RFE for condition removal (I-751)

[icecream43]

I applied for condition removal I-751 on my conditional green card based on fact that my wife is a US Citizen. I got RFE recently stating that documents I submitted were not sufficient to prove Good Faith Marriage. My wife and I have been married 4 years and we have a son. The items mentioned seem to indicate that they had some technical issues with what I had sent, but they do not give specific details or what was expected:
- You submitted 2016 tax returns; two bank statements; residential sales contract
- There is no indication the tax returns were filed with the appropriate agencies
- Two bank statements do not cover a sufficient period of the marriage
- You submitted a sales contract; however, you did not submit a mortgage or deed showing joint ownership and responsibility.
.. They go on with a list of documents that they will accept for Good Faith Marriage
I submitted a homeowners insurance and affidavits which they did accept and I have the deed which I will be sending with my response to RFE.

Two questions for those who have submitted this documentation and not got an RFE:
- What tax document are they looking for to show that it was filed with the appropriate agencies - I just downloaded my tax return from the online tax preparer and printed it. I mean what else am I supposed to send them?
- I understand that two bank statements are not enough - that was my mistake. But do I have to send them 4 years worth of bank statements? I don't think the bank even keeps all those records.

[ember]

Try getting your tax transcripts for the past few years. That would indicate that they had been sent/accepted. IRS lets you access those online.

And, why not send them a statement for every month of the last four years? I mean, it's annoying but they asked for it. If you don't want to do that, I'd suggest 4 bank statements per year at least, for all four years.

DISCLAIMER - These are just suggestions based on a VERY general sense of what they might want. My husband and I sent in our tax returns - not from preparer - (initial I-485 application) in Feb and have not been RFE'd yet but who knows. I want to be helpful, but hopefully others can jump in on this. When I do my taxes I sort of just try to follow instructions and hope no one gets mad at me. So.

But for the bank statements, I would just get as much as you can. There is no harm, unless you are paying per page to print the statements, and even then there is little harm.

I applied for condition removal I-751 on my conditional green card based on fact that my wife is a US Citizen. I got RFE recently stating that documents I submitted were not sufficient to prove Good Faith Marriage. My wife and I have been married 4 years and we have a son. The items mentioned seem to indicate that they had some technical issues with what I had sent, but they do not give specific details or what was expected:
- You submitted 2016 tax returns; two bank statements; residential sales contract
- There is no indication the tax returns were filed with the appropriate agencies
- Two bank statements do not cover a sufficient period of the marriage
- You submitted a sales contract; however, you did not submit a mortgage or deed showing joint ownership and responsibility.
.. They go on with a list of documents that they will accept for Good Faith Marriage
I submitted a homeowners insurance and affidavits which they did accept and I have the deed which I will be sending with my response to RFE.

Two questions for those who have submitted this documentation and not got an RFE:
- What tax document are they looking for to show that it was filed with the appropriate agencies - I just downloaded my tax return from the online tax preparer and printed it. I mean what else am I supposed to send them?
- I understand that two bank statements are not enough - that was my mistake. But do I have to send them 4 years worth of bank statements? I don't think the bank even keeps all those records.