here is a list of documents i will included with my I-751 package:

- form I-751

- 2 passport size photographs

- filing fee $205

- copy of my 2 year green card
(front and back)

- copy of my US social security card

- copy of my german ID
(with married name)

- copy of my german passport
(with VA address and married name)

- copy of my VA ID

- copy of our joint credit card

- copy of my name changing in germany

- copy of paperwork that we are legaly married in US and Germany

- 4 letters from relatives & friends with knowledge of our marriage
(notarized)

- letters from USCIS

- documents showing evidence of relationship
(train tickets when i visited him in germany - when he was in the army)

- copy of phone bills, cell bills, emails, letters, cards
(when we had our LDR in 2003 till 2004)

- copy of cingular bills
(both names)

- birth certificate of our child
(he will be born in march/april 2007..)

- copy of joint bank account

- copys of bank statements

- marriage certificate

- letter from in laws that we dont pay for rent or utilities
(notarized)

- property tax
2004 and 2005 and 2006

- federal income tax
2004 and 2005 and 2006

- photos from the past 4 years showing us two with friends/family
and on various trips and our wedding

- statement from our workplaces stating their records show our status as "married"
and i am his emergency contact and he is mine

- copys of christmas cards, wedding invitations, etc
(that are addressed to us, along with the outer envelopes with the postmark date)

- copys of the paystubs and how they are deposited into the joint bank account
(deposited into the same account shows you have a shared financial life)

is this enough??

i would write a will too that shows my spouse is beneficiary but i dunno how and what to write.. lol

thanks

Sounds good to me.
Just one thing, I thought we can't make copies of the Social Security Card.
Anybody there can verify?

are these really necessary?? "letters from relatives & friends with knowledge of our marriage"

I am just asking for myself.... I know it probably has been asked a million times before

Could I just type up a letter and have them sign it or would they have to write it themselves??

Nobody can tell you exactly what's enough, but your list looks pretty comprehensive.

Double check the recent threads on the filing fee. I haven't followed what the current consensus is, but there's a biometrics fee now, so the total is $275, I believe. I'm not sure if that's to be split into two checks ($205 + $70), or one $275 check.

I believe that another recent change is that the passport photos are no longer required, but don't trust my word on this. Download a fresh I-751 from the USCIS website just before you actually file, and review it for any new changes in the requirements. Who knows, things may change still further between now and filing time.

In addition to the birth certificate, it might be nice to include a family photo showing mom, dad, and baby together in the hospital before being discharged.

Though I think you've got way more than enough for immigration now, you still should probably visit a family law attorney and see about having a will drawn up, and life insurance. The reason I say that has everything to do with planning for the child's future, and nothing to do with immigration.

I've never seen anybody post here that they got turned down for the I-751. A few have posted that they had to go to an interview, but that's not the end of the world, and they interview some couples at random, even with excellent evidence. If you're raising a child together, in addition to all the other evidence you've listed, you should sail through.



Yep, it's been asked. Use the advanced search button to search this forum for the word "affidavit" (in other forums, you'll get too many hits on affidafits of support).

Everybody agrees they don't hurt. Quite a few people believe they aren't necessary, as long as you have several types of the sorts of documentary evidence that a bona fide couple will naturally accumulate during two years of shared married life. FWIW, we didn't file any affidavits, but filed various kinds of financial evidence, travel photos, and the birth certificate of our daughter. Don't take that as a recommendation to avoid filing them, though.

We did not submit any letters from friends and we have not received any RFE's for them.

If you have lots of other proof of a bona fide marriage, the letters aren't necessary.

yeah, I know how to use the search feature... just was easier to ask here.. sorry