How do you organize your folder of contents

[astroboy3546 2]

So I am not looking for a table of contents but I am trying to get a feel for how people organize their content for the folder of evidence. Do you break it down into different folders and carry all in or do you have one large folder which is separated by tags ? 

Also what are your recommendations on the type of folders we should use ? Do you use something like this - https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...filing+folders or something like this one - https://www.amazon.com/Expanding-Mul...+folders&psc=1 or a combination of both.

Those who have gone through interviews , if you have photographs that you can share, that would be much appreciated. I am pretty happy with my table of contents so far but I am flummoxed as to how I can carry it all together (right now i am thinking of 9 different exhibit folders which seems rather inefficient)

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

1 minute ago, astroboy3546 said:

So I am not looking for a table of contents but I am trying to get a feel for how people organize their content for the folder of evidence. Do you break it down into different folders and carry all in or do you have one large folder which is separated by tags ? 

Also what are your recommendations on the type of folders we should use ? Do you use something like this - https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...filing+folders or something like this one - https://www.amazon.com/Expanding-Mul...+folders&psc=1 or a combination of both.

Those who have gone through interviews , if you have photographs that you can share, that would be much appreciated. I am pretty happy with my table of contents so far but I am flummoxed as to how I can carry it all together (right now i am thinking of 9 different exhibit folders which seems rather inefficient)

Accordian file

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

And what the heck are you being interviewed for with 900 lbs of evidence?

[astroboy3546 2]

1 minute ago, K1visaHopeful said:

And what the heck are you being interviewed for with 900 lbs of evidence?

Its not 900lbs but 9 different sections, i am looking for ways to best present it

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

6 minutes ago, astroboy3546 said:

Its not 900lbs but 9 different sections, i am looking for ways to best present it

An accordian folder

[Jenny17655 283]

10 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

And what the heck are you being interviewed for with 900 lbs of evidence?

900 lbs of evidence lol 

[PedroDaGr8 245]

I went overboard making sure we were not lacking for anything the interviewer might have wanted. I used simple manila envelopes and organized all of our evidence as follows:

 

1. Wife's biographical documents (EAD/AP Card, Passport, birth certificate, birth certificate translation, etc.)

2. My biographical documents (Passport, Global Entry Card, Birth Certificate, Previous Marriage Certificate, Divorce Judgement). 

3. Evidence establishing our married life together: Certified copy of marriage certificate, pictures of us, all of her facebook posts tagging me, pictures of either of us with the others friends/family/etc., pictures of our families meeting

4. Evidence of commingling of finances: adding her to my accounts, adding her to my insurance, showing she is a beneficiary to my life insurance policy

5. Evidence of cohabitation: our leases with both our names on it, utility bills with both names on it, print outs of USCIS Informed Delivery emails showing mail for both of us in one email.

6. Evidence of communication: online chat transcripts, emails, etc.

7. All letters received from USCIS

8. Copies of everything we sent in the I-485 plus her medical related stuff from the K1

9. My updated financial information: most recent tax transcripts, letter from employer, pay stubs, etc. 

 

Now certainly some of the evidence might fit in more than one category. It is more important that you remember which category you included said evidence, than you have perfect organization. 

 

During the interview, this system allowed us to dig VERY rapidly through our evidence. Additionally, it seemed that most of the questions the interviewer asked were easily grouped in these categories; making it easy to provide evidence.