Evidence 1-751 - review!

[alborosie8090 17]

Hi all!

 

Just wanted some opinions on evidence my husband and I are providing for AOS. Also wondering if certain items are required. 

 

What I have solidly:

 

1) Bank Statements of Joint Savings Account since opening to present. We have only a joint savings. Spend money too differently! 

2) Copy of Joint Lease from arrival to US to present. 

3) Auto + Apartment Insurance Documents. Includes cards and renewal offers / billing statements addressed to each.

4) Health Insurance Enrollment E-mails from my employer showing me and my husband's name. Elected upon marriage and have been on since present. (Aside - assuming I should send copies of the actual cards?)

5) Joint tax transcripts from marriage to present. 

6) I do have statements from Xcel Energy and Comcast. However, for these, I really have only recent ones 2017 and up. Do you think the above is sufficient, plus the recent ones, or should I go to Xcel and Comcast to get statements from inception to present? Accounts are in my name as I do finances, but also addressed to husband. So not sure how helpful remaining statements would be?

7) Copies of travel documents and photos of trips taken together to Costa Rica (visiting family), a trip to L.A., etc.

8) Copies of some cards and personal things addressed to us.

9) Two affidavits from friends. 

 

Thoughts? Need more? Should I resubmit some of our wedding stuff that we sent for 1-485 as well? I'm a little nervous since we don't have joint credit or checkings accounts, but also not afraid to chat about that if it was questioned. We have very different spending habits and it works best for us to keep that separate and then put all of our tax refunds and such. I think this is something a lot of couples do, but I realize we are / risk being treated as different than regular couples. 

 

Thx for all input

 

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

45 minutes ago, alborosie8090 said:

Hi all!

 

Just wanted some opinions on evidence my husband and I are providing for AOS. Also wondering if certain items are required. 

 

What I have solidly:

 

1) Bank Statements of Joint Savings Account since opening to present. We have only a joint savings. Spend money too differently! 

2) Copy of Joint Lease from arrival to US to present. 

3) Auto + Apartment Insurance Documents. Includes cards and renewal offers / billing statements addressed to each.

4) Health Insurance Enrollment E-mails from my employer showing me and my husband's name. Elected upon marriage and have been on since present. (Aside - assuming I should send copies of the actual cards?)

5) Joint tax transcripts from marriage to present. 

6) I do have statements from Xcel Energy and Comcast. However, for these, I really have only recent ones 2017 and up. Do you think the above is sufficient, plus the recent ones, or should I go to Xcel and Comcast to get statements from inception to present? Accounts are in my name as I do finances, but also addressed to husband. So not sure how helpful remaining statements would be?

7) Copies of travel documents and photos of trips taken together to Costa Rica (visiting family), a trip to L.A., etc.

8) Copies of some cards and personal things addressed to us.

9) Two affidavits from friends. 

 

Thoughts? Need more? Should I resubmit some of our wedding stuff that we sent for 1-485 as well? I'm a little nervous since we don't have joint credit or checkings accounts, but also not afraid to chat about that if it was questioned. We have very different spending habits and it works best for us to keep that separate and then put all of our tax refunds and such. I think this is something a lot of couples do, but I realize we are / risk being treated as different than regular couples. 

 

Thx for all input

 

 

Everything looks good so far and you shouldn't need much else 

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Do you both have State IDs or driver's licenses with the same address on? Any retirement accounts with each other as the beneficiary, wills, medical power of attorney documents? I think your list is pretty good, especially since you are submitting documents from as far back as possible, but am trying to think of some extra stuff for you.

[alborosie8090 17]

10 hours ago, Ketsuban said:

Do you both have State IDs or driver's licenses with the same address on? Any retirement accounts with each other as the beneficiary, wills, medical power of attorney documents? I think your list is pretty good, especially since you are submitting documents from as far back as possible, but am trying to think of some extra stuff for you.

Ah that reminds me. Our State ID's/Driver's license have our old address. We moved (and yes filed all the paperwork in time). They are both the same from our previous apartment (basically same address, changed from one unit to another). Do you think that is going to cause issues? Or should I still use them and just make a note they do not yet reflect our new apartment number?

 

My work just started offering 401k and I just enrolled as of this month. And husband will be benefiiary. So I can use that, it just isn't much. But perhaps I should use that as well and just note the 401k was just opened because it is a new benefit from my work? Thoughts there?

 

We do not have any wills or medical power of attorney documents. He is listed as a partial beneficiary for my work insurance policy I think, so I could use that? 

 

Thanks for these additional ideas!