Extra evidence uploading to online application - size limitations

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 6]

I am going to add extra evidence such as three years joint bank account statements / investment account statements.  The full statements are several pages long.  Would it be sufficient to just upload the first page showing the institution and account numbers and the fact that the accounts are jointly held -  and provide 36 months of these ?   If each statement is 5 -10 pages long it could be 360 pages instead, and I'm worried about size of .jpg at that point as there are size limits.   Thoughts ?

[Crazy Cat 41,772]

I would convert them to pdf....

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 6]

I may have mis-spoke.  I'm going to scan them.  So whatever file type my scanner creates.  Should I be scanning all 10 pages ?   Or will the first page showing the relevant institution, account number, joint account names, address confirm be sufficient   vs   sending all the transactional pages ?

[jackiegringa 419]

1 hour ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

I may have mis-spoke.  I'm going to scan them.  So whatever file type my scanner creates.  Should I be scanning all 10 pages ?   Or will the first page showing the relevant institution, account number, joint account names, address confirm be sufficient   vs   sending all the transactional pages ?

All pages, your scanner most likely allows you to pick the file type and PDF might be preferable. Maybe if the file is too big, lower the resolution of the scan.

 

I did quarterly statements, so 4 per year.

Edited April 4 by jackiegringa

[OldUser 6,589]

2 hours ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

I may have mis-spoke.  I'm going to scan them.  So whatever file type my scanner creates.  Should I be scanning all 10 pages ?   Or will the first page showing the relevant institution, account number, joint account names, address confirm be sufficient   vs   sending all the transactional pages ?

First page only often triggers RFE

[Boiler 45,434]

I read that they take about 20 minutes to review a case, I would concentrate on the important stuff.

[Lemonslice 4,830]

I wouldn't submit 36 months of full statements, unless you think your relationship looks very suspicious.

If you want to submit some in their entirety, I'd do oldest, than quarterly, and the last three to six months. You guys aren't even married, that type of evidence is usually not required.

 

On another note, you can usually select the type of documents you want your scanner to create, and very large PDF files can be reasonably small in size.  Might even be easier to downloads then directly from your financial institution than to scan them.

 

 

Edited April 5 by Lemonslice
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[OldUser 6,589]

Are you applying under 5 year rule? If yes, and you don't have a pending I-751, then you don't need to upload bank statements at all.

 

Only tax return transcripts for the last 5 years, front and back of GC etc etc.

 

On the other hand, if you're applying under 3 year rule, then submit as much evidence or bonafide marriage including bank statements, utility bills etc. In this case building a strong case throwing every relevant evidence in application is a good thing.

Edited April 5 by OldUser

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

12 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

I wouldn't submit 36 months of full statements, unless you think your relationship looks very suspicious.

If you want to submit some in their entirety, I'd do oldest, than quarterly, and the last three to six months. You guys aren't even married, that type of evidence is usually not required.

 

Not married? OP is applying for citizenship after starting with a K1 many years ago. 

[Lemonslice 4,830]

55 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Not married? OP is applying for citizenship after starting with a K1 many years ago. 

I am not sure why my brain misread this as a K1 preparation. OP, please forget that part of my answer!

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 6]

Thanks everyone.   I am filing under 3 yr as a spouse of US citizen.  (Don't know what a I-751 is)   Married since 2012. I have already uploaded all the "imortant stuff" but was reading the list of  "Below is a list of documents to bring with you to your Form N-400 interview"  and thought it would be helpful to upload more for their review ahead of time ?  I guess I confused everyone by my timeline responses.  But K1 was what I originally applied for.  I did fill in all the other timeline info on my bio page.  I guess that's harder to see ?    I have had Perm Res Card (no Conditions) since Dec 2014.    Should I put that on timeline instead ?  What is the correct acronym for that ?   Again sorry for confusion.

[OldUser 6,589]

14 minutes ago, HereWeGoAgainV2.0 said:

Thanks everyone.   I am filing under 3 yr as a spouse of US citizen.  (Don't know what a I-751 is)   Married since 2012. I have already uploaded all the "imortant stuff" but was reading the list of  "Below is a list of documents to bring with you to your Form N-400 interview"  and thought it would be helpful to upload more for their review ahead of time ?  I guess I confused everyone by my timeline responses.  But K1 was what I originally applied for.  I did fill in all the other timeline info on my bio page.  I guess that's harder to see ?    I have had Perm Res Card (no Conditions) since Dec 2014.    Should I put that on timeline instead ?  What is the correct acronym for that ?   Again sorry for confusion.

Why are you applying under 3 year rule and not under 5 year rule? The latter is much easier.

[HereWeGoAgainV2.0 6]

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Why are you applying under 3 year rule and not under 5 year rule? The latter is much easier.

 

Honestly, the further I go the more confused I get.  My GC expires at the end of the year.  I started the online app in March.  I answered the online eligibility questions, uploaded the required evidence and tried to re-create my VJ info from 10+ years ago because I couldn't find it anymore.  The more I read the more confused I get.   Some people say the more extra evidence you provide the smoother the approval process goes.  So I read the USCIS N-400 Instructions for App for Naturalization and have been working through the "documents to bring with you to your interview".   You could be right I may fall into the 5 year "easy" category because we've been married for over 11 years now.  But as I said, the further I go I can't remember where I read stuff and can't put my fingers on previous notes etc. and end up chasing myself around.   I just realized the bank we deal with only puts the Primary name of our bank accounts on our statements.  These accounts have been joint since we moved here almost nine years ago and now I see they are actually useless for immigration as they don't show as JOINT.  Ridiculous.   Should I get a letter from bank along with our signature cards proving the accounts have been joint since 2015 ?   For every step forward I seem to take 3 steps back.    Our house purchase deed chose the legal address.  I can't find the simple legal address anywhere to assist with simple proof of residence.   I do have water and heat etc.  But sheesh !!!   I'm sorry for not being a whiz with this system either.  Had trouble with the "quote" thing.