The normal course of action is to get an RFE. However, when we mailed our package, we also forgot to include the W2s and we got approved without an RFE. If your evidence is sufficient, then they might over look this minor missing document.
In the meantime, why don't you go ahead and request your tax transcripts - they are free. It takes them a couple of weeks to arrive, and if you do end up receiving an RFE due to missing or incomplete tax transcripts/returns, then they are there and ready for you to copy and mail back. If you don't get an RFE, well then you can keep them for naturalization... if you want to apply for naturalization when you become eligible, then you need to submit tax transcripts again so they will be there and ready for that phase as well.
hope this helps
The April 2016 thread and people's signatures in the thread might give you an idea... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/622749-i-751-april-2016-filers-part-2-merged/?page=45
I'm not so stressed out about it this time around. I now know it can take a long time for anything to happen, so my attitude at this point is "it is what it is." Still sucks to wait so long, but...it is what it is
Sure... i it helps people I'm happy to post it up. So my situation is a little more complex because my husband and I were married and then a week later he left for a job in the USA. So we lived apart for about 10mths so we have to prove we were in a relationship for that time apart. This is why I've included info from our engagement just to show we were in the process of getting married long before we did. So my pack might be a little bigger than others. We also have banks accounts etc in two countries. Try to think of every little thing you have and put it in better they have it all and not get a RFE. Hope this helps people
· Filing and biometrics fee: check $680
· Form I-751
· Copy of front and back of USCIS Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card)
Exhibit 1 - Rental lease and utility bills
Copy of our previous UK joint rental lease: December 2011 - end of October 2014
Copy of our current joint rental lease: November 2015 - present
Copy of renewal letter for joint rental lease: November 2016 - October 2017
Copy of joint Cat Addendum and Water/Sewer Addendum
Copy of joint resident ledger: shows rent payments
Copy of joint rent and water bills: do not have joint rent and water bills prior to 2016 as we did not receive any from our rental company
Copy of joint internet and TV package bills: my wife was added to the account March 2016
Copy of joint electric bills: my wife was added to the account May 2016
Exhibit 2 - Tax
US tax return transcript for 2014: showing married filing separately. My wife was not living in the US during this tax period as she was waiting for her green card
Joint US tax return transcripts for 2015 and 2016: showing married filing jointly
Copy of joint federal tax returns for 2015 and 2016: showing married filing jointly
Copy of joint state tax returns for 2015 and 2016: showing married filing jointly
Copy of my W2 for 2015 and 2016
Copy of joint invoices for tax return preparation: from McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond
Exhibit 3 - UK - Checking, savings and credit cards
(Accounts are being used rarely now we both live in the USA and our UK debts are clear)
Copy of joint debit cards for our Santander checking account: shows wife added to the account and card valid from date, November 2014
Copy of joint checking account statements for Santander: shows money deposits and payments in both our names since our marriage, wage deposits from my previous UK employer Jagex and shared debts
Copy of credit cards for Santander: wife’s card shows valid from date, October 2014, as an additional card holder for the account
Copy of Santander credit card details: showing my wife as an additional card holder and the credit limit
Copy of several Santander credit card statements: shows us actively using the account and our debt. My wife does not appear on statements because you cannot get joint credit card accounts in the UK
Copy of my wife’s HSBC checking account statements: shows bank and PayPal transfers (PayPal statements in Exhibit 5-a/b) to my wife from November 2014 to when she arrived in the US. Also, shows my wife making payments to me
Exhibit 4 - US - checking, savings and credit cards
Copy of joint debit cards for our First National Bank checking account
Copy of joint check: shows both our names and home address
Copy of joint checking account statements for First National Bank: my wife was added to the account, November 2015. Statements highlighted to show: my wage deposits from Firaxis, my wife’s wage deposits from Kelly and Associates in Mar/Apr 2017, payments to our Bank of America credit card, money transfers by my wife to pay off our UK debts via PayPal and payments for our Comcast TV/internet, BGE electric and Henderson Webb rent
Two of my wife’s pay slips: showing her wages being deposited into our joint US checking account. She was only employed for two weeks
Copy of our credit cards for Bank of America: wife is an authorized user for the account
Copy of a letter from Bank of America: stating that my wife is an authorized user on my credit card account
Copy of credit card statements for Bank of America: account number on statements matches the number on our joint Bank of America credit cards. Shows us actively using the account
Copy of First National Bank joint savings account information and account activity since opening the account: account opened April 2017. Official statements are sent quarterly; therefore, we have not yet received one
Exhibit 5 - Money transfers
Copy of my PayPal statement: shows me sending money to support my wife Jan 2015-Sep 2015
Copy of my wife’s PayPal statement: shows my wife receiving money from me Jan 2015-Sep 2015
Copy of a HIFX money transfer: from my wife to me in November 2014
Copy of two First National Bank money transfers and the corresponding UK Santander Bank receipts: from my US checking account to my wife in the UK in December 2014
Exhibit 6 - Health insurance and life insurance
Copy of our Cigna health insurance cards: shows coverage effective from dates. Cigna didn’t send a new set of cards for 2016 as coverage did not change
Copy of our Cigna health insurance coverage summary: shows coverage effective from dates
Copy of our Cigna medical insurance statements for 2015, 2016 and 2017: shows us both using the insurance for medical and prescriptions from the time my wife arrived in the US, September 2015
Copy of our 1095-B forms: showing joint health coverage for 2015 and 2016
Several medical bills: showing our home address and that we both use the same healthcare facility in Hunt Valley with Lifebridge Health
Prescriptions: showing our home address and that we both use the same pharmacy at Wegmans in Hunt Valley
Copy of my 2017 employee benefit elections for my wife and I: shows life insurance, HSA, medical, dental and vision. Also, shows my wife as beneficiary of my employer paid life insurance
Copy of a letter from my employer: explaining that my wife has been covered by my medical insurance since she arrived in the US. It also, states that she is the beneficiary for 100% of my life insurance and that she is covered under the new 2017 health savings account
Copy of the benefits section of my employers group life insurance: covers me as an employee and my wife
Exhibit 7 - Health reimbursement account (HRA) - 2015/2016
Cigna HRA statements for 2015: shows my wife and I using the HRA
Cigna HRA statements for 2016
Exhibit 8 - Health savings account (HSA) - 2017
Copy of our debit cards for our Discovery Benefits HSA account
Copy of our Discovery Benefits HSA account details: shows my wife as beneficiary and additional card holder
Copy of Discovery Benefits HSA transactions for 2017
Exhibit 9 - Dental insurance
Copy of our Delta Dental insurance information: shows coverage effective from dates
Copy of our Delta Dental insurance statements: shows us both using the plan, home address, my employer, matching ID and group number
Copy of statements from our dentist, Nathanson Dental: showing our treatment for 2016/2017. Also, shows that we both went for treatment together on the same days in 2016
Exhibit 10 - 401K
Copy of Wells Fargo account information: showing my wife as 100% beneficiary of my 401K plan
Copy of the recent statement for my 401K plan
Exhibit 11 - Pet ownership and insurance
Copy of our cat’s health insurance account information: showing my wife and I as pet owners and our home address
Copy of our cat’s microchip details: showing both our names as owners of him since 2008 and our home address
Exhibit 12 - Mail redirection
Copy of our Royal Mail redirection: showing both our names for UK mail redirection, to my mother and father-in-law’s address up until my wife moved to the US in September 2015
Exhibit 13 - Affidavits
Four affidavits: 2 from family and 2 from friends
Exhibit 14 - Drivers education
Copy of 2 emails confirming our booked driver’s education: date, time and location on documents show we are taking this course together
Exhibit 15 - Flight tickets
Copy of my flight ticket to see my wife and our family in the UK in December 2014
Copy of our hotel receipt for our trip to London UK in December 2014
Copy of my wife’s flight ticket to visit me in the US in March 2015
Copy of our flight ticket to the UK to see our family in December 2015: see page 2 of ticket for our passenger names
Copy of our flight ticket to Charlotte, SC to see our Stateside family in September 2016: see page 2 of ticket for our passenger names
Exhibit 16 - Conversations between my wife and I during our time apart, Nov 2014-Sep 2015
(I was working in the US while she lived in the UK until her visa was approved)
Skype and Facebook chat conversations
Facebook activity between us
Exhibit 17 - Gifts and cards
Copy of a Wayfair receipt: showing a climbing tree we bought together for our cat. My wife was visiting me in the US when this was delivered
Copy of an amazon receipt: showing a gift my wife got me for my birthday July 2015
Copy of 3 flower delivery receipts: sent by me to my wife for various occasions during 2015/2016
Copy of greetings cards: received from friends, family and some between my wife and I for 2014-2016
Exhibit 18 - Photos
Photos of us together since we were married: showing Facebook dates and comments
Exhibit 19 - Engagement and marriage
a. Photos/Facebook screenshots from our engagement: August 2011 in Kos, Greece
b. Flight ticket from our holiday to Kos, Greece: where we were engaged
c. Engagement ring receipts and financing agreement from 2012: This was the second engagement ring I bought for her as the first did not fit
d. Copy of our wedding photos
e. Certified copy of our UK marriage certificate
Just sent my package and was so relieved to get it done. Then my hubby and I realised no-one will be there tomorrow to sign for it.... don't know what will happen now :S. Did anyone else sends theirs on a Friday to be accepted on a Saturday?
I used Top Bounded Report Covers. It comes as two pieces, joined by fastener. One piece - as a bottom, another one - as a top if you like, and I just took out its "fastener" because it's not long enough and used ACCO instead- works great together! And looks so neat !
Agree with piano
Don't worry - you are not gonna be denied for not having life insurance. It's YOUR choice - to have it or not. For example, we got it because we have mortgage. And the idea of getting Life Ins. was - if something happens to one of us, another one won't get stuck with a house payment and only one income... But this is not A MUST - to have Life Ins. All up to you.
Some couples keep their financial assets completely separate and still successfully go through ROC. You should be fine
