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I had that moment too when I came  in to make this post and had to double check my GC in a moment of panic 🤦‍♀️ apparently I like stressing myself out

3 minutes ago, kwood1202 said:

Did you mail yours a bit early?

No, I realised that my timeline was actually off for my interview date (I wrote 31 instead of 21 lol) so today was the 90 day point ☺

We mailed off our packet today now the waiting game begins 😶

45 minutes ago, HeartNYC said:

Have you taken any trips together? Vacations together? Maybe you can find the itinerary sent to your email or any booking reservations in your credit statements? 

If you find them - send it along with few photos of you together from that vacation. 

 

Do you have any joint credit cards/store cards? With 1 spouse being an authorized user on the other spouse's account? If yes - make copies of both cards and send few months of credit card statements as well.

 

Good luck to both of you!

Vacations thankyou! 
And I completely forgot about a credit card we only occasionally use but we're both on 😁 better than nothing! 

Just now, Cryssiekins said:

To note:  I personally don’t see an issue with a husband and wife having separate accounts.  It’s 2019, and that idea is archaic, but immigration doesn’t appear to take that view.  

Haha yeah and it was something we meant to do (purely for immigration) and then life happened 😶 will definitely go in this week and get one of us added to the other's account and a nice letter in there thanks! 

I have also included our 2018 Federal & State Tax Returns I just forgot to put them on the cover letter

We're about to file our I-751 and I have what I thought was a lot of stuff put together to mail off and reading this forum about binder clips and boxes I'm worrying I haven't got nearly enough! I have included our cover letter here (pertinent info removed) to see what y'all think and if we can add any more (and no, we don't have any joint bank accounts because it was something that we completely lapsed on 😑)

May 7^th  2019

I-751 Joint Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

Name USCIS #1234

US Citizen Spouse:                             Husband                      SSN:    1234

Conditional Resident Spouse:             Wife                            SSN:    1234

Please find attached Form I-751 and materials to support removal of conditions on residence for Wife. USCIS granted Wife conditional residence on August 31^st 2017.

The materials enclosed show a merging of personal and financial lives since marriage - March 10^th 2017

Contents of Packet Include:

·         Personal Check Payment in the amount of $680.00 for I-751 Petition & Biometrics Fee

·         G-1145 e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance

·         Form I-751

·         Copies of Front & Back of wife’s Permanent Resident Card

·         Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage including the following:

o   Copy of Marriage License from the State of Missouri

o   Copy of Home Deed showing Shared Property Ownership

o   Copy of Mortgage Interest Statement 1098

§  Explanation letter of wife’s name not on Mortgage Statement

o   Copy of shared Homeowners Insurance

o   Copies of Joint Car Insurance

o   Copies of 2018 Tax Documents

§  Personal Property Tax Receipt showing shared Personal Property Taxes

§  Husband 1^st  W2

§  Husband 2^nd  W2

§  Husband 3rd W2

§  Husband 1099-G

§  Husband 1095-B showing wife as a covered individual

§  Wife W2

·         Copy of Vehicle Title for showing wifer as Husband’s TOD

·         Copy of Wife’s  NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages certificate showing official change of name in Australia

·         Copy of Board of Zoning Adjustment Application for construction at shared residence with shared applicant names

·         Copy of husband & wife health insurance cards showing shared insurance coverage

·         Copy of husband & wife drivers license showing shared address

·         Copy of current Veterinary Records showing husband and wife shared pet ownership

·         Copies of Utilities Invoices addressed to husband and wife for shared home address  

19 minutes ago, vosovski said:

Congrats! We are hopefully just a month from you  

 

A lot of members used to keep up here but just like with K-1 thread it dies out as people get approved. Wife's EAD combo card is most likely arriving today in mail. USPS informed delivery showed two letters from NBC.

Fingers crossed that those aren't just notices and there is finally a card in there  

Fingers crossed! We received the EAD approval notice and the card itself on the same day (it was a very exciting mail day)

Yeah ours went smoothly and we weren't too impatient so I didn't hang out on the forums worrying myself of all the things that could go wrong 😏

Totally didn't realise this whole thread was here... would have been so helpful in all that time waiting haha
Anyway, received my green card in the mail today! Filed March 29th  
Good luck all! Hopefully you hear good news soon x

Candybabe - Great thanks! Will try to figure out some more evidence, kind of limited at the moment but will definitely have a bit more.

Yep you can do a concurrent filing of them so no problem there

Thanks Apfel! This is why I get people to proof read, I'd put those in but had completely forgotten to put them in the cover letter. Birth certificate is Australia so no translation there.

Will add the W2's etc tonight! 

Was just hoping I could get someone to proof read our cover letter and make sure we haven't missed anything, thanks in advance  Adjusting from J1 with no 2 year residency requirement hoping to get it sent off this week. 

USCIS Chicago Lockbox

PO Box 805887

Chicago, IL 60680-4120

March 28, 2017

Adjustment of Status Application for NAME

Petitioner:         NAME

Beneficiary:      NAME

Enclosed please find Form I-130 - Petition for Alien Relative; Form I-485 - Application to Adjust Status; Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization; Form I-131, and all necessary supporting documentation.

Contents include:

I-130:

• Payment in the amount of $535.00, personal check for filing fees
• Form I-130, signed and dated by Petitioner
• Form I-130A Signed and dated by Beneficiary
• Copy of Petitioner’s Birth Certificate
• Copy of Beneficiary’s Birth Certificate
• Certified copy of Marriage Certificate
• Two (2) passport-type photos of Petitioner (Full name and DOB on back)
• Two (2) passport-type photo of Beneficiary (Full name and DOB on back)
• Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage, including the following:
  • Copy of joint car insurance
  • Copy of Petitioner & Beneficiary’s checks showing shared address
  • Pictures of Petitioner & Beneficiary at various points in relationship
  • Copies of Petitioner & Beneficiary’s passport stamp pages showing shared travel
  • Copy of travel voucher showing shared travel while Petitioner & Beneficiary were dating

I-485:

Enclosed please find form I-485 along with its supporting documents.

In addition are forms: I-765 Application for Employment Authorization and I-131 Application for Travel Document along with their supporting documents.

Form I-485 and supporting documents:

• Payment in the amount of $1225.00, filing & biometrics fee; personal check made payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
• Form I-485, signed and dated by 
• Two (2) passport-type photos (with full name and DOB on back)
• Form G-325A Biographic Information sheet
  • Additional information for Form G-325A
• Copy of passport (all pages)
• Copy of Most recent I-94
• Copy of birth certificate
• Copy of DS-2019 which provides proof of current visa and evidence that intending immigrant is not subject to the two-year residency requirement

Form I-864 and supporting documents

• Form I-864 signed and dated by 
• Copy of Petitioner’s Federal Tax Return for 2016
• Copy of Petitioner’s Federal Tax Return for 2015
• Copy of Petitioner’s Federal Tax Return for 2014
• Copy of last 3 months pay stubs

Form I-765 and supporting documents:

• Form I-765, signed and dated by 
• Copy of passport page showing picture, name, and date of birth
• Two (2) passport-type photos (with full name and DOB on back)
• Copy of DS-2019 which shows current visa status as well as proof that intending immigrant is not subject to the two-year residency requirement

Form I-131 and supporting documents:

• Form I-131, signed and dated by 
• Two (2) passport-type photos (with full name and DOB on back, no A number to provide at this time)
• Copy of passport page showing picture, name, and date of birth, as well as the I-94
• Copy of form DS-2019, certificate of eligibility for exchange visitor J1 status, showing present status in the U.S.

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