proving bonafide marriage

[Geexy 0]

Hi everyone 

My interview is next week, and to prove marriage between myself and my husband I have the following.

1.Pictures before we got married.

2.Marriage ceremony pictures

3. Money transfer slips

4. Tenancy agreement of us

5.And my marriage certificate .

I want to know if these are adequate. Thanks.

[Essam&Farah 12]

You need a recent conversation chats between you and him in printed. Viber/ WhatsApp/ Skype......  

[Hopeful diva 99]

One of the major things they look at is how you guys have commingled finances as a married couple. It might be helpful for you to put your spouse on more bills or better still open a joint account together 

[Jordan8768 107]

6 minutes ago, Hopeful diva said:

One of the major things they look at is how you guys have commingled finances as a married couple. It might be helpful for you to put your spouse on more bills or better still open a joint account together 

Exactly this. My attorney said they love financial stuff. Get some affidavits from friends or family stating your relationship is real. Like the above said, conversations on phone and stuff social media posts too. Maybe greetings cards you've got each other? You should include lots a photos too from throughout your entire relationship. Proof that you've visited each other, plane tickets and visa stamps (get the history of your travel to the US in conjunction to the i94)

[mallafri76 1,012]

If you're doing the CR/IR-1, you are NOT required to have co-mingling of finances. In fact, most people doing the spousal visa won't have this as they haven't lived together yet. Co-mingling of finances are for those doing AOS or ROC, which is very different from the process you're in.

 

The evidence to present depends on whether you're living together in the foreign spouse's country or if you're living in your separate countries?

 

The best evidence to show is of time spent together, in person, such as pictures and passport stamps/boarding passes. They love seeing evidence of your families co-mingling. 

Edited June 5, 2017 by mallafri76

[kwame??? 2]

4 hours ago, Geexy said:

Hi everyone 

My interview is next week, and to prove marriage between myself and my husband I have the following.

1.Pictures before we got married.

2.Marriage ceremony pictures

3. Money transfer slips

4. Tenancy agreement of us

5.And my marriage certificate .

I want to know if these are adequate. Thanks.

yes it is but if u have more documents kindly add all

[hammad745 0]

These are enough Just add your chat history for safe side.

[pushbrk 13,625]

14 hours ago, Geexy said:

Hi everyone 

My interview is next week, and to prove marriage between myself and my husband I have the following.

1.Pictures before we got married.

2.Marriage ceremony pictures

3. Money transfer slips

4. Tenancy agreement of us

5.And my marriage certificate .

I want to know if these are adequate. Thanks.

Evidence of time spent together in person (passport stamps) is the strongest relationship evidence.  I suspect that if you have a joint tenancy agreement, you've spent some significant time together.  Document the dates.  FYI, you can never "prove" your marriage is bona fide.  You simply provide evidence and a Consular officer makes  a subjective judgment based on the totality of circumstances.  Without knowing the totality of circumstances of your case NOBODY can tell you what is enough

 

Edited June 6, 2017 by pushbrk

[Geexy 0]

Thanks