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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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It had to get postponed a couple of times because things came up (like a vacation and my husband getting sick)... but it was a good thing because a few more bits of evidence came in during the last month. So this is what I've got to send in. (everything is a copy of course, except the actual application...)

- cover letter

- application to remove conditions

- permanent resident card

- my social security card with the address attached

- 2004, 2005, 2006 tax returns from H&R Block

- matching driver's licenses showing same address.

- DH's Insurance benefits summary for 2007 showing me as spouse/dependant.

- dental insurance statement for me from Oct showing DH's name as inusrance holder.

- matching eyeglass statements (I broke my glasses so we got DH reading glasses at the same time)

- joint lease for our apartment ending in April 2008

- bank statements from our three accounts (one statement for each account per year we've had it open)

- letter from the bank re our account balance in November.

- Best Buy letter approving our joint credit card

- Pet Insurance paperwork for our two cats

- Vet reminders for our cats from 2005

- Receipt letter for donations to our church this year

- his-and-hers donation checks from our old church.

- Friends of the Library newsletter from the local library with a 'thankyou for volunteering' to me in it.

- Broward Folk Club newsletter addressed to both of us

- Junk mail from the christian bookshop, addressed to both of us

- a couple of envelopes/christmas cards.

- memorabilia, hotel invoice and photos from our trip to a sci-fi convention in 2006

- Ditto for a different convention in 2007

- Half a dozen random pages from our scrapbook from our wedding onwards.

And I certainly hope that's enough to satisfy them! We can't send in bills because they're all in DH's name... ditto the car and insurance (I don't even drive). And we don't have any kids so there are no birth certificates etc. DH's sisters offered to write letters for us, but they're both out of state visiting family until the end of the year, so it's too late for that. We have photos of us and them together in the package. I've included EVERYTHING I could think of to put in! Does it look okay?

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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I thought 2 letters are mandatory... isn't it?

*Last Journey Started*

N-400

2009. 5. 6 Mailed N-400 to AZ Lockbox

2009. 5.15 Check Cashed

2009. 5.18 Recvd NOA1, NOA date is 5/13/09

2009. 6.16 Biometrics done

2009. 9.14 Interview - Passed!

2009. 9.21 Oath

Finally done with USCIS... FOREVER I hope

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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Nobody else has any advice for me? Should I be panicking because we don't have any letters... well, if they want them now they'll have to RFE me for them. Since nobody pointed out any glaring omissions, the package is going in the mail this afternoon.

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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Your list looks good. Letters are not mandatory. They will require it if there are not enough evidence to show intermingling of finances.

Good luck!

Edited by eau_xplain

08/17/08: Mailed N400 to TSC

08/19/08: USPS attempted delivery

08/20/08: TSC received N400

08/21/08: TSC cashed check

09/02/08: Received NOA...........Priority date: 08/20/08

..............................................Notice date : 08/22/08

09/02/08: Received Biometrics Notification

09/18/08: Biometrics completed - Charlotte DO

10/24/08: Received Interview Letter

12/08/08: Interview @ 1:00pm. APPROVED!

01/05/09: Oath Ceremony 10:00AM. Now officially a USC!!!

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

01/17/09: Applied for US Passport and passport card

01/28/09: Received US Passport

01/29/09: Received US passport card

01/29/09: Received naturalization certificate back from passport office

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NOT TO WORRY!!

Letters are NOT mandatory ... they are just another form of evidence that you may wish to submit!

Good luck!

Timeline

01-30-06 2-Year Green Card Approved

02-11-06 2-Year Green Card Arrival

11-05-07 I-751 Petition MAILED To TSC

11-08-07 I-751 Petition RECEIVED At TSC

11-26-07 I-751 Petition Transferred to CSC and Check Cashed

12-01-07 NOA For 1-Year Extention RECEIVED from CSC

12-17-07 Biometrics Letter Received / Scheduled for 1/8/08

01-08-08 Biometrics Completed At ASC

01-08-08 Touched

01-09-08 Touched

03-26-08 10-Year GC APPROVED!!!! HOORAY!!!

04-03-08 10-Year GC ARRIVES! GC Journey Over For Another 10-Years~On To Citizenship

N-400 Application

10-15-2009 Application Filed

10-16-2009 Application Received / Lewisville, TX

10-21-2009 NOA I-797 Receipt for Application

11-10-2009 Electronic Notice of RFE For Biometrics

11-12-2009 Biometrics Letter Received

12-04-2009 Biometrics

12-17-2009 Notice That File Has Been Transferred To Local Office For Standard Interview

01-19-2010 Interview - PASSED! HOORAY!

01-20-2010 Oath for NEW U.S. Citizen! FINISHED AND DONE!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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I decided we probably had enough without them... I dredged up EVERYTHING I could think of to show that we did stuff together (like church), and there's 65 pages of stuff in the package! If that's not enough to show that we're really married, I don't know what is... I just finished tidying the packet up and added in some 'real' junkmail and envelopes just so not everything is a photocopy, and in about half an hour it's off to the bank to get the cashier's cheque. And then it's in the mail. Whew!

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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And it's in the mail :) Now to wait... and wait... and wait! And hope that Texas passes it along to CSC for rubber-stamping like they did my first app.

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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The letters aren't mandatory. You need them if you don't have enough of the other evidence. Don't do what we did and use the wrong I-751. I feel like a bonehead now :unsure:

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