Sending in a lot of evidence when submitting I-130

[livindadream 156]

Hello VJ,

My husband and I met in person for the first time back in 2009. To date, I have come to stay with him 6 times (I am here now). Each time I come, I stay a minimum of 2 months and I've stayed as long as 6 months at a time. We lived together a total of 18 months. We got married back in June of 2012 and I just recently filed the CR-1 petition. I literally dropped it in the mail the day I left on the plane to come here and it's been about 2 weeks now. I did not send a wholeeee bunch of evidence of things because how do you send nearly 4 years of chats, phone records etc? It's impossible. so i sent random things from throughout the years. I also sent all the pages of my passport showing all my trips and lengths of stay with him abroad. I feel that right there should be the most significant evidence that we are in a real relationship. But after I started thinking about it, I do know that Nigeria is so hard and I'm questioning if i should've sent more. So my question is, did I make a big mistake, or is he allowed to show additional evidence at the time of the interview (God willing it gets to that)? Or if they had any doubts , will he be able to show more evidence at the interview to satisfy them? Also, when sending in the petition, I submited the form to have them electronically notified. Does this mean the 1st NOA will come by email? How long should that take? Thanks for any help you can provide.

[NikLR 13,227]

You can send more at the NVC IV package intake should you want to send more without receiving an RFE.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

You have spent a lot of time together which is a big thing in Lagos. If you have all the trips documented then you can wait until NVC for more stuff unless you get an RFE. Most people that go on a evidence overload have spent very little time together and need to go further in proving they know each other

[livindadream 156]

Ok, thanks for the input!

[LoveNigarmostyle 164]

When you get to the NVC stage, you will have plenty time to submit more evidence. Make sure you take time to organize it all as you go along. I know this process could be overwhelming when dealing with years of chats, phone records, documents, pictures and etc.

You already have spent more time then most can with your hubby. That is a blessing! If you print only the first page of the chats between you two, it will help you gather and send in more of them. I am sure you will be okay as you have the upper hand with Lagos by spending there more time with your hubby.

Good luck!

[livindadream 156]

Ok, feeling a little more relieved now. Since Im here, and don't have access to my mail back home, I had sent the form to be notified electronically of the case status. Will this include the 1st NOA? Anyone know when I should expect that? It's only been a couple weeks since it was mailed.