i-751 -- joint lease agreement

[piyush31 18]

Hello, 

 

I am in process of gathering documents and sending out the I-751 form. We realized that my name is not there on the first two lease agreements however, its on the third one which started this year. Will that be a problem? 

 

I have checking account, credit card statements and tax transcripts for 2015 & 2016 that show me as a joint account and added as authorized user. Will this be enough?

 

This year, we leased a car so I am submitting lease papers and car insurance. Other than that, we are submitting, home insurance, health insurance, beneficiaries, vacation trip details, photos, marriage certificate, affidavits by two family and friends and letter from our OB/GYN about the baby. 

 

Please let me know if these documents are enough to support our case and that I am not part of the first two leases. 

[Lemon23 400]

I think you have enough evidence. For the lease agreement without your name, just ask your US citizen spouse to create a letter and explain why your not on the lease.

[piyush31 18]

2 hours ago, Lemon23 said:

I think you have enough evidence. For the lease agreement without your name, just ask your US citizen spouse to create a letter and explain why your not on the lease.

I went to the lease office and found that my wife did add me as an additional occupant (not tenant) for the first two years lease. They gave me the last two years lease papers that shows me as additional occupant and also gave me a reference letter stating our names, address, period since we have been tenants at this place. 

 

My wife moved to this place in nov 2014. I came to the US and we got married in apr 2015. The reference letter has date from Nov 2014 to Oct 2018 when our current lease ends. Since I moved to the US officially in apr 2015, will submitting the reference letter be a problem? If so, should I just submit the last three years lease agreement then? 

 

Please advise!

thanks!!

[Lemon23 400]

Reference letter would help and the actual lease agreement, but it will be more helpful if your US citizen spouse create a letter and explains the scenario because IO wouldn't know unless you explain to them in by creating a letter and attached it to the reference letter and lease agreement (Front Page)

[piyush31 18]

2 hours ago, Lemon23 said:

Reference letter would help and the actual lease agreement, but it will be more helpful if your US citizen spouse create a letter and explains the scenario because IO wouldn't know unless you explain to them in by creating a letter and attached it to the reference letter and lease agreement (Front Page)

thanks! I will do that. 

 

Did you use ACCO fasteners or paper clips to mail your package? 

Also, I guess we have to highlight key info on all papers right -- credit card statements, lease payments, names, etc ?

[Lemon23 400]

I did use ACCO fasteners to organize my documents. I did not highlight anything on our joint bank account statements since we mentioned on our cover letter that part of the transactions on our joint account statement shows that both of us paying all the utility bills and rent, so that is a clear indication that they can check the transaction if they want to.

[piyush31 18]

2 hours ago, Lemon23 said:

I did use ACCO fasteners to organize my documents. I did not highlight anything on our joint bank account statements since we mentioned on our cover letter that part of the transactions on our joint account statement shows that both of us paying all the utility bills and rent, so that is a clear indication that they can check the transaction if they want to.

Thank you!

 

I am going to mail out my packet this week. I do have a couple of questions /doubts highlighted in bold and if you could answer and review my list, that would be awesome. 

 

Quick background info, I came on a K1 visa, got married, and got my for 2 year permanent residency. When I applied for my permanent residency, on the application forms I gave the address of my wife's parents as thats our main mailing address for important documents. Since the time I have entered US and got married, I and my wife stay at the place which she leased in 09/2014. 

 

The address on our drivers license is still pointing to her parents address. However, we leased a new car few months back and updated our addresses for our DL online but not on our DL card. I have a confirmation for both of us.

 

Question: 

 

1) In the application form, Under Part 1, Q 22: Have you resided at any other address since you became a PR? After marriage (April 2015), we have always stayed at our own place and I got my green card in October 2015. What should i say? Should I enter her parents address as mailing address and our address as physical address? 

 

My List / cover Letter:

 

Application form + Check + Cover Letter

• Check of $680
• Cover Letter
• Original Application Form
• Copy of Marriage Certificate
• Copies of the passports and green cards of me and my wife
• Original sworn affidavits by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

Address Proof

• Copy of change of address from DMV NJ online. Current drivers License showing Wife's parent address. We can probably get it updated this week or not submit. Any advise?
• Copy of Lease agreement showing me as added occupant for 2015, 2016 and tenant along with my wife for 2017 - Since I wasn't working until mid 2016, we didn't add myself to the lease agreement. 
• Copy of reference letter from Lease Management stating both wife and me as tenants from 09/2014 - 10/2018
• Copy of Cell phone statements showing wife, Father in Law, Brother in Law on my account from 09/2016 - 07/2017
• Copy of Utility bill on my wife's name showing same address from May 2015 - July 2017

Photos

• Court and ceremony photos, vacation photos, random photos from 2015 - 2017

Bank Statements

• Copies of Joint checking account statements from October 2015 - July 2017. From April 2015 - September 2015 its pointing to wife's parent address so i am not submitting. Will there be a Problem?
• Copies of Joint saving account statement from July 2016  - July 2017
• Copies of three credit cards with added as authorized users statements from May 2015 - July 2017

Taxes & W2

• Copy of the tax transcripts for 2015 and 2016 
• W2 of me and my wife 

Cars

• Copies of Car statements showing joint ownership - March 2017 - July 2017 
• Copy of Car insurance showing joint name and same address

Insurance

• Copy of Home renters insurance showing joint name and same address
• I am added as beneficiary on wife’s 401k
• Copy of my Trading account showing wife as beneficiary
• Wife’s health insurance showing me as dependent for 2015, 2016, 2017
• Health insurance card showing both of us

Vacation

• Copy of our itinerary and photos for California vacation in May 2015 
• Copy of our itinerary and photos for Mexico Vacation in November 2015 
• Copy of our itinerary and photos for India Vacation in December 2016
• Copy of our itinerary and photos for Europe Vacation in June  2017 

Pregnancy

• Copy of ultrasounds 
• Reference letter from the OB/GYN

 

Thanks in Advance!!

[Lemon23 400]

Don't you have physical mailbox on your physical address? I don't recommend two different addresses though that's sounds confusing on USCIS side having two different addresses. I would suggest that mailing address and physical address should be the same, just make sure you have lease agreement on you current physical address since you already updated your address information online.

 

• Copies of Joint checking account statements from October 2015 - July 2017. From April 2015 - September 2015 its pointing to wife's parent address so i am not submitting. Will there be a Problem? - You dont need this since you have enough evidence on joint assets.

Edited July 24, 2017 by Lemon23

[piyush31 18]

11 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

Don't you have physical mailbox on your physical address? I don't recommend two different addresses though that's sounds confusing on USCIS side having two different addresses. I would suggest that mailing address and physical address should be the same, just make sure you have lease agreement on you current physical address since you already updated your address information online.

 

11 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

 

• Copies of Joint checking account statements from October 2015 - July 2017. From April 2015 - September 2015 its pointing to wife's parent address so i am not submitting. Will there be a Problem? - You dont need this since you have enough evidence on joint assets.

Yes, we do have our physical mailbox on our physical address. So the uscis on file has my wife's parents address and all notifications are sent out over there. I think I read somewhere in the forum that I will have to notify uscis with change of my address. Since I don't have time to do that, that's why i put my wife's address as mailing address and our address in physical address. What should i do now? 

 

Also, our Current drivers License has my Wife's parent address. We can probably get it changed this week to our physical address but they will know when it was issued so should i do that or just leave it. I do have the copy of change of address from DMV NJ online so I can submit just that piece. 

[Lemon23 400]

If USCIS have it on file is your wife parent's address then leave it that way and I wont suggest not to change the state ID if still valid since you already changed your address online, that would be enough proof that both of you live together. Also In the application form, Under Part 1, Q 22: Have you resided at any other address since you became a PR? you dont have to put your wife parent's address since you don't live there, you only use that address as mailing address. Just put the address on that part where you exactly live since day one you become PR.

Edited July 25, 2017 by Lemon23

[piyush31 18]

27 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

If USCIS have it on file is your wife parent's address then leave it that way and I wont suggest not to change the state ID if still valid since you already changed your address online, that would be enough proof that both of you live together. Also In the application form, Under Part 1, Q 22: Have you resided at any other address since you became a PR? you dont have to put your wife parent's address since you don't live there, you only use that address as mailing address. Just put the address on that part where you exactly live since day one you become PR.

So to confirm, in Q 22, are you suggesting to put my wifes address in mailing address and my current address or physical address or just use my current address for both of them?

 

thanks for your help!!

[Lemon23 400]

For Q 22, you only have to put there all the addresses where you physically live. If you don't live on your parent's wife address as you said you only use as mailing address then you dont have to include that since you dont live there.

Edited July 25, 2017 by Lemon23

[piyush31 18]

8 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

For Q 22, you only have to put there all the addresses where you physically live. If you don't live on your parent's wife address as you said you only use as mailing address then you dont have to include that since you dont live there.

okay thanks! I will use my current address for both

[piyush31 18]

In regards to our Drivers license, should I only submit the online confirmation of change address or the actual ID which has my wife's parents address?

[Lemon23 400]

both