I-751 ROC Filers - September 2025 & October 2025

[mw & rg k1 640]

Seeing that these forums are less attended than AOS and K1,
I thought to start this one a bit earlier than normal.

Hopefully you all have been working on your proof of marriage documentation. 

I-751 Document Checklist (taken from other groups):
- Front/back copy of permanent resident card.
- Copy of the driver’s license and/or identity card for each party of the qualifying marriage.
- Legible copy of your marriage certificate establishing a marriage to the U.S. citizen spouse.
   (The certificate must indicate that after the marriage ceremony, it was registered or recorded by the county, state, or province.)
- Documents that prove your bona fide marriage and co-habitation covering the period of time from the date of marriage to the present
   (such as: o Copies of bank statements showing joint savings accounts and/or checking accounts - one for each quarter (four per year) since the date of marriage.)

- Two declarations by close friends or family members with knowledge of your bona fide marriage.

- Copy of joint water bill, cable bill, energy bill, phone bill, or other statements issued in both your names indicating your residential address.

- Copy of joint car insurance.

- Copy of joint home insurance.
-  Copy of joint mortgage or lease.

- Birth certificates of children of the marriage.

- Insurance policies (showing spouse as beneficiary).

- Charge accounts in both names (copies of billing statements).

- Letter from the employers, showing who is to be contacted in case of an emergency; how many dependents are claimed for taxes; etc.

- Copy of joint Federal income tax return.

- If your spouse’s name has changed, any identification showing the married name such as driver's license, etc.

- Letters and cards written between the parties, or other correspondence to the couple.

- If applicable, submit copies of military Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) form for housing and/or DD Form 1172 for dependent military cards.

- Copies of wedding and travel photographs, travel documents and/or other evidence that you feel should be considered.
   (The photos should be annotated to show the date and place where taken and identifying any other individuals in the photos)

 

Looking forward to seeing @grumpypiggy again in this forum.  
Getting it started a bit early to be sure the ROC group exists

Edited April 6 by mw & rg k1

[OldUser 9,994]

Great to see you're planning ahead. Good luck!

[Crazy Cat 44,554]

5 hours ago, OldUser said:

Great to see you're planning ahead. Good luck!

Exactly!  It is NEVER too early to start preparing for the I-751.  I saved documents and asked myself "How can I use this as evidence" the entire time of wife having conditional Green card (as you know, it turned out to be almost 4 years). 

Edited April 6 by Crazy Cat

[MMRF 44]

We have a shared google drive folder and have been uploading all of these bills every month and every single other piece of anything that could be evidence. There's a google slide doc that we add 2 pics per page to.

It most certainly will make everything easier.

 

I cannot wait to never do this again for the rest of my life.

[OldUser 9,994]

10 minutes ago, MMRF said:

We have a shared google drive folder and have been uploading all of these bills every month and every single other piece of anything that could be evidence. There's a google slide doc that we add 2 pics per page to.

It most certainly will make everything easier.

 

I cannot wait to never do this again for the rest of my life.

I certainly save all digital statements. But also, until very recently, had all paper statements delivered and stored in a box. This saved money on printing, as many typically complain about having to print evidence for I-751 / N-400

[MMRF 44]

19 hours ago, OldUser said:

I certainly save all digital statements. But also, until very recently, had all paper statements delivered and stored in a box. This saved money on printing, as many typically complain about having to print evidence for I-751 / N-400

 Lots of places force you into e-delivery nowadays or charge to have paper sent. My husband just prints everything at work for free anyway.

[OldUser 9,994]

3 minutes ago, MMRF said:

 Lots of places force you into e-delivery nowadays or charge to have paper sent. My husband just prints everything at work for free anyway.

Good for him! I wouldn't dare printing this volume for personal needs 😅

I'm lucky in that regard, no bank or utility company is charging me for paper statements. They're large national banks though. Some banks actually offered incentives (points, statement credits) for switching to paperless. So once I was done with immigration, I switched to paperless and got those too

 

Good luck and keep us posted!

[mw & rg k1 640]

On 4/6/2025 at 2:18 PM, MMRF said:

We have a shared google drive folder and have been uploading all of these bills every month and every single other piece of anything that could be evidence. There's a google slide doc that we add 2 pics per page to.

It most certainly will make everything easier.

 

I cannot wait to never do this again for the rest of my life.

 

We get this time ... AND yet again for citizenship ... so hold fast.

 

Like the drive idea but did mine making a Google docs file so can keep adding to a printable doc with descriptions, dates, etc.

 

Making backups of the docs file too ... as one time it did get corrupted (somehow) 

[mw & rg k1 640]

Just checking in with everyone again .... The window to file will open very shortly.

Hopefully @MMRF can keep us up to date with their progress as an early submitter.
Lets all hope this goes reasonably smoothly for all (and future) group members

 

[MMRF 44]

On 6/7/2025 at 8:45 AM, mw & rg k1 said:

Just checking in with everyone again .... The window to file will open very shortly.

Hopefully @MMRF can keep us up to date with their progress as an early submitter.
Lets all hope this goes reasonably smoothly for all (and future) group members

 

He submitted the package in early May, check was cashed w/in a few days of delivery, and said he got an email notification a couple days ago that "something was being sent in the mail." I presume it's the extension letter receipt. 

[mw & rg k1 640]

18 hours ago, MMRF said:

"something was being sent in the mail."

Have always loved just how precise USCIS is in their communications .... lol

[leeen21 37]

Glad to see this started here! My husband's conditional GC expires September 23 and my two stepdaughters' on November 23, so we'll be filing one application for all three soon.

 

I have a large amount of evidence already gathered and am still gathering more. I hate that we're having to interact yet again with USCIS, especially in the current political climate.

 

Question in the I-751 that I'm stuck on:

Part 1, Question 20 - Arrested, detained, charged, indicted, fined, or imprisoned

 

My 15yo stepdaughter was found in possession of a vape at her high school in February. I was called to come pick her up; I was told by the assistant principal that if her dad or I could not pick her up, she would be taken to our local PD station. When I arrived, there was the PD officer there (works at the school), as well as the assistant principal. The officer said her charge was possession of paraphernalia and that we would receive information about a court date in the mail.

 

Since then, we haven't received anything from the court; we've been told they are very backed up. I've called the PD station; they don't have any files on her since they sent them all to the court. I've called the court; they don't show anything in their system yet. The only paperwork I have about the incident is paperwork from her school for her disciplinary action (in-school suspension and alternative campus).

 

An immigration lawyer I spoke with said that he would not consider that being arrested, detained, or charged, but I'm not sure.

 

And how do you answer that question if the primary applicant is my husband, and his children are being included? His answer to Question 20 is definitive no, but it's hers that's up in the air.

 

If anyone has any thoughts or experience, please let me know!!

 

I'll definitely be checking back in here as we send in our package.

 

[mw & rg k1 640]

@OldUser ... 
Think I have seen you on here quite a bit .... have a weird (but somehow I bet quite common) ROC condition question for you.  Maybe you have links from other threads to point us to for details.

Will be filing ROC (I-751) in September, and as I understand it, the process will put us into a bit of limbo in particular with international travels.
While the NOA-1 and expired CG "should" be enough, in the current climate it would seem that additional steps would make sense.
That said, applying for AP (I-131) shows it could take 12-Months just to get a decision and unclear since the status applied under would be a Conditional Permanent Resident so might only be valid until end of Conditional Term.

Has this come up before? methods people have used? or challenges they faced?

 

[OldUser 9,994]

@mw & rg k1 I-131 is only useful if you're planning staying outside of the US for extended periods of time, typically over a year.

 

There is no value in getting it otherwise.

CBP can make entry somewhat difficult to any LPR, even with reentry permit. But they cannot deny entry to LPR.

 

Good luck!

Edited June 23 by OldUser

[mw & rg k1 640]

16 hours ago, OldUser said:

CBP can make entry somewhat difficult to any LPR, even with reentry permit. But they cannot deny entry to LPR.

Was reading up on all of this .... 
Our next trip is before we file the I-751.
We were considering another trip after where the I-751 would be in process...

So I get in the second case, we need to perfectly preserve the NOA1 from the I-751 showing the extension (a bit silly that the paper needs to be maintained as an origional in perfect condition, but it is what it is) ...

Seems that that technically is enough but hoping that if there was more to secure, that we could get that in place before the trip(s).