Hello All,

We mailed our I-751 paperwork on June 24. Do you think this is enough documentation (proof) to satisfy USCIS?

Here is what we sent along with the cover letter:

· Joint I-751 Petition for Removal of Conditions of Permanent Resident Status.

· Copy of the permanent resident (green) card of my wife XXXXXXXXXX (front and back).

· Copy of marriage certificate (March 31, 2006 at San Francisco City Hall, CA, USA).

· Copy of my California D.L. and my wife's California I.D. card (front and back).

· Copies of Patelco Credit Union joint savings and checking account statements (April 2006-May 2008).

· Copies of Washington Mutual joint checking account statements (October 2006-May 2008).

· Copy of 2006 joint federal (plus IRS transcripts) and California state tax returns.

· Copy of 2007 joint federal (plus IRS transcripts) and California state tax returns.

· Copy of U.S. Government economic stimulus notice listing both of our names.

· Two (2) sworn, notarized and affirmed affidavits from close family friends who have personal knowledge of our marriage and relationship.

· Copy of Northern California Carpenters Trust Fund enrollment form listing my wife as beneficiary under all carpenter plans (vacation pay, pension, annuity) as of April 11, 2006.

· Copy of XXXXXXXX Corporation (U.S. citizen spouse's employer) 401k beneficiary designation form listing my wife as beneficiary.

· Copy of T. Rowe Price (Roth IRA account) beneficiary information page listing my wife as beneficiary.

· Copy of Vanguard Group (Roth IRA account) beneficiary information page listing my wife as beneficiary.

· Copy of Fidelity Investments (Rollover IRA account) beneficiary information page listing my wife as beneficiary.

· Copy of our jointly held Geico auto insurance policy statements and cards.

· Copy of our Carpenters Health and Welfare medical insurance cards (front and back) showing a joint policy.

· Copy of our jointly held Patelco Credit Union account ATM Checking/Debit cards (front and back).

· Copy of our jointly held Costco membership cards dated June of 2006 (front and back).

· Copies of our joint Verizon Wireless account statements (December 2006-May 2008).

· Copies of our joint Pacific Gas and Electric account statements (February 2007-May 2008).

· Copies of our joint Sunset Scavenger (refuse collection) account statements (November 2006-May 2008)

· Copy of U.S. Airways flight itinerary from our trip to Arizona (May 25-June 2, 2007).

· Copies of Cathay Pacific flight itinerary and airline ticket stubs from our recent trip to Thailand (May 25-June 17, 2008).

· Photographs of my wife and myself alone as well as with other friends and family members (labels on backs of photos).



Thanks, Sherose

Stop showing off. Just Kidding but that is PLENTY of documentation. If I were to grade you on a percentage scale, I give you a 98%.

You have a lot of documentations , but too much is better then not enough

That looks about right. I wish you luck. We're right behind you.

What evidence do you have of lease or mortgage contracts showing joint ownership or occupancy?

The reason I noticed is because I'm struggling with that one myself. I owned my house 9 years before I even met my husband, and I have not added his name to the deed. Call it post-divorce traumatic stress disorder...

Ack.

Maya

PS What Jomo's girl said... good luck and we're right behind you, too!

WOW! If it is possible to overdue documentation I think you came close. Don't take this hard as its not meant to be but, it probably didn't require that much.

I think the key on the I-751 is to remember this line from the VJ I-751 Instructions: "On the "don't panic" front -- ultimately the burden of proof is on the CIS to show a fraudulent marriage."

We only sent in stuff from the examples. If it fails I'll write in to take back my above comments

We were in the same situation, but ours was approved. I guess all the other evidence was enough. If you get RFE'd, you could always do a quit claim deed and put him on it. That is probably a good idea anyway, just in case you die, so he wouldn't have to go to probate court.

I would just explain the situation in the cover letter...

Thanks for the replies, our situation is this, we live in a rent controlled apartment (cheap). My brother lived here for ten years before we took it over. He never had, or was asked to sign any sort of lease or rental agreement, nor were we.

Thanks, Sherose

More ammo the better!
Where's the WILL?

Looks very good. We didn't submit any joint mortgage or lease agreement either but addressed the situation in the cover letter and provided lots of other documents to show co-mingled financial and personal assets. We submitted to Vermont SC so we are still waiting, of course, but I guess we will see how you do with your case since it will likely be approved before ours and we submitted similar materials to you. Good luck for a quick and easy approval.

I humbly disagree. There have been many examples of fellow VJ'ers who sent in the bare minimum and got RFE'd, particularly those who fail to show adequate evidence of co-mingling of assets and liabilities spanning the lifetime of the marriage. It is our burden to prove we have legitimate, ongoing marriages, not USCIS's job to prove that we don't.

maya -- I am not on our house deed either. I sent in a copy of the deed to establish our address, and then made sure to include various things in our names (as a couple and singly) that showed we both resided at that address. got through it ok.