Hi May filers, old and new friends, a September I-751 filer here but I thought I'd drop in and say hi and share my info as well.
We filed our package with USPS certified priority mail on Sept. 4 at VSC, about 3 weeks before my conditional GC was to expire. Here's what we included:
- personal check for $545.00
- Form I-751
- Copy of GC, front and back
- Addendum to I-751 Part 3, Item 9 listing all addresses since AOS
Evidence to verify the status of our marriage:
- Addendum letter to I-751 regarding our living situation, explaining that even though we lived in different cities when I became a permanent resident, we have since moved together.
- Copy of NOA's for my wife, showing that she moved to my city in early 2008
- Copy of AR-11 for me, showing the same change of addresses as my wife
- Copy of our joint apartment lease contracts from 2008 to present
- Copy of earning statements for my wife and I from early 2008 and recent, showing the same home address
- Copy of bank account statements after account opening and recent, for several joint bank accounts
- Copy of a canceled check from a joint checking account, showing both names on the check
- Copy of joint savings bonds
- Copy of joint certificates of deposit
- Copy of joint credit cards
- Copy of federal income tax return transcripts for 2007 and 2008, showing joint filing
- Copy of 401(k) beneficiary designation forms for both, showing the other as primary beneficiary
- Copy of Roth IRA information for my wife, showing me as primary beneficiary
- Copy of life insurance forms showing each other as beneficiaries
- Copy of utility bill in both names
- Copy of auto and home insurance declaration pages showing both names
- Copy of certificates of completion for driver safety course, showing course attendance at the same time
- Copy of registrations to attend test drive events, showing both names
- Copy of title and dedication pages of my Master's Report, showing dedication to my parents and my wife
- Copy of booking information for a trip to Austria together in summer 2008
- Pictures from attending my grandmother's funeral together
- Pictures from my recent graduation, with my wife's family attending
- Various pictures from 2007 to 2009, including test drive events, Christmas celebrations, wedding anniversaries, birthday celebrations, our apartments, trips in and around town, and a visit to the tree where we first met over 8 years ago
- and, last but not least, a copy of the deed to our new house which we just took joint ownership of!