Secondary evidence of marriage for Interview in India for CR1 visa

[hmehta 0]

Hi,

This is my first post on this forum, so please forgive me if this question has been asked before. My wife is in Ahmedabad, India. We had a court marriage last year in Nov 2008. I filed all the necessary papers to bring her here on CR1 visa. Now, we didn't have a traditional marriage because of lack of time. We just had an engagement and had a court marriage. Now, for the interview, they are asking for marriage pictures, wedding invitation, etc. Is that really required? I do have records of emails, call details. Would that be sufficient? My wife in India, asked some visa agent and he said that our pictures won't be sufficient because of some Hindu marriage law. Is that true? We are freaking out about this. Did anyone have this situation for the Mumbai interview? My wife's interview is on Aug 31, 2009.

Thanks for your help.

[RB_ 0]

come on guys help this poor guy

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[R de la R 2]

Hi,

This is my first post on this forum, so please forgive me if this question has been asked before. My wife is in Ahmedabad, India. We had a court marriage last year in Nov 2008. I filed all the necessary papers to bring her here on CR1 visa. Now, we didn't have a traditional marriage because of lack of time. We just had an engagement and had a court marriage. Now, for the interview, they are asking for marriage pictures, wedding invitation, etc. Is that really required? I do have records of emails, call details. Would that be sufficient? My wife in India, asked some visa agent and he said that our pictures won't be sufficient because of some Hindu marriage law. Is that true? We are freaking out about this. Did anyone have this situation for the Mumbai interview? My wife's interview is on Aug 31, 2009.

Thanks for your help.

I am wondering why you didn't take even 1 or 2 pictures, yes pictures are required by the CO sometimes. If you don't have it, explain to the CO that you don't have them because of lack of time while you were there.

[hmehta 0]

I do have pictures of the engagement ceremony. Because we didn't have a Hindu traditional wedding, obviously I don't have the pictures for them! Will the engagement ceremony pictures work?

Thanks for your help.

[gundas 1]

I do have pictures of the engagement ceremony. Because we didn't have a Hindu traditional wedding, obviously I don't have the pictures for them! Will the engagement ceremony pictures work?

Thanks for your help.

From what I know when my brother got married, they did ask for marriage pics like the traditional Hindu marriage pics

[Twisted K 2]

it is very difficult to take pictures in the court. i could only take it outside and then was told to put it away. but we have plenty of other pics of our actual ceremony. maybe you could explain why you do not have pics of the actual marriage, only the engagement ceremony. good luck in the interview

one quick question, was the engagement ceremony close to the actual marriage? maybe you can bypass calling it an engagement, if everyone was dressed in traditional attire.

[hmehta 0]

it is very difficult to take pictures in the court. i could only take it outside and then was told to put it away. but we have plenty of other pics of our actual ceremony. maybe you could explain why you do not have pics of the actual marriage, only the engagement ceremony. good luck in the interview

one quick question, was the engagement ceremony close to the actual marriage? maybe you can bypass calling it an engagement, if everyone was dressed in traditional attire.

It was within that same week. We were in traditional attire though we didn't have the garland, i.e., varmala.

[gundas 1]

it is very difficult to take pictures in the court. i could only take it outside and then was told to put it away. but we have plenty of other pics of our actual ceremony. maybe you could explain why you do not have pics of the actual marriage, only the engagement ceremony. good luck in the interview

one quick question, was the engagement ceremony close to the actual marriage? maybe you can bypass calling it an engagement, if everyone was dressed in traditional attire.

It was within that same week. We were in traditional attire though we didn't have the garland, i.e., varmala.

im sure you should be fine with just that, do you have emails, phone records and other stuff to show as well?

[hmehta 0]

Yes, I do have email records along with the call records. Hopefully, that's enough.

[hmehta 0]

Thanks to everyone on Visajourney! Just heard back from my wife, she got the visa without any problems. Did not ask for any pictures. Though they did see her passbook (to see if I sent her any money, which I did!), call details, email records, greeting card.

[Twisted K 2]

congratulations!! very good news

[Bani 0]

Congrulations

[FinnLove 0]

Congrats! That's great news! Did you send any pics at all during the process? I only ask because my photos were sent back to me!

[hmehta 0]

Congrats! That's great news! Did you send any pics at all during the process? I only ask because my photos were sent back to me!

No, I did not send any wedding pictures at all in the process. My wife took few pictures to the interview. But they didn't see them. However, they did check pictures for one of my friend's wife! So, I would suggest take the pictures with you to the interview.