spykedvodka
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Ok my wife (from Mexico) and I just filed a I-751 on her behalf. I mailed it on 2/23/06 overnight to the Vermont Service Center. The 24th of February (our anniversary too) is exactly 90 days before the Green Card Expires. I received the receipt from the Vermont Service Center Saturday.
I was just wondering if we would have any problems with this application. This is exactly what we included:
Form I-751 Signed by my wife and myself.
A check for $205.00
Tax Returns for 2006 and 2005 where we both filed jointly.
A Certified Copy of our son's birth certificate.
Copy of her green card and state ID front and back in black and white sent as a certified copy by a notary - we also included a color copy of them to help with clarification
a copy of my driver's license front and back (just incase they want it)
Deeds for two property's that we own that show that my wife and I both own them jointly. These are certified copies of the deeds from the courthouse.
Also we attatched a note stating why she wasn't on the mortgage. Basically since we bought the house only 5 months after she got her green card (she was pregnant while the application was pending and that is why we never applied for a work permit before hand to get the social security card) she had no credit. After pulling her credit the bank stated that we would end up paying 1.375% more on our mortgage interest rate if my wife was on the mortgage, but they would have no problem with leaving her on the deed and the mortgage in my name. Also stated the same for the second deed for a parking lot that we own. She had no credit, what could we do?
A copy of our home owner's insurance showing both names.
A breif letter from my wife giving past addresses we lived at.
4 notarized affidavit's - 3 from my parents (mother, stepfather, father) and one from my aunt
20 old notarized affidavit's from 2004. We had these affidavit's from family and friends for the Adjustment of Status hearing in case we needed them. The officer didn't even look at them. I also stated that if they wanted new statement's that wouldn't be a problem since the I-751 only asked for 2 affidavit's and we included 4 I didn't want to have to drive everybody I know nuts with this again, but we included the old affidavit's for proof that if they want more, we'll get them.
We also included bank statements for two separate months showing joint ownership of our checkings/savings account.
That's pretty much all we can include since we can't afford health insurance. My wife doesn't drive so I can't add her as an owner to my car or add her onto my car insurance.
One thing I did forget is to include pictures of us and the baby. Will that be a major problem, since we own 2 properties together and we have a son together. Any advice???
Also I made it really simple for the immigration official to find everything. Every piece of information was separated by paperclips with a cover sheet on each section explaining the contents of the documents and having my wife's information on it.
I guess also the check I sent in itself may help since the check lists both our names on it.
I believe this is everything I sent to them. If I remember anything else I will add it. Our lawyer two years ago told us this would basically be a rubber stamp process unless they see a red flag. Would not having pictures be a red flag?
Any advice????????????????
I was just wondering if we would have any problems with this application. This is exactly what we included:
Form I-751 Signed by my wife and myself.
A check for $205.00
Tax Returns for 2006 and 2005 where we both filed jointly.
A Certified Copy of our son's birth certificate.
Copy of her green card and state ID front and back in black and white sent as a certified copy by a notary - we also included a color copy of them to help with clarification
a copy of my driver's license front and back (just incase they want it)
Deeds for two property's that we own that show that my wife and I both own them jointly. These are certified copies of the deeds from the courthouse.
Also we attatched a note stating why she wasn't on the mortgage. Basically since we bought the house only 5 months after she got her green card (she was pregnant while the application was pending and that is why we never applied for a work permit before hand to get the social security card) she had no credit. After pulling her credit the bank stated that we would end up paying 1.375% more on our mortgage interest rate if my wife was on the mortgage, but they would have no problem with leaving her on the deed and the mortgage in my name. Also stated the same for the second deed for a parking lot that we own. She had no credit, what could we do?
A copy of our home owner's insurance showing both names.
A breif letter from my wife giving past addresses we lived at.
4 notarized affidavit's - 3 from my parents (mother, stepfather, father) and one from my aunt
20 old notarized affidavit's from 2004. We had these affidavit's from family and friends for the Adjustment of Status hearing in case we needed them. The officer didn't even look at them. I also stated that if they wanted new statement's that wouldn't be a problem since the I-751 only asked for 2 affidavit's and we included 4 I didn't want to have to drive everybody I know nuts with this again, but we included the old affidavit's for proof that if they want more, we'll get them.
We also included bank statements for two separate months showing joint ownership of our checkings/savings account.
That's pretty much all we can include since we can't afford health insurance. My wife doesn't drive so I can't add her as an owner to my car or add her onto my car insurance.
One thing I did forget is to include pictures of us and the baby. Will that be a major problem, since we own 2 properties together and we have a son together. Any advice???
Also I made it really simple for the immigration official to find everything. Every piece of information was separated by paperclips with a cover sheet on each section explaining the contents of the documents and having my wife's information on it.
I guess also the check I sent in itself may help since the check lists both our names on it.
I believe this is everything I sent to them. If I remember anything else I will add it. Our lawyer two years ago told us this would basically be a rubber stamp process unless they see a red flag. Would not having pictures be a red flag?
Any advice????????????????
