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[sjoefl01 1]

Well the time has come to lift conditions on the green cards for Lucero (wife K1) and Angelica (step K2). The marriage has been better than I ever dreamed.

We are fixing to send of the packet and wanted to run it through here first. I think we are in good shape. We are pretty strong on legal papers and such. We really didn't want to ask friends to do the affidavits. The way I read it they are not required. Am I correct?

What we have:

I751

Copies of the green cards and SS

Mortgage papers for the house

Address information since we moved (yes we filed the AR11)

Current auto insurance paers that show all of us on one policy

Joint tax returns

Deed on house (both names)

Joint title on car

Checking and savings account info (both names)

If I am looking at this correct the fee will be $465 with $80 X 2ea bio fees

What do you smart people think?

[motu 5]

Hey - Long time no see. Good to know everything is going well for you and the family. Your list is pretty good - just make sure to send bank or credit card or utility bills covering the period - e.g. one statement from 1.5 years ago, one from one year ago and one recent. I didn't send any affidavits because we had lots of information of our joint status. You seem to be missing utility bills - send them if you have both names. We also sent bunch of pictures with family and friends from our trips to Colombia and India. Good Luck

And yes the fee is correct. Best of Luck

[Marilyn. 340]

also good to include bills and stuff just in your name and some just in your spouse's name... these are good evidence too because they show that you live at the same address...

remember all the evidence doesn't have to be joint.... they want to know that your lives are co-mingled...

[arprofe 0]

Well the time has come to lift conditions on the green cards for Lucero (wife K1) and Angelica (step K2). The marriage has been better than I ever dreamed.

We are fixing to send of the packet and wanted to run it through here first. I think we are in good shape. We are pretty strong on legal papers and such. We really didn't want to ask friends to do the affidavits. The way I read it they are not required. Am I correct?

What we have:

I751

Copies of the green cards and SS

Mortgage papers for the house

Address information since we moved (yes we filed the AR11)

Current auto insurance paers that show all of us on one policy

Joint tax returns

Deed on house (both names)

Joint title on car

Checking and savings account info (both names)

If I am looking at this correct the fee will be $465 with $80 X 2ea bio fees

What do you smart people think?

Hey long time we don't talk since we had formed the colombian club!!

This is what we sent and highlighted this on a cover letter to make it easier. I used a ACCO Fastener on top, separated every section with a blank page and added a tab at the bottom of that page identifying the section. A bit overboard but believe me, makes their job easier than having them check every page.

• I-751 application with attached check for $545.00.

• Copies of our apartment lease (2007-2008) and (2008-2009).

• Copies of car insurance notices (2006-2008).

• Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizens. One from friend, two from family members attesting to our relationship and marriage.

• A copy of our joint US Federal tax returns and W2's (years 2005, 2006 and 2007).

• Copies of our driver licenses.

• Copies of checking account check and three checking account statements (years 2006, 2007 and 2008).

• Copy of wife's two year green card.

• Copy of wife's passport (maiden name).

• Copies of wife's Macy's credit card statements.

• Copy of 401K beneficiary statement.

• Copy of our health insurance cards.

• Copies of itineraries/tickets about trips taken together.

• Copies of junk mail.

• Copies of family/friends' invitations to events together.

• Copies of Suffolk Community College registration bills (2006-2008).

• Envelope with pictures with family and friends.

Nice to see you again. Take care

[HHW 0]

I only got the following docs

Conditional Permanent Resident Card

Passport

Federal Income Tax Returns (2006 and 2007)

the I-797, Notice of Action: Welcome Notice

USCIS mailer

Marriage Certificate

Driver Licenses

State Driving Record

car insurance

Check Cards

checking account statements

cashier’s check

Entergy bills

pictures

holiday cards

[sjoefl01 1]

It's great to know that VJ is still such a great place and that some of our good friends are still here. I hope that the others are doing great also. This renewal seems fairly painless if you have patience. Surely all of us have gained some degree of patience with them after having gone through this for so many years.

We have gardes for Lucero from the local community college that I will add. They are mailed to the house and cover the duration of her time here.

Utilities pretty much come to me and don't show much.

I read the guides and formed an opinion that may be incorrect. Let me throw it out here.

The girls are here legally and can only be removed by an immigration court. The burden to prove that this arrangement was fraudulant falls on the government.

Does anybody know of a single case of removal where the I 751 was filed before the expiration?

Are these true statements?

Most of the complaining I have read in this forum seems to be about the long wait. It would really surprise me if it did NOT take them forever to renew this card. I have watched the USCIS for a long time.

Here is the cycle:

1.Everything you need from them takes forever

2.Folks like us complain to their representatives about the long waits and incompetence.

3.The USCIS says that if they had a huge fee increase they could hire more folks and eliminate the backlog.

4.They get the money and go just as slow, so that they can get another rate increase down the road.

It is the closest thing I have ever seen to perpetual motion.

I think if the congress would make a law that if the USCIS couldn't eliminate the backlog within a year that the whole business would be turned over to a contractor the cycle could be broken. A business could run this much more quickly, and still maintain the same level of security with half the people.

[HHW 0]

We shouldn't pay so much to get such slow service.......