What Supporting Doc's Should Be Originals.

[madj22 7]

37 minutes ago, mc962 said:

It might be, I guess that's up to the officer 🤷‍♂️. 

When doing AOS I took the mindset/philosophy that I'm trying to get the officer to be able to understand our story/history, and support the fact that we are eligible for the benefit that we're applying for (marriage-based K1->AOS), which the documentation we supplied proved that we'd gotten married and started a life together, making it easier for immigration to feel comfortable approving the application.

As far as further documentation, some additional good ones could be records naming each other as beneficiaries for various accounts and insurances. 401k Retirement account(s) and Life Insurance(s) are ones that come to mind, since people generally only do that for people that they really have a relationship with.

Any official documents showing records of being together, like passport stamps for trips taken together, are also good (less likely during COVID maybe, but possible for some).

Joint cards (like credit cards, or cards with authorization for spouse), are also probably a good option.

Hi, yes that makes sense. I will look and see if there is anything more I can provide. I am so nervous to send it in, I'm afraid I am going to miss something important.

[madj22 7]

1 hour ago, Orangesapples said:

I'd suggest having a cover letter explaining why you don't have a lease. Make it easy for an officer to understand your situation. If it turns out it wasn't necessary, you'd have lost one sheet of paper and the few minutes it takes to write the letter. Driver's licenses are good pieces of evidence and it's extremely easy to have them scanned and included in your application and they take up very little space, so there's no reason to not do it. Think of risk vs reward. 

Definitely. I will do whatever it takes to have the best application I can produce. I've heard a few other people mention cover letters. Is that a fairly standard thing for people to include? It wasn;'t listed in the I-751 instructions but if it is a good idea I will make one. Should I include anything else in the cover letter like I did for the first greencard application? Our story? Timeline? Or just explain the rental situation. 

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10 minutes ago, madj22 said:

Definitely. I will do whatever it takes to have the best application I can produce. I've heard a few other people mention cover letters. Is that a fairly standard thing for people to include? It wasn;'t listed in the I-751 instructions but if it is a good idea I will make one. Should I include anything else in the cover letter like I did for the first greencard application? Our story? Timeline? Or just explain the rental situation. 

A cover letter is not required but I included one with my application. It just had a list of the documents provided, divided by categories. You could also do something similar if you'd like and add an explanation about your living situation. Don't worry too much about the format, just think of making it easier for the person reviewing your documents to understand. I would keep it short but informative. 

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The I-751 Guide has examples: