Prepare for ROC: couple who live with parents in law

[tiurzm 2]

Hello everyone,

 

My name is Tiur and I and my husband live in Kansas, with my parents in law.

I just want to know all of your experience who live with parents in law. When you want to ROC, what documents do you prepare? I and my husband live with my parents in law, we are students and part time workers. 

 

Thanks 😊

[Crazy Cat 39,213]

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[tiurzm 2]

1 hour ago, missileman said:

This VJ guide is very good, imo.   https://www.visajourney.com/content/751guide/

Thank you so much for your information. May I ask you a question? 

 

I and my husband live in my parents in law's house. All the bills are under my parents in law's name.

1. Should I change the bills name to my name? Or should I change the bills name that I and my husband can afford to pay every month? 

 

Thank you so much for your respond 😊

[usmsbow 795]

13 hours ago, tiurzm said:

Thank you so much for your information. May I ask you a question? 

 

I and my husband live in my parents in law's house. All the bills are under my parents in law's name.

1. Should I change the bills name to my name? Or should I change the bills name that I and my husband can afford to pay every month? 

 

Thank you so much for your respond 😊

 

I don't think that's necessary. Do you have shared bank accounts? Shared credit card accounts? "Shared" car insurance? There are plenty of other ways to provide evidence besides utility bills. 

[tiurzm 2]

On 7/16/2019 at 11:44 AM, usmsbow said:

 

I don't think that's necessary. Do you have shared bank accounts? Shared credit card accounts? "Shared" car insurance? There are plenty of other ways to provide evidence besides utility bills. 

I have shared bank accounts, joint tax return, family joint phone bills, driver license, bill for repairing car: my husband's name on the receipt and my name on the paid receipt, 401k me as beneficiary. That's it. But I heard some people did it. They change their parents bill name to their name. How about you? Did you do it? 

 

Thanks for your response. 

[usmsbow 795]

On 7/17/2019 at 1:35 PM, tiurzm said:

I have shared bank accounts, joint tax return, family joint phone bills, driver license, bill for repairing car: my husband's name on the receipt and my name on the paid receipt, 401k me as beneficiary. That's it. But I heard some people did it. They change their parents bill name to their name. How about you? Did you do it? 

 

Thanks for your response. 

We provided bank statements, tax return transcripts, credit card statements, car insurance, electric bill (which is just in my name), water bill (just in hers) and a copy of the title of our house. We didn't think of the phone bill and forgot about the 401K beneficiary info. 

 

My wife was approved with no RFE. 

[tiurzm 2]

On 7/18/2019 at 5:30 PM, usmsbow said:

We provided bank statements, tax return transcripts, credit card statements, car insurance, electric bill (which is just in my name), water bill (just in hers) and a copy of the title of our house. We didn't think of the phone bill and forgot about the 401K beneficiary info. 

 

My wife was approved with no RFE. 

Wow congrats, but did your wife and you have interview? I heard some couple had interview for ROC. And did you send affidavit from friends or family? 

 

Thank you much for your respond, I really appreciate it. 

[usmsbow 795]

14 hours ago, tiurzm said:

Wow congrats, but did your wife and you have interview? I heard some couple had interview for ROC. And did you send affidavit from friends or family? 

 

Thank you much for your respond, I really appreciate it. 

 

No interview, and we didn't provide any affidavits. 

[tiurzm 2]

On 7/21/2019 at 1:31 PM, usmsbow said:

 

No interview, and we didn't provide any affidavits. 

That's good, congrats for you both. I think it went well because you also provided your house deed with your name and your wife's name. That's good for you too. Thank you so much for your respond 😊

[afrocraft 313]

There are two simple rules for ROC evidence. Provide documents:

• Showing 1) cohabitation (you live together); 2) co-mingling of finances; 3) shared life experiences; and 4) planning for the future.
• Spanning the time period from marriage to the time of application for each of the four areas above.

Click the arrow in the link below for ideas on how to think about these documents. 

 

[tiurzm 2]

On 7/23/2019 at 10:35 PM, afrocraft said:

There are two simple rules for ROC evidence. Provide documents:

• Showing 1) cohabitation (you live together); 2) co-mingling of finances; 3) shared life experiences; and 4) planning for the future.
• Spanning the time period from marriage to the time of application for each of the four areas above.

Click the arrow in the link below for ideas on how to think about these documents. 

 

Thank you so much for your respond. Oh I see. So if we live with our parents, should we contribute to pay some bills? 

[Rhea10 2]

I've read similar cases long time ago. You can ask your parents-in-law to write a letter for you stating that both you and your husband live with them. Of course, make sure to have all the other strong evidences, like the joint financial stuffs or documents that would verify that you and your husband live in the same address. As long as you have that then there's really nothing to worry about.

[afrocraft 313]

3 hours ago, tiurzm said:

Thank you so much for your respond. Oh I see. So if we live with our parents, should we contribute to pay some bills? 

USCIS don't care whether you contribute to paying your parents' bills. They only care that you and your spouse have evidence of a typical marital relationship from marriage till you apply. Such evidence covers:

• Cohabitation (living together)
• Co-mingling of finances (you both share financial assets and liabilities)
• Shared life experiences
• Shared planning for the future.

I provided a list of possible evidence in the link to my last post. If you don't have one (e.g., like a lease agreement because you live with your parents), you can provide other types of evidence (e.g., driver's licences from both of you with the same address).