Evidence of marriage bona fides

[ashcashbananas 66]

Good evening everyone;

My husband and I don't have children together, joint bank accounts, nor do we have any property or shared expenses. I am trying to file the I-130 paperwork and it says I can include evidence of marriage bona fides. When I was in my husband's home country, his mom and dad wrote a letter about how we met and how I come there to stay with them all when I can, and that they were present for our wedding. They took the letter and had it notarized.. Can this be used as evidence of marriage bona fides? If not, can someone PLEASE help me ASAP.

 

Thank you in advance;

Ashley

[EandH0904 1,184]

Before you file, can you add him

to a joint bank account or a joint anything? Have you changed your last name? So you can show your new drivers license or SSN? Maybe a joint credit card? Do you rent anything that you could add him to? Put him as your beneficiary on your life insurance at work? 

 

I think the letter from his parents is a good idea but try to think of something else that married couples do. Easy bills to add his name on would be a water bill or electricity bill maybe. 

[JFH 12,189]

Most couples who live apart don't have any co-mingled finances. We didn't either apart from drawing up a simple will together and adding each other as the beneficiary on our work pensions. 

 

Focus on time spent together. That's what they want to see from couples who live apart.  

[geowrian 22,336]

Yes you can include it, but it's fairly minimal. Focus on relationship evidence - time spent together, photos, chats, phone calls, video calls, etc. Financial commingling is great, but it's not possible in many situations for a spouse abroad.

[JenIK 0]

2 hours ago, ashcashbananas said:

Good evening everyone;

My husband and I don't have children together, joint bank accounts, nor do we have any property or shared expenses. I am trying to file the I-130 paperwork and it says I can include evidence of marriage bona fides. When I was in my husband's home country, his mom and dad wrote a letter about how we met and how I come there to stay with them all when I can, and that they were present for our wedding. They took the letter and had it notarized.. Can this be used as evidence of marriage bona fides? If not, can someone PLEASE help me ASAP.

 

Thank you in advance;

Ashley

=YES!  Anything that will prove. Even your friends if they are present you can submit it too. We submitted a lot of pictures as well from day 1 we met until a few days before we submitted our requirement.

Best regards,
JenIK

Here is my timeline, since I entered USA:
I entered US in August 2014. I received conditional permanent resident card (Green card) by Septemeber 2017. I received my SSN by September or October 2014. I returned my green card because of typo error. I got the new one after 2-3 months. Then, next step was to wait for the letter regarding for removal of conditional status. So we waited until June or July 2016 (before my 2nd year in the USA) I received a letter and list of requirements (documents/evidence) to apply for removal of conditional. We submitted all the requirements that will prove our good marriage together with the check (where the exact amount needed for the process of removal). They will return if you send the evidence and check separately. It happened to us so it caused us one or two weeks delayed, closed to my 2nd year anniversary August 2016. After this, I received a letter of one year extension (for employment and travel). Then, I received a letter for my biometric and interview schedule in Chicago. And now, I'm waiting for my 10-year green card now. Hopefully, I'll receive it in August 2017 before my extension expires.

[JBMG 890]

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

Yes you can include it, but it's fairly minimal. Focus on relationship evidence - time spent together, photos, chats, phone calls, video calls, etc. Financial commingling is great, but it's not possible in many situations for a spouse abroad.

Best advice. True proof is in your history together..I had no problems with approval. Submitted the following.

 

Joint back account (sent in our RIB) didn't send in bank statements.

 

10 years of pics together. Had them all in digital format so I just created a word document, providing pics from each year of us, with friends and family. IT wasn't always easy to find pics of us together but would include pics of the same event/day. Being verified we were together by the people that were were taking pictures with. Also added descriptions to explain what was going on.

 

Also sent in email correspondence, 4 emails per year. Hard to find as we live together.

 

Email confirmation of travel arrangements,  flights together and of visiting both of our families. 

 

Wedding day pics. Marriage certificate..

 

Didn't include the following.. But you definitely should if possible.

 

Phone records 

Texts

Anything that can prove you have been /are in a relationship.

 letters to each other. 

 

Letters from others saying you're together are useful if you have evidence of the above.. otherwise, useless as anyone could have a letter written up.. 

Edited June 24, 2017 by JBMG

[ashcashbananas 66]

1 hour ago, JBMG said:

Best advice. True proof is in your history together..I had no problems with approval. Submitted the following.

 

Joint back account (sent in our RIB) didn't send in bank statements.

 

10 years of pics together. Had them all in digital format so I just created a word document, providing pics from each year of us, with friends and family. IT wasn't always easy to find pics of us together but would include pics of the same event/day. Being verified we were together by the people that were were taking pictures with. Also added descriptions to explain what was going on.

 

Also sent in email correspondence, 4 emails per year. Hard to find as we live together.

 

Email confirmation of travel arrangements,  flights together and of visiting both of our families. 

 

Wedding day pics. Marriage certificate..

 

Didn't include the following.. But you definitely should if possible.

 

Phone records 

Texts

Anything that can prove you have been /are in a relationship.

 letters to each other. 

 

Letters from others saying you're together are useful if you have evidence of the above.. otherwise, useless as anyone could have a letter written up.. 

 

Thank you. I do have pictures, Skype call screenshots, a lot of old Facebook chat logs (because that is how we talk all day, FB messenger on our phones) and our old plane tickets! Plus the notarized letter from his parents. I hope this is all accepted and works as evidence!

[JBMG 890]

54 minutes ago, ashcashbananas said:

 

Thank you. I do have pictures, Skype call screenshots, a lot of old Facebook chat logs (because that is how we talk all day, FB messenger on our phones) and our old plane tickets! Plus the notarized letter from his parents. I hope this is all accepted and works as evidence!

THAT's fantastic!!   Def advise organizing everything by time Day/month/year...  Like I said, i put everything in a word doc...Or you can use pages, or powerpoint.   The more organized you are, the easier it will before the reviewer to give you approval. Good luck!!  

 

ps.. Here are the forums related to your visa type. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports/

 

Also suggest to start posting comments in the Monthly tread. Such as the following:

 

And review previous i130 threads.. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=+I-130+2017&sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2Fforum%2F134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports%2F%3Fpage%3D2&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2Fforum%2F134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports%2F&ss=0j0j1

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ashcashbananas 66]

4 minutes ago, JBMG said:

THAT's fantastic!!   Def advise organizing everything by time Day/month/year...  Like I said, i put everything in a word doc...Or you can use pages, or powerpoint.   The more organized you are, the easier it will before the reviewer to give you approval. Good luck!!  

 

ps.. Here are the forums related to your visa type. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports/

 

Also suggest to start posting comments in the Monthly tread. Such as the following:

 

And review previous i130 threads.. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=+I-130+2017&sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2Fforum%2F134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports%2F%3Fpage%3D2&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Fforums%2Fforum%2F134-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-case-filing-and-progress-reports%2F&ss=0j0j1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much, you're awesomeeeee.

[JBMG 890]

2 minutes ago, ashcashbananas said:

 

Thank you so much, you're awesomeeeee.

you're welcome, you'll find the community on here is so helpful.. So much info.. Don't be afraid to use the search feature as well. Found a lot of answers to my questions using that feature.. Oh and you should also join your country's portal. 

 

Just a wealth of great info there. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=Morocco

 

Oh and save this forum thread for when you get to the NVC process. 

 

 

Finally prepare yourself mentally.. This entire process is going to probably take at least a year...  To see timelines, go here.. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

 

You can see, they're currently processing i130s that were received in the month of November 2016/Jan 2017... We don't really have a choice which processing center it ends up end. That's just luck.. 

 

Just make sure you double check everything.. Read everything about RFE Morocco. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=RFE+Morocco&sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ss=39633j1419373453j10

 

Then when you get to the NVC.. Checklist Morocco 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Checklist+Morocco &sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ss=0j0j1

 

This way you're being proactive and learning from other's misfortunes to hopefully help you process your case without any problems.  

 

Good luck!! 

 

 

[ashcashbananas 66]

18 hours ago, JBMG said:

you're welcome, you'll find the community on here is so helpful.. So much info.. Don't be afraid to use the search feature as well. Found a lot of answers to my questions using that feature.. Oh and you should also join your country's portal. 

 

Just a wealth of great info there. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=Morocco

 

Oh and save this forum thread for when you get to the NVC process. 

 

 

Finally prepare yourself mentally.. This entire process is going to probably take at least a year...  To see timelines, go here.. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

 

You can see, they're currently processing i130s that were received in the month of November 2016/Jan 2017... We don't really have a choice which processing center it ends up end. That's just luck.. 

 

Just make sure you double check everything.. Read everything about RFE Morocco. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=RFE+Morocco&sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ss=39633j1419373453j10

 

Then when you get to the NVC.. Checklist Morocco 

http://www.visajourney.com/sitesearch/?cx=partner-pub-3407508467788263%3A9725800110&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Checklist+Morocco &sa=Search&siteurl=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ref=www.visajourney.com%2Ftimeline%2F&ss=0j0j1

 

This way you're being proactive and learning from other's misfortunes to hopefully help you process your case without any problems.  

 

Good luck!! 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH <3

[Ryan H 3,796]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

Some easy ways to prove comingling finances:

- Retirement fund beneficiary.

- Life insurance beneficiary.

- Add to health insurance. 

 

 

[Yousrariad 0]

On 6/24/2017 at 1:33 AM, EandH0904 said:

Before you file, can you add him

to a joint bank account or a joint anything? Have you changed your last name? So you can show your new drivers license or SSN? Maybe a joint credit card? Do you rent anything that you could add him to? Put him as your beneficiary on your life insurance at work? 

 

I think the letter from his parents is a good idea but try to think of something else that married couples do. Easy bills to add his name on would be a water bill or electricity bill maybe. 

Did you get ur visa?

[Ismael&Blair 66]

FYI...it will be hard to add him to your bank accounts or credit cards because he will need a social security number and ID to show he is already in the US. Plus,  he may need to sign paperwork at a bank.  I tried to do these suggestions when we were going through the process. Couldn't do or submit those.

 

The best advice I got was from the USCIS customer service person on the phone when I asked them what does Evidence of bonafide relationship means. She said everyone's case is unique. You need to show it as best to what pertain to your relationship. So I took it to my interpretation is to "Illustrate and tell a story of you and your spouse relationship as if people are reading it in a book". 

 

Lastly, I think including more notarized statements from the petitioner's side of family and friends stating their observation of the relationship and/or acknowledgement/participation of their relationship will outweigh the ones submitted from the beneficiary's side.

 

Good luck & best wishes.