Need advices on i751 RFE & few tips for future i751 applicants

[sch7 0]

Hello Everyone,

Received an RFE this week I originally submitted:

lease agreement for one year

joint tax return for one year

joint bank statement for one year

auto insurance policy

medical & dental insurance card

So you can see that I tried to play cool and skipped affidavits after reading "as many as you can" kind of things in i751 instructions and got busted. Interestingly, the RFE letter also has similar phrase "....is not limited to, one more of the following", but I'm not going to fall for the same cr*p this time. It also has an interesting phrase "....should cover the entire period of your marriage", which was not as clearly stated in i751 instructions.

Tips for future i751 applicants

1. Send documents that cover your entire marital period instead of the latest ones only

2. Things like "....is not limited to, one more of the following" or "as many as you can" actually mean "every single thing of the following list". I only skipped affidavits (and was assured of their uselessness by many posts over here, just do NOT make the same mistake, include those in your original application. I know it is super annoying, but doing it after getting an RFE is way more disgusting)

On to my RFE questions: My RFE letter is asking for

Children related papers - N/A to me

Common residence evidence e.g. joint lease contracts, joint deeds & mortgages

So I'll include joint lease contracts for the last three years. I sent only one year lease contract before.

Combined financial resources evidence e.g. checking/savings statements, insurance policies showing the other spouse as beneficiary, joint utility bills

or (trap alert- read 'and') joint installment, other loans, credit card statements

I will include last three years' joint bank, auto loan statements, auto insurance policy, tax returns, IRS transcripts, life insurance policy showing my wife as the beneficiary.

Now we don't have joint utility bills, I got electricity and she has internet in her name. Can anything be done here?

We also don't have joint credit card statements. My wife is an authorized user of my credit cards as she's still a student, so credit card statements contain only my name. Should I include a little note with pictures of credit cards showing same a/c number with different user names?

Estate, health,& financial planning arrangements evidence - e.g. will, trust, Power of Attorney

So we don't have a house and any other physical property. So I don't have a will yet and according to Texas 'intestacy' law, my wife will inherit all my stuff anyway once I take off. As I said in the previous section, I'm also submitting life insurance policy that has my wife as the beneficiary. Do I still need to make a will? I'm afraid that it's gonna add additional delay to my case.

Affidavits

What do they mean by 'affidavits should be supported by documentary evidence' Is it just the story/documentary in affidavits or additional documents?

Will really appreciate your inputs. Thanks a lot in advance!

Edited December 13, 2014 by sch7

[TBoneTX 45,524]

Things like "....is not limited to, one more of the following" or "as many as you can" actually mean "every single thing of the following list". I only skipped affidavits (and was assured of their uselessness by many posts over here, just do NOT make the same mistake, include those in your original application. I know it is super annoying, but doing it after getting an RFE is way more disgusting)

Estate, health,& financial planning arrangements evidence - e.g. will, trust, Power of Attorney

So we don't have a house and any other physical property. So I don't have a will yet and according to Texas 'intestacy' law, my wife will inherit all my stuff anyway once I take off. As I said in the previous section, I'm also submitting life insurance policy that has my wife as the beneficiary. Do I still need to make a will? I'm afraid that it's gonna add additional delay to my case.

As said by many an immigration attorney, and by many posters on VJ, affidavits are necessary only when other evidence is thin.

Including a will, and a medical power of attorney, along with other documents such as HIPAA releases, is probably the strongest way to support your package. To cite the Texas intestacy law is, very honestly, a cop-out. Find an attorney who puts wills together at a reasonable price; or, search self-help legal sites (legalzoom.com and nolo.com might be two) for do-it-yourself wills that contain template language appropriate in Texas; or, search the Internet for templates for Texas wills into which you can plug your details. If you're concerned about your abilities, have a lawyer check your documents for anything improper or incorrect that might jump out.

You can have a will and other supporting documents today, if you really want to. You should each make wills.

The cruelest thing that anyone could do to a loved one is to die intestate (without a will).

Edited December 15, 2014 by TBoneTX

[sch7 0]

As said by many an immigration attorney, and by many posters on VJ, affidavits are necessary only when other evidence is thin.

Including a will, and a medical power of attorney, along with other documents such as HIPAA releases, is probably the strongest way to support your package. To cite the Texas intestacy law is, very honestly, a cop-out. Find an attorney who puts wills together at a reasonable price; or, search self-help legal sites (legalzoom.com and nolo.com might be two) for do-it-yourself wills that contain template language appropriate in Texas; or, search the Internet for templates for Texas wills into which you can plug your details. If you're concerned about your abilities, have a lawyer check your documents for anything improper or incorrect that might jump out.

You can have a will and other supporting documents today, if you really want to. You should each make wills.

The cruelest thing that anyone could do to a loved one is to die intestate (without a will).

Thanks! Is my (applicant) will good enough? Or do I have to include my wife's (USC) will too?