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My interview is in Montreal. I found out 2 weeks ago my paperwork was accepted by nvc, I am being lined up for my interview.

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Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone is able to clarify what documents are needed to upload if any before interview. This is for my wife's parents and the operator had told her some conflicting information on the phone which has led me to question what I've already told her. We got an email about what to bring to the interview, there are black and red boxes on this checklist. I assume it means marked as any box with an 'X' in it, all the red boxes are empty so I don't think we have anymore to upload to CEAC and we just have to bring the documents to the interview.

Sorry if this is covered somewhere else, but I've been searching for other examples and have not been able to find anything.

Hello all, new here. I'm looking for any advice I can get.

The Background

My wife and I are in our mid-late 20's, I'm a USC and she's a Polish Citizen. We met while she was working here and dated long distance for a while. On one of her visits here (B2) we got sick of the way we were living and wanted to marry. The ceremony was a tad rushed as we decided this close to her authorized stay expiring. Unfortunately this was in vain, as we hugely underestimated how difficult it'd be to get her health records from Poland and our AOS application was not filed until several weeks after her would-be departure date.

We applied and had a fairly normal timeline for NYC filers. She received her EAD a little over a year ago and has been working fulltime while we're establishing our life together. Our interview was just scheduled for two weeks from now.

The Evidence:

We're taking the proof of AOS very seriously given the overstay and the non-immigrant visa. We know for a fact we'll be examined under a microscope. Unfortunately, we paid a consultant to help us file i485+i130 who recommended we did NOT send evidence of a bona fide marriage so this is the only shot we've got.

We have:

• A joint bank account. She's set up for direct deposit, lots of living expenses
• Car title in both our names
• Car insurance in both our names
• Life insurance beneficiaries for each other
• Apartment Lease in both our names
• Renters insurance in both our names
• Utility bills in both our names
• Internet bills in both our names
• Roughly 100 mailing labels addressed to both of us (I'm a shredder so I had these anyway)
• A photo album of about 60 pictures of us both from the last 2-3 years. A good portion are with family members, some from Poland
• Flight itinerary from my visit
• Her name and SSN are on my tax return documents

The Ugly:

Here's what I determine will definitely bother a USCIS Officer:

• No wedding photos besides one blurry shot (you can barely tell its us)
• There's a separate bank account in just my name (result of a big identity theft attack that hit us last year), my paychecks go here to split the money
• Separate health insurances (financially made sense given our employees)
• No rings (we were pretty deep in debt when we married, we're thankfully fully out now)
• B2 Visa implications
• Overstay (explained above)
• There is a second vehicle in JUST my name (I bought this in cash and we needed it registered asap for my new position, she was away at work so I rushed the DMV stuff myself)
• The tax returns have her name and SSN but aren't joint, they're "Married Filing Single" at the advice of my tax preparer. She had no income in 2018 as she'd only just gotten the EAD by year's end.

Stokes Interview:

We practice common Stokes Interview questions every night. I do everything with this woman and visa versa and have no fear about an inability to pass one of these. It's the evidence I'm worried about.

The Plea for Help:

She truly is my world and I want this life together so badly, but as you can see my case is far from anything to feel confident about. Please help critique my evidence, give me tips, anything I can do to strengthen this upcoming interview.

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