EVIDENCE OF BONAFIDE MARRIAGE

[r8edx2000 2]

DO ALL AFFIDAIVTS HAVE TO BE DATED AFTER THE MARRIAGE OR CAN THEY BE DATED BEFORE? I WANT TO START ASKING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO WRITE SOME FOR ME BUT THE CIVIL WEDDING ISNT TILL LATE NOVEMBER 2011. IS THIS OKAY OR SHOULD I JUST WAIT TILL AFTER THE WEDDING FOR THE AFFIDAIVTS. THANKS IN ADVANCE VJ FAMILY

[DerZinker 4]

First of all, PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN ALL CAPS It's horribly obnoxious and hard to read. So stop it. Please.

Don't worry though, I forgive you. For I am kind.

If you are asking about support letters from friends and family, and I assume you are, I really don't think that it matters too much when they are written, so long as they are relatively recent. So you should be fine to go ahead and start collecting support letters now.

Edited October 8, 2011 by DerZinker

[r8edx2000 2]

thank you

[DerZinker 4]

Sure, no problem Best of luck to you.

As far as the support letters go, really you are just trying to convince the USCIS that you and your (to be) spouse have a true and concrete relationship, so that's you will want to focus on in the letters. Not a big deal at what point in the process those letters are written, in my opinion.

[Navyk 78]

DO ALL AFFIDAIVTS HAVE TO BE DATED AFTER THE MARRIAGE OR CAN THEY BE DATED BEFORE? I WANT TO START ASKING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO WRITE SOME FOR ME BUT THE CIVIL WEDDING ISNT TILL LATE NOVEMBER 2011. IS THIS OKAY OR SHOULD I JUST WAIT TILL AFTER THE WEDDING FOR THE AFFIDAIVTS. THANKS IN ADVANCE VJ FAMILY

I suggest that you get the affidavits executed after the marraige and not before the marraige, so that the affidavits can include the marraige information, which is good.

Edited October 8, 2011 by NavyK

[Done--Really 331]

Unless you have some red flags in your relationship, letters are not the norm for Mexico--CDJ is the largest, busiest consulate in the world, and if your relationship is plain vanilla, you just won't need them, and they aren't going to even look at them--REALLY !!!

They are very easy to deal with so long as you play by THEIR rules--don't try to decide for yourself what they want--and deliver exactly what they ask for--no more and no less--remember they are busy busy busy. Read EVERY post about the CDJ consulate in the embassy section at the top of this page--well, not every one, but maybe everything for the last year or two.

[r8edx2000 2]

On the I-130 instructions it says to send in an affidaivt because of the other evidence does not complie to me except for the marriage certifacte. so ur saying that i dont need to send one in with the I-130? cause CDJ consulate it is so busy

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

For recent marriages the I-130 doesn't really need a lot of evidence. Have travel receipts from your trip to the wedding and your marriage certificate. My wife & I were married at the end of Jan, 2009 and file the I-130 in April of 2009. We already had a couple of Joint Accounts but other then that our evidence was the Marriage Certificate, my passport stamps & boarding passes.

If you had been married for a year or more then I think USCIS would expect to see more things like joint accounts.

[anum 1]

It will be better if you get this affidavit after marriage.

[DerZinker 4]

Actually I have a question in relation to the Subject... not so much the Post. So I don't mean to hijack this post, but am just wondering about the initial evidence to be sent along with the I-130 as opposed to what you take with you to the interview. If I remember correctly, and I probably don't, the big bulk of evidence you take with you to the interview (i.e. emails and correspondence between petitioner and beneficiary, support letters, pictures, wedding invitations and all the small stuff that helps build your case) but you only send the real concrete evidence with the I-130 packet (i.e. Marriage Certificate and childrens birth certificates, etc...).

Is this accurate or should you send everything with the I-130 from the get-go ?

[Navyk 78]

Actually I have a question in relation to the Subject... not so much the Post. So I don't mean to hijack this post, but am just wondering about the initial evidence to be sent along with the I-130 as opposed to what you take with you to the interview. If I remember correctly, and I probably don't, the big bulk of evidence you take with you to the interview (i.e. emails and correspondence between petitioner and beneficiary, support letters, pictures, wedding invitations and all the small stuff that helps build your case) but you only send the real concrete evidence with the I-130 packet (i.e. Marriage Certificate and childrens birth certificates, etc...).

Is this accurate or should you send everything with the I-130 from the get-go ?

Well there are people who front load - meaning add more evidence with I-130 even though it is not required. And some do it at the DS-230 level. This is done because many guys that went through interview felt that a decision seems to have been made before the interview began in most cases.

I think there is nothing wrong in front loading, as the CO gets to look at the I-130 petition/ DS-230 documents before the interview and many times the evidence taken at interview has not been asked for let alone looked at. I also think the ones that faces more questioning are the ones that either from different religions, with previous marraiges, age differences... and others get their visas much easily.

I personally loaded a little bit at I-130 stage with a few affidavits from relatives that attended the marraige along with the regular - copies of marraige certificate, 10 photos, and a letter explaining the development of the relationship. Then at DS-230 level, I front loaded some financial mixing stuff - like joint lease agreemnt, money transfers to foreign spouse, log of telephone calls (till then), nomination of spouse in my 401K & Insurance, travel itineraries..... Now for interview I am taking the lates telephone logs, marraige/ reception/honey moon photos, nomination of spouse in my Benefits, parents 401k as secondary beneficiary, latest itinerary.

Hope this helps.

Edited October 11, 2011 by NavyK

[DerZinker 4]

Well there are people who front load - meaning add more evidence with I-130 even though it is not required. And some do it at the DS-230 level. This is done because many guys that went through interview felt that a decision seems to have been made before the interview began in most cases.

I think there is nothing wrong in front loading, as the CO gets to look at the I-130 petition/ DS-230 documents before the interview and many times the evidence taken at interview has not been asked for let alone looked at. I also think the ones that faces more questioning are the ones that either from different religions, with previous marraiges, age differences... and others get their visas much easily.

I personally loaded a little bit at I-130 stage with a few affidavits from relatives that attended the marraige along with the regular - copies of marraige certificate, 10 photos, and a letter explaining the development of the relationship. Then at DS-230 level, I front loaded some financial mixing stuff - like joint lease agreemnt, money transfers to foreign spouse, log of telephone calls (till then), nomination of spouse in my 401K & Insurance, travel itineraries..... Now for interview I am taking the lates telephone logs, marraige/ reception/honey moon photos, nomination of spouse in my Benefits, parents 401k as secondary beneficiary, latest itinerary.

Hope this helps.

Hey Navy, thank you sir this is indeed very helpful. I think I will probably 'frontload' as you called it initiailly with the I-130 and then bring along either some duplicate stuff (such as additional pictures and whatnot) and / or additional docs that surface in the meantime, because we all know that I'll think of something else to include while waiting

Edited October 12, 2011 by DerZinker