How many utility bills to send?

[~Alessa~ 26]

Hey everyone! I have a question about utility bills. My husband gets electric bill and I get cable bill. With my I-751 application do I need to submit paper version of the bills for every single month covering 2-year interval?

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

Usual advice is at least one per quarter, covering the whole time frame from marrying to filing the I-751

[AstroCanada 206]

For proof like this that just shows evidence of cohabitation, I'd even go with once every 6 months.   That should be more than enough.

[egroeg 66]

I sent every month's worth of utility(water/electric) since our wedding in 2015. I didn't send the gas/cable bills as they were only in my name 

[Dmitry07 52]

Glad I found this topic without creating a new one! Several questions to add on:

 

The guide states the following: 

2.

Utility bills, credit card bills, and other types of bills which have both of your names on them. Since many utilities will only put a bill in one person's name, some bills in one name and other bills at the same address but in the other spouse's name serve the same purpose: showing your financial & social lives intermingled.

 

Can someone clarify the above on whether it's acceptable that the electric bill is mailed to both of us at the household (shows both names and address), but within the bill the actual payee listed is myself only? Both items are on the same paper.

 

In addition, since we are to file within 3 months - is it worth trying to add the spouse to other utility bills (water, trash, etc) or phone bills and just send 1-2 months worth of copies or not bother at this point?

 

Thank you in advance!

[Springleaf 37]

25 minutes ago, Dmitry07 said:

Glad I found this topic without creating a new one! Several questions to add on:

 

The guide states the following: 

2.

Utility bills, credit card bills, and other types of bills which have both of your names on them. Since many utilities will only put a bill in one person's name, some bills in one name and other bills at the same address but in the other spouse's name serve the same purpose: showing your financial & social lives intermingled.

 

Can someone clarify the above on whether it's acceptable that the electric bill is mailed to both of us at the household (shows both names and address), but within the bill the actual payee listed is myself only? Both items are on the same paper.

 

In addition, since we are to file within 3 months - is it worth trying to add the spouse to other utility bills (water, trash, etc) or phone bills and just send 1-2 months worth of copies or not bother at this point?

 

Thank you in advance!

So based on reading comments on other threads as long as you show financial comingling as a whole, you need not add other person to every utility.

You can pick one utility in your name and the other in your spouse's name and take quarterly report from the beginning of your marriage. USCIS likes to see financial docs spanning whole marriage.

If you have bills in only one spouse name, you can give reason for that in cover letter.

Then , for showing same address, you need to show lease,driving license, letters addressed to same address for both you.

For financial comingling, joint accounts,joinlty owned property or vehicles etc,joint taxes IRS transcripts, shared health insurance,wills etc

 

Make sure to send all docs spanning 2-3 years, not just last few months to avoid RFE. (Quarterly statements are good)

[Becci391 339]

On 1/18/2019 at 11:15 AM, Springleaf said:

So based on reading comments on other threads as long as you show financial comingling as a whole, you need not add other person to every utility.

You can pick one utility in your name and the other in your spouse's name and take quarterly report from the beginning of your marriage. USCIS likes to see financial docs spanning whole marriage.

If you have bills in only one spouse name, you can give reason for that in cover letter.

Then , for showing same address, you need to show lease,driving license, letters addressed to same address for both you.

For financial comingling, joint accounts,joinlty owned property or vehicles etc,joint taxes IRS transcripts, shared health insurance,wills etc

 

Make sure to send all docs spanning 2-3 years, not just last few months to avoid RFE. (Quarterly statements are good)

I'm glad this topic came up.

All our utility bills are in my husband's name but he was able to add me as an authorized user. Hope that won't cause any issues.