Got an RFE, trying to figure out what other evidence to add

[Zabalex 0]

1 minute ago, Cocoza said:

I know you would have had an interview but i meant having an Interview HERE in the U.S for AOS process. Again, i might be wrong. 

Ah, got it. Makes sense.

[Lemon23 400]

10 minutes ago, Zabalex said:

We had an interview in South Korea (had to move it from Russia because that's where we were living at the time), I am not sure if that's the same one though. Good point, though. Thanks for letting us know!

If your interview in Russia is for K1 visa then that is different interview for AOS and ROC. mostly if your interview was waived for your AOS then most likely you will have an interview for your ROC.

[Zabalex 0]

19 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

If your interview in Russia is for K1 visa then that is different interview for AOS and ROC. mostly if your interview was waived for your AOS then most likely you will have an interview for your ROC.

I got a CR-1 visa after the I-130 form interview. My memory is a bit fuzzy, sorry if I am getting confused about things. I definitely didn't have an interview here in the US though.

[Lemon23 400]

9 minutes ago, Zabalex said:

I got a CR-1 visa after the I-130 form interview. My memory is a bit fuzzy, sorry if I am getting confused about things. I definitely didn't have an interview here in the US though.

Now I get it, so you did not file i-485 (AOS-Adjustment of Status) since you came here already as CR-1 so I assumed your wedding took place outside the US? so your wife filed i-130 for you as alien relative that's where you got your CR-1, or your wedding happened in the US and you guys decided to live in another country and decided to live here in the US that's why your wife filed I-130 for you so you can enter and live here in the US.  So this is different process than AOS, I'm not sure if interview for your ROC is still required since you had your interview already for your i-130 outside US and you came here as conditional resident already.

[Zabalex 0]

1 minute ago, Lemon23 said:

Now I get it, so you did not file i-485 (AOS-Adjustment of Status) since you came here already as CR-1 so I assumed your wedding took place outside the US? so your wife filed i-130 for you as alien relative that's where you got your CR-1, or your wedding happened in the US and you guys decided to live in another country and decided to live here in the US that's why your wife filed I-130 for you so you can enter and live here in the US.  So this is different process than AOS, I'm not sure if interview for your ROC is still required since you had your interview already for your i-130 outside US and you came here as conditional resident already.

Yep, that's right. We got married in Russia, moved to Korea because my wife's visa was expiring and we were still waiting for the I-130, had our interview there, got a CR-1 and then came here. But since we crossed the border about 2 months before our second wedding anniversary I ended up getting a 2 year GC. 

[Lemon23 400]

Just now, Zabalex said:

Yep, that's right. We got married in Russia, moved to Korea because my wife's visa was expiring and we were still waiting for the I-130, had our interview there, got a CR-1 and then came here. But since we crossed the border about 2 months before our second wedding anniversary I ended up getting a 2 year GC. 

That makes sense to me that's why you did not file for i-485 AOS, lets hope and pray that you will not get an interview for your ROC. Good luck!

[Zabalex 0]

11 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

That makes sense to me that's why you did not file for i-485 AOS, lets hope and pray that you will not get an interview for your ROC. Good luck!

Thank you for the kind words!

[DrEllaNJ 288]

how can you have "plane tickets from an undated trip"? Don't plane tickets by definition have dates on them? That seems officer's stupidity.

 

Agreed with previous posters, try to submit evidence spanning the entirety of the marriage. Highlighting your name on that one lease is a good idea. Maybe you have official correspondence mailed to you at that address, like bills, W2, bank stuff? Good luck!

Edited October 19, 2017 by DrEllaNJ

[mindthegap 2,590]

34 minutes ago, DrEllaNJ said:

how can you have "plane tickets from an undated trip"? Don't plane tickets by definition have dates on them? That seems officer's stupidity.

 

Actually, I ran into this at my interview.

Had hundreds of plane boarding passes, but they only have day and month on - not year, so was asked what use they were when they didn't show the year of travel.

Thankfully baggage receipts DO have the year, as well as the date and month, and they were still stuck on to the back of the boarding passes.

[DrEllaNJ 288]

16 minutes ago, mindthegap said:

 

Actually, I ran into this at my interview.

Had hundreds of plane boarding passes, but they only have day and month on - not year, so was asked what use they were when they didn't show the year of travel.

Thankfully baggage receipts DO have the year, as well as the date and month, and they were still stuck on to the back of the boarding passes.

Interesting, I guess I never paid that much attention, and don't know if I kept baggage claim tickets! Combining with passport stamps may help, too (although I don't get stamps when traveling to the EU). And maybe itinerary receipts printed from email.

[Zabalex 0]

1 hour ago, mindthegap said:

 

Actually, I ran into this at my interview.

Had hundreds of plane boarding passes, but they only have day and month on - not year, so was asked what use they were when they didn't show the year of travel.

Thankfully baggage receipts DO have the year, as well as the date and month, and they were still stuck on to the back of the boarding passes.

Oh, I bet this is what happened to us too. This time I'll make sure to include all the dates.

[Zabalex 0]

Hey everyone!

 

We are finishing assembling our package and wanted to post an update here.

 

This is what we were able to gather (in order of appearance in the package):

 

• RFE's letter first page.
• Cover letter detailing all the attached evidence, including explanations for every item.
• Copy of our last year's lease, the one that we sent them already, except this time we highlighted both our names on it.
• A letter from our last year's landlord, confirming that we were both living at that address.
• Homeowners' insurance for the old address with both our names on it.
• A letter from this year's landlord, confirming that we are living at our current address.
• A new lease for next year with our current landlord, with both our names on it.
• Bank statements from a joint account dating back to 2015, when I was added to the account and up until now, including every single expense and showing the co-mingling of the assets.
• Credit card statements for the past two years, showing all the expenses.
• A letter from our bank, explaining that I was added to the credit card as an authorized user, because the credit card statements only have my wife's name, despite us both using it.
• Tax return statement from 2015 and 2016, showing that we filed our taxes jointly and also showing our addresses. (We've already sent them the 2015 one, but somehow they assumed it was from 2014)
• My wife's family phone bill with me added to it.
• My wife's benefits explanation paper from her job, showing me as her beneficiary on her life insurance.
• Plane tickets receipts and hotel reservation for our trip back in May.
• Dental bills from 2017 showing both our names on them. (We've already sent them our dental insurance policy before)
• My mother's letter, notarized and translated, stating that we lived together in her apartment back in Moscow before moving to Korea together.
• My wife's former employer's statement from Korea, explaining that we lived together in an apartment he provided while she was working there.
• Receipts of the flowers I've sent to my wife to her work several times.

We have a few questions we wanted to ask here.

 

Do you think the above list would be enough for them this time around?

Is it okay to highlight our names and dates on all the documents, so they don't accidentally miss it, like they did before?

My wife is thinking about attaching the I-751 form again, although I don't think it's necessary. What do you think?

My Green Card extension is expiring in February 2018, do you think they'd be able to process our case before that point?

 

Thank you very much!

[Zabalex 0]

We've added a couple more minor things, but apart from what I've mentioned, there isn't anything else to add. Planning to send in the package by the end of this week. Hopefully, it'll be enough this time around.