Question Regarding I-751 / Joint Assets

[yerofeyev.adam 1]

Hello all, and thanks in advance!

My wife is applying to remove her conditions for her conditional permanent residency in about three months (I-751). We just want to see if we should improve on a few points.

We married in January 2016; received the green card in August 2016.

 

At the moment we have:

1. Joint Tax Return 2016 (W-2, tax form, and just requested transcript from IRS by mail); will file jointly in 2017, so this will be included (not sure if enough time to include the transcript)

2. Joint Lease for apartment since marriage

3. Renter's insurance (both names on this since Jan 2017)

4. Bank Checking & Savings account with both names since Jan 2016

5. Bealls Credit Card and Victoria Secret Credit Card (her name only, but with our address)

6. 3-year subscription for academic journal for her (her name only) with our address (the invoice dated Nov 2017)

7. Hotel Invoices for three vacations (two in my name, one in her old name because the Green Card was sent back (I-90, USCIS error) and she was traveling on her Passport) (we have pictures for all three vacations)

8. Tickets for events around town (some in both names, some in only mine; pictures accompany these as well)

9. Two invoices from 1-800-Flowers for our anniversary showing delivery to our address from florist (flowers from me to her)

10. Many, many pictures of us together with her family and my family

11. We will have affidavits from my father, my mother (my parents are divorced), my father's wife, my wife's mother, and my wife's sister.

 

Issues:

1. She does not yet have a driver's license (she's taking the exam this month), so she is currently not on my car insurance. We expect to have the license and her to be on the insurance by the end of this month.

2. To save money, she kept her old phone company, Telcel from Mexico. I just added her on my line this month, so she should be on the next bill.

3. From July - December 2016, we used a cash back credit card to save money to make almost all purchases (it was paid each month from our joint bank account). From December 2016 until February 2018, we used a different cash back credit card (higher %) to make most of our purchases (it also was paid each month from our joint bank account). For both of these, only my name was on it. I just added her this month for the one we currently use, so her name should be on it next month.

 

Based on this, is there anything to improve on?

Should we send in any credit card statements even if it was only in my name OR only send in joint bank account statements?

Can affidavits be sent by individuals living outside of the US? (My wife and her sister live in Mexico, but just 15 miles from where we live.)

 

Thanks!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 7, 2018 by yerofeyev.adam
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[tuckin14 58]

Sounds to me like you're in pretty good shape.  USCIS are neither ogres nor uninformed.  They know that "joint" credit cards are pretty much a thing of the past, and that not everyone drives.

 

The only thing I would add is documentation that both your paychecks were deposited in a joint account.

[yerofeyev.adam 1]

Oh, I hadn't thought of that. I have the check images in my email.

 

I forgot to include on my post that we have cable and electric with both names since marriage, too.

[NikLR 13,227]

Considering you have a lot of joint evidence, i woukd eliminate any single evidence like 5&6 for example.  Photos are good just choose a small selection over the years.  Affidavits from family and friends are fine but do not bother with too many, they are some of the lowest rated evidence.  Magazine and gym subscriptions are equally unimportant.  

Think to yourself, does this item provide evidence that we are a genuine couple who co-mingles their lives and finances? If not, leave it out.  Quality vs quantity.  

[Villanelle 4,122]

Does she have a non driver ID? 

 

Also you should include the credit card in your name with all the purchases for both of you highlighting the payments came out of the joint account. The point is to show finances were comingled. That basically means both your money and her money went to things for both of you. People have different financial situations. And thats okay. You just need to explain what your situation is. 

[Jo Së 200]

I'd say you have a good amount of supporting documents, more than twice than what we submitted.  

[yerofeyev.adam 1]

Ok, thanks everyone.

She was waiting for the updated green card (USCIS sent it with the wrong name, photo, etc.), so now she's getting her DL.