ROC- no utility bills on our name

[Rocio0010 5,565]

Hello everyone! Hubby and I have to submit our ROC in January 2022 (I know, it's early, but never to early to compile evidence!). Right now, we are renting and our landlord pays the bills for us. The catch 22 is that the lease says that we are responsible for utilities, but our landlords pays them for us. So we will be lacking that evidence. In order to supplement it, we were planning on having him write a note saying that he pays the utilities for us. In fact, that's what we did for our AOS, but we can't find the note anywhere! Has somebody been in the same situation? Can somebody share a template?

Also, this is the evidence we're planning on sending. Any suggestions are welcome! Like I said, I know it's early, but I am a teacher on summer vacation, and I want to use my down time wisely. TIA!

 

- Lease for 2020 and 2021 with both names.

-2019 and 2020 joint taxes.

- Health insurance.

- Car insurance.

- Retirement account with USC as beneficiary.

- USC as emergency contact information for medical reasons for the beneficiary.

- House loan with both our names.

- Utility bills on both names (we will have them once we move into the property we purchased).

- Deed for the house with both names.

- Pictures with family and friends.

- Travel tickets (we had to cancel the trip for COVID reasons, but we can still send the tickets, right?)

- 2020 and 2021 State property taxes on both names.

- Domestic hotel reservations.

Although affidavits are not really strong evidence, we can still include some. I'm mostly concerned about the utility bill situation and how we can solve it. 

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

Don't worry about the utilities.  Do you have a joint bank account?

[Rocio0010 5,565]

Just now, Lucky Cat said:

Don't worry about the utilities.  Do you have a joint bank account?

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that. We do have a joint bank account, and then each of us is named as an authorized user of each of our personal accounts as well.

[Timona 3,941]

You have more than enough. Quit worrying. I ROCed without bills as my USC is not even listed on it.

[Rocio0010 5,565]

Just now, Timona said:

You have more than enough. Quit worrying. I ROCed without bills as my USC is not even listed on it.

Thank you, Timona, for the reassurance! I just want to be as prepared as possible.

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

11 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that. We do have a joint bank account, and then each of us is named as an authorized user of each of our personal accounts as well.

Sounds good!!!

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

@ra0010, I think you have plenty of solid evidence. I would not worry about not having utility bills in both names. A quick fix would be to ask your landlord for a note again, but I think that stating that on your Table of contents is sufficient. 

 

Additionally, I would just make sure that your evidence starts since the date of your marriage -as the I-751 instructions state- until the time you file. You asked for a template. Here is a good one on this thread. It's the second post. best wishes!  

 

 

[Sparkle Sparkle 913]

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[Rocio0010 5,565]

8 minutes ago, USC4SPOUSE said:

@ra0010, I think you have plenty of solid evidence. I would not worry about not having utility bills in both names. A quick fix would be to ask your landlord for a note again, but I think that stating that on your Table of contents is sufficient. 

 

Additionally, I would just make sure that your evidence starts since the date of your marriage -as the I-751 instructions state- until the time you file. You asked for a template. Here is a good one on this thread. It's the second post. best wishes!  

 

 

You’re always so kind and thorough! Thank you! Yes, the evidence we have covers the whole spam of our marriage. We kept a copy of the evidence we sent to USCIS (Our interview was waived, so it means it was solid evidence!) and we are planning on adding this list that I posted here to the evidence we already sent. That should give them an idea of our relationship! 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

2 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

You’re always so kind and thorough! Thank you! Yes, the evidence we have covers the whole spam of our marriage. We kept a copy of the evidence we sent to USCIS (Our interview was waived, so it means it was solid evidence!) and we are planning on adding this list that I posted here to the evidence we already sent. That should give them an idea of our relationship! 

You're too kind!  I am just glad to be helpful. Your list looks really good!

If USCIS waived your AOS Interview, then they definitely had no concerns about your marriage. I am glad to hear you are planning on sending them tons of evidence. That's what we did for AOS and ROC.  

[Timona 3,941]

8 hours ago, ra0010 said:

You’re always so kind and thorough! Thank you! Yes, the evidence we have covers the whole spam of our marriage. We kept a copy of the evidence we sent to USCIS (Our interview was waived, so it means it was solid evidence!) and we are planning on adding this list that I posted here to the evidence we already sent. That should give them an idea of our relationship! 

 

Were you on K-1? Or F-1.

 

Shocking that AOS from a F-1 was waived. That's luck right there. Regardless of F-1 or K-1, your chances of going for ROC interview are high, IMO. You cannot evade USCIS forever.

[SalishSea 16,772]

9 hours ago, ra0010 said:

Hello everyone! Hubby and I have to submit our ROC in January 2022 (I know, it's early, but never to early to compile evidence!). Right now, we are renting and our landlord pays the bills for us. The catch 22 is that the lease says that we are responsible for utilities, but our landlords pays them for us. So we will be lacking that evidence. In order to supplement it, we were planning on having him write a note saying that he pays the utilities for us. In fact, that's what we did for our AOS, but we can't find the note anywhere! Has somebody been in the same situation? Can somebody share a template?

Also, this is the evidence we're planning on sending. Any suggestions are welcome! Like I said, I know it's early, but I am a teacher on summer vacation, and I want to use my down time wisely. TIA!

 

- Lease for 2020 and 2021 with both names.

-2019 and 2020 joint taxes.

- Health insurance.

- Car insurance.

- Retirement account with USC as beneficiary.

- USC as emergency contact information for medical reasons for the beneficiary.

- House loan with both our names.

- Utility bills on both names (we will have them once we move into the property we purchased).

- Deed for the house with both names.

- Pictures with family and friends.

- Travel tickets (we had to cancel the trip for COVID reasons, but we can still send the tickets, right?)

- 2020 and 2021 State property taxes on both names.

- Domestic hotel reservations.

Although affidavits are not really strong evidence, we can still include some. I'm mostly concerned about the utility bill situation and how we can solve it. 

What are you hoping to accomplish by having the landlord write that letter?  Surely you've got better evidence of a shared address and combined finances?   There is no magic for AOS/ROC inherently contained in utility bills.

[bakphx1 785]

Phone bills can also help.  We had our interview earlier this year and the chatty officer told us two things I remember that said helped our case.  First, they check to see if mail is going to any other address not listed (through whatever background checks they do) and they re-run it the day of the interview.  He also said that pictures both together and with family and friends (as you have) carry a lot of weight.

[Rocio0010 5,565]

6 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

What are you hoping to accomplish by having the landlord write that letter?  Surely you've got better evidence of a shared address and combined finances?   There is no magic for AOS/ROC inherently contained in utility bills.

Yep, we do have all the evidence that I posted. Peace of mind I guess?

[Rocio0010 5,565]

6 hours ago, Timona said:

 

Were you on K-1? Or F-1.

 

Shocking that AOS from a F-1 was waived. That's luck right there. Regardless of F-1 or K-1, your chances of going for ROC interview are high, IMO. You cannot evade USCIS forever.

F1. I guess it was indirectly waived because they made us mail our evidence to the FO. But yeah, that’s what happened. They called us the day before the interview, right when covid hit.