Bonafide Evidence docs with I-130

[atlantakid123 0]

Hello,

I am just about ready to send out my I-130 paperwork. I got court married in India few weeks back. In the required documents, it says that I only need to submit my marriage certificate and one of the evidence for bonafide marriage (referring to this link http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1). I will be submitting around 8 affidavits (along with their individual picture with us) of people who were present at the court marriage. Do I need to send any other documents such as chat logs, other pics, bills, joint account statement, etc now or are they required later in the process?

I will highly appreciate any guidance at all.

Thanks!!

[WrightFamily 34]

Really its up to you, I 'front-Loaded' our I-130 petition with tons of Evidence like, Airline Tickets Stubs, hotel receipts, Emails, photos, Chats, Cellphone bills and we have lots more current Evidence for my wife's interview!

Good luck

[trojam227 18]

As WrightFamily said, "front loading" seems to be the trend. If you can, try to send some evidence from before & since the wedding as well. Keep in mind that you are basically proving that you did not go into marriage for the purpose of immigration. I know with some religions it isn't customary to have a courtship before marriage, but proof you met and spent time together before the actual wedding day would be helpful for your petition. Best of luck..

[Peter&Jaime 1]

As WrightFamily said, "front loading" seems to be the trend. If you can, try to send some evidence from before & since the wedding as well. Keep in mind that you are basically proving that you did not go into marriage for the purpose of immigration. I know with some religions it isn't customary to have a courtship before marriage, but proof you met and spent time together before the actual wedding day would be helpful for your petition. Best of luck..

I sent a small book went I sent in my I-130. I couldn't believe how big it was when I saw it again at the interview. When I submit paper work now I just send the basics (tax returns, bank statements, car notes etc) but nothing in excess.

[trojam227 18]

I sent a small book went I sent in my I-130. I couldn't believe how big it was when I saw it again at the interview. When I submit paper work now I just send the basics (tax returns, bank statements, car notes etc) but nothing in excess.

I didn't send much proof with my petition either, but now I am chewing my nails that husband will get the 3rd degree at interview. he will not be happy with me when he gets the packet of stuff he needs to bring to the embassy..shhh

[mounir412 101]

yes...yes ....yes

[cathy2904 97]

I didn't send much proof with my petition either, but now I am chewing my nails that husband will get the 3rd degree at interview. he will not be happy with me when he gets the packet of stuff he needs to bring to the embassy..shhh

He probably won't be asked to show any evidence. We just sent in three affidavits with the I-130 as we had none of the other things listed. I took a lot more to the interview but didn't even get to take it out of my bag. This seems pretty normal for London.

[trojam227 18]

He probably won't be asked to show any evidence. We just sent in three affidavits with the I-130 as we had none of the other things listed. I took a lot more to the interview but didn't even get to take it out of my bag. This seems pretty normal for London.

That doesn't surprise me Cathy! In our case, the acpo will be the topic of conversation..

[cathy2904 97]

I see.

Good luck.

[itsmeleila 6]

my husband sent proofs of on going relationship, pictures, emails, money transfer receipts, chat logs and more.. the packet he sent was quite thick...

[atlantakid123 0]

Sounds good guys. From all the replies, it seems like front loading can only help. So, I will go ahead and provide whatever I can. Besides air line boarding passes, bills, chat logs, and skype logs, joint bank account statement and affidavits, is it wise to send many pictures?

I just don't want someone to look at a thick file, and put it aside for later consideration. Is there any other piece of evidence that I should try and provide besides the ones I listed above?

I was also going to attach form G-1145 so that I can receive notifications via email and text. Does anyone advise against it?

Any thing else I should be careful about while submitting I-130?

Thanks a lot!!

[draygri 3]

I hope someone could help me out with the Bonafide Evidence documents.

I was wondering if someone could provide me with (or point me towards) a template to use for the affidavits for wedding attendees. (We plan on having around 20 fill them out and of a wide variety; friends, family, as well as some of the government officials who attended the ceremony.)

I would greatly appreciate any assistance.

Thank you & many blessings!

[jack2751 0]

He probably won't be asked to show any evidence. We just sent in three affidavits with the I-130 as we had none of the other things listed. I took a lot more to the interview but didn't even get to take it out of my bag. This seems pretty normal for London.

The evidence provided should be in relation to the "fraud alert" sirens that you think are going to go off in the reviewing officers head. Offices in UK, Canada Australia etc are not going to question much cause the standard of living is pretty much the same. However people from India, Pakistan, SE Asia etc are going to face much more scrutiny especially since there is not much courtship and much "pre Marriage" proof that an applicant can submit. Visa and Immigration officers still cant wrap their head around a person meeting his/her spouse right before wedding but it still happens more than 60% of cases. The burden of proof is upon applicant.

Better to front load the application as much as you can without overdoing it rather than getting a RFE.

[atlantakid123 0]

Draygri, there is no specific format for the affidavits. Generally it has the name, birth date, birth place of the witness who attended your marriage ceremony, and his/her relationship with you or your spouse and how long they have known you. And it will have a statement that they were present at the time of your marriage ceremony that took place at this location, on this date. In my affidavit, I had an additional line saying that I am attaching a picture of mine with the bride and groom as an evidence of my presence. Of course, you have to attach a pic of the witness with you guys with each individual affidavit if you chose to include this line.

Hope this helps.

[alizon 77]

Sounds good guys. From all the replies, it seems like front loading can only help. So, I will go ahead and provide whatever I can. Besides air line boarding passes, bills, chat logs, and skype logs, joint bank account statement and affidavits, is it wise to send many pictures?

I just don't want someone to look at a thick file, and put it aside for later consideration. Is there any other piece of evidence that I should try and provide besides the ones I listed above?

I was also going to attach form G-1145 so that I can receive notifications via email and text. Does anyone advise against it?

Seems like the consensus around here is that evidence of spending time together is the best, so photos together that are obviously taken at different times and in different places are a good thing to have in your package. We copied/pasted our photos into a Word doc (so we could have several on each individual page, and avoid adding too many pages to our package) with a caption saying who is in each photo and when/where it was taken. For Skype and chats, don't send every chat you've ever had; just take samples over a period of time that shows the duration of your relationship.

Requesting electronic notification is a good move, but don't depend on it entirely. We were alerted by email, but some people get their NOA2 in the mail without ever receiving an email or text.