Affidavits to prove marriage

[MidAtlanticMerge 9]

Hi all,

I was just wondering how anyone handled the affidavits process to provide as evidence of a bonafide marriage...

• Does it matter how many you provide, and the stature of those who provided the document?
• Did you type up the document yourself and then present it to the witnesses so all they had to do was sign it?
• Also, what needs to be included in those documents? (full name and address, date and place of birth of the person making the affidavit, his or her relationship to the petitioner or beneficiary, and details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge of the marriage)
• Final question, does this need to be notified or anything like that?

Thanks!

[mstee81 28]

There are samples listed here for review. I only submited two and we did not have them notarized. I sent lots of pictures of us with family and friends along with copies of my travel documents and passport stamps. I also sent in copies of email and messages.

[ritbiv 95]

Two affidavits are enough. And they doesn't need to be notarized.

[Gorkhali 214]

Yes samples of affidivit is here.. Search that.. If u want send me ur email in pvt msg i will send u our affidivit copies for refrence.

We sent lots of evidence.. And yea send the most important ones which prooves ur relation.

Think that folks in uscis doesnt use heart they use head.. So they need proof.. Solid.

We sent joint bank, join insurance, benificary of retirement, joint property, joint condo in us, joint health insurance, affidivit, marriage acknowledge in boulder county, phone bills, emails, cards copy, etc etc

our file was 149 page thick. We got our NOA1. Filed this sept.

Cheers

[TwoChickies 105]

1. I don't think the number of affidavits matter, people around here say they hold the least amount of weight as proof but are still good to have. I went a little overboard with mine

2. To be honest, I typed up one for my dad just now. He will have to look it over and make sure he agrees with it all, but I figured it'd just be easier to do it for him because he is quite busy. We provided an example for everyone else, and they followed that and wrote their own.

3. Everything you have listed are the requirements.

4. Two out of our six affidavits were notarized, but that's simply because they both are lawyers and work with people everyday who could very easily notarize it for them, so they went ahead and did it. I don't know that this carries any more weight than the others, we just thought since it was so easy we'd ask them to.

Here's the one my mom wrote:

name

address

date

Evidence in support of a bona fide marriage between MY NAME, Petitioner, and MY HUSBAND'S NAME, Beneficiary

To Whom It May Concern,

The following is to certify that I, [mom's name], residing at the above noted address, born [month] [day], [year], in [city], [state], have known [my name] since her conception. She’s my daughter.

I’ve known [my husband's name] since 2006, when he and [my name] began talking on-line. I met him in person for the first time on [month] [day], [year], when he came to Charlotte to visit. He’s such a sweet and gentle young man I couldn’t help but love him. He felt, and continues to feel, like a son. He’s become part of our family.

I was proud and honored to attend [my name] and [husband's name] wedding in Canada on [month] [day], [year], and serve as a signing witness. The ceremony was beautiful and special. Officiant [name] shared a very touching message and gave simple yet important advice on marriage. I honestly believe that the union of these two amazing persons will be a blessing to many.

This affidavit is being made by me for the purpose of assuring the United States Government that the persons named above have a genuine and loving marriage that was entered into with honesty and in good faith, and is not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. I’m honored to have [husband's name] as a son-in-law.

Thank you for your time. If you have any questions or concerns, you’re welcome to contact me via mail or phone.

Sincerely,

[room for signature]

name

email

cell phone

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Fellow UKer here, we didn't submit any affidavits at all. We submitted the other usual things though:

• Screenshots of email inboxes showing tons of emails back and forth
• Literally like 2 Skype screenshots with IM chat
• 21 photos of us together spanned over 7 visits
• Couple of Paypal receipts from when I helped him out with his car
• Amazon gift receipts going back to 2006
• Weddings cards we received from my work colleagues and our relatives