make an infopass appointment, I want to know if I can cancel it if I happen to receive an approval letter in the mail before then?

[MyHeartWillGoOn93 8]

23 minutes ago, MyHeartWillGoOn93 said:

Before I make an infopass appointment, I want to know if I can cancel it if I happen to receive an approval letter in the mail before then?

Never mind, I figured it out  I made one for 2 weeks time!

[CHRUKA 1]

I just wanted to let people know that my wife received her ROC letter of approval in the mail today.  Date of decision says 4/11/2017.  It says that she'll be receiving a new permanent resident card within 60 days. 

 

I've been lurking in this and the original thread hoping for some sign of progress.  I'm glad to finally be moving on.

 

Thank you guys, and best of luck to those still waiting for approval.

[Private One 44]

11 minutes ago, CHRUKA said:

I just wanted to let people know that my wife received her ROC letter of approval in the mail today.  Date of decision says 4/11/2017.  It says that she'll be receiving a new permanent resident card within 60 days. 

 

I've been lurking in this and the original thread hoping for some sign of progress.  I'm glad to finally be moving on.

 

Thank you guys, and best of luck to those still waiting for approval.

Congratulations!

I'll update the list soon (if someone else don't). I see that the spreadsheet and the list are synced. If anyone is updating the list please try to update the spread also.

[Bueso 2]

All my people! I don't have words to express how happy I'm! My heart is beating in full... I got my approval letter today date of decision 04/12/2017.... I'm gonna be in this forum until everybody finish! And I'll see u in the citezinship  forum, I really hope all of u get the approval soon... when can i apply for the N-400??? Thanks to everybody