proof of bona fide marriage

[nas83 0]

Hi everyone! new here and heard great things about this site. i hope someone can chime in. i met my wife in an online app and met her twice within the past 6 months before getting married on our 2nd meeting. We dont have any mutual friends at all and im wondering how can i provide proof of a bona fide marriage under other documents required in uscis form i-130? Do i need to provide that at all or can i use messages, travel photos, messages, phone logs instead since thats all i really have. thank you 

[Abies 1,713]

2 hours ago, nas83 said:

Hi everyone! new here and heard great things about this site. i hope someone can chime in. i met my wife in an online app and met her twice within the past 6 months before getting married on our 2nd meeting. We dont have any mutual friends at all and im wondering how can i provide proof of a bona fide marriage under other documents required in uscis form i-130? Do i need to provide that at all or can i use messages, travel photos, messages, phone logs instead since thats all i really have. thank you 

Provide all you listed including flight iteneries,passport stamps and sworn affidavits from third parties that have knowledge about your marital relationship.

[nas83 0]

thank you abies. i have a problem with the sworn affidavits since weve only known each other since last december 2017 and dont have any mutual friends. can her mother or siblings write the affidavits? 

 

[AfricanQ 241]

2 hours ago, nas83 said:

thank you abies. i have a problem with the sworn affidavits since weve only known each other since last december 2017 and dont have any mutual friends. can her mother or siblings write the affidavits? 

 

U don't need to have mutual friends in order to get  affidavits. Have u express ur feelings towards her to any of it friends? If ur answer is yes, have thkses friends write a letter. The samd goes for her. And also have ur family do the same.

[nas83 0]

7 hours ago, AfricanQ said:

U don't need to have mutual friends in order to get  affidavits. Have u express ur feelings towards her to any of it friends? If ur answer is yes, have thkses friends write a letter. The samd goes for her. And also have ur family do the same.

Wow really?! If that’s the case then yes. So they didn’t have to Be with both of us at the same time physically to create an affidavit?

[Ryan H 3,812]

***Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.***

 

**Moderator hat off*

 

OP, the affidavits you are referring to are not required, that bullet point in the instructions follows a key phrase which is "in addition to the required".  Anything that follows such a phrase is not actually required.

 

Furthermore, such affidavits carry little to zero weight in the overall evaulation of a file; instead, focus on gather evidence (you will be submitting evidence, not proof) of time spent together in-person.  Evidence of time spent together in-person is your strongest evidence.

[Abies 1,713]

On 7/18/2018 at 1:35 PM, nas83 said:

thank you abies. i have a problem with the sworn affidavits since weve only known each other since last december 2017 and dont have any mutual friends. can her mother or siblings write the affidavits? 

 

Anybody thats aware of your relationship with her can do so.

 

Like you said,her mum and siblings can write.

 

Good luck