Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage

[cognac 0]

My wife and I lived in a room built onto a house for a year, and she still lives in while I'm in the US. This was a pretty informal place in the Philippines so there wasn't a lease, just a handshake with the owner of the house. For the "evidence of a bonafide marriage" would a letter from the landlord work in place of the lease, something from him just stating that we rented the place and lived there from date to date? What else would it need to say? Would it need to be notarized?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts and comments.

[christeen 966]

Yes, you can write up a lease... you can download one from the internet (googel for lease) and get an idea of what to put in it... Does not need to be notarized. However, I assume that you either still have residence or are in the process of establishing residence in the USA as this is also a requirement, that you actually live here in the USA

[Dakine 26]

Showing money receipts, wills, joint tax returns, insurance, current ongoing communication records, trip records, pictures etc will help also.

[cognac 0]

I lived in the Philippines for a year and a half, and then moved back to the US, last June. The last 12 months in the RP, we were married an living together. I've got an apartment in the states and we are also maintaining the apartment in the Philippines where my wife is currently living and where I stay when I visit (now doing so for the holidays.)

We have tons of photos from trips from around the islands and overseas, but not much of the legal stuff on the "bonafides" list as we don't own property or have children. She is on my will and is the named beneficiary on my retirement account, so I guess we can use those. And we did file a joint tax return last year for which we had to get the ITIN for. But the lease was the second thing on the bonafides list, which is why I wondered about a letter from our landlord.

[Dakine 26]

I lived in the Philippines for a year and a half, and then moved back to the US, last June. The last 12 months in the RP, we were married an living together. I've got an apartment in the states and we are also maintaining the apartment in the Philippines where my wife is currently living and where I stay when I visit (now doing so for the holidays.)

We have tons of photos from trips from around the islands and overseas, but not much of the legal stuff on the "bonafides" list as we don't own property or have children. She is on my will and is the named beneficiary on my retirement account, so I guess we can use those. And we did file a joint tax return last year for which we had to get the ITIN for. But the lease was the second thing on the bonafides list, which is why I wondered about a letter from our landlord.

"She is on my will and is the named beneficiary on my retirement account, so I guess we can use those. And we did file a joint tax return last year for which we had to get the ITIN for."

That's all GOOD evidence. Pictures also. Use pictures with captions also.