Let the sweating begin!

[Minister]

Well, I'm getting all of the evidence of our ongoing relationship together and the irrational questioning has begun. Should I include a picture of all of us together on Christmas even if my Mom happens to be wearing a fur coat in the picture because what if the immigration officer is a strong supporter of PETA and rejects our application on principle???

 

Sigh...

 

It's gonna be a long few months.

[shenzhen]

Well, I'm getting all of the evidence of our ongoing relationship together and the irrational questioning has begun. Should I include a picture of all of us together on Christmas even if my Mom happens to be wearing a fur coat in the picture because what if the immigration officer is a strong supporter of PETA and rejects our application on principle???

 

Sigh...

 

It's gonna be a long few months.

--- Here's hoping you get the conditions removed easily W/O an interview being required.

[warpedbored]

I thought this was the easiest of all the steps in the immigration process. They are mainly interested that the marriage is still intact and going strong. They won't give a rats ass about your mother's fur coat. I didn't send any photos. Here is what we sent.

 

Dear USCIS examiner:

 

Enclosed please find a JOINT I-751 petition for removal of conditions of permanent resident status regarding my wife, xxxx xxxxxxxx. Please also find a check for $205.00, the fee for this form. My wife entered the US on a K-1 visa May 19th, 2004. We married June 1st, ,2004 and she was approved for her conditional green card Oct 19th, 2004. We are still happily married and living together. We request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on her residence status.

 

Enclosed also please find the following documents to verify the status of our marriage and ongoing relationship:

 

• Copy of a certified copy of our marriage license.

• Copies of passport, visa,I-94 and green card for my wife xxxx xxxxxxxx

• Two original letters written by U.S. citizen friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage.

• Copy of welcome letter for the construction loan on our new house showing joint ownership.

• Copy of Notice of Transfer for our mortgage showing joint ownership.

• Copies of two banks statements for 2004 and 2006, which we received for our joint account at US Bank.

• Copies of our 2004 and 2005 joint US tax returns.

• Copy of the titles of our cars, showing joint ownership.

• Copy of our visa cards showing a joint account.

• Copy of our health insurance cards showing a joint policy.

• Copy of our Costco cards on a joint account.

 

 

You may feel free to inquire at any of the sources of enclosed documentation for validity of their statements, and you are always welcome to visit our home should you ever desire to do so. Please advise me if you have any further questions or problems related to this petition.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

xxxx xxxxxxxx

(address and phone)

[xiaofeizhu]

My removal of conditions is being sent in at the end of this month. Thanks for the info, I will try to follow a similar format. I hope we don't run into problems because we still don't own anything together. Does being a beneficiary on life insurance and bank accounts count for anything?

[Sam and Fen]

You better do it right......else

Hell hath no fury.

 

Pressure, Pressure

[dnoblett]

I attached pictures of us together as several different places such as vacations to Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Key West, Bryce Canyon, etc. Probably a dozen pics printed on 2 pages.

[warpedbored]

My removal of conditions is being sent in at the end of this month. Thanks for the info, I will try to follow a similar format. I hope we don't run into problems because we still don't own anything together. Does being a beneficiary on life insurance and bank accounts count for anything?

That is an excellent example of the kinds of things to include.

[Minister]

So far I have included our taxes, bank statements, mutual funds, retirement accounts, not the bonds (you can't own bonds jointly, apparently), insurance, life insurance beneficiary status, and tons of pictures. She is the liable party for our DSL because, well, because I already owned the house and all of the utilities before we met so this is the only one that she could take.

 

I also included information about our train-wreck of a business. I felt that I needed to include this because my Sweetie we were both officers of the corporation. And also, because we lost so much money at the business, our taxable income looks like I took a huge pay cut last year unless you consider our epic failure at entrepreneurship.

 

Our neighbor has offered to write us a letter. She sees us together all the time and has known us for years. I've got some friends to hit up too, but I'm nervous about asking mom and dad. I'm worried that they will not be perceived as credible sources.

Edited April 5, 2010 by Minister (see edit history)

[Guest Pommey]

with what you have from Detroit you are sorted

[fineart]

Minister, I think you have done a good job to collect enough evidence. My suggestion is if you paste a few pictures on several pieces of paper there will be space on the paper for you to label people's identification in the pictures, which is a good thing, although not mandatory. This is what we did for my I751. Our home didn't have my name at that time since we didn't know this would be a good evidence to remove my conditions. I have never thought of getting hubby's property so when he mentioned that we could go to the court and add my name to the title, I have never cared. I didn't marry my man for money, house, car or any material concept, although if he was poor, I certainly would not have married to him since myself was not poor and I was not looking for a man to live on me. I got my 10-year greencard three months after hubby sent out the application without our house title being changed. We have other things jointly though, so this house didn't matter.

 

I believe you guys will have a very smooth procedure.