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August 2, 2008

USCIS California Service Center
P.O. Box 10751
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0751

Re: I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions of Status On:
XXXXXX– A# XXXXX

Dear USCIS Examiner:

Please find enclosed a JOINT I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions of Status regarding my husband, XXXXX.

My husband entered the U.S. on a K-1 Visa on June 15, 2006 and we married on June 29, 2006. His Adjustment of Status petition was approved on November 1, 2006. We have established a happy life together and request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of my husband, XXXXXX.

Enclosed in this package, we are providing the following documents as evidence to verify the status of our marriage:

(Please note, everything is divided into sections and separated by colored cardstock and/or sheets of paper. Each section is marked as to what it contains. The latest date is in the front and goes back from there.)

(IN THIS SECTION)
• Completed form I-751 with attachment
• Insert that came with Green Card
• Check # Payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the amount of $545.00 to satisfy the $465.00 filing feel and the $80 biometric fee.
• Copy of front and back of XXXXX Permanent Resident Card
• Copy of Both of Our Driver’s Licenses Showing the Same Address

Sworn Affidavits (ALSO IN THIS SECTION)
• Sworn Affidavits from XXX, XXXX, XXX, XXXX, and XXX.

Banking/ Tax Records
• Copy of our Joint XXXXXChecking and Savings Accounts and Debit Cards
• Copy of our Joint XXXX Bank Checking and Savings Accounts
• Copy of our Joint XXX Savings Account.
• Copy of bill for Joint XXXXX Bank Safe Deposit Box.
• Copy of Our Joint 2006 and 2007 Tax Returns with copies of W-2's
• Copy of pay stubs showing marital residence address
Residential/Utilities
• Copy of our apartment rental agreement and copies of cancelled rent checks
• Copies of joint bills for Gas company, electric company, LD company, and Telephone/cell phone/internet company

Insurance Records
• Copy of joint Insurance cards and form showing XXXX on my health plan and then on his own through employment. Also copies of some Explanation of Benefits and prescription records
• Copies of dental bills and Explanation of Benefits
• Copy of my Life Insurance Policy information showing XXXX as beneficiary
• Copy of our joint monthly XXXX bill, car insurance cards, and policy
• Copy of our joint renter’s insurance
• One copy of XXXX’s Durable Power of Attorney/Advanced Directive and one copy of XXXX’s, appointing the other as decision maker in emergencies
• Copy of XXXX’s retirement policy showing XXXX as beneficiary

Other Records/Misc. Documents
• Copy of donation form and pages from auction booklet
• Pre-adoption Screening from the CDA in Jamaica - First step in the process to adopt our orphaned nephew
• Copy of our joint XXXX bills
• Copy of our Joint XXXXX Credit Cards
• Copy of our some event tickets.
• Copies of some mail

Photographs
• I am a scrapbooker, so, copies of all events in the last two years that we attended. Pages include dates, places, who is in the picture, and what we are doing.

You may feel free to inquire at any of the sources of enclosed documentation for validity of their statements, and you are always welcome to visit our home should you ever desire to do so. Please advise me if you have any further questions or problems related to this petition.

Respectfully submitted,



XXXXX XXXXX
Husband’s signature Wife’s signature


Enclosures

Whoops.....Freudian slip......should say "fee" not "feel".

Sorry Jomo's Girl I am not at this step yet but I was so impressed with all the evidence and how you wrote your cover letter I had to tell you that if I was the USCIS Officer I would approve your petition just on the grounds of this letter!!!!!!!
It looks fantastic.
I will be saving it for my time to remove conditions

I have it in a folder that has space for 4 different sections. Each section is marked pretty much how I wrote in the letter for consistancy.

I saved everything, including my affidavits. I will happily pass them on to you when you are ready. Just hollar. I got a whole lot of help from my friend Mindy who just did this a few months ago.

Looks pretty good. I sent everything in the order of our cover letter with tabs separating the documents/evidence. Each tab was labelled like the heading to each section of our cover letter.

Looks very good. I did the same - and have a lot of similar evidence to yours. I two hole punched it and put it into ACCO fasteners with the tabs at the bottom, and the tabbed sheets between each section also containing a list of the items in that tabbed section.

Although I still have thirteen days until I can file, I'm ready to rock 'n' roll y'all! I used a clear clamp binder (therefore did not need to three hole punch the papers) with these really nifty plastic section dividers on which you can write. I used a Sharpie pen on these plastic dividers to write the section names (similar to yours). The ink does not smudge.

One piece of evidence I used (and believe me, this is secondary info) that I haven't seen mentionned in this forum is a letter from my local YMCA stating that my husband and I have had a "family" membership since October 2006 (the month I arrived in the US). They also said something nice and gooey about how wonderful it is to have us as members.

Honestly, your list looks like it would be the example against which all other i-751 petitions should be judged! I can't imagine you will have any problems whatsoever.

Jo-Anne

Hey, not sure where you saw the three hole punch thing, but the govt doesn't use three hole punches (at least at USCIS). They two hole punch at the top. If you're going to use dividers, make sure the dividers appear at the bottom, not the sides (although this one probably doesn't matter as much as where the holes are punched).

I didn't 3 hole punch. I 2 hole punched at the top and used ACCO fasteners, exactly as I did on all the K-1 and AOS paperwork.

This time, there are 4 seperate sections.

And, my dividers are colored sheets of cardstock marked with what is in each section. I am not using divider tabs this time. However, when I did for the K-1 and AOS, I put them on the side. Had no issues whatsoever.

Oops, I meant two hole punch. I just don't feel comfortable putting any holes in my documentation (e.g., affidavits) so searched for a clear binder that would simply clamp everything together. If they want to put holes in my stuff, they are my guests. I wish the USCIS would state exactly how they want the evidence presented (if anyone has seen something official, PLEASE post the link). It feels like I'm doing a grade school project and trying to second guess what my teacher would expect in order to get an 'A'!

BTW, my husband and I are really not comfortable sending all our financial info with the account numbers showing. Lord knows how the government disposes of this evidence (I have heard stories about identity thieves targeting the dumpsters of government offices). I have therefore whited out a portion of each account number. I have another complete copy of my petition package ready to go if they want to see these numbers but I suspect that's unlikely.

A tip that bears repeating (this came from another VJer)...I think it's a great idea to put one's A# on every piece of evidence in case it gets separated from the rest of the petition.

Jo-Anne

Y'all are spending too much money on office supplies! You don't need plastic dividers or tabs or whatever -- it all gets dumped out of your package before it gets put into your file -- in the order they want it in.

Get your stuff out of the binder and just use binder clips or paper clips. They're going to take it out of the binder anyways.

I have yet to see a VJ'er reporting a problem with identity theft due to the immigration process.