i-751 October 2020 filers

[waterdog 10]

 We mailed ours on 10-1 and it was delivered on 10-2. Now comes the waiting.

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

23 hours ago, Natalia & Igor said:

Hi!

I'm gonna send mine on October 19th.

My I-751 package includes: 

1. Filing Fee Check... waiting for tomorrow ))

2. Form G-1145, e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance 

3. Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence 

4. Copy of Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card 

5. Copy of Form I-797, Notice of Action 

6. Evidence of the Relationship: 

- Joint Federal and State Tax Returns for 2017, 2018, 2019; 

 - Statements of joint checking bank account and credit cards; 

 - Copies of Health Insurance policies for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; 

 - Copy of Car Insurance policy, AAA Membership cards; 

 - Beneficiary for my husband’s 401K & Health Saving Account:

 - Some Mortgage Refinancing support documents; 

 - Vacationing together; 

 - Other evidence (our DL, bills, etc); 

 - 2 Affidavit Letters of Support from our friends; 

 -  Photos 2017-2020

 

And Cover Letter )

Curious as to which i-797 you are enclosing and why?  I think I might have missed this in the instructions I have been looking at.

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

23 hours ago, Hill.ary said:

Hi everyone,

 

I am in a sticky situation as my husband lost his job due to COVID-19 and we are barely scraping by, of course it's time to renew the green card and remove conditions! 

 

So we could have sent in the package last week but we were waiting for unemployment to kick in so we can use it towards this fee (YIKES!!!! and now its going up even more). 

 

I have already filled out all the paperwork, but I am wondering what you are all including in your packet besides the obvious forms and payment? Is there a guide here of what to send? It's so hard being under all this pressure at once. With the job loss, employment search, global pandemic and this removal of conditions for a new green card. 

 

Any words of wisdom are appreciated. I also am curious if you are all sending in the new fee amount that was halted by the judge, or the old amount?

VJ has a guide here as to what to include with your application:

 

This is my list so far of supporting evidence:

 

1.      Escrow statement showing both names

2.      Mortgage statements – April, May, July, August 2020

3.      Verizon bills showing Michelle as Chelley [surname] June, August, September 2020

4.      Synchrony bank loan statements for roof repairs showing both names 09/20

5.      Health insurance cards front and back

6.      Sam’s club membership renewal showing both names

7.      Life Insurance docs (x2) showing Aaron and Michelle as mutual beneficiaries

8.      401k document (Michelle) showing Aaron as beneficiary

9.      401k beneficiary designation (Aaron) showing Michelle as beneficiary

10.   Election confirmation benefits Michelle – showing Aaron as beneficiary 2018 & 2020

11.   Joint checking account statements Dec 18, Oct 19, Jan 20, May 20, Sep 20

12.   Joint Savings Account transactions March 2019 – Sept 2020

13.   Flight booking October 2019 to visit family in Ireland- both names – Aer Lingus

14.   Flight Booking receipts to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, June 2019 – one receipt in each name

15.   Flight booking confirmation to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, February 2020 – both names

16.   Boarding passes to visit family in Ireland and London Dec 2018

17.   Photographs 2018 - 2020

 

I am not sending EVERY bank statement from the time of the start of the relationship - just a sample selection to show that our bills account was/is a joint account and I am doing the same with other bills.

[Yo Tony 5]

On 9/30/2020 at 8:04 AM, skatz said:

I'm also an October filer, I'm planning to send my package on October 13th. I finished preparing my package with the increased fee,  but I keep checking the news everyday to see if either the I-751 form changes before I send it or the filing fees change (as we just heard from yesterday, that a judge halted the increased fees). If the judge actually halts the fees increase but USCIS rejects it or ignores it, I'm not sure about the check amount we should be sending them. I'd rather pay the increased amount and not get my application rejected to be honest...

I would send the fees as stated on the website. 

[skatz 29]

Here's a list of the documents that I'm sending:

• Filled I-751 form
• G-1145 form
• Cover letter
• Copy of Green Card
• Marriage record
• US Citizen Passport (I'm not sure this is required but I'm sending it anyway)
• Affidavit letter
• About 20 pictures from the last 2 years
• Credit card statements showing both our names from the last 2 years
• Joint bank account statements from the last 2 years
• 2 rental agreements from our previous apartments
• Gas, electric and water bills from the last 2 years showing either my name or her name (if my name was under the gas bills, her name was under the electric bills) on the same address
• Car insurance showing both our names
• 401k showing her as my beneficiary 
• Health and dental insurance cards showing both our names
• Driver licenses showing the same address
• Letters from USPS proving that each one of each changed address from our previous address to our current one
• Flight receipts showing both our names and the destination 
• Tax transcripts from the last 2 years

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by skatz

[skatz 29]

23 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

I am not sending EVERY bank statement from the time of the start of the relationship - just a sample selection to show that our bills account was/is a joint account and I am doing the same with other bills.

I felt terrible printing every statement from the last 2 years, it was a whole bunch of paper. I agree with you that it's probably not necessary to print every statement, as long as you do print a statement from every few months, but I did it anyway just to be safe

[Bob in Boston 703]

2 minutes ago, skatz said:

I did it anyway just to be safe

I did too.

[skatz 29]

Just now, Bob in Boston said:

I did too.

Maybe one day (in the FAR FAR future) they'd allow us to just send everything on a disk on key or through email and not print hundreds of papers, but oh well...

[Bob in Boston 703]

4 minutes ago, skatz said:

and not print hundreds of papers

broke the budget paying for all this Paper and Ink..... I agree we should be able to do this electronically. Far more efficient. It is 2020 after all

Edited October 2, 2020 by Bob in Boston

[Natalia & Igor 37]

57 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

Curious as to which i-797 you are enclosing and why?  I think I might have missed this in the instructions I have been looking at.

I just found something on the back of this Form ) 

[skatz 29]

16 minutes ago, Natalia & Igor said:

I just found something on the back of this Form ) 

I'm not following, is this the I-797 form that you received for your adjustment of status?

[Natalia & Igor 37]

21 minutes ago, skatz said:

I'm not following, is this the I-797 form that you received for your adjustment of status?

Exactly! This is the approval notice. But there is no mention in the instructions for I-751, and I'm pretty sure it's not required. 

[Bob in Boston 703]

1 minute ago, Natalia & Igor said:

and I'm pretty sure it's not required. 

I dont think so, some people sent them but they have your green card why do they need that.

[Natalia & Igor 37]

3 minutes ago, Bob in Boston said:

I dont think so, some people sent them but they have your green card why do they need that.

Nobody knows ) IMHO, it would be enough to show your A-number. But someone would have to work harder ))

[Bob in Boston 703]

25 minutes ago, Natalia & Igor said:

Nobody knows ) IMHO, it would be enough to show your A-number. But someone would have to work harder ))

Heavin forbid that happens lol