Requesting feedback on I-751 package

[emixkid 48]

Hello VJ community!

 

My wife’s green card expires on 4/13/24, so I am in the process of gathering documents and wanted people’s feedback on our items.

 

- Table of contents

- Check for $680

- Front and back copies of wife’s green card

- Copy of marriage certificate

(For evidence of continued marriage)

- Tax transcripts from the last three years

- Car insurance with both of our names listed

- Apartment leasing contracts from 2020 to 2024

- All joint bank statements from October 2021 

- Recent photos together

- Copies of both our driver’s licenses

- Recent pay stubs to show our same residence address

 

Please let me know if I am missing anything or any other additional feedback. Thank you!

[Dashinka 24,487]

Seems like a fairly comprehensive list.

 

Good Luck!

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

1 hour ago, emixkid said:

Hello VJ community!

 

My wife’s green card expires on 4/13/24, so I am in the process of gathering documents and wanted people’s feedback on our items.

 

- Table of contents

- Check for $680

- Front and back copies of wife’s green card

- Copy of marriage certificate

(For evidence of continued marriage)

- Tax transcripts from the last three years

- Car insurance with both of our names listed

- Apartment leasing contracts from 2020 to 2024

- All joint bank statements from October 2021 

- Recent photos together

- Copies of both our driver’s licenses

- Recent pay stubs to show our same residence address

 

Please let me know if I am missing anything or any other additional feedback. Thank you!

Your list looks pretty good to me.  Good luck!  I hope you get a quick approval (but don't hold your breath).

[SalishSea 17,818]

Sounds good!  We only sent quarterly bank statements.  We also sent quarterly joint bills, like utilities, phone, Internet etc.

[Daphne . 1,852]

Looks good! How many pages are the "all bank statements"? If that comes down to hundreds of pages, that might be overkill and you could just decide to send a statement for every quarter from the last years.

[emixkid 48]

50 minutes ago, Daphne . said:

Looks good! How many pages are the "all bank statements"? If that comes down to hundreds of pages, that might be overkill and you could just decide to send a statement for every quarter from the last years.

I was thinking that, too. I just remember someone strongly recommending including all statements, but I think I’ll go with quarterly statements based on the other comments. Thank you!

[Daphne . 1,852]

1 minute ago, emixkid said:

I was thinking that, too. I just remember someone strongly recommending including all statements, but I think I’ll go with quarterly statements based on the other comments. Thank you!

Quality over quantity, you’ve got this! 👍🏻

[OldUser 6,625]

2 hours ago, emixkid said:

I was thinking that, too. I just remember someone strongly recommending including all statements, but I think I’ll go with quarterly statements based on the other comments. Thank you!

Must have been me 😅

 

The instructions for I-751 call for as much evidence as possible. The quality evidence does not become less useful when there's a lot of it. People don't receive RFEs for providing too much relevant evidence, but do get it for missing evidence.

 

Quarterly appears to be acceptable and many people got approved with it, however when I did mine I sent monthly. Never got any issue for that. Approved without the interview.

[P055UM 281]

Going through putting my package together at the moment. The instructions do clearly state evidence should include affidavits from people who know you. 

 

I know that they are weak evidence, but since they are one of the few things explicitly called out by the instructions, I will probably be including a couple. Not saying this to be a pedant, just something that has been nagging at me recently.

 

Otherwise, looks similar to mine. Good luck!

[powerpuff 6,697]

The list looks good to me.

 

If you have any shared health insurance, you can include that too.

 

Another idea is print out of your employer’s portal page where it shows your spouse as an emergency contact and, if you have this, a beneficiary of any life insurance (both of our jobs offer that).

 

don’t forget the G-1125 e-notification form.

 

I ultimately included quarterly bank statements instead of monthly. You should do what  makes you comfortable  

 

 

Edited January 4 by powerpuff

[emixkid 48]

31 minutes ago, AW1704 said:

Going through putting my package together at the moment. The instructions do clearly state evidence should include affidavits from people who know you. 

 

I know that they are weak evidence, but since they are one of the few things explicitly called out by the instructions, I will probably be including a couple. Not saying this to be a pedant, just something that has been nagging at me recently.

 

Otherwise, looks similar to mine. Good luck!

Hello,

 

I think you are referring to number 5 below “The documents should include, but not limited, to the following examples.” For me, interpretation of “examples” means just what can be included, not what has to be included. I always thought affidavits were included for those with weaker evidence. Nonetheless, I’ll take it into consideration. Thank you.

Edited January 4 by emixkid

[OldUser 6,625]

1 hour ago, AW1704 said:

Going through putting my package together at the moment. The instructions do clearly state evidence should include affidavits from people who know you. 

 

I know that they are weak evidence, but since they are one of the few things explicitly called out by the instructions, I will probably be including a couple. Not saying this to be a pedant, just something that has been nagging at me recently.

 

Otherwise, looks similar to mine. Good luck!

Including affidavits does not hurt at all. I threw a couple of them in my I-751 packet. Not sure what role they played in approval, but sometimes it's this little affidavit that moves the needle if IO has a doubt!

[OldUser 6,625]

1 hour ago, emixkid said:

Hello,

 

I think you are referring to number 5 below “The documents should include, but not limited, to the following examples.” For me, interpretation of “examples” means just what can be included, not what has to be included. I always thought affidavits were included for those with weaker evidence. Nonetheless, I’ll take it into consideration. Thank you.

I always take approach of "what all can I submit to support my case" VS "what's the required minimum I can submit to get approval". This ensures you're above and beyond the required minimum and thus lessens the chance of RFE

[Rocio0010 5,579]

Your list looks very comprehensive to me. I included ALL bank statements from for the previous two years. Don't be me. It was an overkill. Just do quarterly bank statements and you will be fine.

[Caligirl1 212]

20 hours ago, emixkid said:

Hello VJ community!

 

My wife’s green card expires on 4/13/24, so I am in the process of gathering documents and wanted people’s feedback on our items.

 

- Table of contents

- Check for $680

- Front and back copies of wife’s green card

- Copy of marriage certificate

(For evidence of continued marriage)

- Tax transcripts from the last three years

- Car insurance with both of our names listed

- Apartment leasing contracts from 2020 to 2024

- All joint bank statements from October 2021 

- Recent photos together

- Copies of both our driver’s licenses

- Recent pay stubs to show our same residence address

 

Please let me know if I am missing anything or any other additional feedback. Thank you!

Looks good....if possible add insurance with both names for utilities or life insurance for example