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Thank you for the advice!

another clarification: the mortgage statement is just statement confirming my wife and I opened the mortgage account.

typo meant tax return transcript*

The tax receipt I got from IRS doesn't have our full names it's cut off, so that's why included the full return, but yeah it's long indeed so maybe just include at least first page of the return? W2 included to show same address. Brokerage statement because we opened it together but then I wasn't active with it (chose CD account instead). There's no gas, water, or cable bill (it's included in our HOA). The electricity bill is only in my name and unfortunately I wasn't able to add my wife's name to the bill because of their system.

Hello everyone, I would kindly appreciate a packet check before we send it off! (Filing for wife) Thanks! 1. Check for $680 made payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2. Form I-751 filled out and signed 3. Form G-1145 filled out 4. Green Card copy (front and back) 5. Copy of our son's birth certificate, born during our marriage 6. Copy of our Marriage Certificate 7. Statement from our building Property Manager confirming our residence at our address. 8. Reference Letter from our Pastor (he married us and we are active in the community) 9. Exhibit -A-: Financial Supporting Evidence a. 2022 Tax Return Transcript b. 2022 Full Tax Return (Joint Filing) c. 2022 & 2023 W2 Forms (wife) [showing same address] d. 2022 & 2023 W2 Forms (husband) e. Bank A Debit Card Welcome Statement (wife) f. Bank A Joint Checking Account Statements (every 3 months) g. Brokerage Joint Account Statement h. Bank B Joint CD Account Statements i. Bank A Savings Account with wife as beneficiary and statements j. Husband's 401K Account with wife as beneficiary k. Wife’s 401K Account with husband as beneficiary l. Bank C Credit Cards with wife as Authorized User and the credit card statements. (every 3 months) m. Several Phone Bill Statements for our phone plan together n. Husband designated as emergency contact at wife's workplace 10. Exhibit -B-: Car Documents a. Both our driver licenses showing our address b. Car Insurance Documents showing both of us on the policy for a few cycles. 11. Exhibit -C-Medical a. Health insurance cards of the three of us (husband, wife, son) b. Insurance Claim from the hospital for son's birth c. Two medical bills for tests billed to our address for wife d. Dental Insurance for the three of us 12. Exhibit -D- Trips and Photos a. Airline tickets for two trips we took (City X) and the three of us to City Y b. Hotel Reservations for our City Z, City W, and City U roadtrips. c. ~13 Photos of us with son and family members in the past 2 years and from those trips. Some clarifying notes made in the cover letter: - I owned home and car before we got married - 2023 joint tax return not ready to be filed yet but will upload it as additional evidence when available

Oh that's right, so it's possible to upload unsolicited evidence after submitting? just to the USCIS portal?

Yeah true - thanks!!

Yeah I just used the calculator on their site (http://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-calculator-for-form-i-751-filing-jointly-with-your-spouse) and the first day of the filing window falls on a Friday. So I've been supposing if I send it Friday afternoon they will probably receive it earliest by Monday, I get the point having a cushion though. The only reason I want to send it asap is because I've started collecting evidence, letters, and I don't want the dates on the evidence to be too old. E.g. I have a letter already that would be dated 2 weeks before I send the application. Though I also don't want to be collecting evidence at the last minute.

Oh interesting , so it's not good to send it the first day the window opens? Why would it get rejected? As for the delay yeah could be a couple weeks, given nothing else comes up when filing.

So the window to apply is coming up pretty soon and at the same time we are almost ready to file taxes as well. The problem is to finish this year's taxes I need a document from my previous company which may arrive some days or even week after the window to apply is open. Of course we are including last year's tax returns in the I-751 packet along with bunch of other financial evidence, but do you think it's worth applying a little later but having the second tax return also ready to go? We do want to send the packet the day the window opens. tl:dr worth to delay applying for I-751 (within allowed window of course) for including second joint tax return? thank you!

Thank you!

I know a common piece of evidence for living together is a lease agreement with names of both spouses or mortgage statement with both names. In my case, I owned the home before we got married, having the mortgage be in our names would require refinance and all sorts of bureaucratic headaches. Would it be fine if I got a letter from the HOA which states that we are both registered to live at my residence? (you have to submit application / register with HOA if a new resident comes to live) Of course beside this, there's bunch of other evidence showing my wife's address being here including bank statements, driver licenses, wife's W2, health insurance and medical bills, etc. Thank you in advance.

Yes, Elgin. Thank you!

Where should I put the ATTN? In the contact name and USCIS as Company? Or should ATTN go in Address 2 field and USCIS as Contact Name? Just want to make sure, thanks! (I'm using Fedex and creating label online).

Thank you very much!

Oh yes will send for entire duration of marriage

Hello everyone, we are going to be filing i-751 in roughly a month and wanted to get any feedback on the current evidence packet I'm planning to send: Birth Certificate of our child born during our marriage Statement from our HOA confirming joint residency Bank Statement confirming Joint Account Details and also statements showing both our direct deposits going into account Joint CD Account Savings, 401K, Life Insurance beneficiary set as my wife 2022 tax year joint return , 2023 will either be filed or still in progress Car Insurance with our names and our driving licenses with same address Credit Card Transactions from two joint cards that we have Affidavit Letter from our priest who married us and has known us ever since my wife arrived in the US (we are active in the church community and my wife volunteers there). Contemplating another such letter from a friend who has known us. Family Medical Insurance showing our names (me, wife, son) ; also medical statements / bills for my wife to our address Some photos from our trips together ; photos with family and friends ; plane tickets together Cell Phone bill for both of us Perhaps there may be a few other items to add if they come to our mind. Some things have been in my name before we married (e.g. I bought a car / apartment before our marriage). thanks!