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JimVaPhuong   4,863

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hi everyone,

now im worried though we haven't mail yet our AOS..

we have no wedding pictures at all, is this a minus point during the interview if ever?

i really appreciate your replies..

thank you

Depends on where you got married. If you got married at a courthouse or county clerk's office then I doubt they'll care if you don't have pictures.

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amykathleen2005   441

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I concur. I would also add that if you have strong evidence in other areas such as mingling of finances, wills, insurances, etc.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Here I disagree with Jim.

For most people, getting married is among the most important things in their life, unless the marriage is only entered to gain some sort of benefits. Thus, even at a super small court wedding, a couple has some photos of it. Reflecting back to my own AOS, the photo album of the wedding showing my wife and me with friends and family at the ceremony and later the reception was the foremost proof for the I.O. that our marriage is real. I say it was 90% of what got our case adjudicated in a snap.

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ChelseaKate   3

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CORRECT!!! My fiance and I paid a photographer to take pictures of our wedding. We had fun looking at our pictures after the wedding. We sent one copy with our AOS, APPROVED without RFE or INTERVIEW in less than two months.

Here I disagree with Jim.

For most people, getting married is among the most important things in their life, unless the marriage is only entered to gain some sort of benefits. Thus, even at a super small court wedding, a couple has some photos of it. Reflecting back to my own AOS, the photo album of the wedding showing my wife and me with friends and family at the ceremony and later the reception was the foremost proof for the I.O. that our marriage is real. I say it was 90% of what got our case adjudicated in a snap.

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JimVaPhuong   4,863

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Here I disagree with Jim.

For most people, getting married is among the most important things in their life, unless the marriage is only entered to gain some sort of benefits. Thus, even at a super small court wedding, a couple has some photos of it. Reflecting back to my own AOS, the photo album of the wedding showing my wife and me with friends and family at the ceremony and later the reception was the foremost proof for the I.O. that our marriage is real. I say it was 90% of what got our case adjudicated in a snap.

Not for us. We satisfied the cultural and family requirements before we left Vietnam. We got married at the county clerk's office, with my mother and daughter as witnesses. We never even thought to bring a camera. The only picture we have of that day is the two of us standing on the steps in front of the county clerk's office holding our marriage certificate, and that photo was taken with a cell phone. It wasn't an issue at the AOS interview.

We also brought three albums full of photos that spanned the course of two years. The IO did look through our photo albums.

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iloveNY   0

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thanks for all your replies..

we got married in county clerk's office..

we dont really have any pictures because

we're planning to get married back in my country.

we just celebrate it alone, he live alone and his

family is in other state.. :(

i hope, without wedding pictures will not be

an issue denying my AOS if ever..

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Markieboy   104

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thanks for all your replies..

we got married in county clerk's office..

we dont really have any pictures because

we're planning to get married back in my country.

we just celebrate it alone, he live alone and his

family is in other state.. :(

i hope, without wedding pictures will not be

an issue denying my AOS if ever..

When my wife had her AOS, we sent pictures of us together. However, we had zero wedding pictures. What we did submit was mainly evidence that demonstrated "pooling of financial resources." IMO, I believe that is more important. I agree with Jim and AmyKathleen.

Good luck with your AOS! Keep us posted. :thumbs:

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Inky   1,111

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We got married in court, by a criminal judge. No wedding pictures. AOS approved without a hitch. We had 2 people who attended the marriage write affidavits.

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joyjohn Collaborator

joyjohn   18

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well we only had about 600 pictures from our wedding, i'd be happy to loan you some.. :dance: just kidding, if you have other things to show you should be ok...but for us i throught it was important too show some of the wedding.... :thumbs:

12/22/2010...married my soulmate,in tagaytay city.


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06/01/2011... AOS fee bill shows paid.
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06/03/2011... IV-bill generated and sented by e-mail
06/04/2011... Paid IV fee bill/ in progress
06/07/2011... IV fee bill showed paid/ downloaded cover sheet
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05/25/2013...delivery confirm received

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SHIAN Contributor

SHIAN   0

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no wedding pictures for us either

our witnesses were random people from the street

we didn't know anybody in town

just got naturalized 3 days ago so I have to say wedding pictures didn't play any significant role to my journey

cappucino Contributor

cappucino   1

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No wedding pictures, no problem. It is very easy to take (and fake) wedding pictures, but not easy to fake the financial part, that is what they are looking for ultimately. The moment I showed the agent our mortgage papers, she closed down the interview and said we were approved.

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magdasal   19

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Based on the responses of several of the more knowledgeable members here, it seems wedding pics are one of many forms of strong evidence. Which is to say, they go a long way in convincing an IO that you have a legit marriage, but they are not the only way to make the case.

So, lacking pics, just make sure you have some other strong evidence (i.e., financial ties, etc) to back up your case and you should be fine.

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N400

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RICARDO4EVA2   194

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You will be okay.

Current cut off date F2A - Current 

Brother's Journey (F2A) - PD Dec 30, 2010


Dec 30 2010 - Notice of Action 1 (NOA1)
May 12 2011 - Notice of Action 2 (NOA2)
May 23 2011 - NVC case # Assigned
Nov 17 2011 - COA / I-864 received
Nov 18 2011 - Sent COA
Apr 30 2012 - Pay AOS fee
Oct 15 2012 - Pay IV fee
Oct 25 2012 - Sent AOS/IV Package
Oct 29 2012 - Pkg Delivered
Dec 24 2012 - Case Complete
May 17 2013 - Interview-Approved

July 19 2013 - Enter the USA

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