Stacie2Day

Obviously, I got responses that I am missing bank statements for the whole period of marriage, and there is little proof of our financial co-mingling.

I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE to submit after I received a RFE. I was already thinking of packing my suitcases to head back to my home country lol.

Withing a week there were couple of things that came to my head that I can submit in addition to what I had. The key here is submitting evidence and explaining them WHY you are doing so. I think that helped me a lot. So this is how I responded to my RFE:

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find both additional documentation per request for evidence and selective evidence previously submitted with the original package. I am submitting some of the documentation for the second time as it was mentioned in the letter of request for evidence. I am also providing explanation for some pieces of evidence I have attached.

Thank you for your time and prompt attention to this matter.

Contents include:

1. Copy of a letter from X, confirming we had (and is still open as of the date of this letter) a joint bank account ; Copy of all statements for all accounts with the bank from 11/01/2011 to the present date; and Copy of a voided check with both our names and mailing address.
2. Copy of a letter from owner of the condominium which was leased by X and me, and where we lived together from October, 2011 to February, 2013. Rental agreements were in place prior to me moving in. It was my understanding that all the utilities were included in the amount of rent ($1,600/month). This is why I am unable to provide copies of utility bills in our names.
3. Copy of Police Incident Card, with our names and the above mentioned residential address. It confirms X and I lived together and had an argument about our relationship shortly before the date of our separation.
4. Copy of X’s Credit Report obtained with his approval, showing the amount of total $-117,650 debt as of 08/2013. It explains lack of joint ownership of assets between him and me, as it was extremely difficult to obtain property and get approved for the loan with this much debt. In November, 2012 after I had successfully established a credit history of my own, I applied for a car loan. He refused to co-sign the loan agreement saying he did not want any more debt under his name. We also had similar conversations regarding joint credit cards.
5. Copy of a letter from Institutional Retirement and Trust at X. (where I started working in July, 2008 when I first came to the US as an exchange student), showing spouse X as my primary and sole beneficiary of my 401K account.
6. Copy of X beneficiary summary of life insurance, agent retirement plan, persistency fee guarantee fund plan, commissions/deferred compensation of X, showing me as a primary and sole beneficiary on all the above mentioned plans.
7. Copy of my 2012 Federal Tax Return, filed as married filing separately from X because he informed me he was not going to file at all. He told me he owed money to IRS, which is probably why he was avoiding to deal with it.
8. Copy of my Health and Insurance Detailed Coverage Notice from X (where I used to work from May, 2012 to November, 2012), showing X as my dependent on vision coverage plan.
9. Copy of a letter from X, showing me as a dependent on X health benefit plan for X that was effective 10/01/2012 and is still active as of a date of this letter.
10. Copy of X Auto Policy Identification Cards, showing me and X as insurance holders on both of our vehicles; and Copy of a letter from Geico confirming me paying off our insurance policy because of non-payment from his side that I have not been aware of until I got a letter from X in regards to my car loan saying I have no active car insurance.
11. Copy of Zipcar (rental car) Membership, showing me and X as drivers on X’s account; and Copy of all statements for the account from 11/12/2011 to the present date. I am listed as a driver in multiple work-related reservations because our financial situation prevented us from having a second car until November, 2012.
12. Copy of monthly parking application/lease amendments for an extra parking spot in both of our names in a location next to X where we used to lease a condominium, and copies of payments made by me.
13. Copy of T-mobile agreement for an additional line to X’s Family Plan for me with my signature on reverse page.

*Most of the names of institutions and people involved were X'ed out for the purpose of this post.

After they received my RFE response, I got approved within a month.

I hope you all will find this helpful. Please, ask any questions here so that everybody can read it.

Have a wonderful day!

Hey everybody!

I am a July 2013 flier with divorce waiver. After successful response to RFE I was approved without an interview.

I have been getting a lot of questions about what I included in my removal of conditions package. So I decided to start a topic for all ladies who have asked for help.

The best piece of advice I can give you would be: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GET DIVORCED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES. I say you fight for your relationship as I did. But if you cannot find the strength in you to go on, do not be scared that you will be kicked out of the country if you leave him.

To begin with, I would like to assure everybody that there is nothing absolute. All relationships and marriages are different. Hence all the case and evidence packages are different as well. Moreover, immigration officers are different, and even the same officer has a good and a bad day. In my opinion, even how you put your papers together can influence the judgement. There is a lot of subjective. So, please, do not take my posts as call for action to do exactly what I did.

I started a topic some time ago asking the same questions I have been asked after I got approved: "what do I send them?", "is this enough?", "what else am I missing?".

So this is my original post:

17 September 2013 - 05:48 AM

Hey! I have just received a letter with RFE. I am not sure why I have not been notified by email update before the actual mailed letter though (any ideas?).

My marriage of a year and a half did not work out and ended in divorce. I have filed with request to waive the "married" requirement.

This is what I submitted:

Personal affidavit, explaining the development of our relationship and marriage;

Copy of a letter from the landlord, owner of the condominium, which was leased by me and spouse;

Copy of a letter from BECU, confirming we had (and is still open as of a date of this letter) a joint bank account; Copy of a latest estatement for all my accounts with the bank, showing current balance on the joint account, and Copy of a voided check with both our names and mailing address;

Copy of a letter from Institutional Retirement and Trust, showing spouse as my primary and sole beneficiary of my 401K account;

Copy of spouse's summary of life insurance, agent retirement plan, persistency fee guarantee fund plan, commissions/deferred compensation, showing me as a primary and sole beneficiary on all the above mentioned plans;

Copy of my 2012 Federal Tax Return, filed as married filing separately because spouse was not going to and did not file at all;

Copy of my Health and Insurance Detailed Coverage Notice, showing spouse as my dependent on vision coverage plan;

Copy of a letter from UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., showing me as a dependent on spouse's health benefit plan that was effective 10/01/2012 and is still active as of this date;

Copy of Geico Auto Policy Identification Cards, showing me and spouse as insurance holders on both of our vehicles; and Copy of a letter from Geico confirming me paying off our insurance policy because of non-payment from his side;

Copy of emails with confirmation of a trip for both me and spouse that was paid in full by me;

Copy of monthly parking application/lease amendments for an extra parking spot in both of our names, and copies of payments made by me;

Copy of T-mobile agreement for an additional line to spouse's Family Plan for me with my signature on reverse page;

Copy of occasional photos with spouse made over the course of our relationship (not submitted prior);

Copies of the cards me and spouse exchanged during the course of our relationship; Copies of cards written in both of our names;

Copy of the card that came with the flowers that were sent by spouse to me at work;

Copy of the message notes of me and spouse showing we used to go to Church together;

Copy of the receipt from the place from the day we first met.

Copies of sworn affidavits of 6 people.

I do not have any ownership like a car or a house with the spouse. Can you advise me on anything else please?

Yes you can. And as far as you are in the process of divorce already, you will not get it renewed (or conditions removed, you mean) unless the divorce is finalized.

Good luck to everyone!

Card ordered for production November, 4 Without an interview

I have been approved yesterday after RFE of financial co-mingling. I did not have all the evidence but as long as you explain everything - you are good. If you get a RFE, it is no big deal - they are just trying to approve you without an interview

My case is with a waiver. That is why I am a little concerned. Good luck to everyone!

Cuz my online status did not change to request for evidence when I received it. And now when they received it 3 weeks ago, it did not change either.

Am I right that I should wait 60 days to follow up on what is going on?

Hey guys!

When can you follow up on the RFE sent to USCIS? Do you actually receive a receipt or something from USCIS that they have received the RFE (Postal Service tracking says it was delivered).

Thanks

I have just sent my RFE package back. Now going to be stuck in a waiting game. Good luck to everyone!

I am just going to add my story here if it will help anybody in future.

I sent my package in July. Have gotten a general RFE very fast and just yesterday sent RFE package back. Will keep updating you "divorcees" on my story hahaha

I met up with him and had him sign a consent letter.

True, probably, it is not going to solve or prove anything. But at least I will have some grounds to say why we lack common assets when a credit report shows 120K in debt.

Thank you for your feedback.

Credit report is a great idea. But I am confused because it is technically illegal if I pull it?

Well, guys, thank you for your responses. I will include all the statements for the joint account for the whole period of time but it will be no transaction activity, I guess.

In terms of money... he had no money and no nothing but debt that I was told about long after we got married (stupid me right? a dumb little blonde coming for romantic endeavour... this is why I probably do have a receipt from the day we met. Funny thing huh?). My immigration interviewer (if I happen to get an interview) is more than welcome to run his credit score and check how many accounts went into collection, check how much student debt and IRS debt he has. Insurance I paid off is included in this list. How can you mingle any finances with a man who lost his job and sank into his debt? I pay tribute to my ex-husband that he did not put any debt on me when divorcing.

I will include a picture of him drunk next to the toilet. I am just curious how financial intermingling is more important than a sober husband at home. Anyways, I am not going to take your time here pouring my heart and soul. I am sorry for a little deviation from the actual topic.

So if I have no property together with him, just bank statements for the whole period? Nothing else would work?

Do you guys know why the online status did not change to RFE on uscis?

As far as I do not have much to add, do you think I can get an intent to deny next? Or I will be going to an interview? I thought because of this whole divorce thing I am attending the interview regardless, so I do not quite understand why I got an RFE because they can just deny me at the interview... Anyways, I am so confused.

It is a long story about my spouse's finances. It appears he had so much debt on credit cards, student loans, to IRS, that he was reluctant to get me involved in his finances. First, I did not understand why he is not willing to merge our finances and was upset, but then I realized maybe it is for good, but not for good of my immigration. This whole shadiness was one of the reasons for our divorce.

This is why we do not have any loans together. I got a car loan under my name as he said he does not need any more debt under his name. He has such a low credit score that it is absolutely impossible to get approved for any type of loan anyway.

We do not have any property together. We used to lease a place directly from his friend who confirmed us living with each other there. All the utilities were included in the amount of rent he was paying cash to the landlord. So again, no liabilities there.

With out joint account... It was opened but it was never used other than to order checks when it was first opened. We had a deal to be putting money there once a month, but he claimed he had no money for it shortly after it was opened. So I was using my accounts and he was using his own ones.

I guess I will have to explain all that in my cover letter...

I was thinking what else I can submit and something showed up. Once, shortly before I moved out, we had a huge argument, I got emotional about a phone number of another woman and started threatening him to toss his things out of our place. I guess he got so scared and called police (which I still find hilarious because I am a tiny little woman and he is a part-time MMA fighter), so the detective I know digged out a fircard where our names and residential address are stated and the gist of the conflct: the couple has been married over a year and had an argument about fidelity.

Also, before I bought a car, I have been using a rental car, and both of our names are on this account.

Still thinking of anything else...

Could you post exactly what it says, even though it is generic?

Of course, I could.

Request for Evidence

*All Foreign language documents blah-blah...

Failure to respond may result blah-blah...

Evidence of good faith marriage

The conditional resident filed blah-blah. The CPR provided some evidence of marital bona fides. However, the documentation submitted is insufficient. To establish eligibility for removal of conditional status, it is requested that additional documentation be submitted. Such documentation should consist of evidence demonstrating joint ownership of assets, joint responsibility for liabilities and evidence of communal residence. Documentation should reflect the names of both the conditional permanent resident and the US citizen spouse. In addition, the documentation should cover the period of time from the date of the marriage to the present date, or the date when the marriage was terminated through divorce. Such examples may include, but are not limited to the following... (list of things that I either have submitted or do not have to submit).

Very generic, nothing specific.

Got a very general RFE today. Started a topic if somebody can help

Hey! I have just received a letter with RFE. I am not sure why I have not been notified by email update before the actual mailed letter though (any ideas?).

My marriage of a year and a half did not work out and ended in divorce. I have filed with request to waive the "married" requirement.

This is what I submitted:

Personal affidavit, explaining the development of our relationship and marriage;

Copy of a letter from the landlord, owner of the condominium, which was leased by me and spouse;

Copy of a letter from BECU, confirming we had (and is still open as of a date of this letter) a joint bank account; Copy of a latest estatement for all my accounts with the bank, showing current balance on the joint account, and Copy of a voided check with both our names and mailing address;

Copy of a letter from Institutional Retirement and Trust, showing spouse as my primary and sole beneficiary of my 401K account;

Copy of spouse's summary of life insurance, agent retirement plan, persistency fee guarantee fund plan, commissions/deferred compensation, showing me as a primary and sole beneficiary on all the above mentioned plans;

Copy of my 2012 Federal Tax Return, filed as married filing separately because spouse was not going to and did not file at all;

Copy of my Health and Insurance Detailed Coverage Notice, showing spouse as my dependent on vision coverage plan;

Copy of a letter from UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., showing me as a dependent on spouse's health benefit plan that was effective 10/01/2012 and is still active as of this date;

Copy of Geico Auto Policy Identification Cards, showing me and spouse as insurance holders on both of our vehicles; and Copy of a letter from Geico confirming me paying off our insurance policy because of non-payment from his side;

Copy of emails with confirmation of a trip for both me and spouse that was paid in full by me;

Copy of monthly parking application/lease amendments for an extra parking spot in both of our names, and copies of payments made by me;

Copy of T-mobile agreement for an additional line to spouse's Family Plan for me with my signature on reverse page;

Copy of occasional photos with spouse made over the course of our relationship (not submitted prior);

Copies of the cards me and spouse exchanged during the course of our relationship; Copies of cards written in both of our names;

Copy of the card that came with the flowers that were sent by spouse to me at work;

Copy of the message notes of me and spouse showing we used to go to Church together;

Copy of the receipt from the place from the day we first met.

Copies of sworn affidavits of 6 people.

I do not have any ownership like a car or a house with the spouse. Can you advise me on anything else please?

I went in Seattle Office the day before my actual appointment and they did NOT let me in (even if I would wait till last person is done). So I had to leave work the next day to make it to an actual appointment. So showing up for an early biometrics does not always happen. But anyways, everything went well, just my pinkies did not want to get fingerprinted.

Please update my biometrics for 08/20.

I would just ask the in-laws to write a letter confirming you lived with them for a certain period of time, paid rent to them (if you did), brought groceries (if you did) or whatever else you did about the house. They can also mention how well they got to know you as a couple, how they spent evenings with you, etc. Basically, it can be a lease letter and sworn affidavit letter at the same time.

I received my NOA July, 29th with a receipt date as of 24th (the day my package arrived there). I am with California and they work tiny bit faster, so do not worry Linney, you will get it this week.

Please update my NOA July, 24th. Thank you!

Sorry, mine with a divorce waiver. Not sure how to edit my previous message. Thank you so much.