i-751 October 2020 filers

[nayr9720 0]

Another question, this one about the cover letter...is it best for us to word the letter as if we are both writing it, and include both of our signatures at the end? Or should I (the US citizen) just say I'm filing on behalf of my wife, and then I only sign the letter? I've seen examples of it being done both ways here on VJ and through Google, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if USCIS has a preference. Thanks in advance.

Ryan

[Trying21 12]

We were delivered on 10.5, and our check still hasn't been cashed. Anyone else in this boat? From reading last month's filers it seems most people had their checks cashed the day after USCIS received it?

[Genski92 93]

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees

[Bob in Boston 626]

11 minutes ago, mb112 said:

most people had their checks cashed the day after USCIS received it?

More like a week

[waterdog 10]

11 minutes ago, mb112 said:

We were delivered on 10.5, and our check still hasn't been cashed. Anyone else in this boat? From reading last month's filers it seems most people had their checks cashed the day after USCIS received it?

Ours was delivered 10-2 and still nothing.

[Trying21 12]

Just now, Bob in Boston said:

More like a week

Yes I just looked back at the google spreadsheet and I was reading NOA date and check cashed date, not received date! 😩 I must have a case of the Mondays!

[Chelleyandaaron 511]

21 hours ago, nayr9720 said:

Another question, this one about the cover letter...is it best for us to word the letter as if we are both writing it, and include both of our signatures at the end? Or should I (the US citizen) just say I'm filing on behalf of my wife, and then I only sign the letter? I've seen examples of it being done both ways here on VJ and through Google, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if USCIS has a preference. Thanks in advance.

Ryan

I have written mine as myself - not from us both.  I don't know if it makes any difference though.  (And I wondered the same thing).

[Chelleyandaaron 511]

Okay - off to the post office.

 

My pack ended up around 150 pages and included:

 

G-1450: Payment of $680

G-1145: e-notification request:

 

 

Cover letter:

 

USCIS 
P.O. Box 21200 
Phoenix, AZ 85036

October 9^th 2020

Nature of the submission: Removal of Conditions

 

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find my Form I-751 to Remove Conditions on Residence, and supporting documents.

Contents include:

-        Payment in the amount of $ 680 = $595 filing fee + $85 biometrics fee

 

 

-        Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence and copy of Green Card

Supporting evidence:

1.      Escrow statement and refinance settlement statement showing both names

2.      Mortgage statements – April, May, July, August 2020

3.      Tax returns and W2s

4.      Verizon bills showing Michelle as Chelley [retracted]  June, August, September 2020

5.      Synchrony bank loan statements for roof repairs showing both names 09/20 and 08/20

6.      Health insurance cards front and back

7.      Sam’s club membership renewal showing both names

8.      Life Insurance docs (x2) showing Aaron and Michelle as mutual beneficiaries

9.      401k document (Michelle) showing Aaron as beneficiary

10.   401k beneficiary designation (Aaron) showing Michelle as beneficiary

11.   Election confirmation benefits Michelle – showing Aaron as beneficiary 2018 & 2020

12.   Joint checking account statements Dec 18, Oct 19, Jan 20, May 20, Sep 20

13.   Joint Savings Account transactions March 2019 – Sept 2020

14.   Flight booking October 2019 to visit family in Ireland- both names – Aer Lingus

15.   Flight Booking receipts to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, June 2019 – one receipt in each name

16.   Flight booking confirmation to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, February 2020 – both names

17.   Boarding passes to visit family in Ireland and London Dec 2018

18.   Photographs 2018 - 2020

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an USCIS officer at a later date.

Signed,

 

 

Edited October 12, 2020 by Chelleyandaaron

[Genski92 93]

49 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

Okay - off to the post office.

 

My pack ended up around 150 pages and included:

 

G-1450: Payment of $680

G-1145: e-notification request:

 

 

Cover letter:

 

USCIS 
P.O. Box 21200 
Phoenix, AZ 85036

October 9^th 2020

Nature of the submission: Removal of Conditions

 

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find my Form I-751 to Remove Conditions on Residence, and supporting documents.

Contents include:

-        Payment in the amount of $ 680 = $595 filing fee + $85 biometrics fee

 

 

-        Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence and copy of Green Card

Supporting evidence:

1.      Escrow statement and refinance settlement statement showing both names

2.      Mortgage statements – April, May, July, August 2020

3.      Tax returns and W2s

4.      Verizon bills showing Michelle as Chelley [retracted]  June, August, September 2020

5.      Synchrony bank loan statements for roof repairs showing both names 09/20 and 08/20

6.      Health insurance cards front and back

7.      Sam’s club membership renewal showing both names

8.      Life Insurance docs (x2) showing Aaron and Michelle as mutual beneficiaries

9.      401k document (Michelle) showing Aaron as beneficiary

10.   401k beneficiary designation (Aaron) showing Michelle as beneficiary

11.   Election confirmation benefits Michelle – showing Aaron as beneficiary 2018 & 2020

12.   Joint checking account statements Dec 18, Oct 19, Jan 20, May 20, Sep 20

13.   Joint Savings Account transactions March 2019 – Sept 2020

14.   Flight booking October 2019 to visit family in Ireland- both names – Aer Lingus

15.   Flight Booking receipts to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, June 2019 – one receipt in each name

16.   Flight booking confirmation to visit Michelle’s cousin in Miami, February 2020 – both names

17.   Boarding passes to visit family in Ireland and London Dec 2018

18.   Photographs 2018 - 2020

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an USCIS officer at a later date.

Signed,

 

 

Wow this is overworked 😂 ours is not even half inches thick. We only gonna submit what they ask from instructions.

Anyway good luck to all of us.

[Genski92 93]

We'll send packet tomorrow. Screenshot below is everything i got in my packet. We prefer simple but direct to the uscis need...well let you know the update.

[Chelleyandaaron 511]

3 hours ago, Genski92 said:

Wow this is overworked 😂 ours is not even half inches thick. We only gonna submit what they ask from instructions.

Anyway good luck to all of us.

 

We did submit what they asked for in the instructions (except for the affadavits which only seem to be required if you don't have enough of everything else):

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-751instr.pdf

 

Evidence of the Relationship

 

Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted conditional status was entered in “good faith” and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date, and to demonstrate any circumstances surrounding the end of the relationship, if it has ended.

 

The documents should include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

 

1. Birth certificates of children born during the time of this marriage, if any;

2. Lease or mortgage contracts showing joint occupancy and/or ownership of your communal residence;

3. Financial records showing joint ownership of assets and joint responsibility for liabilities, such as joint savings and checking accounts with transaction history, complete joint Federal and State tax returns, insurance policies that show the other spouse as the beneficiary, joint utility bills, or joint installment or other loans. If applicable, submit copies of military Leave and Earnings Statements showing receipt of Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) with family members and/or Form DD-1172 for military family member identification cards;

4. Other documents that you consider relevant to establish that your marriage was not entered for the purpose of evading U.S. immigration laws; and

5. Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people who have known both of you since your conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage and relationship. (Such persons may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in the affidavit.) The original affidavit must be submitted and also contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: his or her full name and address; date and place of birth; relationship to you or your spouse, if any; and full information and complete details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge. Affidavits must be supported by other types of evidence listed above.

 

I thought my file was fairly skimpy compared to the September filers packages - I  have only included a selection of bank statements etc rather than every statement from the marriage to now.  Just trying to cover the bases so that we lessen the chance of getting an RFE.

 

Thankfully the next step after this one looks like FAR less paperwork!  Roll on citizenship...

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Chelleyandaaron

[Genski92 93]

34 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

 

We did submit what they asked for in the instructions (except for the affadavits which only seem to be required if you don't have enough of everything else):

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-751instr.pdf

 

Evidence of the Relationship

 

Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted conditional status was entered in “good faith” and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date, and to demonstrate any circumstances surrounding the end of the relationship, if it has ended.

 

The documents should include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

 

1. Birth certificates of children born during the time of this marriage, if any;

2. Lease or mortgage contracts showing joint occupancy and/or ownership of your communal residence;

3. Financial records showing joint ownership of assets and joint responsibility for liabilities, such as joint savings and checking accounts with transaction history, complete joint Federal and State tax returns, insurance policies that show the other spouse as the beneficiary, joint utility bills, or joint installment or other loans. If applicable, submit copies of military Leave and Earnings Statements showing receipt of Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) with family members and/or Form DD-1172 for military family member identification cards;

4. Other documents that you consider relevant to establish that your marriage was not entered for the purpose of evading U.S. immigration laws; and

5. Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people who have known both of you since your conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage and relationship. (Such persons may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in the affidavit.) The original affidavit must be submitted and also contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: his or her full name and address; date and place of birth; relationship to you or your spouse, if any; and full information and complete details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge. Affidavits must be supported by other types of evidence listed above.

 

I thought my file was fairly skimpy compared to the September filers packages - I  have only included a selection of bank statements etc rather than every statement from the marriage to now.  Just trying to cover the bases so that we lessen the chance of getting an RFE.

 

Thankfully the next step after this one looks like FAR less paperwork!  Roll on citizenship...

 

Let's update each other October filers.❤️❤️

[Hans-Peter 2]

On 9/29/2020 at 3:50 PM, Chelleyandaaron said:

Hello everyone!

 

I am currently preparing my packet for removal of conditions to mail next week and thought I would take this opportunity to start our forum topic.

 

As a reminder - here is the link to the USCIS page as we all make our way through yet another pile of paperwork!

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-751

 

Good luck - and don't forget the fees increase next week too!

 

Here is a link to some of the changes on the new documentation and fees effective from October 2nd:

 

https://www.aila.org/File/Related/20073100da.pdf

 

Also: the current i-751 form has an expiry date of December 2019 on it.  Whilst this is the correct form to use at the time of this post - it COULD change before you submit your packet so ALWAYS check the USCIS site before mailing your packet to make sure you are sending the correct form.

 

Good luck!

I filed my I-751 today. I used the divorce waiver since we got divorce due to abusive relationship.

 

I will say that I payed the fees that are posted on the website ($595 + Fingerprint), I hope it is okay.

I also attached: the form itself, a cover letter (9 page long), joint health insurance, our lease contract together, joint car insurance, joint bank account, a statement from a psychologist I saw, one affidavit of support, some receipts and 15 photos of us with family.

 

I hope I did not mess up the fees since I did not know they were going to increase.

And I hope I get a response soon, My GC expires on December 2020.

 

HP

[Genski92 93]

10 minutes ago, Hans-Peter said:

I filed my I-751 today. I used the divorce waiver since we got divorce due to abusive relationship.

 

I will say that I payed the fees that are posted on the website ($595 + Fingerprint), I hope it is okay.

I also attached: the form itself, a cover letter (9 page long), joint health insurance, our lease contract together, joint car insurance, joint bank account, a statement from a psychologist I saw, one affidavit of support, some receipts and 15 photos of us with family.

 

I hope I did not mess up the fees since I did not know they were going to increase.

And I hope I get a response soon, My GC expires on December 2020.

 

HP

The fee is still right so i think you'll be fine regarding with the fee. I'll send mine tomorrow

[Pilgrimmed 22]

Filing ours soon, just a few questions:

 

1. Is it better for both to sign the cover letter or just the US Citizen Spouse?

2. You write the ROC spouse name and A number on the top of the evidence documents, correct?

3. Is it better to send a certified (original) birth certificate for children born to the marriage or photocopies are perfectly fine?