I-751 August 2019 Filers

[ExieLeen 20]

Hi Everyone!  Well, we are back!  Now its time to file for Removal of Conditions for my wife's Green Card.  It expires on October 30.  Just sent the Packet out to the AZ office since we are in CA.  Should arrive by Monday Aug. 3.   

[Nin&Way 69]

Yes back on it!! My card expires in November so I must file by end August! Good luck to everyone! Please do not hesitate to share with us your checklist. 

 

[kumakun 12]

Aloha! We are filing our I-751 this month as well. My husband's conditional GC expires in early November. Since we're in Hawai‘i we will be sending our petition to Phoenix. Although we could technically file this week, we will be waiting until the end of August, as my husband is traveling home for a visit the second half of September and we are concerned his biometrics appointment could be scheduled during that time.

 

Anyway here is our Table of Contents!

 

EXHIBIT A : Payment of Fees, USCIS Forms, Copy of Permanent Resident Card

• Personal check for $680.00
• USCIS Form G-1145, “e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance”
• USCIS Form I-751, “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence”
• Copy of Husband’s Permanent Resident Card (front and back)

EXHIBIT B : Driver Licenses Showing Cohabitation

• Copies of our Hawaii driver licenses with same physical address

EXHIBIT C : Tax Returns

• Explanation of documents in Exhibit C (explains first two items and why we filed MFS for tax year 2016)
• Email exchange between USC and CPA
• Cover and excerpt from Internal Revenue Service Publication 17
• 2016 IRS Tax Return Transcript and corresponding W-2 and 1099-G
• State of Hawaii Department of Taxation Form N-11 “Individual Tax Return–RESIDENT” for Calendar Year 2016
• 2017 IRS Tax Return Transcript and corresponding W-2, 1099-G, and 1099-MISC
• State of Hawaii Department of Taxation Form N-11 “Individual Tax Return–RESIDENT” for Calendar Year 2017
• 2018 IRS Tax Return Transcript and corresponding W-2s, 1099-G, and 1099-MISC
• State of Hawaii Department of Taxation Form N-11 “Individual Tax Return–RESIDENT” for Calendar Year 2018

EXHIBIT D : Financial Accounts and Household Accounting

• Explanation of documents in Exhibit D (explains our rather unique way of managing our bank accounts and household finances)
• Explanation of absence of joint home mortgage or lease (explains that we did not wish to refinance home I owned before meeting my husband and that we hope to purchase a home together when housing market and interest rates are more favorable)
• “Verification of Account Information Notice” from Bank #1
• Bank statements from Bank #1 checking account since February 2016 (joint account but primarily used by my husband)
• Copy of completed “Signature Card Amendment” form from Bank #2 (added my husband to be a co-account holder of my checking account in May 2019...oops shoulda done that sooner!)
• Bank statements from Bank #2 checking account: June and July 2019
• Monthly household accounting spreadsheets since July 2016

EXHIBIT E : Vehicles

• Copies of current automobile titles showing joint ownership/responsibility
• Copies of current automobile registrations showing joint ownership/responsibility 
• Copies of current and previous automobile insurance cards showing joint ownership/responsibility
• Copies of current and previous automobile policies showing joint ownership/responsibility, primary driver, and other household driver

EXHIBIT F : Other Joint Accounts

• Printout of Costco Account Details (generated on Costco.com; our local Costco could not provide us with a letter or statement)
• Copies of AAA Hawaii Premier Membership cards (2018 and 2019 renewal)
• Select monthly mobile phone statements showing both of our names (one per quarter)
• Select monthly electricity statements showing both of our names (one per quarter)
• Select monthly internet service statements showing both of our names (one per quarter)

EXHIBIT G : Beneficiaries

• Explanation of documents in Exhibit G
• Letter from director of human resources at my employer (explains medical/dental insurance history, 403(b) beneficiary status, emergency contact status
• Copy of signed Beneficiary Designation form
• Printout of personal profile from my employer’s employee management portal 
• Copies of old medical insurance cards
• Printout from Bank #2 showing beneficiary status for my life insurance and brokerage accounts
• Printout of personal profile from my husband's employer's employee management portal

EXHIBIT H : Travel

• Copy of flight itineraries to/from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii (January 2017, airline we flew does not issue boarding passes)
• Email correspondence between me and hotel on Maui
• Copy of flight itineraries to/from Tokyo-Haneda, Japan (May-June 2017)
• Passport stamps showing arrival to and departure from Tokyo, Japan (we can't find my husband's boarding passes from this trip, so we thought entry/exit stamps were next best thing to prove we traveled together)
• Email confirmations of reservations at hotel in Tokyo
• Copies of boarding passes to/from Osaka, Japan (October-November 2018)
• Email correspondences between me and Osaka hotel to arrange anniversary surprise for my husband
• Copies of boarding passes to/from Tokyo, Japan (April 2019)

EXHIBIT I : Communications

• Sample screenshots of some of my Facebook posts related to our marriage with reactions from friends (7 examples)
• Sample screenshots of text messages between the two of us since being married (16 examples)

EXHIBIT J : Photographs

• Images of us together on vacations and at social events with friends (28 images)

EXHIBIT K : Cards

• Copies of cards and envelopes to and between us (18 samples)

EXHIBIT L : Affidavits

• Included four affidavits: from my mother (husband's mother-in-law), our next-door neighbors, and two friends. Based on research on VJ and plenty of people stating their petitions were approved without notarized affidavits, we did not get them notarized but are including originals with wet signatures.

Whew! Best wishes to all fellow August filers for no RFE's and speedy approvals.

Edited August 5, 2019 by kumakun

[Alan & Anna 17]

We are August filers.  Mailed to the Dallas drop box on August 3rd. Good luck to all the August Filers and those that filed before that.

[Becci391 339]

Do we now have two August 2019 filer groups?

I already created a group on Wednesday...

[kumakun 12]

16 hours ago, Becci391 said:

Do we now have two August 2019 filer groups?

I already created a group on Wednesday...

This thread is the only one that shows up on page 1 when doing a search for "I-751 August 2019"...so I suspect this thread is the one people are most likely to click on. What's the link to the thread you created?

[Becci391 339]

12 minutes ago, kumakun said:

This thread is the only one that shows up on page 1 when doing a search for "I-751 August 2019"...so I suspect this thread is the one people are most likely to click on. What's the link to the thread you created?

I-751 August 2019 Filers

Created on July 31st.

[James and Joan 4]

Hi All,

 

Just sent out ROC package today 8/6 here we go again !

 

-James and Joan

[Becci391 339]

Can an admin please merge the two I-751 August 2019 filers groups together?

[Paulinadeb88 29]

Received a text a few minutes ago with case # and that we'll receive form I-797 in the mail. Would this be an extension or a possible RFE?

[Crazy Cat 39,206]

2 minutes ago, Paulinadeb88 said:

Received a text a few minutes ago with case # and that we'll receive form I-797 in the mail. Would this be an extension or a possible RFE?

Extension Letter.........then you might receive another one very soon for biometrics......

[Nin&Way 69]

1 minute ago, missileman said:

Extension Letter.........then you might receive another one very soon for biometrics......

When did you file?

[Crazy Cat 39,206]

1 minute ago, Nin&Way said:

When did you file?

• I751 mailed to Dallas PO Box: 3/28/2019
• I-797 extension letter  for ROC dated 4/2/2019  MSCxxxxxxxxxx received: 4/6/2019
• Biometrics apt received for 4/25/2019: on 4/12/2019

 

[Becci391 339]

15 minutes ago, Paulinadeb88 said:

Received a text a few minutes ago with case # and that we'll receive form I-797 in the mail. Would this be an extension or a possible RFE?

The extension letter.

[Paulinadeb88 29]

Just now, Becci391 said:

The extension letter.

Woopie thanks!!!