I-797E, Notice for Action

[Foxblood 2]

Hi guys,

Last November my wife and I submitted to remove conditions on Residence.

I just received an I-797E, Notice for Action in the mail.

They are requesting more evidence.

This is what I sent them and according to the letter was accepted.

Bank Statements for our Joint Check and Savings accounts

Joint Auto Insurance statement

Joint Tax documents from the last two years

Joint Medical Insurance forms

Pictures of us together in front of our house.

I thought that this would be enough evidence but obviously it is not. Can any of you give me some more ideas for evidence?

I called our electricity provider and they will not send us a bill with both of our names included

I called our water provider and they will not send us a bill with both of our names included

I called my cable company and they will not send a bill to me with both of our names included

My auto insurance company will not send us a bill addressed to both of our names.

I purchased my house before we were married so she is not on the mortgage. Is it possible to add her name?

In the letter they suggested that I send them copies of both of our drivers licenses so I will send them that.

Would a letter from my electric company stating that we are both on the account work as evidence?

Does any have any good ideas about what other evidence I should send them?

Any help we can get would be very VERY much appreciated

-Signed a very worried husband!

[Beth & Achraf 328]

Joint credit cards

Life insurance on each other as each others beneficiary.

Wills showing the other as beneficiary.

Pictures of you and her with family and or friends.

Receipts of any trips you took together such as boarding passes, receipts, pics of places where you vacationed.

Edited May 31, 2016 by Beth & Achraf

[Foxblood 2]

Joint credit cards

Life insurance on each other as each others beneficiary.

Wills showing the other as beneficiary.

Pictures of you and her with family and or friends.

Receipts of any trips you took together such as boarding passes, receipts, pics of places where you vacationed.

Roger that! Thank you for the suggestions =)

When I received the letter I pretty much panicked and did not think.

We have a joint credit card. I suppose and can take a picture of both of the cards showing the same number

My wife has a 401K and I believe I am listed as the beneficiary.

My wife and I took a trip to Grangeville ID, last year so I suppose I can submit our itinerary and pictures of us together and vacation with family. (I know longer have the boarding passes)

I think I will take pictures of our drivers licenses as well

Does anyone know if I switch the electric bill to my wife's name if that would help?

[Beth & Achraf 328]

It cant hurt, call your electric provided, mine in Houston did it with nothing required, only spelling of his name.

Do you also have maybe Sams Club memberships? I used our as evidence, anything to front load the evidence.

For Joint credit card, does you each card have a different account number? Ours do, and on the Capital One credit card website, it shows my husbands purchases and mine separately. See of yours does also. I printed every month off and highlighted his and her purchases.

[NMK94 4]

I suggest checking out these two threads:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/596669-received-rfe/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/220440-i-751-evidence/

We had the same issue, so the first thread is one I started a couple of weeks back. We just sent our pack today so fingers crossed.

One question: with the documentation you sent, how far back did it go? Initially, we sent bank statements for a few recent months, copy of tax return, recent copies of insurance, license, auto registration, etc.

This time we sent these additional items:

• IRS tax transcripts (not just copy of returns) for 3 years
• Wills
• Living Wills
• Power of Attorneys
• As many bank statements as possible (This time we went back to the beginning of the marriage)
• Auto insurance cards and bills (to beginning of when we co-mingled)
• Affidavits (not as strong, but still adds something)
• Travel itinerary for two flights/trips (not as strong, but still adds something)
• Auto registration. Two separate cars/titles, but at least they show same address (as far back as we had)

In addition, we used the cover letter to explain why my wife is not on the mortgage, utility statements and why we have separate auto titles. However, we still sent one copy of each of mortgage/utility bill so they can see the name/account numbers, and then in the joint bank account statements we highlighted the various payments going back to the beginning of the statements. (All of which we explained in the RFE). I'm not sure if they dig that deep, but can't hurt.

Also, presentation matters. Cover letter, assembling the packet properly, tabs, etc. If you haven't already, see here and here for how to assemble the packet.

Hope that helps and good luck!

[Foxblood 2]

I suggest checking out these two threads:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/596669-received-rfe/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/220440-i-751-evidence/

We had the same issue, so the first thread is one I started a couple of weeks back. We just sent our pack today so fingers crossed.

One question: with the documentation you sent, how far back did it go? Initially, we sent bank statements for a few recent months, copy of tax return, recent copies of insurance, license, auto registration, etc.

This time we sent these additional items:

• IRS tax transcripts (not just copy of returns) for 3 years
• Wills
• Living Wills
• Power of Attorneys
• As many bank statements as possible (This time we went back to the beginning of the marriage)
• Auto insurance cards and bills (to beginning of when we co-mingled)
• Affidavits (not as strong, but still adds something)
• Travel itinerary for two flights/trips (not as strong, but still adds something)
• Auto registration. Two separate cars/titles, but at least they show same address (as far back as we had)

In addition, we used the cover letter to explain why my wife is not on the mortgage, utility statements and why we have separate auto titles. However, we still sent one copy of each of mortgage/utility bill so they can see the name/account numbers, and then in the joint bank account statements we highlighted the various payments going back to the beginning of the statements. (All of which we explained in the RFE). I'm not sure if they dig that deep, but can't hurt.

Also, presentation matters. Cover letter, assembling the packet properly, tabs, etc. If you haven't already, see here and here for how to assemble the packet.

Hope that helps and good luck!

Thank you very much for the reply. I apologize about not making the effort to respond to your excellent post! This was extremely helpful. We have gather a lot more evidence now and we should be replying to the I-1791E this week =)

[Foxblood 2]

Hi everyone! Just providing an update!

My wife received her 10 year Green-card today.

We appreciate all the help the people reading this forum provide =)

[Beth & Achraf 328]

Congratulations