What to bring to interview

[hsa12390 30]

Hi VJers

 

My husband has his N400 interview on Nov 27th in Boston. We're assembling the documents that they asked for in the interview letter and among them they ask for "evidence" that we've been married for 3 years. In July 2016 we sent a TON of evidence for our I-751 and that was approved without RFE. However I don't know if we need as much as we previously sent and going through and getting updated versions of all of those documents would be a huge pain in the you know what. Here's what I originally sent (along with a couple of new things I plan to send):

 

 Copy of Permanent Resident Card (front and back)
 Notarized affidavit from my parents explaining living situation (we have been living with them since 2014 as we save money for a house)
 Copy of both driver’s licenses showing same address
 Copy of our joint 2014, 2015 and 2016 IRS tax transcripts (we will bring 2016 tax transcripts this time around)
 Copies of monthly bank statements from joint savings and checking accounts (I ordered these from now going back just till January 2017. Is that enough? For I-751 we sent in statements spanning 2014- mid 2016)
 Copy of letter from Bank of America stating that we are both authorized users and card holders on my father’s credit card account
 Reference letter from Bank of America stating that we share joint checking and savings

 Voided check from joint bank account
 Copies of our VISA credit cards showing same credit card number

 Credit card statements with both of our names from our CapitalOne card (the account was only opened 2 months ago though)
 Copy of 401K, health, life, dental, cancer, and accident insurance plans from our places of work (we now work for the same company but do we need to show this spanning last 3 years or will the ones from new employers suffice? do we need to resend the ones from last year even though neither of us work at those employers anymore)?

 Copy of joint health insurance cards and dental insurance cards

 Copy of whole life insurance with each other listed as beneficiary from Northwestern Mutual 
 Copies of Commerce car insurance bills showing both our names listed as operators (again, how far back do I have to go with these?)
 Copy of Verizon cell phone bills spanning duration of residence in the US (family plan)
 Copy of our airline reservations from vacations together
 Photos spanning the entirety of marriage with friends/family
 2 Notarized affidavits from my brother and our friend David attesting to our relationship (do we need to write new affidavits?)
 Copy of French lease + translation + translators certificate (all French documents were from 2012-2013 when we were living there)
 Copy of my French visa in my passport showing that I was living at our address in Dijon
 Copy of my French credit card from when we were living in France

 

Is this overkill to try and update all of these? Is there anything we should include that we don't have? Passport photos?

 

Thanks and I appreciate your help!

[candybabe 46]

You should basically bring documents that show the living situation has continued since July 2016 - so maybe:

 

- updated health insurance cards valid in 2017, maybe medical bills that show dr visits with same address - if your interview is at the end of November - you could bring in your new benefits as they were set up for next year showing the family plan for 2018

- car insurance cards valid with both names if applicable

- bank statements for the past year , maybe quarterly so you only have to bring 4

- 401K statements - quarterly - showing that contributions continued and who the beneficiaries are

- life insurance statement - current - to show he is still beneficiary

- W2's from both of you  showing direct deposits in the joint checking account

- I would provide a copy of an actual check issued not voided - maybe go in your bank statement and print screen a couple as they cleared your account - they want to make sure you are using the account not just that you have it

- maybe photos from family events that happened since last year - Christmas, New Year's , birthdays , weddings,  this Halloween that just passed...

- any future vacation plans - bring evidence of that - basically showing that the future plans go past this interview

 

He should out of caution get passport photos taken as well - They actually asked me for them the day of the interview - And I was smiling ear to ear pulling them out of my purse like a magician