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Planning to file online and will be uploading the following supporting evidence with the application. Here's the evidence and the questions I have prior to submitting the application for naturalization online.

 

  • Copy of U.S. Spouse Birth Certificate
  • Photocopy of Permanent Resident Card. Question: Provide a photocopy of the front and back of your Form I-551? Can I just submit copies of front and back of current green card or do I also have to submit the green card approval notice which I'm assuming is the I-551 Form?
  • Copy of marriage certificate;
  • Copy of U.S. spouse-divorce decree
  • 3 years of tax returns & transcripts 
  • Joint bank and credit card statements. Question: How many months should we submit? Should we also redact account numbers?
  • Lease information. Question: We rent from a private homeowner, does the lease agreement need to be notarized by my landlord?
  • Insurance policies: Joint auto insurance, life insurance, medical insurance, advanced directive of health care 
  • Copy of Driver's License.
  • Copies of Passport pages along with flight itinerary(2 trips out of US 2 weeks each)
  • Copies of Utilities bills 
  • Copies of 8-16 photos together (i.e. wedding, graduation, vacations etc.)
  • Notarized Affidavits from family members.
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10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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1.  Your Green card, itself,  is the I-551.

2.  I would not redact the account numbers, but I don't think it would be an issue if you did.

3.  No.

 

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August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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This is not I-751 application, so no need to add  everything

  • Copies of Passport pages along with flight itinerary(2 trips out of US 2 weeks each)- no need
  • Copies of Utilities bills - you many add as additional evidence
  • Copies of 8-16 photos together (i.e. wedding, graduation, vacations etc.)- no need
  • Notarized Affidavits from family members.- no need
  • Health directive- no need
  • 3 months of bank statement would be fine, since you are adding tax transcript.
  • No need to notarized lease documents- but add them as additional evidence
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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Ghana
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2 hours ago, missileman said:

1.  Your Green card, itself,  is the I-551.

2.  I would not redact the account numbers, but I don't think it would be an issue if you did.

3.  No.

 

Thank you.

 

36 minutes ago, dilip said:

This is not I-751 application, so no need to add  everything

  • Copies of Passport pages along with flight itinerary(2 trips out of US 2 weeks each)- no need
  • Copies of Utilities bills - you many add as additional evidence
  • Copies of 8-16 photos together (i.e. wedding, graduation, vacations etc.)- no need
  • Notarized Affidavits from family members.- no need
  • Health directive- no need
  • 3 months of bank statement would be fine, since you are adding tax transcript.
  • No need to notarized lease documents- but add them as additional evidence

When I did some research on additional evidence in this forum, I read that I should treat additional evidence as a mini-ROC ? So uploading this much evidence is with the online application is out of the norm? I'm trying to avoid an RFE's but it just feels odd that they don't want to see more evidence for the N-400.

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K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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6 minutes ago, Rick&Maeve said:

Thank you.

 

When I did some research on additional evidence in this forum, I read that I should treat additional evidence as a mini-ROC ? So uploading this much evidence is with the online application is out of the norm? I'm trying to avoid an RFE's but it just feels odd that they don't want to see more evidence for the N-400.

Okay, since you have everything ready to add as additional documents , go ahead and add those.   Nothing harm to add more documents.   May be I got lazy after submitting all those documents during I-751 and decided not to add those and got approval

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Also forgot to ask which tax transcript to I upload. Do I upload the account transcript or the return transcript?

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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3 minutes ago, afrocraft said:

Return: the one that has your tax information (income, deductions, taxes, etc.)

Thank you!

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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Just to clarify one question regarding our lease. My landlord typed it up himself and since we are renting from a private homeowner, the lease agreement is not on an official letterhead. I was just wondering whether that agreement is acceptable?

K1 Visa AOS

10/21/13: I-129F Sent 07/12/14: Married

11/01/13: I-129F NOA1 (Texas Service Center) 08/20/14: (I-485, I-765, I-131) Mailed Out

02/19/14: I-129F NOA2 (110 days) 08/26/14: NOA's received (Nebraska Service Center)

03/04/14: NVC Received 09/17/14: Bio Appointment

03/07/14: NVC Left 11/14/14: EAD & AP Approved (86 days)

03/13/14: Consulate Received 11/18/14: EAD & AP approval letter received

04/09/14: Packet 4 Received 11/20/14: EAD Card Received!

04/24/14: Interview Date - APPROVED (174 days) 12/11/14: Potential Interview Letter received

05/18/15: Card Ordered To Be Produced

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2 minutes ago, Rick&Maeve said:

Just to clarify one question regarding our lease. My landlord typed it up himself and since we are renting from a private homeowner, the lease agreement is not on an official letterhead. I was just wondering whether that agreement is acceptable?

If it's signed, you're fine. The standard of evidence is a totality of the circumstances.

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When you submit your N-400 application, the only evidence that is required is:  2 photographs if outside the US, copy--front and back--of your Green Card, current legal marital status document(marriage certificate for most people), and military docs if you or your spouse is in the military.

 

When you go in for your interview, THEN you bring proof of an ongoing bona fide marriage if applying on basis of marriage to USC.

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On 8/13/2019 at 9:18 AM, dilip said:

This is not I-751 application, so no need to add  everything

  • Copies of Passport pages along with flight itinerary(2 trips out of US 2 weeks each)- no need
  • Copies of Utilities bills - you many add as additional evidence
  • Copies of 8-16 photos together (i.e. wedding, graduation, vacations etc.)- no need
  • Notarized Affidavits from family members.- no need
  • Health directive- no need
  • 3 months of bank statement would be fine, since you are adding tax transcript.
  • No need to notarized lease documents- but add them as additional evidence

I Submitted the below documents along with my N400.

Eligibility for filing started last year Sep. I got my conditional GC in 2015 Sep and my GC in Oct 2018.

 

Below are the evidences

 

Copies of:

My GC

Marriage Certificate

USC husbands birth certificate

IRS return transcripts (married filing jointly since 2015)

Daughter's Birth certificate

House deed(we purchased in 2017 and shows both our names)

 

Please let me know if it is sufficient or I have to add more evidences.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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On 8/13/2019 at 6:31 AM, Rick&Maeve said:

Planning to file online and will be uploading the following supporting evidence with the application. Here's the evidence and the questions I have prior to submitting the application for naturalization online.

 

  • Copy of U.S. Spouse Birth Certificate
  • Photocopy of Permanent Resident Card. Question: Provide a photocopy of the front and back of your Form I-551? Can I just submit copies of front and back of current green card or do I also have to submit the green card approval notice which I'm assuming is the I-551 Form?
  • Copy of marriage certificate;
  • Copy of U.S. spouse-divorce decree
  • 3 years of tax returns & transcripts 
  • Joint bank and credit card statements. Question: How many months should we submit? Should we also redact account -nnumbers?- Not needed, if you would llike to just last 3 months
  • Lease information. Question: We rent from a private homeowner, does the lease agreement need to be notarized by my landlord?- no need to be notarized
  • Insurance policies: Joint auto insurance, life insurance, medical insurance, advanced directive of health care 
  • Copy of Driver's License.
  • Copies of Passport pages along with flight itinerary(2 trips out of US 2 weeks each)
  • Copies of Utilities bills 
  • Copies of 8-16 photos together (i.e. wedding, graduation, vacations etc.)
  • Notarized Affidavits from family members.- no need to submit those

 

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