Unsolicited Evidence? Did someone ever use it? USCIS Portal

[JKLSemicolon 411]

Just finished uploading the second 4 months' worth of additional evidence. Much smoother this time around.

[top_secret 2,414]

We had uploaded our 2023 IRS tax return transcript about a month before our cases was approved.  I could not say if they even looked at that and I can't imagine it would have made any difference, but I can very affirmatively say that uploading additional evidence did not cause any kind of delay. 

[powerpuff 6,697]

On 4/19/2024 at 2:30 PM, ghostinthemachine said:

I've just done the same the other day - same with a bunch of updated lease/insurance/bills from our recent move. I don't see how any of this could cause a delay quite frankly, especially since most recent cases are handled electronically.

 

On 4/22/2024 at 1:16 PM, Bavarian91 said:

Just did the same thing... lets hope the IOE means 'faster processing' ...

 

On 5/17/2024 at 1:45 AM, JKLSemicolon said:

Just finished uploading the second 4 months' worth of additional evidence. Much smoother this time around.

 

On 5/18/2024 at 11:10 AM, top_secret said:

We had uploaded our 2023 IRS tax return transcript about a month before our cases was approved.  I could not say if they even looked at that and I can't imagine it would have made any difference, but I can very affirmatively say that uploading additional evidence did not cause any kind of delay. 

I’m also planning to upload new unsolicited evidence since submitting the petition in November 2023. Question, did you guys upload each and every file separately or did you group them into categories (so combine all several months worth bank statements into one file, all utility bills into one file, etc.)? 

Edited June 26 by powerpuff

[JKLSemicolon 411]

8 hours ago, powerpuff said:

 

 

 

I’m also planning to upload new unsolicited evidence since submitting the petition in November 2023. Question, did you guys upload each and every file separately or did you group them into categories (so combine all several months worth bank statements into one file, all utility bills into one file, etc.)? 

I grouped them into categories, more or less along these lines:

 

- Joint Occupancy of Communal Residence

- Joint Bank Accounts

- Joint Insurance and Benefits

- Joint Utility Bills

- Joint Travel

- Joint Tax Return Transcript (the only truly standalone document since it is a protected PDF)

- Relationship photos

 

For each round of uploads I put the date range of the evidence and part[#]of[total] in the file name of each attachment along with a descriptive title based on the list above.

 

If the file size limit allows, I think fewer files to upload is better but I didn’t want to sacrifice resolution of scanned documents and images.

 

 

 

Edited June 27 by JKLSemicolon

[powerpuff 6,697]

8 hours ago, JKLSemicolon said:

I grouped them into categories, more or less along these lines:

 

- Joint Occupancy of Communal Residence

- Joint Bank Accounts

- Joint Insurance and Benefits

- Joint Utility Bills

- Joint Travel

- Joint Tax Return Transcript (the only truly standalone document since it is a protected PDF)

- Relationship photos

 

For each round of uploads I put the date range of the evidence and part[#]of[total] in the file name of each attachment along with a descriptive title based on the list above.

 

If the file size limit allows, I think fewer files to upload is better but I didn’t want to sacrifice resolution of scanned documents and images.

 

 

 

Thank you, this is really helpful. I’ll be doing this very similarly later today. 

[powerpuff 6,697]

I have uploaded the following documents accumulated in the past 7 months:

- Joint property deed

- joint utilities (quarterly)

- joint bank account statements (quarterly)

- joint credit card statements (quarterly)

- joint 2023 tax return transcript 

- employment portal benefits 

 

I might upload more in October as we have a big trip planned. If not, I’ll definitely upload more stuff in January 2025

 

[Bavarian91 59]

I'm currently moving jobs (Pharmaceutical to Aerospace) is that something I should upload? Does someone know if USCIS cares about my employer/employment status?  

 

[powerpuff 6,697]

49 minutes ago, Bavarian91 said:

I'm currently moving jobs (Pharmaceutical to Aerospace) is that something I should upload? Does someone know if USCIS cares about my employer/employment status?  

 

I wouldn’t, financial sponsorship isn’t part of the ROC process 

[Maritah 101]

 I used it to inform USCIS that I traveled abroad because my mom had health issues and needed my assistance a month after starting my paperwork. (My trip lasted only 2 weeks). 

[JKLSemicolon 411]

On 5/16/2024 at 11:45 PM, JKLSemicolon said:

Just finished uploading the second 4 months' worth of additional evidence. Much smoother this time around.

...and just uploaded another 4 months of unsolicited evidence today. Since we filed at the beginning of 9/2023 that makes an additional year of evidence that we have uploaded, in three parts: 9/2023 to 12/2023, 1/2024 to 4/2024 and 5/2024 to 8/2024.