A bit nervous about evidence

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

I'm a little nervous about my husband's ROC package and whether or not it will contain enough evidence.

So far we have:

Joint Bank account statements (last 6 months)

2013 and 2014 joint tax returns

joint lease

Health insurance cards showing joint policy

photos of us together

Joint credit card

Copies of itineraries from trips we have taken together in the last 2 years

What I'm concerned about is we moved twice in the last 2 years and most of the evidence we are submitting is recent. The joint lease is from the apartment we are currently renting. Our last lease didn't list my husband as a lease holder because I signed the lease before his CR-1 was approved and he moved over here. We also lived with my parents for about 6 months when I lost my job. He doesn't drive yet so he is not listed on my auto insurance policy or my vehicle title. I also handle most of the bills in the household so only my name is listed on the statements.

Is there anything else we can add to bulk up this evidence? Thanks!

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

1. All bank/credit card statements, last 6 copies are not convincing. File tax now to get 2015 tax.

2. Joint property is good evidence so put his name on title will definitively help.

3. About bills and leases, your best bet is to write an explanation letter to USCIS. Too late to find more statements to included.

[TBoneTX 43,126]

- Have you considered drafting wills or healthcare power of attorneys for each other?

Happy Chic is exactly right. Create both documents, you-to-him and him-to-you. These are even more valuable to have in "life" than they are as ROC evidence.

[Dohan 133]

It doesn't matter if you're taking care of the bills, you live together so you can add his name to the bills. And yes, as mentioned by others, they want evidence from the beginning of the marriage not just the most recent.

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

In regards to the State ID we looked into that already and the DMV said they couldn't issue one because his GC must be valid for 6 months or more.

Also the reason we only have bank statements from 6 months is that we opened a new account in Aug, and prior to that we had another account with the same financial institution. I have had that account since I was 14 so when I opened it, my mom was a joint owner. I never took her off the account even after my husband was added. The bank statements only lost my name and my mom's because there is not enough room for a third name. I think I may have solved this though as my credit union is going to write a letter on my behalf explaining why my husband's name is absent.

Honestly all of this is so complicated because of our moves and job changes. We never got monthly health premium statements so copies of health insurance cards will have to suffice.

Good call on the PoA and living will though. I will included these things as well as my life insurance policy.

Edited February 22, 2016 by AKSinghSingh79

[Daveykins 17]

Highly recommend tax transcripts instead of returns. These prove that you actually did file taxes since they're from the IRS.

You can order them here, coming in the mail in about a week.

https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript

Also, you don't have any life insurance showing each other as beneficiary? What about investments showing eachother as beneficiary? Financial co-mingling is key for ROC. If you're willing to risk investments/property/etc it makes the relationship look more bona fide in the eyes of USCIS.

Good luck!

Edited February 23, 2016 by Daveykins