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6 hours ago, Tilde333 said:

How does this look for bonafide evidence?

Thank you all for your help.  hoping to send package on monday

 

Timeline of our relationship with photos and letter

  1. Copy of birth certificate of our deceased son  ******
  2. Copy of birth certificate of our 8 month old daughter ******
  3. Copy of all pages of M’s U.S. passport indicating visits to Costa Rica and consecutive time spent with KAPH in Costa Rica and Panama
  4. Copy of pages of daughter’s U.S. indicating the 4 months spent with mother and father in Costa Rica, including a family trip to visit Bocas del Toro, Panama to see more family
  5. Affidavit signed by H, mother to the petitioner MMD and mother-in-law of the beneficiary KAPH 
  6. Copy of pool passes from neighborhood pool showing joint residence at MMD’s parent’s house.
  7. Copy of car insurance on the Donovan family car with USAA for KAPH

 

My cousin went to his interview last june 6, his wife is 15 years older than him, no children, they didnt have nothing togetherlike lease, bank acount, etc, his wife usc, told to the officer that she didnt add him on her bank acount because he wasnt working and she is who pay everything, and because that no made sense add him if he wasnt working and no helping with money to the account, about the lease, she told him that the lease was made on november and he arrived on december and she will add him on next december.

All they had was pictures together, evidence that they traveled to Puerto Rico.

They were approved without problem.

You have a lot of evidence, more strong the children birth certificate.

 

Edited by mytruelove18

K1 2017

Aos sent April 2018

Aos interview July 2018

Work permit September2018

Aos approved July 24, 2019.

Roc April 27, 2021

Biometric reused june 28, 2021

N-400 online April 27, 2022 base on 3 years rule, biometric reused.

N-400 interview on December 12, 2022 combo interview i-751. Approved.

January 11, 2023 oath ceremony, Indianapolis. After that done with uscis😂🤭🤫

I took my oath ceremony in Indianapolis, it was a nice ceremony, where people from 35 coutry become american citizen.

01/11/2023 officially done with uscis :)

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January 13, 2023 apply for us passport.( regular service).

March 11, 2023 passport in hand

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If having a child was enough to show a bona fide marriage, a lot of scammers would go that route. Yes, having  a child obviously makes you responsible for them (both morally and legally), but it would be a fairly easy way to get through the process. Heck, even scammers want children and to be a good father/mother.

 

I'm not saying don't include that evidence, but it likely is not enough in itself. The other items people noted are great items to add and should go a very long way to present a good case. if you can't get them with the initial filing, get them as son as you can and provide them at the interview. You'll be fine. :)

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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First of all... I am sorry for the loss of your son.

As for AOS....do you have documentation from the hospital, power of attorney, financial documents.....bills with both your names on them...for either children? Or you yourselves?..,.Is your child in daycare? If so get copies of the paperwork you completed (which would list both parents)....just a couple of ideas.

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4 hours ago, Tilde333 said:

Hi Nancy! Thanks for your reply.  We have loads of pictures as we have been married for 2 years and together for 4.  We have 2 kids together and family photos and affidavits, so lots of evidence of that sort.  My dilemma is that while we have a joint account in Costa Rica and just got him on the car insurance. We are living at my parents house (no rent or way to add him into anything there).  And we are just starting up a life here.  But we desperately need him to start working.  My mom has cancer and I'm taking care of her and the baby and we have like $0 haha my dad is the joint sponsor.  I am trying to figure out how to prove this and I just feel like no one will believe it because there are no big financial ties. 

 

only taxes, health insurance, life insurance and joint account in Costa Rica....

 

Thank you all for your continued helo. 

In that case, just go ahead and provide everything you have already. Do provide a certified translated copy of everything if they're not in English. USCIS does not accept documents that are not in English (as far as I know). 

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 I wasn't a joint bank account holder here when we went through AOS - no SSN. It helps to co-mingle your finances if you can but if the bank won't allow it there's not a great deal you can do. 

 You can, however, add one another to other stuff like life insurance, wills, POA, health insurance, credit cards, student loans, taxes, daycare contact info, lease, utilities etc. Anything proving you live at the same address helps really.

 

 You can't produce what you don't have. 

 

 We sent in health insurance with all of us on, our Son's BC, two leases with both of us on, copies of military ID's, the bank's family info listing me (not an account holder just a family member) tax returns and a handful of photos of us with our Son and various relatives from both sides of the family. The interviewer said it was solid evidence provided. Quality is key.



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18 hours ago, Alabamak1 said:

I agree that you seem to be lacking good evidence and no financial stuff there.

 

We have already:

 

a) Proof of joint account at local credit union

b) credit cards in joint account(s)

c) beneficiary from my work 401k, medical HSA account, work travel insurance and more work stuff

d) mail from different sources government, private mail (friends and relatives), other non governmental mail pieces to proof address

e) apartment lease with both names on it 

f) Working how to get her name on my current loan for my car, close to getting her a vehicle for herself also with both names in registration

g) other legal documents where my wife is beneficiary at not related to work...

 

sorry, but your evidence is a little insufficient on proof of bonafide marriage.  we have this in less than a month of being married already and working on more, lower level of acceptance, photos, trips and such

 

 

 

I've had issues with Ref F on your list,   DMV will not add her to the registration unless she is on the title,  and I can't get my late wife name off of the title unless I refinance the vehicle.  It took a week to get here  on a joint account on one of my banks,  due to no picture ID in her married name.  Just the SS card, and her Passport still in her maiden name.  DMV won't even give her an ID, so until she gets her EAD card,  it will be her first gov issued ID card with a picture. We jumped the gun by getting her SS card in her married name, since she needed an SS# for the banks, etc. but that left her with only her PP in her maiden name and no picture.  In hindsight, we SHOULD HAVE gotten her SS in her maiden name, would have saved a lot of hassles.  Then change it after she gets the EAD or GC.  Live and learn..

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20 hours ago, Tilde333 said:

That makes sense, but children are strong evidence too right? Otherwise I'll wait another week to submit until I can put him on my life insurance and get him health insurance and make a joint bank account.  Right now he has travel, bc this was supposed to be just travel. I am the beneficiary on his travel insurance, would that count?

I think having children together is fairly good evidence, especially more than one child.  Some people say it doesn't mean anything, but I personally would much rather open a bank account with someone for a scam than have a child with them.  Money is replaceable, children are not.

However, ideally you would have financial co-mingling as well. 

 

I would think that evidence of your account in Costa Rica would be good evidence as you have been living there.  There hasn't been any reason or ability for you to financially co-mingle in the US, if I understand your situation correctly, but you did in CR because you were living there.

If it were me I would send evidence of your financial co-mingling in Costa Rica and a cover letter explaining that your lives were co-mingled in CR, and why you haven't started that process in the US until now. 

 

If you have photos together, in social and family contexts for the duration of your relationship, that to me is some kind of evidence as well.  If I were reviewing the file, I would be  think it unlikely that you spent 4 years generating photos before starting a scam filing.  Again, a cover letter might help to point out the context of those photos and how they show your relationship sustaining over those 4 years.

 

I applied for a marriage visa for my husband, and had no evidence of financial co-mingling as I was always visiting his home country rather than residing there, so I couldn't be on his financial documents as a non-resident.  I explained this with the evidence of bona fide relationship I sent.  After his visa was approved and he came to the US, it took us some time (a few month) to get bank accounts together, add him to my old account, and so on.  And we also live with family and don't have any rental agreements.  It also took time for him to get a driver's license, be added to the family insurance,  and other financial steps.  So when we went to remove conditions I sent the evidence I had, and just explained in the cover letter that the evidence reflected us slowly moving towards our financial goals as busy people, rather than any unwillingness to co-mingle.  We were approved without an RFE, but I had been saving evidence of co-mingling throughout the time we were waiting, in case we needed more evidence.  My advice is to read through the suggestions here, send as much as you can of what you DO have, and keep collecting evidence in case they want more down the road.

 

Good luck!

 

 

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10 minutes ago, dawning said:

I think having children together is fairly good evidence, especially more than one child.  Some people say it doesn't mean anything, but I personally would much rather open a bank account with someone for a scam than have a child with them.  Money is replaceable, children are not.

However, ideally you would have financial co-mingling as well. 

 

I would think that evidence of your account in Costa Rica would be good evidence as you have been living there.  There hasn't been any reason or ability for you to financially co-mingle in the US, if I understand your situation correctly, but you did in CR because you were living there.

If it were me I would send evidence of your financial co-mingling in Costa Rica and a cover letter explaining that your lives were co-mingled in CR, and why you haven't started that process in the US until now. 

 

If you have photos together, in social and family contexts for the duration of your relationship, that to me is some kind of evidence as well.  If I were reviewing the file, I would be  think it unlikely that you spent 4 years generating photos before starting a scam filing.  Again, a cover letter might help to point out the context of those photos and how they show your relationship sustaining over those 4 years.

 

I applied for a marriage visa for my husband, and had no evidence of financial co-mingling as I was always visiting his home country rather than residing there, so I couldn't be on his financial documents as a non-resident.  I explained this with the evidence of bona fide relationship I sent.  After his visa was approved and he came to the US, it took us some time (a few month) to get bank accounts together, add him to my old account, and so on.  And we also live with family and don't have any rental agreements.  It also took time for him to get a driver's license, be added to the family insurance,  and other financial steps.  So when we went to remove conditions I sent the evidence I had, and just explained in the cover letter that the evidence reflected us slowly moving towards our financial goals as busy people, rather than any unwillingness to co-mingle.  We were approved without an RFE, but I had been saving evidence of co-mingling throughout the time we were waiting, in case we needed more evidence.  My advice is to read through the suggestions here, send as much as you can of what you DO have, and keep collecting evidence in case they want more down the road.

 

Good luck!

 

 

Forgot to mention our evidence also included birth certificates of 2 children, and photos of us together and with family and friends over the duration of time in the US.

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8 hours ago, Highmystic said:

I've had issues with Ref F on your list,   DMV will not add her to the registration unless she is on the title,  and I can't get my late wife name off of the title unless I refinance the vehicle.  It took a week to get here  on a joint account on one of my banks,  due to no picture ID in her married name.  Just the SS card, and her Passport still in her maiden name.  DMV won't even give her an ID, so until she gets her EAD card,  it will be her first gov issued ID card with a picture. We jumped the gun by getting her SS card in her married name, since she needed an SS# for the banks, etc. but that left her with only her PP in her maiden name and no picture.  In hindsight, we SHOULD HAVE gotten her SS in her maiden name, would have saved a lot of hassles.  Then change it after she gets the EAD or GC.  Live and learn..

well what is done is done. try to gather for more reliable proof of marriage. it's on you to prove it and not on them to accept what you give them. Some IO might be much more relaxed on the rules than others. I had one of those stern believers nothing can or will be slightly deviated from the broad rules of evidence. Talking about my N-400 and got delayed for a month although I had a photocopy of certified judicial outcome in court. Not good enough she said and put me on the back of the line. 

8/7/2017                    NOA-1

3/1/2018                    NOA-2

3/15/2018                  NVC case received

3/22/2018                  NVC case assigned

3/23/2018                  Consulate ready

4/11/2018                  Medical

4/17/2018                  Visa Approved

4/24/2018                  Visa on hand

5/23/2018                  Point of Entry ATL

5/24/2018                  Marriage license, officiant and certificate / applied for SS#

5/31/2018                  AOS/AP/EAD

6/7/2018                    email notification of NOA-1

6/11/2018                  NOA-1 hard copies for AOS/EAD/AP

6/27/2018                  Biometrics for AOS/EAD

7/7/2018                    ready to be scheduled for interview

7/11/2018                  We are still reviewing your case and there are no updates at this time (email from USCIS)

8/22/2018                  We are still reviewing your case and there are no updates at this time (same email again)

9/5/2018                     We are still reviewing your case and there are no updates at this time (this is getting boring!!!)

10/3/2018                  We are still reviewing your case and there are no updates at this time (this is insanity, 4th time while some got GC)

10/17/2018                After 136 days of wait in HELL, finally EAD in production

10/21/2018                Card was mailed to me, and yes it said so on a Sunday night, while Vj-ing

10/22/2018                Card was picked up by the USPS

10/24/2018                EAD in hand. F%^&& finally

12/28/2018                Interview has been scheduled. Waiting for notification with date by snail mail

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