Instructions For Form I-751 - Petition To Remove Conditions On Residence (Page 5 of 10) in pdf

What Initial Evidence Is Required?

Permanent Resident Card

You must file your petition with a copy of your permanent resident card or alien registration card, and a copy of the

permanent resident or alien registration cards of your conditional resident children that you are including in your petition.

Submit copies of both front and back sides of the card.

Exception

Those who reside overseas pursuant to military or government orders, including conditional resident dependents residing

overseas and listed under Part 5. Information About Your Children of the petition, must submit the following items

with Form I-751:

1. Two passport-style photos for each petitioner and dependent, regardless of age. The passport photos must be color

photographs. 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. Your head must be bare unless you are wearing headwear as required by a religious denomination

of which you are a member. Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and Alien Registration Number

(A-Number) (if any) on the back of the photo;

AND

2. Two completed fingerprint cards (Form FD-258) for each petitioner and dependent 14 to 79 years of age. You must

write your A-Number on the fingerprint card and ensure that the completed cards are not bent, folded, or creased. The

fingerprint cards must be prepared by a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate, USCIS Office, or U.S. military installation.

In order for USCIS to identify filings based on military or government orders, petitioners are required to indicate on top

of Form I-751, “ACTIVE MILITARY” or “GOVERNMENT ORDERS” and submit a copy of their current military or

government orders.

Evidence of the Relationship

Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted conditional status was entered

in “good faith” and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents

as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to

the present date, and to demonstrate any circumstances surrounding the end of the relationship, if it has ended. The

documents should include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

1. Birth certificates of children born during the time of this marriage, if any;

2. Lease or mortgage contracts showing joint occupancy and/or ownership of your communal residence;

3. Financial records showing joint ownership of assets and joint responsibility for liabilities, such as joint savings and

checking accounts with transaction history, complete joint Federal and State tax returns, insurance policies that show

the other spouse as the beneficiary, joint utility bills, or joint installment or other loans. If applicable, submit copies

of military Leave and Earnings Statements showing receipt of Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) with family

members and/or Form DD-1172 for military family member identification cards;

4. Other documents that you consider relevant to establish that your marriage was not entered for the purpose of evading

U.S. immigration laws; and

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