Where do I begin with the CR-1 process especially when dealing with high fraud country/hard embassy?

[Deeareg 0]

Hello all,

I decided to withdraw my K-1 petition just to be safe than rather sorry later. I want to make sure I really do my research right this time. Other than a marriage certificate where do I begin? How can we prove bona fide marriage if we dont have joint accounts or property because they live overseas?

[sophiaxjk 1]

there should be a guide

Edited March 24, 2017 by sophiaxjk
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[jaliuana 6]

You can show things such as flight itineraries of you guys going to each others countries. Hotel itineraries. Message logs exchanged between the two. Show them pictures of you two together and/or with each others families if you have them. Show them your call logs, proving you guys talk continuously. If you guys have written letters to each other, show them as well. Affidavits written by third parties could also help. Things that show them a legit relationship.

[Deeareg 0]

Do I need to send the affidavit of support with the application?

[Dualie 185]

Hi! Start here with this guide.  http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

There are also regional forums on this site. Follow this link. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/100-regional-discussion/

Someone there should be able to guide you better than I. Good luck!!

[afrocraft 313]

Start by disabusing your mind that Nigeria is a "high-fraud country", and that the local embassy is out to get you. Start, instead, by understanding that immigration is a legal, not an emotional, matter, and that as a foreign national:

• You don't have a right to a US visa;
• US immigration law says all prospective immigrants must be presumed to be "liars" (I'm paraphrasing a bit); and
• To get a visa, the onus is on you to prove to the State Department and its agents that you meet all the legal requirements to get one.

What that means is that you should:

• Fully understand the legal requirements and procedures for immigrating to the US (this forum is a good place to start, but read the USCIS and State Department websites);
• Think like a lawyer would in proving your eligibility for a US visa, providing all the required documentation as stated (not the ones you think they'll accept), as well as providing multiple, corroborating evidence (the strongest ones being documents that cannot be easily produced just for the sake of immigration); and
• Adopt a prudent-person standard in deciding how to present your application. That means asking yourself how a responsible person would act in your circumstances. As in: If you're truly engaged/married, do you do the things that responsible, truly-married people in your circumstances do?

I know that's all general, but if you keep those principles in mind, your odds should improve significantly.

[JessieABC 159]

My husband lives in England so we don't have mutual assets or financial ties either. We sent all our passport stamps, boarding passes, beneficiary confirmations (bank, investments, savings plans), photos, affidavits, and we added each other as a card holder to our credit cards.

 

However, bona fide evidence can include:

• Photos, especially with family, friends and of the wedding
• itineraries
• vacation receipts
• money transfer
• boarding passes to see each other
• text messages/chat/call logs
• Cards, emails and other shared correspondence
• letters from family etc. sent to an address with both your names
• affidavits from friends and family attesting to the bona fides of your relationship
• establishing your spouse as your beneficiary on your savings plan/life insurance/investment accounts
• proof of gifts to one another