proof of relationship and avoiding RFE's!!

[amber_eddy 1]

Hi everyone!

I'm a newbie and in the process of putting together the I-129F package.

I'm sure there have been many posts on here about what to use for proof of meeting and proof of an ongoing relationship, but my situation is a little different and I'm not quite sure what to do...

I have been living with my fiance in Spain for the past year and a half (I'm an American here on a scholarship) and so we don't really have letters/emails/call logs/ etc. since we live here together. We do have a boarding pass from a trip we took but it's just the online boarding pass from Ryanair (low cost European airline) that anyone can print out, it doesn't show that we actually went on the flight. All hotels we stayed in only have one name and they're also only online confirmations.

however, we DO have the following that I was thinking of sending:

- proof that we live together (either a contract for the apartment or the "empadronamiento" - I think the English translation would be Municipal Census Registry??)

- proof of our joined bank accounts

- a copy of both of our residency cards (which proves that I've been living in Spain, and it also has our address on both of them)

- and of course we have a ton of photos together

What do you think???

On another note, I'm also concerned about sending the proof of living together in Spain because I put my American address on everything (briefly explained in the question #18 that my Spain address is only temporary until my scholarship ends in June). On the Biographical form for current address do I put my American or Spanish address?!

Thank you in advance!!

[DeathStrike 9]

Those are all used as 'secondary' proofs .... so it does not need to be 'exact' stuff. Just submit what you have (what you 'DO' have look strong enough). Include those boarding passes and hotel confirmation if you want to. Those just solidifies your case. A lot of people got away just by marriage certs and very few other proofs.

Btw, it may help to put together a few affidavits of relationship bona fides.

Edited February 8, 2012 by DeathStrike

[Travis and Meghan 24]

At the initial filing stage they are more concerned about proof of having met in person in the last two years. The relationship evidence will come in later at interview stage. So basically, you need to send things that show you in the same place. What you already have sounds pretty good. When we filed we sent about five or six photos of us together (names, date, location written on the back), proof of our joint bank account (because we both had to be there to open it), hotel receipts, ticket stubs and passport stamps also a bank statment from my Oz account showing that i had used my card in his town.