Evidence of bonafide marriage for the interview

[bunkx 25]

Hey all,

 

We finally received an interview date and trying to figure out what exactly we need to bring with us. So far we have,

 

• Joint apartment lease
• Joint bank accounts
• Auto insurance with both our names
• Auto loan with my name (the immigrant) and father-in-law (purely credit score reasons, we wanted to put me and my husband (USC) but we needed my father-in-law)
• Original passports for both of us
• Original birth certificates for both of us
• Marriage certificate

 

I'm not sure about what to add to this... We've known each other for almost 4 years, been married for 11 months. We are not the photo-loving type, mostly because we don't think we're very photogenic I suppose. So we almost don't have any photos together. The only ones I can submit are from my graduation party when my mom flew over here from Belgium and we have photos of me, my mom, my husband, my uncle and aunt, and my in-laws together. We had a very small court ceremony for our marriage, no witnesses, no guests, just the two of us went to the court house, got married and got brunch later with my in-laws. We always wanted something small and casual, we're not the big wedding kind of people. I'm just concerned if this is going to be an issue. We saw no point in staging a big old wedding just so we can have pictures to submit to USCIS. We did things just as we would do if I was a USC too. (Also, this being a gay marriage, inviting extended family was never an option -  that being said both of our parents are very supportive)

 

We also went on many trips together, mostly road trips, one of which was to Canada. We also flew once to Canada but I can't seem to find our plane tickets or hotel reservations from those trips. They were a couple years ago.

 

Do I need copies of the forms I've already submitted? 

 

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Edited November 15, 2017 by bunkx

[ColoradoBeauty 79]

Photos and travel history are secondary evidence and I think the co-mingling finance evidences weigh more than them. If you think it will help your case, you can tell the interviewer about the reason for the lack of photos. I'm sure it's not uncommon for people to be not photo-loving.

Do you share renter insurance, health insurance, retirement plan, life insurance?

 

You don't need copies.

 

 

Good luck! You are so close to getting the Green Card.