Hi, I really need some advise on the AOS interview. Here is our story in short. I'm from US; he is from Canada. We met on-line, visited each other a few times, then he found a job in US and came here on TN visa to work and to figure out where we wanted to go with our relationship. After about a month in US he proposed and we got married in a small civil ceremony. That was last May. In June we found out that the prices for green cards were going up 2.5 times. We decided that we should apply. Now what do we need to prepare for the AOS interview? I understand that we need to prove 2 things: 1. our marriage is true marriage and 2. he came here legally on TN with no intention to stay. How do we accomplish both things without conflicting one another? Thanks.

Hi Tomn. I'm going to move your thread to the AOS Forum because you'll get a better response there.

any advise?

Just bumping the question up... Trying to get some advise. Please.... Thanks for your help!!!

Be sure to bring pictures of your relationship over the year. If you visited him in Canada, pictures from there and the US too. Wedding and honeymoon pictures.

Proof of comingling of finances. Lease with both your names on it, utility bills with both names, insurance, phone bills, credit cards, bank accounts, etc. They will ask for this kind of stuff. We brought all of that, plus wedding cards and Christmas cards addressed to Mr & Mrs ***** at our address.

We also brought plane and bus tickets from visits and I brought some hotel receipts but since they only have 1 name on them, it doesnt do too much good.

You can also get friends and family (maybe even your super or landlord if they know you) to write affidavits confirming that they know you and that you guys are in fact in love, etc. We didnt do that, but its always a good idea.

Make sure to bring everything they ask you to bring on the interview letter as far as paystubs and taxes go.

Good luck!

Thanks for the info. It will help! My biggest concern is proving that he came to the country legally on TN visa. The time between his move and our wedding was very short. Any ideas? Thanks.

Does he have anything that showed ties to Canada, showing that he did not intend to abondon his life there? Deed to a house, lease, letter from employer there, etc? Anything that shows he intended to go back definitely helps.

I just had my interview last Tuesday and we were the only appt, approved that day!

There is a list on the interview date letter.

I did over prepare, but there were some things we did "not" have, like joint bank account,
since my husband has owned and lived in the house for 20 yrs..all the household bills were
in his name.

Things that did help and worked
Photo copy of each :
Drivers License with the same address
Costco cards
Bi-Mart cards
Joint Lowes Dept. store cards
AAA cards

Receipts of furniture purchases
Car and House Insurance
Life Insurance with spouse as beneficiary
Car Repair receipts
Airline ticket and travel receipts with both names.
We are in the midst of remortgaging ...so brought the envelope with all the finance details.
(I think that was the closer along with our Cruise picture we from the week before)

Also 3 wedding pictures. family and friends pictures on different occasions.
asked how we met, when we started dating, when he proposed....
went over my I485 application verifing my answers to the questions.

I think all you have to do is be honest and bring anything that will help you explain
yourself.

Good Luck!

thanks for the info. He doesn't have a house or lease back in Canada. We listed his parent's address as his last address. He does have a bank account with some money closed for a year that he still can't withdraw plus he is a graduate student at the university in Canada. do you think this will be sufficient? Maybe his parents can write something that he rents a room in the house? Will it help?

A couple other things that I just remembered - he didn't sell any of his furniture but stored it at his parent's house. Not sure if it is possible to prove it. But it is sitting in their basement and garage and they are not using it. He also didn't disconnect his cell phone when he moved to US. Would that info help?

He came on a TN visa, so to my understanding it is not going to raise red flags like coming on a tourism visa or the visa waiver program. He obviously came for a job and not to get married. I'm not all that familiar with that visa, but don't you need to have a job offer to get it/ If you do I would think that's enough proof that he didn't come with the goal to be married.
For the rest use the list in the guides http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2, there are some good things from there that prove your bonafide relationship.

TN is a temp work visa with no intention to immigrate so it is kind of like tourist visa.

Most visas are with no intention to immigrate. What matters is the reason you enter the county for. I checked the US embassy in canada and here is what I found about the TN visa


He came with the intent to work. As I undersand the rule of the TN he would have needed a job offer to obtain it. If he followed through and took the job he was getting the TN visa for, then that is all the proof you need: his TN visa and a letter from his employee. He didn't came to marry you; he came to work and he has proof of it. So don't worry.

My brother in law came with a TN to the US, he worked here for year with a TN, got married to my husband's sister. He waited a while, but in the end he applied for a GC. He is now an american citizen and as far as I know never had a problem.

thanks for your reassurance. I feel better now. Did anyone on this board also adjust from TN but perhaps wihtout waiting a long time?

I am not an expert, but there have been other threads about this:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=109502

If you filed an I-485, and applied for EAD and AP for your spouse, I would make sure that your spouse is working on the EAD and not the TN at Interview time.

I have no experience other that forums like this, but TN to Greencard is done.

You might want to ask that question specifically in the Canada Forum. I'm sure I've seen or know that people have done this, but I can't for the life of me remember right now who this was.

I originally posted this thread in the Canadian forum but it got moved here....