Proof required for CR-1 Visa....

[Rebecca88 2]

I'm new to all of this visa stuff, so please excuse my lack of knowledge or correct terminology

 

If we choose to apply for the CR-1 Visa, where I would bring my spouse into USA after we're already married, what "proof" is needed?

Or what types of grounds do they base approvals off of?

 

Thanks all!

[EandH0904 1,184]

Try to think of all the usual things that you would do in the US - opening bank accounts, adding spouse to insurances, car titles, etc. - and do as many of those things as you can. I know there are limitations with spouse living overseas but you just should try to do as many as possible. 

 

We submitted: my proof of name change, adding my husband to my  car insurance (as a non-driver), adding my husband to my health insurance, making my husband beneficiary on my life insurance, adding him to my credit card account, filing taxes as married, as well as having some affidavits from family members (my mom, his sister). We included our wedding certificate and translation, as well as some photos of our wedding in his country. We have not been able to open a joint bank account without him but we plan on doing that next time I am in his country. 

 

If you search for "bonafide marriage" in the VJ search tool or on google you will find many other examples. It takes some time but it can be done. 

[Rebecca88 2]

5 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

Try to think of all the usual things that you would do in the US - opening bank accounts, adding spouse to insurances, car titles, etc. - and do as many of those things as you can. I know there are limitations with spouse living overseas but you just should try to do as many as possible. 

 

We submitted: my proof of name change, adding my husband to my  car insurance (as a non-driver), adding my husband to my health insurance, making my husband beneficiary on my life insurance, adding him to my credit card account, filing taxes as married, as well as having some affidavits from family members (my mom, his sister). We included our wedding certificate and translation, as well as some photos of our wedding in his country. We have not been able to open a joint bank account without him but we plan on doing that next time I am in his country. 

 

If you search for "bonafide marriage" in the VJ search tool or on google you will find many other examples. It takes some time but it can be done. 

 

Thank you so much!

[shumway1756 304]

The type of evidence available varies greatly according to your situation. My wife (the beneficiary), while we're waiting, does not have a social security number, so she's ineligible for a lot of things, such as being added to my bank accounts, insurance, etc. I also don't have all of the right "numbers" in her country, so we can't add myself to those very easily either. We overwhelmed them with other documents such as notarized statements showing we live together, residence permits and ID's showing the same address, pictures from when we met, the wedding, and the honeymoon. We also included an affidavit from the officiating pastor for our religious ceremony. I gave them photocopies of all my passport pages showing my travels to her country, proving my physical visitation leading up to and just before the wedding (plane ticket copies also work nice if you still have them).

 

Basically, give them everything you've got. If one of the provided proofs is "insufficient evidence" in the eyes of the USCIS reviewer, the others should help fill in the gaps and avoid (as much as possible) an RFE.

[pushbrk 12,963]

Newlyweds generally concentrate on providing evidence of time spent together in person, photos together and examples of how and how frequently they communicate.