I-130 Application

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Thank you in advance for taking your valuable time to give me your advice! I really appreciate it!

- I am a green card holder (since 2015) and got married before three months outside the US. Now I want to file I-130 petition for my wife, who is living outside the US. I have the following documents:
(1) a copy of my green card.
(2) a copy of our marriage certificate.
(3) a copy of her birth certificate.
(4) two passport size photos of both of us.
(5) fee (money order).
(6) Form I-130
(7) Form I-130a

Since we just got married, however, we don't have evidence of the bona fides of our marriage. But,

- I asked our friends and family members, who know about our relationship and participated in our wedding ceremony, to write letters of affidavit for us. They sent me hand written and notarized affidavits.

- I also have marriage certificate from our church, where we conducted our wedding ring ceremony vows.

So, my question is can I use the letters of affidavit and/or our marriage certificate from our church as evidences of bona fides of our marriage?


Thanks again for the help!
Accosta

[SalishSea 16,772]

23 minutes ago, LAST said:

Thank you in advance for taking your valuable time to give me your advice! I really appreciate it!

- I am a green card holder (since 2015) and got married before three months outside the US. Now I want to file I-130 petition for my wife, who is living outside the US. I have the following documents:
(1) a copy of my green card.
(2) a copy of our marriage certificate.
(3) a copy of her birth certificate.
(4) two passport size photos of both of us.
(5) fee (money order).
(6) Form I-130
(7) Form I-130a

Since we just got married, however, we don't have evidence of the bona fides of our marriage. But,

- I asked our friends and family members, who know about our relationship and participated in our wedding ceremony, to write letters of affidavit for us. They sent me hand written and notarized affidavits.

- I also have marriage certificate from our church, where we conducted our wedding ring ceremony vows.

So, my question is can I use the letters of affidavit and/or our marriage certificate from our church as evidences of bona fides of our marriage?


Thanks again for the help!
Accosta

Please fill out your timeline to include which embassy your wife would be going through.

 

Affidavits are generally poor evidence.  You need to obtain whatever the legally recognized marriage document for the area where to marriage took place.  This may or may not be the same as a church certificate.

 

You will want to gather more evidence of commingling of assets and building a life together.  A plethora of examples can be found in the guides or by searching here on VJ.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

Evidence of dating, honeymoon trip, photos, phone conversations/chats, flights together, passport stamps, hotel stays together, money sent, etc. Anything a married couple does together. 

 

Passport-size photos are not required. She will have her digital photo and fingerprints taken prior to interview. 

[Just Paul 4,591]

Please set up your timeline. 

 

As said, photos and proof of travel are best.  You can include some copies of your communication and add her to your life insurance, add her to you r credit cards, etc.  

 

Have you filed a N-400 yet?