Filed I-751 Today

[zyggy 9]

We filed our joint I-751 Petition today and this is what we put in it:

1) Copy of Wife's Green Card (Front and Back)

2) Copy of 2005 and 2006 Tax Returns as Married Filing Joint

3) Copy of Car Insurance Declaration Statements showing both of us as authorized drivers

4) Copy of July and January Bank Statements showing Joint Account for 2005, 2006 and 2007

5) Copy of Deed to House showing my wife and I as tenants by the entirety

6) Copy of Mortgage for Home Equity Loan showing us as joint borrowers

7) Copy of Driver Licenses for both of us

8) Copy of Tax Receipts from Charities showing that we both jointly donated to the same charity

9) Copy of Visa Statements from July and December from 2005, 2006 and 2007 showing us a joint borrowers

10) Copy of Life Insurance Documents showing each other as primary beneficiary

11) Copy of 401k and IRA Statements showing Wife as Primary Beneficiary

Edited April 26, 2007 by zyggy

[meauxna 15]

w00t! Go M & zyggy!

[Cax&JL 0]

We filed our joint I-751 Petition today and this is what we put in it:

1) Copy of Wife's Green Card (Front and Back)

2) Copy of 2005 and 2006 Tax Returns as Married Filing Joint

3) Copy of Car Insurance Declaration Statements showing both of us as authorized drivers

4) Copy of July and January Bank Statements showing Joint Account for 2005, 2006 and 2007

5) Copy of Deed to House showing my wife and I as tenants by the entirety

6) Copy of Mortgage for Home Equity Loan showing us as joint borrowers

7) Copy of Driver Licenses for both of us

8) Copy of Tax Receipts from Charities showing that we both jointly donated to the same charity

9) Copy of Visa Statements from July and December from 2005, 2006 and 2007 showing us a joint borrowers

10) Copy of Life Insurance Documents showing each other as primary beneficiary

11) Copy of 401k and IRA Statements showing Wife as Primary Beneficiary

I am curious about whether every body sent the entire copy of the federal and state tax return ( with all the schedules and supporting forms), or just the two-page 1040 and state tax form. Because if I send in the entire copy of federal and state tax return for past two years, our evidence probably would be more than 1 inch thick.

Thanks,

Cax&JL

[meauxna 15]

Transcripts, man. I'm all about the transcripts.

If you send the return, you're "supposed to" send the entire return + schedules + attachments.

[ceriserose 1]

Congrats! One more step down the road!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations and good luck

[Flames9_RN 358]

congrats zyggy

[Cassie 8]

We filed our joint I-751 Petition today and this is what we put in it:

1) Copy of Wife's Green Card (Front and Back)

2) Copy of 2005 and 2006 Tax Returns as Married Filing Joint

3) Copy of Car Insurance Declaration Statements showing both of us as authorized drivers

4) Copy of July and January Bank Statements showing Joint Account for 2005, 2006 and 2007

5) Copy of Deed to House showing my wife and I as tenants by the entirety

6) Copy of Mortgage for Home Equity Loan showing us as joint borrowers

7) Copy of Driver Licenses for both of us

8) Copy of Tax Receipts from Charities showing that we both jointly donated to the same charity

9) Copy of Visa Statements from July and December from 2005, 2006 and 2007 showing us a joint borrowers

10) Copy of Life Insurance Documents showing each other as primary beneficiary

11) Copy of 401k and IRA Statements showing Wife as Primary Beneficiary

that's it, that's all you included????????? Man I needed you to put together my packet and maybe it wouldn't have taken me so long!

Seriously, best wishes on getting through this part of the process quickly.

[zyggy 9]

We did not use the actual return.. we used transcripts for our submission... About 3 pages front and back each...

I strongly encourage everyone to do the same.. they're compact and the price is right.. free...

Yeah Cassie.. that's it.. remember it's not the quantity of information that's important, it's the quality...

Edited April 27, 2007 by zyggy

[Yodrak 7]

Cax & JL

For the purpose of I-751 my wife sent only the Form 1040 itself. The prupose was to show that we filed a joint tax return, not to document what our income was.

Previously, the purpose of the affidavit of support we sent transcripts rather than photocopy the complete returns.

Federal only - state returns provide no additional value for either purpose.

Yodrak

Transcripts, man. I'm all about the transcripts.

If you send the return, you're "supposed to" send the entire return + schedules + attachments.

I am curious about whether every body sent the entire copy of the federal and state tax return ( with all the schedules and supporting forms), or just the two-page 1040 and state tax form. .....

Cax&JL

Edited April 27, 2007 by Yodrak

[Cassie 8]

Yeah Cassie.. that's it.. remember it's not the quantity of information that's important, it's the quality...

Oh I hear you, I probably could have cut out some of what I included, but i tried not to include much 'fluff". I guess in hindsight I only need one or two examples of things as opposed to 3 or 4 in each category I had.

[James 2]

Yeah Cassie.. that's it.. remember it's not the quantity of information that's important, it's the quality...

Oh I hear you, I probably could have cut out some of what I included, but i tried not to include much 'fluff". I guess in hindsight I only need one or two examples of things as opposed to 3 or 4 in each category I had.

We went the minimalist route:

1. Copy of permanent resident card, front and back

2. Copy of daughter's birth certificate

3. Copy of son's birth certificate

4. Copy of warranty deed to house with both names on it

5. Copies of jointly filed federal income tax returns for past three years (last year's return was only a print out, however, because it was electronically filed return)

6. Copy of current joint statement for homeowner’s association fees

7. Copy of credit cards showing joint credit card account number

8. Copy of driver’s licenses showing joint address

We don't yet have a joint bank account. Also, getting a copy of the beneficiary sheet from my life insurance proved to be time consuming, and we ended up sending the petition in without it (although the beneficiary sheet eventually arrived).

I'm banking on our kids to pull us through. How can a marriage with "issue," as they say, be deemed to have been entered into to evade the immigration laws? (That's a rhetorical question, Yodrak.)

[Cax&JL 0]

Cax & JL

For the purpose of I-751 my wife sent only the Form 1040 itself. The prupose was to show that we filed a joint tax return, not to document what our income was.

Previously, the purpose of the affidavit of support we sent transcripts rather than photocopy the complete returns.

Federal only - state returns provide no additional value for either purpose.

Yodrak

Transcripts, man. I'm all about the transcripts.

Thanks every body for your reply. But, what is "transcripts"? The confirmation of your tax return that you can request from IRS? Do I need to file some form to IRS to request it?

Thanks,

Cax&JL

[Cassie 8]

go look on the IRS website and search for requesting transcripts. All we had to do is call a toll-free number and told them what years we needed and poof! in two weeks or so they were in our mailbox.

[Cax&JL 0]

go look on the IRS website and search for requesting transcripts. All we had to do is call a toll-free number and told them what years we needed and poof! in two weeks or so they were in our mailbox.

Sounds great! Thank you.