Requesting comments on evidence for I-751

[Danmuji 14]

Hello,

 

We are now within the 90-day window to file I-751. How does the following look for a list of evidence?

 

•    Copy of Permanent Resident Card (front and back)
•    Copy of our daughter’s Birth Certificate (front and back)
•    Copies of both of our Driver’s licenses/ID (front and back)
•    Copies of the tax transcripts for the previous two years (2021 and 2022) 
•    Copy of joint bank account(Bank of America) statements for last twelve months.
•    Copy of Charles Schwab Designated Beneficiary stating petitioner as 100% primary beneficiary.
•    Copy of recently (September 2023) opened Charles Schwab college savings plan for our daughter listing both of our names as joint owners.
•    Copy of utility bills in both of our names for last twelve months.
•    A page of family photo college from last two years(2022-2023)
 

Thank you in advance.

[OldUser 6,633]

11 minutes ago, Danmuji said:

Hello,

 

We are now within the 90-day window to file I-751. How does the following look for a list of evidence?

 

•    Copy of Permanent Resident Card (front and back)
•    Copy of our daughter’s Birth Certificate (front and back)
•    Copies of both of our Driver’s licenses/ID (front and back)
•    Copies of the tax transcripts for the previous two years (2021 and 2022) 
•    Copy of joint bank account(Bank of America) statements for last twelve months.
•    Copy of Charles Schwab Designated Beneficiary stating petitioner as 100% primary beneficiary.
•    Copy of recently (September 2023) opened Charles Schwab college savings plan for our daughter listing both of our names as joint owners.
•    Copy of utility bills in both of our names for last twelve months.
•    A page of family photo college from last two years(2022-2023)
 

Thank you in advance.

Hi in general, evidence looks solid. Why are you only providing statements for the last 12 months though? Either do from the time you submitted AOS, or from the start of marriage (that's what I-751 instructions ask for).

 

Also, what about proving living arrangements? Do you have leases in both names or mortgage?

Edited November 10, 2023 by OldUser

[Danmuji 14]

23 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Hi in general, evidence looks solid. Why are you only providing statements for the last 12 months though? Either do from the time you submitted AOS, or from the start of marriage (that's what I-751 instructions ask for).

 

Also, what about proving living arrangements? Do you have leases in both names or mortgage?

 

Thank you so much for your comment.

 

Unforutnately we changed our bank account and utility in both of our names about 1 year into our marriage.

 

Really glad you brought up the living situation. We live with my mother so currently, there's no lease or mortgage. As such, I'm having difficulty proving this in a solid way. For example, my mom's address on her license is on her second house, a different address than the ones listed on our IDs. We are looking for pieces of evidence to prove this co-habitation in a convincing way but haven't found one yet.

[OldUser 6,633]

26 minutes ago, Danmuji said:

 For example, my mom's address on her license is on her second house, a different address than the ones listed on our IDs. We are looking for pieces of evidence to prove this co-habitation in a convincing way but haven't found one yet.

I don't fully understand, can you please help?

 

1. Does the addresses on yours and your wife's ID match?

2. Is the address listed on ID the location you actually live?

[Danmuji 14]

18 minutes ago, OldUser said:

I don't fully understand, can you please help?

 

1. Does the addresses on yours and your wife's ID match? Yes 

2. Is the address listed on ID the location you actually live? Yes

 

So the above address is house where we live. Which is owned by my mother.

 

Our primary concern is that, because my mother owns the property where we live, we do not have a lease or mortgage statement to provide as evidence of our residency.

[OldUser 6,633]

16 minutes ago, Danmuji said:

 

So the above address is house where we live. Which is owned by my mother.

 

Our primary concern is that, because my mother owns the property where we live, we do not have a lease or mortgage statement to provide as evidence of our residency.

She and others living at the address can write affidavits.

Are you a US citizen and registered to vote at this address? Maybe you can get some paperwork proving that too?

 

Was your wife a LPR in 2021? If yes, do you have any marital evidence for that year? Trip receipts, large purchases, photos?

[Danmuji 14]

1 hour ago, OldUser said:

She and others living at the address can write affidavits.

We could do this and ask her to write affidavit stateing we've been living here since February 2022 when she entered the states.

 

Are you a US citizen and registered to vote at this address? Maybe you can get some paperwork proving that too?

Yes, that's really great suggestion. I looked up my registration info online and has the address we are both currently living in. Will make sure include that.

 

Was your wife a LPR in 2021? If yes, do you have any marital evidence for that year? Trip receipts, large purchases, photos?

On her passport, the immigrant visa issue date is October 2021. However, she entered the United States in February 2022, so her green card shows "resident since" February 2022.

 

 

[OldUser 6,633]

@Danmuji if your wife works and has home address set up somewhere on employer's internal website, this could be also used to prove she lives there. Same for you.

 

Also, if your child is in daycare, you may have some paperwork that shows your address.

 

If you're signed up for USPS Informed Delivery, you can submit email printouts showing various mail coming to you and your wife on this address.

 

There's many ways you can prove you live together indirectly if you don't have a lease / mortgage.

 

 

Edited November 10, 2023 by OldUser

[Sukie 1,459]

1.  They want to see evidence from the time of marriage or from when you submitted AOS.  This is VERY important.  Since your bank account is only 1 year old, you need to explain this in a cover letter.  Otherwise you will probably get an RFE because the circumstances are not clear if you only submit 12 months.

2.  You will need to get your mother to write an affidavit stating that you have lived together at the house that she owns since xx/xx/xx, and that you will continue to do so.  If you contribute at all to any of the expenses (like utilities), she needs to add that in, and I see that there are records to show that you do so.   Sometimes a parent can add a line like "I am happy for my son and daughter-in-law to live in the house that I own, so that they may begin saving money for one of their own" (if this is true).  Your driver's licenses can then prove you are at this address.  You need to show that you have lived together in the marriage.

 

 You have good evidence other than these two items.  They DO look at how you handle your finances, and they really care that you live together.

 

Best of luck!

 

Sukie in NY

Edited November 11, 2023 by Sukie
minor typo

[Danmuji 14]

1 hour ago, Sukie said:

1.  They want to see evidence from the time of marriage or from when you submitted AOS.  This is VERY important.  Since your bank account is only 1 year old, you need to explain this in a cover letter.  Otherwise you will probably get an RFE because the circumstances are not clear if you only submit 12 months.

2.  You will need to get your mother to write an affidavit stating that you have lived together at the house that she owns since xx/xx/xx, and that you will continue to do so.  If you contribute at all to any of the expenses (like utilities), she needs to add that in, and I see that there are records to show that you do so.   Sometimes a parent can add a line like "I am happy for my son and daughter-in-law to live in the house that I own, so that they may begin saving money for one of their own" (if this is true).  Your driver's licenses can then prove you are at this address.  You need to show that you have lived together in the marriage.

 

 You have good evidence other than these two items.  They DO look at how you handle your finances, and they really care that you live together.

 

Best of luck!

 

Sukie in NY

 

Thank you so much for your response. I would like to clarify one point and seek some feedback.

 

The joint bank account in question was originally opened in the 1990s and included my mother's name until September 2022. My wife was added to the account in April 2022. Concerned that it might appear unusual for a third party to be named on our joint account, we removed my mother's name in September 2022. As a result, we are submitting bank statements from October 2022 to October 2023 to demonstrate our joint financial management during a period when only our names were on the account. We could provide a total of 20 months of statements; however, the first 8 months would show all three names.

[Danmuji 14]

On 11/10/2023 at 10:13 AM, OldUser said:

She and others living at the address can write affidavits.

 

Are you a US citizen and registered to vote at this address? Maybe you can get some paperwork proving that too?

Yes, that's really great suggestion. I looked up my registration info online and has the address we are both currently living in.

 

Was your wife a LPR in 2021? If yes, do you have any marital evidence for that year? Trip receipts, large purchases, photos?

 

On her passport Immigrant Visa Issue date shows October 2021. And on green card resident since February 2022.

 

In the photos mentioned in the oringal post, we included a collage consisting of about 30 pictures in two A4 pages spanning 2022-2023.

 

Our pictures from hospital delivery room and new born baby along with vacation photos. If advisable, we could include few more for the 2021.

Also what do folks think of this affidavit letter from my mother about living with her:

 

Dear USCIS Officer,

 

I, [Parent's Name], am writing this affidavit to confirm the residence of my son, [Son's Name], and his wife, [Daughter-in-Law's Name]. They have been living in my home since [Date], and it is our intention for them to stay with me for the foreseeable future. In our shared residence, I have taken on the role of joyfully helping to care for their daughter, my granddaughter, [Granddaughter's Name].

 

I provide this affidavit for the USCIS as part of [Daughter-in-Law's Name]'s application to remove the conditions of her residence.

 

For any further verification or questions, I can be reached at [Contact Number].

 

Warm regards,

 

[Parent's Name]

[OldUser 6,633]

2 hours ago, Danmuji said:

Also what do folks think of this affidavit letter from my mother about living with her:

 

Dear USCIS Officer,

 

I, [Parent's Name], am writing this affidavit to confirm the residence of my son, [Son's Name], and his wife, [Daughter-in-Law's Name]. They have been living in my home since [Date], and it is our intention for them to stay with me for the foreseeable future. In our shared residence, I have taken on the role of joyfully helping to care for their daughter, my granddaughter, [Granddaughter's Name].

 

I provide this affidavit for the USCIS as part of [Daughter-in-Law's Name]'s application to remove the conditions of her residence.

 

For any further verification or questions, I can be reached at [Contact Number].

 

Warm regards,

 

[Parent's Name]

Make sure to include the home address in the affidavit

[Sukie 1,459]

On 11/11/2023 at 2:19 PM, Danmuji said:

 

Thank you so much for your response. I would like to clarify one point and seek some feedback.

 

The joint bank account in question was originally opened in the 1990s and included my mother's name until September 2022. My wife was added to the account in April 2022. Concerned that it might appear unusual for a third party to be named on our joint account, we removed my mother's name in September 2022. As a result, we are submitting bank statements from October 2022 to October 2023 to demonstrate our joint financial management during a period when only our names were on the account. We could provide a total of 20 months of statements; however, the first 8 months would show all three names.

Take the paragraph you have written above (which is very clear) and add it to your cover letter, removing the words "Concerned that it might appear unusual for a third party to be named on our joint account".  They still might ask you for prior statements, but you have explained everything up front, and I think you'll be good.

 

Best!

 

Sukie in NY