Financial Evidence Question

[chancecody 125]

Hi there,

 

This may be a trivial question but I'd like to make sure that I do it properly and not overwhelm the officer. For those who had successful ROC approval, could you please answer the following questions:

 

1. Regarding credit card statements showing spouse is an authorized user, do we submit:

• 24 monthly statements (1 per month) or 8 total monthly statements (1 per quarter eg Jan, April, Aug and Dec only)?
• The credit card statements usually have 7 pages and 5 pages are irrelevant. I only thought about submitting the 2 pages with our names and transactions on it. However, the credit card statements usually enter the page number (eg Page 1 of 7 etc). If I cut the rest, the evidence would only show Page 2 of 7, 3 of 7 and the rest is missing. The question is, do we submit all 7 pages per statement cycle and let the officer deal with it or risk confusing the IO? For example, I was collecting some evidence the last months and after I reviewed it, I was overwhelmed...I was looking at the other pages to organize but I could not follow it so I just threw it out and decided to start fresh by going to my statements again. If I am overwhelmed about my own evidence, I can't imagine what the IO may go through . Should I sent all pages per statement?

 

2. Regarding Homeowners Insurance or Other Documents that are printed on both side (eg State Farm insurance prints on both side):

• Does USCIS scan both sides when they enter it on their system? In other words, if I submit an official document printed on both sides, the 2nd page may not be scanned with critical information by the contractor accepting your case in the beginning and the officer may miss important evidence during adjudication.

 

Please let me know what you did. The whole intention is to create a strong case and not overwhelm the officer. Basically, idiot proof my application. Thanks.

 

[mindthegap 2,589]

40 minutes ago, chancecody said:

 

• Does USCIS scan both sides when they enter it on their system?

 

Yep

[Crazy Cat 41,806]

1 hour ago, chancecody said:

Regarding credit card statements showing spouse is an authorized user, do we submit:

When we submitted my wife's I-751, we submitted every month as well as a copy of both cards (showing the same number).  At our I-751 interview, 44 months later, I showed the officer a few throughout the period (from submission date to interview date) and the most recent one. He was satisfied. 

[Sukie 1,459]

We did quarterly statements, as we had really strong financial co-mingling evidence.

 

Please:  SEND EVERY PAGE of a financial document.  Do not just scan pages 1 or 2, just because 3-n don't have anything important.  Missing pages raise questions and suspicions.

 

And, make it easier for USCIS, and save yourself possible heartache of missing pages.  If you have double-sided documents, scan/print them one-sided.  A USCIS clerk takes your packet and has to scan every page into their digital system.  It makes their job so much easier and faster if they can just set the stack of your papers in a machine and turn the scanner on.  If you have documents that are not letter-sized, tape them to a letter-sized piece of paper, or shrink them to fit on a letter-sized piece of paper.

 

Best of luck!

 

Sukie in NY

[chancecody 125]

Thanks VJ Community! You are very helpful. It is the answer I was looking for. Happy Holidays.