Very bad news, we ned your help!!!

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Guys

I'm not in a good mood, we need your help.

Today I came home from work to find this letter from USCIS asking us for more documents to prove that we are in a bona fide marriage, are they crazy???????????????????? what's wrong with them, I feel insulted by this stupid letter. They are giving us until January 7th to submit extra documentation. We have no idea of what else to submit.

We sent them already:

- 3 letters notarized of family and friends.

-Copy of our joint tax return.

-Letter from hubby's company (life insurance)

-Copy of our Visa card showing a joint account.

-Copy of health insurance cards showing a joint policy.

-Copy of airline reservations for a vacation we took together to Peru last year.

-Pictures of trips, New Years and diffrente celebrastion.

-Pay checks of hubby and mine showing our current address.

Maybe I made a mistake opening my own checking account???

We don't own our apartment, we pay monthly.

Any suggestions? Hubby is freaking out, he thinks that we made a mistake not hiring a lawyer to help us with this process but I thought that that wasn't necessary.

[Marilyn. 340]

do you have any utility bills or other bills?? they don't all necessarily have to be in both your names... just bills etc.. that show you live at the same address...

like I included a Netflix bill and a Sirius Satellite Radio bill that are both only in my hubby's name and then I send in some bills that were just in my name but like I said they all showed that we lived at the same address...

[Meriem_DZ 37]

What about submitting a lease for your apartment or a statement from your landlord with both of your names on it?

Meriem

[Marilyn. 340]

What about submitting a lease for your apartment or a statement from your landlord with both of your names on it?

Meriem

yeah, you should have some kind of lease agreement you signed when you moved in.. send in that... if you don't have one get your landlord to write you a letter...

[Marilyn. 340]

this was the list of evidence we sent in....

copy of baby's hospital certificate (this was not the birth certificate, just the paper we got from the hospital that hubby used to add the baby to his health care insurance)

copy of baby's death certificate

copy of rental agreement

copy of joint car insurance

copy of one recent joint tax form

copy of 401K that states that I am the primary beneficiary

copy of health care statement showing that I am covered under hubby's health care insurance

copy of one recent gas bill

copy of one recent phone bill

copy of one recent cable bill

copy of recent joint bank statements

copy of paper showing that hubby added me to his bank account

Copy of some bills (Sirius, Netflix etc) with just hubby's name and our address on it

Copy of some bills with just my name on it and our address (recent electric bill etc..)

Some envelopes from cards we got with both our names and address on them...

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Thank guys,

I'm with Sil and we are talking about that right now, you think the letter from our landlord has to be notarized or stamp or something??

More ideas???? please, please, please we are desperate

Gracias

Vi

[Marilyn. 340]

what about utility bills??

[October filer 0]

How about wills or a simple power of attorney--maybe you happen to have those items? Or maybe magazine subscriptions? Or perhaps just junk mail? How about car insurance or car registration with both names? State ID with identical address? Phone bills showing frequent calls to each other? Seems like you provided all you could on a "personal side" of things, but not the maximum amount on financial. Do you have any assets in joint name? Any other receipts issued to you both?

[Dakine 26]

Guys

I'm not in a good mood, we need your help.

Today I came home from work to find this letter from USCIS asking us for more documents to prove that we are in a bona fide marriage, are they crazy???????????????????? what's wrong with them, I feel insulted by this stupid letter. They are giving us until January 7th to submit extra documentation. We have no idea of what else to submit.

We sent them already:

- 3 letters notarized of family and friends.

-Copy of our joint tax return.

-Letter from hubby's company (life insurance)

-Copy of our Visa card showing a joint account.

-Copy of health insurance cards showing a joint policy.

-Copy of airline reservations for a vacation we took together to Peru last year.

-Pictures of trips, New Years and diffrente celebrastion.

-Pay checks of hubby and mine showing our current address.

Maybe I made a mistake opening my own checking account???

We don't own our apartment, we pay monthly.

Any suggestions? Hubby is freaking out, he thinks that we made a mistake not hiring a lawyer to help us with this process but I thought that that wasn't necessary.

#######?

Looking good from this side!

How about pictures in bed?

Seriously maybe a will.

Can't think of anything else.

Really don't know what a lawyer could add to prove a bonafide marriage.

I'd make a info pass and see what the hell they want!

[resq39 0]

Have him call the Senator for your state and go ahead and attempt to get a few more documents. Open joint account and put your name on the rental agreemant/lease. He can contact an immigration lawyer for advice its never too late to get them involved. Good luck

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Before I go to bed.....

I just called the satellite company and add my name to the account, and you are right, we have personal "proves" but we need more financial proves, we tought that sending the Docs from the insurance Company, letter from hubby's job and the tax returns was going to be enough.

Last time I sent some magazine subscriptions too, I will try to collect as much junk as I can.

Thank you amigos!!!

Sil & Vi (a little nervous and a little desperate)

[Griffon64 0]

The apartment lease should be a very good addition. I believe a shared residence is one of the things that are being looked for - leased or owned doesn't matter. Did the letter provide any details at all, or just a general request?

Something else to remember is a copy of the green card, right? That has to be the initial evidence. But I'm sure you added that even though it isn't on your list posted!

[Donna A 4]

maybe trying to resubmit some if not all of the things u already submitted again. i know sometimes things come up missing with the uscis for some reason.

they said we forgot one of our divorse decrees and i know 100% it was there.

also any letters addressed to both of u. christmas cards...junk mail..etc

[Moe_lisa 0]

This is what we sent in:

green card copy

state id drivers liscense for both of us (residing at same address)

4 letters from US Citizens

Tax Returns federal and state for 2 years

Bank statements over a period of 2 years

Money Market account statement

Pay stubs for him and me. (showing residing at same place)

House loan and house closing papers, house taxes bill, house insurance

Car insurance, policy and cards over 2 years span

Health insurance, dental insurance cards showing coverage of both

Various utility bills, some in my name and some together in both names . various ones over 2 year period

credit card bills, one in his name one in mine

grocery store card,

library cards (seperate name but same address)

copies of various letters and cards, birthday card to him from my mother, wedding invitation, baby christening invitation, christmas cards, mail addressed to both

travel documents of vacation together, plane ticket, hotel, receipts of things bought on vacation

and we sent 4 pages of pictures that were small size pics of us together during the 2 years.

I know its a lot but i didnt want to not send enough! I hope this may give you some helps on different things you can find! once you start thinking about it you can come up with all kind of ideas!

Good Luck!!!

[Cassie 8]

You have gotten a pretty typical RFE at this stage of the game. They want to see that over the past two years (and since you have been married, really) you have begun to mingle your financial assets and liabilities. By the looks of the list of evidence you initially provided, you were very light on this kind of documentation. There have been some excellent suggestions already in this thread for additional proof you can send in. I personally would focus on the following:

--anything that proves you are each other's beneficiaries -- wills, life insurance, medical insurance, etc etc

--anything that proves you are co-mingling your assets & liabilities -- tax transcripts from all the years you have been married, copy of mortgage/lease, joint bank accounts, joint investments, bills in both your names (or, if you are keeping your money separate, show how things are getting paid -- ie. You are paying the phone bills, he pays the cable bill, etc etc).. I would include a sample of those kinds of things that span the existence of your married life together, Ie. not every single bill from every single month.

-- anything that proves you live at the same address

Anyways, it sounds like you will be ok. Don't freak out too much.