I-751 Evidence overkill ??

[deidre 13]

Hi All, so i am preparing my evidence...ready for May to come so I can send it off. I think we are pretty much done and feel confident everything looks good. But of course i'm still nervous (arent we all like that!?).

I have gone through many many threads about evidence and people asking what they should put in, etc... so i have mine - listed below. Would love to get some feedback though.... is this too much evidence? and how much is too much?? will overkill burden the process of approval?

This is what I have :

• Copy of passport and green card (front & back) of ALIEN SPOUSE

• Copy of our Marriage Certificate

• Copy of Birth Certificate of US CITIZEN SPOUSE

• Tax Transcripts for 2009 and 2010 filed jointly

• Joint bank statement

o Including copy of a check with both names

o Including copy of our actual bank cards

o Including various communications sent to us from the bank

• Life Insurance certificates showing beneficiary

• Joint Car Insurance

o Including copy of our car insurance cards

• Joint Lease agreement for current residence showing both names

• Joint Renters Insurance Policy

• AMEX credit card statements and spending summary showing joint account.

o Including copy of our actual AMEX credit cards

• AT&T Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copies of bills from various months from 2009 to 2011

• Verizon Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copy of bills from 2009 (before switching over to AT&T)

o Including copy of letter with Refund check for overpayment on old account

• Health insurance cards showing joint policy

• Joint AAA membership

o Including copy of renewal notice & actual AAA cards

• Time Warner Cable letter confirming Authorized Users on account

• Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Social Security Statements from 2009 & 2010 showing current address

• Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Voters Registration Card showing current address

• Letter from ALIEN SPOUSE’s employer confirming US CITIZEN SPOUSE as the Emergency Contact

• A copy of our airline reservations/e-ticket information and hotel receipt for a vacation that we had taken in January 2011 to New York City

• A copy of a cruise confirmation for a cruise vacation to the Bahamas that we have planned for in September 2011.

• A print out of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's and ALIEN SPOUSE’s Facebook pages showing our relationship & communications between each other

• Copy of various cards we have given to each other from 2009 to 2011

• Copy of various letters and cards received from family, friends & others from 2010 to 2011

• Photos of us (approx 15-20 photos) with brief description from various occasions from 2009 to 2011

• Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends and family members, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

what do you think?

[boschev 1]

What you need is: quality, but not quantity.

The following kind of evidence is doesn't do much good, if you got better evidence.

Copy of passport and green card (front & back) of ALIEN SPOUSE

Copy of our Marriage Certificate

Copy of Birth Certificate of US CITIZEN SPOUSE

Including copy of renewal notice & actual AAA cards

A print out of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's and ALIEN SPOUSE’s Facebook pages showing our relationship & communications between each other

Copy of various cards we have given to each other from 2009 to 2011

Copy of various letters and cards received from family, friends & others from 2010 to 2011

Including copy of letter with Refund check for overpayment on old account

Send the evidence such as:

Joint tax transcripts: they put more weight on transcripts, since 1040 tax returns can be faked with turbotax.

Birth certificates of kids, if any

Joint finances: take 5 statements (July 09, dec 09, march 10, nov 10, march 11) for every joint card, joint savings, joint checking

Joint insurance: health, auto, rental

Joint ownership: car registration showing both names (dont send all letters that dept of motor vehicles sent you; rental lease or home ownership

2 affidavits

Joint utilities: take 6 statements in the span of 2 years

Pictures: put 4 to 6 pics on one page, take color photocopies at Kinkos and send 3 to 4 pages.

Travel: tickets (dont send 20 pages of such evidence).

Why people get RFE, despite sending 100 pages of evidence?

These guys send junk evidence such as:

cards sent by friends (easily fakable)

advertisement mails sent to them (not a big deal)

magazine subscriptions (anyone can sign up)

4 affidavits (anyone can get 20 affidavits)

tons of pictures (one can take 300 pics, so what)

sending 24 months of statements of electric bill.

sending utility, savings, checking, credit, cell phone statements from Jan 2011 through April 2011 (after all, you can get 100 pages of such evidence, but it doesn't establish 2 years of mingling)

Here is a tip: collect as much as evidence you want. Once you have all evidence, get rid of junk evidence, try to include evidence of finances, etc in last two years.

Edited April 22, 2011 by boschev

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi All, so i am preparing my evidence...ready for May to come so I can send it off. I think we are pretty much done and feel confident everything looks good. But of course i'm still nervous (arent we all like that!?).

I have gone through many many threads about evidence and people asking what they should put in, etc... so i have mine - listed below. Would love to get some feedback though.... is this too much evidence? and how much is too much?? will overkill burden the process of approval?

This is what I have :

Copy of passport and green card (front & back) of ALIEN SPOUSE

Copy of our Marriage Certificate

Copy of Birth Certificate of US CITIZEN SPOUSE

Tax Transcripts for 2009 and 2010 filed jointly

Joint bank statement

o Including copy of a check with both names

o Including copy of our actual bank cards

o Including various communications sent to us from the bank

Life Insurance certificates showing beneficiary

Joint Car Insurance

o Including copy of our car insurance cards

Joint Lease agreement for current residence showing both names

Joint Renters Insurance Policy

AMEX credit card statements and spending summary showing joint account.

o Including copy of our actual AMEX credit cards

AT&T Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copies of bills from various months from 2009 to 2011

Verizon Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copy of bills from 2009 (before switching over to AT&T)

o Including copy of letter with Refund check for overpayment on old account

Health insurance cards showing joint policy

Joint AAA membership

o Including copy of renewal notice & actual AAA cards

Time Warner Cable letter confirming Authorized Users on account

Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Social Security Statements from 2009 & 2010 showing current address

Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Voters Registration Card showing current address

Letter from ALIEN SPOUSEs employer confirming US CITIZEN SPOUSE as the Emergency Contact

A copy of our airline reservations/e-ticket information and hotel receipt for a vacation that we had taken in January 2011 to New York City

A copy of a cruise confirmation for a cruise vacation to the Bahamas that we have planned for in September 2011.

A print out of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's and ALIEN SPOUSEs Facebook pages showing our relationship & communications between each other

Copy of various cards we have given to each other from 2009 to 2011

Copy of various letters and cards received from family, friends & others from 2010 to 2011

Photos of us (approx 15-20 photos) with brief description from various occasions from 2009 to 2011

Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends and family members, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

what do you think?

You have plenty. Send it and sleep well.

Edited April 22, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[OBX 51]

You have solid evidence but perhaps you might want to weed out some of the filler.

You do not need the passport of the alien spouse but you certainly need a photocopy of both the front and back of the green card.

Birth certificate, marriage certificate not needed and IMO Facebook pages are overkill.

Make it easier for the adjudicator to focus in on the important stuff.

Good luck.

[rheanick 42]

Hi All, so i am preparing my evidence...ready for May to come so I can send it off. I think we are pretty much done and feel confident everything looks good. But of course i'm still nervous (arent we all like that!?).

I have gone through many many threads about evidence and people asking what they should put in, etc... so i have mine - listed below. Would love to get some feedback though.... is this too much evidence? and how much is too much?? will overkill burden the process of approval?

This is what I have :

Copy of passport and green card (front & back) of ALIEN SPOUSE

Copy of our Marriage Certificate

Copy of Birth Certificate of US CITIZEN SPOUSE

Tax Transcripts for 2009 and 2010 filed jointly

Joint bank statement

o Including copy of a check with both names

o Including copy of our actual bank cards

o Including various communications sent to us from the bank

Life Insurance certificates showing beneficiary

Joint Car Insurance

o Including copy of our car insurance cards

Joint Lease agreement for current residence showing both names

Joint Renters Insurance Policy

AMEX credit card statements and spending summary showing joint account.

o Including copy of our actual AMEX credit cards

AT&T Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copies of bills from various months from 2009 to 2011

Verizon Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copy of bills from 2009 (before switching over to AT&T)

o Including copy of letter with Refund check for overpayment on old account

Health insurance cards showing joint policy

Joint AAA membership

o Including copy of renewal notice & actual AAA cards

Time Warner Cable letter confirming Authorized Users on account

Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Social Security Statements from 2009 & 2010 showing current address

Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Voters Registration Card showing current address

Letter from ALIEN SPOUSEs employer confirming US CITIZEN SPOUSE as the Emergency Contact

A copy of our airline reservations/e-ticket information and hotel receipt for a vacation that we had taken in January 2011 to New York City

A copy of a cruise confirmation for a cruise vacation to the Bahamas that we have planned for in September 2011.

A print out of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's and ALIEN SPOUSEs Facebook pages showing our relationship & communications between each other

Copy of various cards we have given to each other from 2009 to 2011

Copy of various letters and cards received from family, friends & others from 2010 to 2011

Photos of us (approx 15-20 photos) with brief description from various occasions from 2009 to 2011

Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends and family members, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

what do you think?

I only gave few evidences:

1. all our insurances (health, car, life, medical, dental and eye),

2. joint bank account,

3. joint credit card,

4. one photo with my husband's family,

5. both copy of our driver license(to show we stay in one address),

6. letter from government (to be specific, IRS letter from our state addressed to both of us),

7. tax transcript joint (only 2009).

8 1 airline E-ticket showing both our names

9. did not send affidavit from friends, i only sent cards from one friend and my sister in-law addressed to both of us.

To cover 2009 - 2011 time frame, I basically just resent the papers i submitted from my AOS and added few recent ones.

CSC received my application March 4 and i got approved April 21, less than 2 months.

I guess critical items are the mingling of finances, the rest are secondary but you have to show that your are living together.

Edited April 23, 2011 by rheanick

[w8inglongtime 29]

Hi All, so i am preparing my evidence...ready for May to come so I can send it off. I think we are pretty much done and feel confident everything looks good. But of course i'm still nervous (arent we all like that!?).

I have gone through many many threads about evidence and people asking what they should put in, etc... so i have mine - listed below. Would love to get some feedback though.... is this too much evidence? and how much is too much?? will overkill burden the process of approval?

This is what I have :

• Copy of passport and green card (front & back) of ALIEN SPOUSE

• Copy of our Marriage Certificate

• Copy of Birth Certificate of US CITIZEN SPOUSE

• Tax Transcripts for 2009 and 2010 filed jointly

• Joint bank statement

o Including copy of a check with both names

o Including copy of our actual bank cards

o Including various communications sent to us from the bank

• Life Insurance certificates showing beneficiary

• Joint Car Insurance

o Including copy of our car insurance cards

• Joint Lease agreement for current residence showing both names

• Joint Renters Insurance Policy

• AMEX credit card statements and spending summary showing joint account.

o Including copy of our actual AMEX credit cards

• AT&T Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copies of bills from various months from 2009 to 2011

• Verizon Cell Phone bills on same account

o Including copy of bills from 2009 (before switching over to AT&T)

o Including copy of letter with Refund check for overpayment on old account

• Health insurance cards showing joint policy

• Joint AAA membership

o Including copy of renewal notice & actual AAA cards

• Time Warner Cable letter confirming Authorized Users on account

• Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Social Security Statements from 2009 & 2010 showing current address

• Copy of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's Voters Registration Card showing current address

• Letter from ALIEN SPOUSE’s employer confirming US CITIZEN SPOUSE as the Emergency Contact

• A copy of our airline reservations/e-ticket information and hotel receipt for a vacation that we had taken in January 2011 to New York City

• A copy of a cruise confirmation for a cruise vacation to the Bahamas that we have planned for in September 2011.

• A print out of US CITIZEN SPOUSE's and ALIEN SPOUSE’s Facebook pages showing our relationship & communications between each other

• Copy of various cards we have given to each other from 2009 to 2011

• Copy of various letters and cards received from family, friends & others from 2010 to 2011

• Photos of us (approx 15-20 photos) with brief description from various occasions from 2009 to 2011

• Three sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends and family members, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

what do you think?

Holy smoke! This is ROC not AOS. You have long past the stage where you had to bring almost everything with your names on it. You know you've gone too far when you start printing facebook communications . Slash it in half and send the financial stuff that carry weight together with the tax transcripts. 3 Pictures tops eventhough no longer necessary at this stage.

[Nubby 0]

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Edited April 26, 2011 by Nubby

[deidre 13]

thanks everyone! ill remove the "fillers"!

@rheanick.....i hope my approval is as quick as yours with the much evidence!!! but im going thru VSC and been reading its taking up to 6 months :-(