Hi Everyone,

How are you? I haven't been on VJ for quite awhile, but am back now as I'm in the midst of organizing the application and the joint evidence for the I-751 (Removal of Conditions) that I have to file in August (yes, I'm getting started on it by organizing it early now). Anyways, I was wondering if the evidence and information I have so far (which I have gathered throughout the years of our marriage), listed below is sufficient enough:

Application form and application/biometric fees
Cover letter
Pregnancy and Miscarriage Medical Notes
Joint Home Purchase Agreement and Maintenence Fees Letters
Joint Homeowner Insurance Declaration and Invoice
Joint Home Renovation and Repair Receipts
Joint Checking Account Bank Statements
Joint Credit Card Statements
Joint Non-Filing of Income Tax Letter/Explanation
Joint Automobile Insurance Policy Declaration and Statements
Joint Electric Bills
Joint Gas Bills
Joint Water and Septic/Sewer Invoices
Joint Telephone Invoices
Photographs during the years of our marriage
Joint Trips and Events Receipts and Tickets
Joint Mail, Subscriptions, and Junk Mail
Affidavits from individuals who have known us since conditional residency

Am I missing anything else? Is there anything else I need to make a note of and/or include or exclude? Any ideas, comments, suggestions, feedback, advice or anything else is greatly appreciated from the VJ community. Thank you.

Ant

Your list looks very good! Don't forget your tax transcripts for the years that you filed as married.

Ooopss... I just saw that you have a letter of non-filing of income tax. Ignore my post then

Yes, Ant, it looks very good:-). Sorry to hear about your miscarriage:-(.

Oops...I forgot to add the following items to the list above, which I will also include in the application:

Permanent Residence Card (both front side and back side)
Canadian Passport (with added married surname)
Marriage Certificate

Ant

Hi eau_xplain,

Thanks for your "good" reply. Lol...it's ok about the mixup about the tax transcripts, as I don't think you'll be the only one confused with this. Hopefully the letter that we submit in the application will explain thoroughly the situation regarding the joint taxes.

Ant

Hi Kathryn41,

Thanks for your "very good" reply and your kind words too. It's ok about the miscarriage, as I guess it "wasn't meant to be" at the time, especially since it was a high-risk pregnancy. Funny though, eating a box of Smarties (Canadian, the chocolate-kind) shortly after the miscarriage helped me feel a bit better. Weird, eh?

Ant

As long as your financial documents cover the entirety of your marriage (ie. a sample over the time you have been married), then methinks you are good to go.

Looks great.

Only thing I could think of was:

Health insurance....if you are on a joint policy.
Life insurance....if you are the beneficiary of the other.
Advanced directives....if one of you is allowed to make the decision for the others. (this can be downloaded off the web, filled out, and then notarized.)
And lastly, the paper that the 2 year green card came attached to....they actually suggest you keep it an attach it to the ROC form.

None of those are overly important....just more proof. If you don't have it, I still think your proof is great. You will be just fine.

Hi Cassie,

Thanks for your good reply. In answer to your question, yes, the financial documents do cover the entirety of the marriage (over the last two years or so), with a bill from every 3-4 months or so during those years to be submitted. Lol…after all this is done, I’m sure my husband will be glad to here me stop saying, “Don’t throw those paid bills out!”…

Ant

Hi Jomo’sGirl,

Thanks for your great/fine reply and for your suggestions about some extra documents to include. Unfortunately, we don’t have joint health insurance and we don’t have joint life insurance, so we can’t include those. For advanced directives (I assume you mean: wills, living wills, power of attorneys, and those type of documents), we haven’t made those out yet, as our lives are currently still in transition and there are a lot of life changes at this time for us to be able to make those documents out now. I still have that letter/paper the Green Card came with attached to. However, I couldn’t find where it says on the I-751/ROC application form or on that Green Card letter that says I’m supposed to attach this Green Card letter with the I-751 application too, nor that I knew it was mandatory to send such. So can you tell me where exactly it says I’m supposed to do so, as you mentioned about it? By the way, speaking of letters from immigration, it’s been two years or so and I still haven’t received that Welcome Letter everyone else seems to get at about the same time they get their Green Card, I guess I’m not welcomed in the US then (just kidding, of course)…

Ant