Evidence

[JamalNTam 1]

Ok, it's a while until we file to remove the conditions (in August) but I wanted to start getting everything ready (here we go again! lol). This is what we have at the moment;

Joint bank account statements

Joint car loan contract/statement

Credit cards with me as a card holder on my husbands accounts

Joint car insurance documents

Documents that show me as a benificiary of my husbands life insurance

Joint tax returns for 2007 and 2008

My military ID card showing that my husband is my 'sponser' and i am his 'spouse'

A copy of my husbands military orders with me listed as a dependent

A few joint flight iteniries to various places around the U.S.

A statement confirming that we owe no money on the joint lease for an apartment we rented between Oct 07 and Oct 08 (I threw the lease away without thinking)

Copy of the lease for an apartment we rented Oct 08 - March 09

Copy of the base housing lease my husband signed - showing me as a dependant who will be living with him (because it is on a military base, it is only in the service members name)

Photos, photos, photos

We also have a copy of a cancellation of a mortgage/housing contract that was in both our names. I'm not sure if I should include that to show we were going to buy a house together?

Is this enough? We dont have any utility bills because when we were in Tucson they were always in my husbands name and now we are in Louisiana, we don't have to pay utilities on base.

Any more ideas would be greatly welcomed

Thanks

[Immigrant2009 0]

Ok, it's a while until we file to remove the conditions (in August) but I wanted to start getting everything ready (here we go again! lol). This is what we have at the moment;

Joint bank account statements

Joint car loan contract/statement

Credit cards with me as a card holder on my husbands accounts

Joint car insurance documents

Documents that show me as a benificiary of my husbands life insurance

Joint tax returns for 2007 and 2008

My military ID card showing that my husband is my 'sponser' and i am his 'spouse'

A copy of my husbands military orders with me listed as a dependent

A few joint flight iteniries to various places around the U.S.

A statement confirming that we owe no money on the joint lease for an apartment we rented between Oct 07 and Oct 08 (I threw the lease away without thinking)

Copy of the lease for an apartment we rented Oct 08 - March 09

Copy of the base housing lease my husband signed - showing me as a dependant who will be living with him (because it is on a military base, it is only in the service members name)

Photos, photos, photos

We also have a copy of a cancellation of a mortgage/housing contract that was in both our names. I'm not sure if I should include that to show we were going to buy a house together?

Is this enough? We dont have any utility bills because when we were in Tucson they were always in my husbands name and now we are in Louisiana, we don't have to pay utilities on base.

Any more ideas would be greatly welcomed

Thanks

Please read this, it will help you out a lot and answer all your questions.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...te+stressed+out

Good Luck.

[fozzie 41]

It sounds like plenty to me. I have about the same sort of evidence, perhaps less but I am still very confident it will be enough. I am also including a few christmas cards and anniversary (1 + 2) cards. Also we are going to a wedding next month so I will include the invitation. I think you will be fine with what you have but it doesn't hurt to have more.

I've read on here people dending 300 pages of evidence which is extreme to the max and completely unecessary.

Edited April 29, 2009 by fozzie

[Immigrant2009 0]

It sounds like plenty to me. I have about the same sort of evidence, perhaps less but I am still very confident it will be enough. I am also including a few christmas cards and anniversary (1 + 2) cards. Also we are going to a wedding next month so I will include the invitation. I think you will be fine with what you have but it doesn't hurt to have more.

I've read on here people dending 300 pages of evidence which is extreme to the max and completely unecessary.

I can understand what you are saying, but think of IO (Immigration Officer ) as a five year old and then you will understand the whole situation. The more evidence and docs you have the better it for your to avoid getting RFE etc. Please you have file it once, why not do it the right way.

[JamalNTam 1]

But what other stuff could we include? That is all we really have! I would think that the fact the US military acknowledges me as a spouse/dependant and the US governement are paying my husband based on the fact that he is married to me is pretty solid evidence! lol!

Edited April 30, 2009 by JamalNTam

[Silke 1]

Do you have joint health and dental insurance? What about memberships and magazine subscriptions? If you feel it would help your case, you could also include a couple of affidavits.

Make sure your evidence covers the entire 2 years.

Good luck!

[JamalNTam 1]

Well my health and dental is covered under his military health insurance .. so I guess we could include that ..but the newest thing for that we have is when I was signed up for it in 2007 .. and we have no joint subscriptions or anything of that kind.

[Silke 1]

Another thing you could add to your package are cards (e.g. holiday cards) that were addressed to the both of you. I copied the actual cards as well as the envelopes.

[motu 6]

It sounds like plenty to me. I have about the same sort of evidence, perhaps less but I am still very confident it will be enough. I am also including a few christmas cards and anniversary (1 + 2) cards. Also we are going to a wedding next month so I will include the invitation. I think you will be fine with what you have but it doesn't hurt to have more.

I've read on here people dending 300 pages of evidence which is extreme to the max and completely unecessary.

I can understand what you are saying, but think of IO (Immigration Officer ) as a five year old and then you will understand the whole situation. The more evidence and docs you have the better it for your to avoid getting RFE etc. Please you have file it once, why not do it the right way.

I absolutely disagree. I believe in minimum evidence and being to the point. My K1 petition was 16 pages - the citizenship for my wife about 24 pages. I tend to include 'relevant' proof of co-mingled lives like bank statements, credit card statements, insurance and utility bills - I submitted pictures with the Removal of condition to show we have been and are together. I never submitted friends/family statements or magazine subscriptions.

My attitude is quite the reverse - I Assume that I am doing the job of evaluating my application (so the IO is me not a 5-year old unknown) and look for relevant info (and reject irrelevant info like X-mas cards or letters from family/friends). But this is my way and it has worked for me and now my wife's process - her citizenship interview is on Tuesday!

So do what makes you comfortable but don't go for overkill - I would suggest overloading only if they rfe you or ask you to provide more proof - just like I would say - do not use an attorney unless you run into problems - it is the same concept. Good Luck

[poochie 0]

It sounds like plenty to me. I have about the same sort of evidence, perhaps less but I am still very confident it will be enough. I am also including a few christmas cards and anniversary (1 + 2) cards. Also we are going to a wedding next month so I will include the invitation. I think you will be fine with what you have but it doesn't hurt to have more.

I've read on here people dending 300 pages of evidence which is extreme to the max and completely unecessary.

I can understand what you are saying, but think of IO (Immigration Officer ) as a five year old and then you will understand the whole situation. The more evidence and docs you have the better it for your to avoid getting RFE etc. Please you have file it once, why not do it the right way.

I absolutely disagree! What the adjudicating officer (review and approval of petition is not made by an ordinary immigration officer) needs to see is primary evidence, regardless of the number of pages you submit. If you establish that there were co-mingling of assets, shared financial responsibility and liability, communal residence, among the other important things and that these cover the entire period from your marriage up to the present, you should be fine. I've seen people getting approved with only 50 pages as evidence. It is not the number of pages you submit that will get the AO's nod but the fact that your evidence provided satisfactory grounds to establish that you were accorded permanent residence by virtue of your marriage to the same US citizen and that you entered the marriage in good faith, and not for the purpose of circumventing immigration law.

[poochie 0]

I absolutely disagree. I believe in minimum evidence and being to the point. My K1 petition was 16 pages - the citizenship for my wife about 24 pages. I tend to include 'relevant' proof of co-mingled lives like bank statements, credit card statements, insurance and utility bills - I submitted pictures with the Removal of condition to show we have been and are together. I never submitted friends/family statements or magazine subscriptions.

My attitude is quite the reverse - I Assume that I am doing the job of evaluating my application (so the IO is me not a 5-year old unknown) and look for relevant info (and reject irrelevant info like X-mas cards or letters from family/friends). But this is my way and it has worked for me and now my wife's process - her citizenship interview is on Tuesday!

So do what makes you comfortable but don't go for overkill - I would suggest overloading only if they rfe you or ask you to provide more proof - just like I would say - do not use an attorney unless you run into problems - it is the same concept. Good Luck

[Silke 1]

When putting together our application we focused on primary evidence (bank statements, IRS tax transcripts, lease, utility bills, insurance documents) but also felt that secondary evidence such as pictures and affidavits would help paint a more personal picture of our relationship and marriage.