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Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionChecking status online.
Unlike AOS, the receipt number you get on your I-751 NOA1 won't work. You will have to wait until you get your biometrics notice to get a tracking number that will work on the USCIS website.

Once you get that, you go the USCIS E-gov website, log in, and add that tracking number to your portfolio. The main page there will list your three AOS cases and this new one, and let you activate email and text alerts for status changes.

https://egov.uscis.g...tomerProcess.do

I had to have them email me my login id and password, since I hadn't logged in since my AOS approval. :)
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-26 13:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionWhen to remove conditions??
Your green card has an expiration date on it - probably 2 years or so after you entered the US.

You need to file an I-751 within the 90 days before that expiration date.

Edited by HeatDeath, 02 December 2011 - 12:16 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-02 00:16:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionLate I-751 filing
If you got an NOA1 extension letter, everything is fine: they've accepted the package, entered everything into their system, and will process your application the same as everyone else's. That you filed late is over and done with - now that they've accepted it it won't affect whether or not you get approved, and it is vanishingly unlikely to ever even be mentioned by them.

Problem solved!

Would it be possible for you to post a draft of your letter (obviously with any personal information removed!) so that future readers can see a sample of a let filing letter of explanation that was accepted? It would probably really help people out going forward.

Edited by HeatDeath, 02 December 2011 - 12:13 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-02 00:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionList children if not subject to condition removal?
I'm sorry for the rant but this really bugs me.

I've seen this question asked about the I-129F, the DS-230 and DS-156, the I-485, and now the I-751 - for every form where it says "List your children", people have asked "Do I have to list all of my children?"

YES, you do! All of them, all the time, on every single form that asks, unless there is clear, unambiguous language on the form itself, right above where you would fill that part in that says otherwise.

There is no implicit rule or allowance to "only put them if they're under 18" or "only put them if they're immigrating". Leaving them off is omitting an enormously important, salient, and important piece of identifying information about yourself, let alone them! I've seen people ENORMOUSLY complicate their lives and the lives of their children by leaving them off forms, particularly those earlier in the immigration process, because they made completely unwarranted assumptions about whether or not they needed to list all of their children.
You have no implicit right to privacy from USCIS [at least not if you wish to immigrate to the US], and even if you did, that privacy would not extend to hiding an entire immediate relative from them!

It's simple people, you list ALL of your children unless there is clear, unambiguous language on either the form or the form instructions saying otherwise! [And as far as I know, there never is.]
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-03 12:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionOnline status check cannot find my case
The RoC process seems to be unique among the other USCIS family petition processes. With all of the other application types, you get a receipt number that will work in the online tracking system with your NOA1. The I-751 is the only process I'm aware of where the NOA1 receipt number won't work and you only get the right tracking number with the biometrics notice.

It's kind of weird. I wonder if there's some kind of history there.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-11 02:48:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSome questions about the I-751 Form

Hi everyone:

I just started working on my I-751 package and I have some questions.I would appriciate for some help.


1. Is PART I refering to the permanent resident or the US citizen?

The permanent resident, as evidenced by Section 1 asking for an Alien Registration Number. USCs don't have A-numbers.

2. Are PART 8 & PART I the same person?

Part 8 is whoever filled out the form, IF it was someone OTHER than the two signatories in Part 7. So no. By definition they cannot be the same person as the person in Part 1. If either the person in Part 1 or the USC spouse filled out the form, Part 8 should be left blank.

3. Part 5-regards to the kids-We've had a baby together after my arrival(PR) which means she is a US citizen by birth.Do I list her in PART 5?My understanding is No since she does not need removal of condition?

What does Part 5 say? "List All Your Children."
Is there any language qualifying that, on either the form or the instructions? No.
What can we conclude? That "All" means ALL!, regardless of whether they need to remove conditions or not.
[I'm not entirely certain how they could have made that part any clearer.]

4. Is the following item mandatory ? "Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people who have known both of you since your conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage and relationship. "

It may sound weird but we do not have any friend who would write us such a letter.We have some family members;Can they provide these letters?

Family members can certainly provide those letters. Affidavits are allowed primarily for the benefit of people whose packets are otherwise weak (little to no objective or official evidence of financial co-mingling or cohabitation) and many people do just fine without affidavits, as long as their evidence is rock-solid (2 years of tax returns showing filing as married, two years of statements showing shared bills and financial accounts, insurance, mortgage/rent agreement, etc.)

5.How many utility bills(that will have both of our names) would be good enoguh?

The standard recommendation is 1-2 bills for every quarter [3 months] of marriage. This is considered enough to show the accounts persisting in time, without burying the adjudicator.

Thnx in advance.

No problem.

If you haven't already, give the I-751 instructions document [http://www.uscis.gov...i-751instr.pdf] another read-over. You may find it clarifying, particularly the section about affidavits.

Edited by HeatDeath, 21 December 2011 - 01:33 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-21 01:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionTraveling while waiting?
As long as he has his valid passport, a GC that expired less than one year earlier, and the original of the extension letter, he'll be able to reenter the US with no problems.

I wouldn't try it if his return date is more than 1 year after the GC expiry date, but as long as he's reentering within the one year window defined by the extension letter, he should be fine. I heard of someone here recently who ran into a CBP officer who thought the letter only extended his PR status to one year after the letter's issue date, not one year after the GC's expiry date, but that just seems like a simple misreading of the letter that would be quickly cleared up by a supervisor or two.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-11 02:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussioncover letter for removing conditions
I would tend to do a cover letter for any application, whether it was technically required or not, just because it gives me an excuse to include an ordered list of everything I've sent in the packet, just to make sure nothing gets separated from my package.

When I was doing my AOS, there was a non-trivial incidence of RFEs being sent out for missing medical reports that had somehow, between the PoE and the USCIS service center, gotten separated from the main immigration file. Obviously this is outside any applicant's direct control but I feel including a contents list with your packet, in the guise of a cover letter, can help prevent the same thing from happening to anything you send in.

Also I found it immensely helpful to have a checklist I could run through my packet with, right before I sealed it, to make sure I included everything I intended to include.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-16 11:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussioncover letter for removing conditions
Here's my thread with my cover letter and (if you decide to do one) affidavit.

http://www.visajourn...etter-and-list/
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-15 11:16:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionWife and baby stuck in Peru. Please help!

I can't see anything that says the copy of the letter was sufficient. Do you have evidence it is? The original I suspect has secure features the copy doesn't, or at the very least is obviously unaltered. It's easy to fake a copy. Could have just put a cut-out from a letter they received from USCIS in the "to" box and made it look like a legit copy. I don't blame them for not accepting it.

This is totally correct. The original of the RoC extension letter is on heavy bond paper with big obvious watermarks if you hold it up to the light. I made a couple of full-size colour photocopies to carry around while I was waiting for approval, and they are obviously different from the original, wouldn't fool anybody, and could be much more easily modified to contain fraudulent information. [I'm not too worried about that since no one has ever asked me for any proof of status on a day-to-day basis, and there's nothing on the extension letter saying you even need to carry it around at all.]

I wouldn't expect any photocopy of any travel or immigration document to ever be sufficient, just on general principles. Even the paper AP documents, the least secure travel documents I've ever seen, are printed on heavy bond paper and have big watermarks on the originals.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-25 11:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751
A lot of states are in the process of switching, or have just recently switched to only giving out driver's licenses good for the duration of whatever documents you show them. For example if you show an EAD, you get a one year license. If you show a conditional GC, you get a 2 year license, etc.

I personally slipped in just under the wire with Utah. I got a full 5-year license in late November of the year I moved here, and the following January they changed to this policy and I would have only been able to get a 2-year license if I had waited.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-01-11 18:39:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC evidence no joint tax return no joint mortgage
Prior to our marriage, my wife had been being included as a dependent on her parent's taxes. We married in September 2009, and for my 2009 taxes, we decided to have her be included as a dependent on her parent's taxes, since that was the last year they would be able to do so, and I filed as "Married, filing separately". For 2010 we filed as "Married, filing jointly". for removal of conditions I included transcripts from both 2009 and 2010 showing this. For the purposes of the RoC (relationship evidence), the married-filing-separately return is still evidence that we were both cohabitating and publicly representing ourselves as married.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-01-11 15:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionChildren's names on form I-751
That sounds exactly right. You do need to list all of the children, since there is nowhere - either on the instructions or the form itself - that says anything other than "List all children". And next to their names, you put their statuses, just as the form asks.

The explanatory paragraph in the cover letter is a good strategy - that is the correct place to explain anything you think might be unclear from the form and documents. But I don't think you need to worry - they won't accidentally start RoC on someone whose window hasn't hit yet.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-01 11:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionCan I Travel to Canada while I am waiting for Removing Conidtions
Make sure you have the original letter. A copy won't cut it. A recent poster here only had a copy, and got stuck out of the US for a week, while they courier'd it down to her.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-04 23:44:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionAlready thinking about the next step
Any "official" paper you ever get that has both your names on it, throw it in a big box marked "Removal of Conditions". Utility bills, bank statements, credit card statements, insurance cards/policies, anything like that. I also included photocopies of benefits forms I filled out at work where I names my wife as a beneficiary. Also any envelopes from family or friends addressed to both of you, and any letters or cards that reference or allude to your married relationship. Keep all of that, and putting together your RoC packet in two years will be a breeze.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-04 23:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConfused about Single Biometrics appointment
It is normal, for RoC, for the bio notice case number to be different than the NOA1 case number. Incidentally, if you've tried to sign up for email notifications on the USCIS web site, you will have found that the NOA1 case number didn't work. The bio notice case number should.

I seem to recall reading, but cannot recall precisely where, that minor children below a certain age do not have to do biometrics. If this is in fact the case, it would explain why he has not received his own notice. I would bring him to the bio appointment anyways, just in case. It is also possible that his bio notice, being sent separately, just hasn't arrived yet. Either way, bring him with you to the bio appointment, and they should be able to sort it out at the USCIS office.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-08 11:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionIncome tax
Ooh. Actually, that's not quite true. I did send one federal account transcript, because I had filed a 1040X for 2009 to make some modifications to my 2009 return. Those modifications would not have shown on the federal return transcript for 2009, and I wanted to make sure I was sending complete and accurate information.

That would be the only reason they would need account transcripts (as opposed to return transcripts). And they don't need state returns or transcripts at all.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-08 11:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionIncome tax
The only transcripts I sent for my RoC were federal return transcripts, and it went fine. No RFEs, no interview.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-07 18:37:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFiling and mailing I-751
According to this date time calculator: http://www.timeandda...te/dateadd.html
, 90 days before July 17, 2012 is April 18, 2012. So you need to make sure your forms are dated after April 18, 2012, and you need to make sure USCIS receives you RoC packet after the date you put on the forms.

Holding off until the 21st, just to make sure your forms are all safely within the 90 day window is probably a good idea. The approval data is going to be randomized by a few weeks relative to when you send anyways, so 2-3 days later makes no difference at all. The one thing you don't want is for them to receive it before the 90 day window starts.

Edited by HeatDeath, 14 April 2012 - 04:04 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-14 16:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSemi-Approval...Need help Please!
FYI, Passport Canada no longer need the photos notarized either (unless by notarized you mean just stamped by the photographer and signed by you). They are, however, very fussy about there being no brightness variations in the background, and the specs for photo size and head size and position are radically different from the US specifications.

The machine Walgreens uses to print out the photos has a Canadian specs template, so it can frame the picture properly (though it may take the employee a few times to take a picture of you from the right distance with enough headroom so the photo will scale into the Canadian template properly - they're obviously much more used to the US specs) but they can only cut the photos to 2" x 2", which is wrong for Canada and will get your photos refused. I just had them give me the one sheet with both photos on it, and I cut it myself to get it to the size Canada likes.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-21 13:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSemi-Approval...Need help Please!
Also, reread the AOS or N-400 instructions for how USCIS likes passport photos. From the I-485 instructions:

4. Photos
You must submit two identical color photographs of yourself taken within 30 days of the filing of this application. The photos must have a white to off-white background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish, and be unmounted and unretouched.
Passport-style photos must be 2" x 2." The photos must be in color with full face, frontal view on a white to off-white background. Head height should measure 1" to 1 3/8" from top of hair to bottom of chin, and eye height is between 1 1/8" to 1 3/8" from bottom of photo. Your head must be bare unless you are wearing a headdress as required by a religious order of which you are a member. Using pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and Alien Registration Number (A-Number) on the back of the photo.


Yeah, any Walgreens or Walmart will know most of that stuff (except the A# part, which is all you have to add to the photos. No notarizing necessary.) and will be able to produce photos to USCIS specifications. (The painful thing is trying to get Walgreens to produce passport photos to Canadian specifications, which are totally different. But for USCIS, they'll be fine.)

Some older instructions and guides mention notarizing requirements for various documents you submit to USCIS or the Consulates, but that's really all in the past and outdated. I've never had to notarize anything from my I-129F all the way to now.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-21 13:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionPhotos and AFfidavit
The description of the affidavit requirements in the current I-751 instructions makes no mention of notarization, so no, you don't need to notarize them.

We sent in just a stack of about a dozen photo prints, recently printed from digital files. I don't even think they were dated or timestamped. We did choose them so that they obviously covered a significant length of time (as evidenced by hairstyles, clothing, etc) and pointed out in the cover letter that they document participation in family functions and public identification as a married couple over the course of the marriage. We received no RFE or interview, so it must have been fine.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-26 13:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionExact date to send in RoC
Your form needs to be dated on or after the 8th, and they need to receive your packet after the papers are dated. I would probably mail it on the 9th or 10th.

Two or three days difference in when you send it will make no difference at all in how long it takes to process. Two people who send theirs the same day could see a variance in processing times of up to 4-5 weeks. So you don't need to be in too much of a hurry to send it, although I do understand the feeling! :)
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-05-03 18:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionRemoving Condition Status Starting
1. Yes.
2. It's not specifically requested but it would be a very good idea, yes.
3. Photocopy. You still need to be carrying around the original, even after it hits it's expiry date. You will get a letter that extends it. Do not send them your green card in the mail.
4. Read back through this forum for at least several months worth of posts, and read evey single post where people post their cover letters and evidence lists. That will give you a good idea what you need to send.

Here's my cover letter and list:
http://www.visajourn...etter-and-list/

Edited by HeatDeath, 14 May 2012 - 09:53 AM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-05-14 09:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List
I included about a dozen photos.

I just slipped a file folder of papers into a large USPS cardboard mailer envelope. I sent them USPS first class with tracking and delivery notification.

I stapled together papers that were multiple pages of a single document, like the form itself, but the papers were mostly just loose, stacked in the order they were listed on the cover letter.

I did not do any page numbering.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-05-21 15:35:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List
My list shows everything we sent. The I-751 instructions do not require any passport photos, so I did not send any. Also, the I-751 instructions do not require a copy of either the beneficiary's or the petitioner's passport, so I did not send either.

Passport photocopies are only requested as proofs of citizenship (in the case of US citizens) or as identification (for the beneficiary, particularly during the I-129F petition and visa application phase). The I-751 does not require proof of the petitioner's citizenship, and they are already receiving a copy of your green card to serve as both proof of status and identification for the beneficiary, so no passport photocopies are required.

The I-751's documentation requirements are focused on, as I paraphrased in the cover letter, "verify[ing] the status of the marriage and the ongoing relationship". Unless you wish to include passport stamps showing that you and your wife traveled on an international vacation together (which incidentally would be a really good piece of evidence), your passports contribute no information regarding your ongoing relationship and are therefore not required.

Edited by HeatDeath, 07 May 2012 - 06:08 PM.

HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-05-07 18:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List
We both signed our names, because it is a joint petition.

I just sent the one affidavit letter signed by both my wife's parents. I got approved in 5 months with no RoC or interview, so that must have been enough.

Honestly, with the evidence I listed, an affidavit was probably not necessary at all. Lots of people don't include them at all and do fine.

I don't think the marginal difference in perceived impartiality between friends and family makes any real difference. USCIS just want to hear from "at least two people" who are willing, if necessary, to testify under oath. I don't think the specific relationship carries much weight, and affidavits in general carry relatively little weight.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-16 15:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List

HeatDeath, would you mind sharing the affidavit from your in-laws? I'm helping my friends with their I-751 package and they actually moved in with me couple of weeks ago. They will be my roommates for another few months. So my letter will also serve as their proof of joint residence. If you could share you affidavit with me, I would greatly appreciate it! I'm just not sure what wording should I use.
Thank you!

Sure, here you go:

<DATE>


To whom it may concern,

We the undersigned, affirm that our daughter, <NAME [petitioner]>, legally married <NAME [beneficiary]> on <WEDDING DATE>. They have been living as husband and wife in our home in <CITY>, <STATE>. The marriage was entered into with good faith and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration law.

<NAME [petitioner]> and <NAME [beneficiary]> are in a committed relationship and have detailed plans and goals for their future together.

With Respect,

<NAME> and <NAME>
<ADDRESS>


_______ ____________ ____________
Name........Date of Birth........City of Birth


_______ ____________ ____________
Name........Date of Birth........City of Birth


Obviously, parts of this are quite specific to us, but you can see the general style, and how it derives strictly from the USCIS I-751 instructions:

Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people who have known both of you since your conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage and relationship. (Such persons may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in the affidavit.) The original affidavit must be submitted and also contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: his or her full name and address; date and place of birth; relationship to you or your spouse, if any; and full information and complete details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge. Affidavits must be supported by other types of evidence listed above.


Two or more people - check.
Known us since the residence and have personal knowledge of marriage - check.
Original affidavit submitted - check.
Contains full name and address of signers - check.
Contains date and place of birth of signers - check.
Contains relationship to us - check.
Contains full info about how they acquired knowledge - my mother-in-law felt that was implicit in the cohabitation - check.
Supported by other evidence - see the above cover letter - check.

Hope this helps!
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-05 23:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List
Thanks all. I have photocopies of the front and back of the GC in there, and the life and medical insurance application forms I filled out when I started my current job.

I mailed out the packet at lunch today! It's good to have it finally underway.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-11-01 13:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 Cover Letter and List
I've finally got my I-751 packet put together. I've just got the cover letter and final list drafted, and I should be able to send this out later this week, and finally get this step in the journey under way. I became eligible to file in early September, but life happened, as it tends to, and it's taken 'til now to get everything organized and together.

Before I send off my package, however, I would like to make the now-traditional request for other people who are going through or have recently gone through the I-751 process to give my list and cover letter a lookover, estimate whether I have enough evidence, check to see if the writing style is good [not too formal], etc. I would really appreciate any input you all may have.

Before I started this process, I put together my own list of evidence by looking through literally dozens of similar threads in the forum archives. Comments on this cover letter won't just help me, but many others who will find this thread in the weeks and months to come.

Thank you very much.

10/30/2011

USCIS California Service Center
P.O. Box 10751
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075

RE: I-751 JOINT PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS ON RESIDENCE OF:

(K-1 VISA) <My Name>, A###-###-###

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find a JOINT I-751 petition for removal of conditions of permanent resident status regarding <My Name>. <My Name> entered the US on a K-1 visa in July 2009, married <USC Wife's Name> on September 12, 2009, and was awarded Adjustment of Status to Conditional Permanent Residence on December 1st, 2009. We are happily living together and jointly request that this petition be accepted for removal of conditions on the residence of <My Name>.

Contents include the following documents, constituting a petition for the Removal of Conditions on the Residence of <My Name>:

  • Completed I-751 JOINT Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.
  • Check for $590 to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  • Photocopy of both sides of <My Name>’s Permanent Resident Card.

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

  • Affidavit from <USC Wife's Parent's Names>, parents of <USC Wife's Name>, testifying to shared residence with both <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, and that the marriage between <USC Wife's Name> and <My Name> was entered into in good faith, is ongoing, and was not entered into to circumvent immigration law.
  • Photographs of <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, demonstrating consistent and continuous public affection, attendance, interaction, and identification as a married couple at family functions and in public, over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of envelopes addressed to both of us, showing shared residence, and public identification as a married couple, over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopy of 2009 federal tax transcript showing filing status as “Married” for 2009.
  • Photocopies of 2010 federal tax transcript showing filing status as “Married Filing Jointly” for 2010.
  • Photocopies of driver licenses of <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, showing a shared address over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of the first and last pages of an “Offer To Purchase” contract for a condominium townhouse, signed jointly by <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, showing intent to continue to have a shared address, and to take and have joint ownership of and joint responsibility for a joint primary residence.
  • Photocopies of <Bank Name> credit cards for <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, showing a joint account, and joint financial obligations and responsibility, over the course of the marriage,
  • Photocopies of <Another Bank's Name> credit cards for <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, showing a joint account, and joint financial obligations and responsibility, over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of <Bank Name> statements for <My Name> and <USC Wife's Name>, showing <USC Wife's Name> as an authorized cardholder, further showing a joint account, and joint financial obligations and responsibility, over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of <Yet another Bank's Name> bank statements showing shared address, and joint account, over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of <Insurance Company Name> automobile insurance cards showing a joint automobile insurance policy over the course of the marriage,
  • Photocopies of <Another Insurance Company's Name> health insurance cards showing a joint health insurance policy over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopies of life and medical insurance application forms from my employer, showing joint insurance policies, the designation of beneficiary status to <USC Wife's Name>, and public identification as a married couple over the course of the marriage.
  • Photocopy of Costco membership cards with adjacent membership numbers and identical issue date, showing a joint account and shared management and decision making regarding household purchases and expenses, over the course of the marriage.

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and we understand that we may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date. Please advise us if you have any further questions or concerns related to this petition.


Sincerely,



<USC Wife's Name> and <My Name>.


HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-10-31 00:07:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionHOW MUCH THE FEE FOR FILING I-751?
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it's going up by $40 in a couple of weeks, plus another $5 for the biometrics part of the fee. double-check the uscis web site.
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HeatDeathMaleCanada2010-10-22 10:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionROC Joint petition Classified IF1?
Inky, if you look at your two year GC, you should see a category of CF1. I'm pretty sure the C stands for "conditional". It's normal, when we pass RoC, for the new GC category to be IF1 (where I think the I stands for "Immigrant". I'm pretty sure the F in both stands for either "Family" or "Fiance(e)", and the 1 means it's a primary status, not a derived status.

So your new category sounds normal.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2011-12-09 23:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionDid you have your affidavits notarized?
I sent an affidavit that was not notarized, and everything went just fine.

USCIS used to be real in to notarization, but they really don't care anymore, I think. I've never notarized anything I've ever sent them, and everything has been very smooth.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-08-01 19:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussionextension of alien card while waiting for the removal of condition.
No problem.

A ) You'll get more, better, and faster answers if you make a new top-level thread for your question.

B ) In answer to your question, yes. The receipt notice (NOA1) you receive in the mail after you file your I-751 DOES allow you to work and travel. Just keep it on your person with your green card, and show it with your expired green card anytime you would normally show your green card to somebody.

And yes, the I-751 process takes much longer than 90 days. Much, MUCH longer if you have to file at the Vermont Service Center. So you're going to be carrying that receipt notice around for quite a while.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-11-12 14:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 October 2011 Filers

Oh..And I have one more question.
I shouldn't have any problem to travel outside of the US and return with the I-797 NOTICE OF ACTION(says I-751 RECEIPT NOTICE), CORRECT?

As long as you have your valid passport, your expired greencard, and the original of that letter, which syays it extends your PR status for one year, you're good to go!
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-06-04 09:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 October 2011 Filers
Apparently their current stated date is always the single oldest case currently being processed. It is possible that July 4 represents an outlier and the center of mass of the longest pending cases is actually several weeks later.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-30 20:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 October 2011 Filers
AngelinaBlack: Interviews at the RoC stage, all other things being equal, are quite uncommon. There is a certain % (well under 10) who get randomly assigned interviews as a purely nominal quality control step. There probably have to be significant issues with your evidence or immigration file to get one otherwise. Simply having adjusted from a student or tourist visa doesn't seem to increase your chances of an interview either, the way it can during AOS.

naji1995: It is perfectly normal at this point not to have heard anything from the Vermont Service Center. They are at least 2-3 months behind the California Service Center. Since you have done your biometrics, and it has not quite been 6 months, there is literally nothing you can do. They will not even respond to a service query for another week or so, because they are still wihtin their posted service timeline, and even once they pass 6 months, their response will be that they're working on it, and that they will contact you when they get to your file. Which, as I said, will be at least another month or two.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-20 09:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 October 2011 Filers
There is an additional wrinkle: if you received your GC within 90 days of being married, then you'll have to wait until your 3rd wedding anniversary before you can file your N-400.

You can file your N-400 90 days before you've been a permanent resident for 3 years, but you have to have been married for 3 years at the time you file. If you got your GC more than 90 days after you married, then the distinction doesn't matter. But I got my GC within 90 days after I got married, so I have to wait until after my 3rd wedding anniversary before I can file my N-400.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-04-10 11:57:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 September 2011 Filers

i am about to file in my i-751, i have all the financial co mingling, lease, credit card, sams club joint acct,auto,medical and life insurances, but my tax return was married but filling separately, due to spouse not been ready at time of filling, would this affect my petition in any way?

Replied in the November 2011 I-751 Filers thread. Don't crosspost your question all over the place. One thread in the top level forum is quite enough.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-10-31 09:55:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionI-751 September 2011 Filers
Me and my wife just bought a townhouse, and my expired GC did not cause a problem. They just needed a photocopy of the GC and extension letter and the underwriter approved it without apparently any problem. I did have to write a letter explaining why there was a gap in my employment record between when I moved and when I started looking for work after my EAD showed up - they were more worried about that then the GC expiration and extension letter.

We went through a smaller local mortgage company, but I think our underwriting was done by Chase - they appear to be the primary buyer for mortgages set up by our local mortgage company.
HeatDeathMaleCanada2012-02-10 16:57:00