Gathering evidence

[sciencenerd 56]

We're starting to prepare my wife's ROC to be sent in February. We are still happily married, so will file a joint petition. I'm not too worried about removing conditions, but want to make sure we provide enough evidence, but don't go overboard. Can you send too much?

Our strongest evidence is the adoption of our daughter. I understand that a baby isn't always the best proof, but I would think adoption is different since it requires an in depth assessment of our marriage before being approved. We are asking our adoption social worker to write an affidavit stating that she's conducted several pre and post-adoption assessments and has conducted home visits and can verify our marriage.

So, what we're thinking:

- adoption decree and birth certificate

- affidavit from our adoption social worker

- affidavit from my mother stating we rent a home from her (don't have rental agreement, but have lived there for many years)

- copies of driver's licenses showing same address

- copies of boarding passes from vacations together

- tax transcripts from 2009 and 2010

- our car title in both of our names

- car insurance covering both of us

- copies of credit cards in both of our names (I think we have 3 or 4 different accounts)

- joint checking account statements

- joint health and dental insurance

- life insurance listing each other as beneficiary

- photos from vacations, with our daughter, and with each other's family members

Are we missing any major components? It would be really nice to not get an RFE and to not get set aside for an interview due to any questions/concerns (recognizing we could still be randomly chosen for interview). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

[sciencenerd 56]

I posted this a couple months ago as we were getting together documents. We'll be sending the application in in a couple weeks, so I wanted to see again if anyone had any feedback. I forgot to include on the list the application itself and copy of my wife's greencard. I feel like we have strong evidence, but after putting it all together, it seems like not that much. Thanks in advance for any help!

We're starting to prepare my wife's ROC to be sent in February. We are still happily married, so will file a joint petition. I'm not too worried about removing conditions, but want to make sure we provide enough evidence, but don't go overboard. Can you send too much?

Our strongest evidence is the adoption of our daughter. I understand that a baby isn't always the best proof, but I would think adoption is different since it requires an in depth assessment of our marriage before being approved. We are asking our adoption social worker to write an affidavit stating that she's conducted several pre and post-adoption assessments and has conducted home visits and can verify our marriage.

So, what we're thinking:

- adoption decree and birth certificate

- affidavit from our adoption social worker

- affidavit from my mother stating we rent a home from her (don't have rental agreement, but have lived there for many years)

- copies of driver's licenses showing same address

- copies of boarding passes from vacations together

- tax transcripts from 2009 and 2010

- our car title in both of our names

- car insurance covering both of us

- copies of credit cards in both of our names (I think we have 3 or 4 different accounts)

- joint checking account statements

- joint health and dental insurance

- life insurance listing each other as beneficiary

- photos from vacations, with our daughter, and with each other's family members

Are we missing any major components? It would be really nice to not get an RFE and to not get set aside for an interview due to any questions/concerns (recognizing we could still be randomly chosen for interview). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

[lovelyalex 99]

that looks fine! dont forget to take a copy of your greencard, front and back. And if you have moved since you last filed, include a list of your addresses (this is mentioned on the form though). Affidavits aren't required, and most people include them if they don't think they have enough evidence. I think you have PLENTY without it, but as you say, it is a nice component supporting the adoption of your daughter

[Leo&Farah 0]

One thing I can suggest also to prove common residence which goes further to prove marriage validity are the letters from Social Security when they sent the card to the GC holder. I remember reading somewhere that government based documentation goes a long way.

Don't forget to include 2011 tax return if you're doing it married filing jointly! As for the pictures, I would label behind each picture the names of people included from left to right, date and place so they see a rough timeline over the span of the years visually. Also a cover letter would help them know what they should be expecting.

[leonje 1]

I think your list looks really good. Like you, we didn't have a lease/rental agreement because we live in my parents' in-law apartment. I had them write a letter explaining the circumstances. We were approved last week without RFE or interview.

Good luck!

[jjbandero 39]

Looks good, for the accounts where you receive regular statements, please include examples spanning the entire period from your AOS to ROC, you don't need every month, just make sure there are a few different ones from different dates.

Cheers

[trillium13 84]

I can't really add anything else to this, except your list looks good. If you don't have time to file your 2011 taxes before you need to file ROC, don't worry about that. We filed for ROC in January and only had 2 years of taxes. We were fine.

[sciencenerd 56]

Thank you to everyone for the feedback! We took your suggestions and have our package all ready to be sent out tomorrow!