Is this enough to file with?

[tinypyramids 0]

Going through the application now, and I think I'm nearly done with it. My wife's GC expires on April 16th, which should be more than enough time to ensure safe delivery if we send the application by registered mail this week. Here's the evidence I'm providing (slightly anonymized):

• I-751 form with original signatures

• A copy of both sides of wife’s permanent residence card.

• A copy of every page of wife’s passport as of March 11th, 2012.

• A partial copy of joint leases between wife and US citizen husband for the address <address> starting in August 2010 and continuing through the present day.

• Partial copies of joint tax returns filed for tax years 2009, 2010, and 2011 (includes form 1040 for both state and federal for all three years)

• Voided check showing the names of both wife and US citizen husband connected to a single joint bank account, as well as a statement from the bank issued when the account was opened.

• Copy of credit cards with the same number for both wife and US citizen husband. wife is an authorized user on a card I have had since 2007.

• A statement from Vanguard showing the beneficiary designation for my Roth IRA is ‘To the person I am married to at the time of my death.’

• Letter from US citizen husband's employer stating that wife is the beneficiary of my life and health insurance plans. (NOTE: My HR person has been really flaky about providing this, so I may not have it in time)

• A copy of round trip Eurostar tickets from London St. Pancras station to Nord station in Paris in both of our names in January 2011.

• A copy of a hotel recipt from January 2011 from our Paris trip.

• A copy of boarding passes for both wife and US citizen husband for a vacation we took to San Francisco in February 2012.

• A copy of a hotel recipt showing both of our names in San Francisco at the <name of hotel> during the aforementioned San Francisco trip.

• Several photos showing us together after marriage, including a couple from both the San Francisco and England/Paris trips.

I *think* this should be enough. Is there anything you guys know I'm missing? It would be a big help.

[DaniG 3]

Seems like a good package to me with lots of great documents. You might want to throw in a couple of affidavits from family/friends because sometimes they RFE if you don't. Copies of DL's showing the same address (even though you already have the lease). Car insurance/titles with both names. Read the instructions of I-751 re: supporting documents requirements slowly - in my case that jogged my memory about some additional docs to send.

[Damian&Kelly 16]

We applied with a lot of the same things, except we don't have a lease together so we also included 4 affidavits from friends/family, copy of both of our driving licenses with the same address on them and copy of our car insurance with both of our names on it. But with the lease which is very important, your evidence looks good to me.

[Marina-Del 10]

I read somewhere else that people were getting RFE'ed for not providing their TAX TRANSCRIPTS. I see that you are including partial copies but according to the thread I read, this isn't good enough. I'm not sure of the truth in all this, but wanted to let you know. I called the IRS number and asked for copies of our tax transcripts for 2009 and 2010 and had them 5 days later, although the lady on the phone told me it takes 5-10 calendar days. Here's the number I called: (800)908-9946

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have plenty for ROC. Please update your immgration status here.

[tinypyramids 0]

Thanks for the answers everyone. If we did some affidavits just to be safe, do they need to be notarized? I noticed the example ones had a lot of random legalese on them and had a spot for a notary to sign.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Thanks for the answers everyone. If we did some affidavits just to be safe, do they need to be notarized? I noticed the example ones had a lot of random legalese on them and had a spot for a notary to sign.

No need to be notarized. Just put a statement to be signed, that he/she makes this statement truthfully, under penalty of perjury, and would be willing to testify to such if necessary.

[Mike B. 231]

Yeah, I'd get the tax transcripts to avoid future headaches. Also, take out the copy of every single page of your passport.

[pasaway na angel 2]

Copy of pages of passport is not needed. But if the biographical page of the passport shows a change in her last name (if she took your surname), then you might want to include a copy of that page only and this could be considered as a minor evidence.

Good Luck on your ROC!

[LPRUS 0]

Good list you have! Any reason why only "partial" tax transcripts? Also I would take out the passport pages and the credit card number. Somebody asked about that before here. Maybe you can get a letter from the credit card company that you have joint access to the same card and then just show like the last 2-4 digits of the card.

[tinypyramids 0]

Good list you have! Any reason why only "partial" tax transcripts? Also I would take out the passport pages and the credit card number. Somebody asked about that before here. Maybe you can get a letter from the credit card company that you have joint access to the same card and then just show like the last 2-4 digits of the card.

I didn't think there was any point in including every single minute detail of our finances - the forms 1040 for state and federal should be enough to show that our taxes were filed jointly. The form includes the name and EA # of our tax preparer.

I think it's a bit too late to get the letter from the credit card company - my wife's GC expires on April 16th and we want to get this thing sent in no later than Saturday, so we have to make do with what we have. As-is, my company's HR person has been dragging her feet about getting the letter about our health insurance / my life insurance, so I'm hoping that I'll have everything finalized by tomorrow.

edit: I also tossed in a couple copies of Christmas cards that were addressed to both of us. Can't hurt, right?

Edited March 22, 2012 by tinypyramids

[fairandfoul 7]

Seems like a good package to me with lots of great documents. You might want to throw in a couple of affidavits from family/friends because sometimes they RFE if you don't. Copies of DL's showing the same address (even though you already have the lease). Car insurance/titles with both names. Read the instructions of I-751 re: supporting documents requirements slowly - in my case that jogged my memory about some additional docs to send.

FALSE! (Re: sometimes receiving RFEs for not providing affidavits from family/friends)

The conventional wisdom has always been that affidavits are among the weakest forms of evidence, and that they are usualy recommended for those with rather scant documented evidence. Dozens of members in these forums have made successful hassle-free applications without RFEs. I'm curious whre you're getting your RFE information.

To the OP: do prioritise documents providing evidence of financial co-mingling. To that extent, full taz returns, bank account history, life/health insurance policies and credit cards/leases, etc are very important. Your list though looks very robust and covers every angle. Any additions will create marginal benefits likely far greater than the cost/effort nnecessary to produce them.

[fairandfoul 7]

No need to be notarized. Just put a statement to be signed, that he/she makes this statement truthfully, under penalty of perjury, and would be willing to testify to such if necessary.

With your file, adding affidavits is almost a waste of time an is unlikely to confer any advantage. All the best as you submit!

[DaniG 3]

FALSE! (Re: sometimes receiving RFEs for not providing affidavits from family/friends)

The conventional wisdom has always been that affidavits are among the weakest forms of evidence, and that they are usualy recommended for those with rather scant documented evidence. Dozens of members in these forums have made successful hassle-free applications without RFEs. I'm curious whre you're getting your RFE information.

I agree that they are a weak kind of evidence but I have a friend with lots of good evidence (US citizen husband in the army supports the family, so finances are 100% joint and lots of documents of all sorts plus a kid with a second pregnancy on the way) and she got an RFE specifically and only for the affidavits, which she thought she didn't need. Since the affidavits are so easy to get, I would just send them, so I would have one less thing to worry about being RFE-ed for.My friend was in Europe when they sent her the affidavit RFE, so she went through a lot of trouble due to that.

Edited March 23, 2012 by DaniG

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I agree that they are a weak kind of evidence but I have a friend with lots of good evidence (US citizen husband in the army supports the family, so finances are 100% joint and lots of documents of all sorts plus a kid with a second pregnancy on the way) and she got an RFE specifically and only for the affidavits, which she thought she didn't need. Since the affidavits are so easy to get, I would just send them, so I would have one less thing to worry about being RFE-ed for.My friend was in Europe when they sent her the affidavit RFE, so she went through a lot of trouble due to that.

Sorry but I agree with the person who said that they're not a requirement and for people with weak evidence. Of course they don't HURT but I'm not going to waste my time. Your friend probably had some red-flags in her case you didn't know about. She could also not have mailed enough evidence thinking it wasn't a big deal. She might have told you she sent more than she actually did out of embarrassment or confusion. Could be your friend being in Europe was an issue.

The ROC thread with my list is mentioned in my signature. I have HEAPS of stuff and won't waste time asking friends/family to sign statements about our relationship (they don't know what goes on behind closed doors so they're all worthless basically anyway).