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Nov 2019 filer here -- just received an RFE stating that my wife and I "didn't submit sufficient evidence showing that we share responsibility for our assets and liabilities." Looking at the list of what we provided vs what they're requesting, I'm not sure what else we can send to help prove that.
What we sent:
- Last two years of leases
- Life insurance policies
- Proof of shared medical insurance
- 2017 and 2018 tax transcripts
- Proof of our joint checking account, with a list of all transactions
- Proof of shared credit card account, with an assortment of bills
- Proof of shared mobile phone account, with an assortment of bills
- Affidavits from 2 friends
- Photos
In the RFE, they listed the documentation that they received, and they failed to mention the life insurance and affidavits; the latter I'm less concerned about but it's weird that they missed the insurance policies. Not sure if it's because they just weren't mentioned, or if they could have possibly been misplaced. Alas..
Anyway, we're planning on submitting the following for the RFE:
- Written explanation of our finances set-up (they seemed to unclear how our transaction history shows how we share financial responsibilities)
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Tax information
- 2019 Federal and State tax return
- 2019 tax transcript
- 2017 and 2018 Federal and State tax return to compliment the transcripts already provided: Not sure about this one, as I don't want it to be a duplicate, and for some reason my 2017 return is 350 pages which is a lot for one document
- 2017, 2018, 2019 W-2 records: Again, not sure if it's additive (the requested evidence specifically calls out W-2s as desirable attachments)
- 2020 apartment lease: To show that we still live together
- Renters insurance coverage summary: To show that we are both on the policy and that my wife's engagement ring is a part of the policy
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Information regarding our new car
- Vehicle registration showing us as co-owners
- Geico car insurance declarations page showing us as both insured on the policy
- Credit statements since December 2019: Highlighting (literally) our continual sharing of core household expenses
- Joint bank statements since December 2019: Highlighting (literally) our continual bi-monthly deposits and payment of bills
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Health insurance documents:
- Proof of shared health insurance: Possibly duplicative, but showing continued coverage
- Proof of shared dental insurance
- List of insurance claims showing that we're using it: Not sure if this provides any additional value
- Life insurance documents: Sending again because they didn't explicitly state that they were received
Anything else that we should be thinking of? Affidavits from neighbors or our landlord? It's so frustrating that we're getting an RFE on this, but I understand that the co-mingling of finances might not shown, especially since all of the bills are in my name because I already had accounts and also my wife couldn't work for the first year. Hopefully the description of how our finances are set up, especially with an extra 10 months of statements, help mitigate some of this (perhaps we send the last 3.5 years of statements to be 100% sure that we're covered). Is there anything else that would help show shared responsibility of assets and liabilities? Gas and electric bills that only have my name on them don't seem super impactful, but I want to be as thorough as possible.
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Sent in our AOS paperwork earlier this week, with a request to expedite the I-131 (April 17 departure date for reasons of financial loss, all evidence included in packet).
Very concerned about the recent delays in NOA1 and how this could impact the expedition of our I-131 application. I know that it was dangerous to cut things so close, but there were extenuating circumstances that prevented us from filing earlier.
Any ideas as to if we have a chance of making it?
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On 1/28/2017 at 10:59 PM, aeroth88 said:
Hi! I am going to send in my petition for my Canadian fiance within a couple of weeks. I am just trying to map out the whole process so we know what to expect. Once your fiance received the NOA2, about how long did it take for the petition to be logged in Montreal (obviously after passing through the NVC), and how did you know? Did they send you an e-mail? A lot of the information on this site is a few years old and I know circumstances may have changed. Thank you and congratulations!
I'd suggest that you look at some of the timelines of people who have gone through the process (look at mine and, barring that silly RFE, it is pretty typical).
One of the key things that sped the process up for us was calling the NVC every few days once 2-ish weeks had passed, and we were able to gauge through a combination of that and the CEAC website when it had left NVC and was on its way to Montreal. We didn't wait for confirmation from Montreal that they had received it (which cut 2-3 weeks off of our timeline), and instead emailed the Packet 3 materials in after a few days.
Good luck!
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14 hours ago, mrsu said:
I moved down from Alberta to Nebraska in Dec 2014. I made the decision not to move a vehicle down and to sell most of my stuff other than clothes personal items. So we had the option of renting a uhaul truck or my fiancee driving up with truck and horse trailer to get my things. We priced it all out and it ended up being cheapest for us to avoid uhaul and he drove up empty and went home with my things. We then had a hired hand we hired from Canada and when they moved down they put their things in a shipping container and had them shipped here for about $1200. I don't know if that helps but the uhaul option was not great, it was a lot of money and we really didn't need that much room. Plus a lot of the trucks did not seem to be in the greatest mechanical condition for a long trip like that.
Good luck with the move. Remember she will need to label boxes with numbers and have a list at border crossing with each numbered box and what it's contents are
If you don't mind me asking, what made the U-Haul a pain? We're going from Montreal to Brooklyn, which isn't it a terrible drive, but I have concerns about the ability to pick-up / drop-off in different countries.
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So we aren't at the AOS process quite yet (fiancee moving in early March, current plans to get married on April 1), but we're already coming across worries regarding AP.
Her company is withholding her 2016 bonus (a few thousand dollars) unless she returns to Canada for a week in mid-April to help reintegrate a coworker who is on maternity leave. They are being a bit terrible about the situation, but the bonus will be key for us to have while she's unable to work here, due to the various expenses that we're incurring throughout this process.
1. Does that constitute "financial loss"?
2. Is it admissible under the limitations of working in the US while awaiting EAD? (even if it's for prior payment)
3. Even if we can submit AOS papers on April 2, is it even possible to get things expedited that quickly?
If anyone can provide any help or insight as to how to approach this situation, it would be hugely appreciated, even if it's just ways to deal with her company. This is weird and kind of stupid, but I figure it's better to ask than to not ask
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On 1/4/2017 at 8:36 AM, Ontarkie said:
I haven't noticed if anyone has used a PDF of the police certificate.
They've always wanted the original with seal on it.
Maybe they will mail the hard copy, it seems too easy to be able to forge that paper as it is.
Can you please verify this? We didn't have the option of getting a physical copy -- it was all done digitally, and we have a 'signed' certificate with the date, address, reason of police request, etc. It was done by RCMP.
It would be great if more people could chime in here.
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Have a question here that I'm hoping we can get some extra info on as we're prepping for our interview (1 month to go!)
My fiancee was arrested when she was 15 for being with some rowdy teenagers, but was never charged --- the police literally just sent her home after driving everyone to the station. Any record of the event has been sealed for 17 years, and nothing else has ever happened; the police record check showed up with nothing, etc.
She answered "yes" to on the DS-160 to the question asking about arrests / detained, but now we are worried about if they ask about it at the interview. There is no documentation that it ever happened as far as we know (no parents picked her up, no charges filed, never anything that happened in court), so if they ask about it there is only the story. If there is an RFE, there is no way that we can show that it was cleared.
What do we do? How do we talk about this if asked? Is there anything to be worried about?
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Answering my own question for anyone else who runs into this error in the future:
My fiancee called NVC last night (same day as issue was encountered), and they recommended that we wait a day until the system was updated. We waited, tried again this morning (24 hours after Packet 4 was received), and were able to schedule / pay for an interview! Feb 1 here we come!!!
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Hello everyone
NVC says "In transit" today
Can i set appointment for medical and interview yet? But we dont recieved any confirmation email from NVC or a hard copy of comfirmation.. is it possible to make an apoointment?? Please need i need your advice.
It seems that each embassy is different. Would recommend waiting until you receive Packet 3 instructions, or ask in the country-specific forum.
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We sent out Packet 3 this morning and received Packet 4 about three hours later, which was really exciting, and we immediately clicked on the link to attempt to schedule an interview. Unfortunately, we received the following message: "Case number MTL2016XXXXXX is not ready for an appointment"
I checked our status on CEAC (which seems to be the standard action to take), and it says 'Ready' --- any idea what the later today.
Thanks!
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Hey all, just have a quick question --- I'm visiting my fiancee for a weekend trip today and was hoping that we could start in on the DS-160 together.
NVC forwarded our petition to Montreal earlier this week, so we should be good to send everything in once the embassy can confirm that it has been received.
I have my I-134 complete (just need to go to the bank for some last supporting documents), and the police check is in progress. Everything else on the Packet 3 checklist is more or less done.
Is it too early to start our DS-160? Thanks!
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Wow, this was a scary thing to read, as someone whose fiancee is getting a police check today.
Is this standard, or are there ways to avoid this? We were going to do this through RCMP to avoid dealing with the Montreal police force..... is that actually the safer bet?
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Secondary question --- how many times do you have to call to get through? It's a very busy line.
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I wasn't aware you could get the IRS transcripts so easily! We submitted a full Turbotax print out and we were approved
I checked mine on TurboTax and it came out to 144 pages ---- did you print the WHOLE thing for the last two years?
Think a W2 would suffice? Only reason I'm asking is because the IRS keeps booting me out of their system during registration.
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USCIS received my RFE documents on Nov 4 --- was hoping for NOA2 last week but realized that it was a super short week for them.
Fingers crossed for this week! Visiting on Friday and it would be great to celebrate the good news
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Ahh was hoping for a lucky 11/11 NOA2 approval today off of an RFE from two weeks ago to surprise my fiancee with when she visits tonight. Fingers crossed for next week!
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Dear, in the list of items for I-129f the birth certificate (beneficiary) was not request. Should it be included as documentation support???? Thank you ?
I'm the petitioner, not the beneficiary. I don't believe that the beneficiary needs to have one (but don't quote me on that).
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We just got an RFE as well --- my birth certificate wasn't up to snuff (despite it saying that it was long form).
It would've been less than 30 days to NOA2 .... is it true that it will take an extra month to process now thanks to the RFE? This is the worst
RFE -- Are we covered?
in Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion
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Not on every paper, but I think at the top of each set of documents. We'll be more careful on that in the future.
Thank you, all, for the other suggestions. This is definitely one of those situations where 'more is more' and I'll see what else we can dig up, and will look into power of attorney information.