Weak evidence of relationship/bonafide marriage?

[Floyder 0]

Mallafri76

Is that a necessity though? We are planning to live in the U.S. so we aren't really concerned/bothered about registering as married in Sweden as if we are moving to Sweden one day we would like to get married there.

And everyone thank you for your replies, right now we are looking into how to get to spend more time together next time we meet. But I'm not sure if we should meet a few times more before applying for cr1 or if we can do that after meeting two times although probably spending like a total of 4-4,5 months together.

What do you all think and thank you for your help and support!

[mallafri76 1,012]

Mallafri76

Is that a necessity though? We are planning to live in the U.S. so we aren't really concerned/bothered about registering as married in Sweden as if we are moving to Sweden one day we would like to get married there.

No, I don't think so. But if you get married in the US, you wouldn't be able to then get officially married in Sweden again. You could have a cermony but the marriage you would have to register is your original marriage date.

[marriedguy 34]

How can i add my wife, to my bank account when she does not have a Social security ? o.O

Have a read through here http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse At the bottom is a huge list of evidence you can use. Once married you can add your wife to your bank account, car insurance, as the beneficiary of life insurance etc.. and those all make great evidence along with photos, travel together, and chat/skype logs.

Best of luck to you.

[NikLR 13,220]

How can i add my wife, to my bank account when she does not have a Social security ? o.O

there is a form called a W8Ben that allows people outside the USA to get US bank accounts. I used it to open my own account and to be added to my husband's account. We deal with USAA which is a military bank and used to foreign spouses.

Or

She can acquire an ITIN from the IRS.

[Floyder 0]

No, I don't think so. But if you get married in the US, you wouldn't be able to then get officially married in Sweden again. You could have a cermony but the marriage you would have to register is your original marriage date.

Really? We can't have two weddings? I mean it's not like the Swedish authorities would know about the U.S. wedding right? Just seems easier and we do really want two weddings!

[NikLR 13,220]

You can have two weddings, you cannot get married twice. Does that make sense? Like once you're married, then you're married. You do not need to sign any other legal paperwork to make it so that you're married.

But if you want to have a ceremony where you get dressed up and say vows and do the whole song and dance, go hard. Just keep any legal paperwork out of one of the weddings.

[rhein 451]

Off topic, but man, I'd move to Sweden in two seconds in your situation.

My gf is Swedish and she has a child from another previous relationship.
We are wondering what way we should go.
Here's our situation.
I just started a new job where I meet the income needs but as I said I just started working and my previous job was in a family based company hence always paid in hand. Also how do I show my income? Through my paycheck or taxes??
That being said I read they can deny sponsorship when it comes to K1 visa but they have to allow sponsorship when it's for a CR1. Is that true?
I've a family member that probably will be willing to sponsor our case to increase chance of having our application approved.
Also I read this link http://www.***removed***/greencard/***removed***/proof-family-relationship.htmlandonly proof we have is under 5 and 6 meaning we have no joint property or something else that binds us legally.
Only thing we have is photos and I went to see her for three months so I've passport stamp, photos of her and me together and our skype and Facebook conversation list. Is there something we can do to get more evidence? Our skype conversation list should be a valid proof considering all the time she rants at me and breaks up with me lol kinda obvious no scam there.. Joke aside...
Now we are not yet married as we don't know which way to go but does it matter where we get married? I'm thinking of brining her to the U.S. and get married here, is that a better or worse option or should we get married in Sweden?
Also is it good that she's from Sweden or bad? I read they have a quote for each country hence my question.
Also afraid of filing for the k1 visa as she has a child and we are afraid our application gets denied when they would of already came here and then get deported when she would of let go of apartment lease and everything she has in Sweden.

Please help us if you can as we are miserable being apart from each other!

[raven52 233]

I was with my wife in the Phils., about 2 weeks, and we got all the evidence we needed, and I hand carried the K-1 application back to the USA, and mailed it to Texas Lockbox, the next day with no problems.

You just have to dig down deep, and go by the Guide section on this site, and just go down the list, item by item.,.,.you can do it!

[JoannaV 173]

Our CR1 visa was approved. The evidence we supplied was three short affidavits from family/friends saying they knew us and had knowledge of our relationship, and a boat insurance policy that happened to have both our names on it.

We married in July 2009. Our first face-to-face meeting was 3.5 months before that. (And our online communication started properly in January, I think. But I don't recall being asked about that at the interview.)

I tell you this to reassure you. You already have spent more time together than we did :-)

Have your girlfriend visit you this summer. If you both feel sure about getting married, and it feels like the right timing, then you can. But you don't have to decide that in advance for definite.

CR1 is better than K-1 in that it results in an overall shorter cheaper process. K-1 is better for people who are unable to travel to get married without a visa, or who don't want to be separated after marrying.

By the time I actually had my interview, in February 2010, we had spent more time together as I had visited the US multiple times after we married. That was the only additional "evidence" of our relationship. But generally it is to be expected that such visits are infrequent, as most people are working etc.

[mallafri76 1,012]

How can i add my wife, to my bank account when she does not have a Social security ? o.O

It's no problem at all. In fact, when your future wife comes to see you this summer, take her to the bank and open a bank account for her and add her to yours as well. I've had a bank account in the US for the past year or so now and even opened it without my US husband present. I just went to the bank in person and showed two forms of ID, e.g. passport and driver's license, plus gave my Swedish address and then a US address for correspondence. My account is with Bank of America so they do it for sure.

[mallafri76 1,012]

You can have two weddings, you cannot get married twice. Does that make sense? Like once you're married, then you're married. You do not need to sign any other legal paperwork to make it so that you're married.

But if you want to have a ceremony where you get dressed up and say vows and do the whole song and dance, go hard. Just keep any legal paperwork out of one of the weddings.

Just like NRL says. You can "do the song and dance" but no legal paperwork as you're already officially married.

Really? We can't have two weddings? I mean it's not like the Swedish authorities would know about the U.S. wedding right? Just seems easier and we do really want two weddings!

In Sweden you do something called "hindersprovning". The best way to describe it is that you fill out a form, giving personal information about yourselves and signing under penalty of perjury that there is nothing preventing you from getting married, such as already married (even to each other), not related etc. You then send that into the Swedish Tax Authority and they investigate to make sure that what you say on the form is true. Now I don't know if they have any way of checking whether or not you're married in the US but you don't really wanna lie on an official form to the tax office.

If you register your US marriage in Sweden straight after, it'll make it easier for you if you ever decide to move to Sweden and then, anywhere else in Europe. Say you get married this summer and register it in Sweden, then in two years time, you decide to move to Sweden. That means that you have two years of marriage registered in Sweden, which means your immigration visa will mostly take less than two months to process. Also, if registered as married in Sweden, she can put you as her beneficiary on her pension, if you were to ever get a severe illness, you can move to Sweden within two months and enjoy free medical care of whatever treatment you'd need.... Honestly, I can't see any benefits to not register the US marriage in Sweden as soon as you're married.

[Cathi 5,610]

iPhone typo

CR1

I am horrible at using my smart phone to type, I'm all thumbs