Suggestion for I-751 support documentation

[Qwain 0]

I filed my I-751 in September 2009. Yesterday I received a letter from USCIS requesting more documentation to prove our relationship.

My situation is the following:

- We do not have children yet

- Me and my wife we rent and we do not own a house (we did not want to buy a house with the market that keeps crashing.....)

- We own 2 vehicles and we have no mortgages or joint properties

- We kept our separate bank accounts

The only documents we could provide are the apartment lease, the common health insurance and vehicles insurance, my 401k and life insurance where she is the beneficiary, plus sworn statements from different people.

I have two questions:

1) Is this enough? Can you suggest me any other documents that I can provide and that I did not think about?

2) I can go to the bank and change my bank account to a joint account between me and her. If I do it now is it a good move? Or it can be intended as a bad move (since maybe they just look for our history in the past 2 years)?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Qwain

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I filed my I-751 in September 2009. Yesterday I received a letter from USCIS requesting more documentation to prove our relationship.

My situation is the following:

- We do not have children yet

- Me and my wife we rent and we do not own a house (we did not want to buy a house with the market that keeps crashing.....)

- We own 2 vehicles and we have no mortgages or joint properties

- We kept our separate bank accounts

The only documents we could provide are the apartment lease, the common health insurance and vehicles insurance, my 401k and life insurance where she is the beneficiary, plus sworn statements from different people.

I have two questions:

1) Is this enough? Can you suggest me any other documents that I can provide and that I did not think about?

2) I can go to the bank and change my bank account to a joint account between me and her. If I do it now is it a good move? Or it can be intended as a bad move (since maybe they just look for our history in the past 2 years)?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Qwain

You may want to include affidavits from people that know you.

Edited January 22, 2010 by Bobby+Umit

[Anh map 2,098]

All of what you describe sounds like good, basic evidence. I followed the VJ guide and submitted similar documents. Refer to the guide for additional ideas. ROC Guide

Have you already submitted your joint tax returns? Mail addressed to the both of you at the same address?

[Qwain 0]

Yes, I did include affidavits of people we know.

Regarding utility bills:

some accounts are registered in the name of my wife (gas & electricity), some in my name (TV,...).

We do not get bills with both our names on (if I had known......), but I can show that bills from both accounts (mine and hers) are sent at the same address.

Can this be considered as an evidence?

What about my question 2) above about the bank account?

Thanks

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Yes, I did include affidavits of people we know.

Regarding utility bills:

some accounts are registered in the name of my wife (gas & electricity), some in my name (TV,...).

We do not get bills with both our names on (if I had known......), but I can show that bills from both accounts (mine and hers) are sent at the same address.

Can this be considered as an evidence?

What about my question 2) above about the bank account?

Thanks

Sure - they're addressed to one or the other of you at the same address. I'm sure USCIS understands that plenty of people do one bill in the wife's, one in the husband's...that's normal

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

1) Tax returns. Tax returns. Tax returns.

2) Photos, photos, photos. Photos of vacations, holidays, birthdays.

3) Put your wife as an authorized user on your bank account, and have her do the same with you. Then have the General Manager of your bank branch give you a formal letter to this account. ("To whom it may concern".) That's what I did.

Edited January 22, 2010 by Just Bob

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The only documents we could provide are the apartment lease, the common health insurance and vehicles insurance, my 401k and life insurance where she is the beneficiary, plus sworn statements from different people.

Did you file a joint tax return? If so, please send it.

From your list it doesn't look like you have sent the tax returns...

[milimelo 4,245]

Renter's insurance can be in both names.

[Darnell 8,478]

In addition to everything else mentioned -

HEY ! Get a CD at the bank in both names. Don't like CDs, you say? Get some T-bills, instead.