Proof of Spousal Relationship (Living outside of US)

[samandcarol 13]

I'm preparing to file the I-130 form and want to make sure that I have enough proof of spousal relationship.  My wife and I have been married for 15 years and live in Taiwan at present.  We have a marriage certificate that has been translated into English, but not sure what other proofs we can provide.  Has anyone used a Household Registration as proof?  Any other good proofs that anyone can recommend?

[Crazy Cat 39,220]

We used my wife's household registration along with a copy of my ARC as one piece of evidence.  We also used our Taiwan marriage certificate, personal affidavits, pictures,.....We lived in Taiwan for 7 months before I relocated back to the US to start the Green Card process for my wife.

[samandcarol 13]

@missileman Thanks for the reply!  You say that you relocated back to the US to start the Green Card process.  Do you think that's absolutely necessary, or would doing it from Taiwan work well enough?

[Crazy Cat 39,220]

2 minutes ago, samandcarol said:

@missileman Thanks for the reply!  You say that you relocated back to the US to start the Green Card process.  Do you think that's absolutely necessary, or would doing it from Taiwan work well enough?

You can certainly start the process from Taiwan.  You just have to provide credible evidence of your intent to establish domicile in the US.  Some consulates even allow you to undergo DCF (Direct Consular Filing) directly with the consulate......but I don't think it is available for AIT in Taiwan.

[Sharon & Thomas 24]

On 3/24/2019 at 11:13 PM, samandcarol said:

I'm preparing to file the I-130 form and want to make sure that I have enough proof of spousal relationship.  My wife and I have been married for 15 years and live in Taiwan at present.  We have a marriage certificate that has been translated into English, but not sure what other proofs we can provide.  Has anyone used a Household Registration as proof?  Any other good proofs that anyone can recommend?

Hi, I'm Taiwanese wife. Me and my husband (in the USA) just got approval for I-130. Besides marriage certificate & household registration, we also included health insurance, photos to prove our relationship and with each other's family, flight tickets confirmation (we are in long distance), and letter from his parents & friend of knowing and support our marriage too. Hope above information could be useful for you. 

[Rosie91 93]

We live together in the Netherlands and provided:

 

- Marriage certificate

- Joint apartment lease contract

- Joint bank and savings account information

- Joint Insurance information

- Photo's

 

[samandcarol 13]

@Rosie91Thank you for your input.  May I ask, was your information in English already, or did you have to get it translated?

[Rosie91 93]

18 hours ago, samandcarol said:

@Rosie91Thank you for your input.  May I ask, was your information in English already, or did you have to get it translated?

No it was not, we had to translate everything. Since I am native dutch and my English is good enough to translate it we did it ourselves.

Just make sure you add a note to each translation document. It takes a lot of time, but to have it professionally translated is very expensive and unnecessary 

 

Note example:

I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.

Signature_________________________________

Date Typed Name

 

hope this helps!

[samandcarol 13]

@Rosie91Wow, thanks for the information!  That is very helpful.  Translating the documents myself is definitely simpler.  That is what I'll plan to do then, since you've mentioned that self-translated documents are acceptable.

[Rosie91 93]

5 minutes ago, samandcarol said:

@Rosie91Wow, thanks for the information!  That is very helpful.  Translating the documents myself is definitely simpler.  That is what I'll plan to do then, since you've mentioned that self-translated documents are acceptable.

Your welcome!

Quick question for you, are you moving back earlier than your wife so you can be her sponsor? or do you have some one in the US to be her sponsor?

We are discussing this now at home, what is the best option etc...

 

let me know!

[samandcarol 13]

@Rosie91To be honest, I'm just getting started with this whole process, and trying to figure out how it all works, so I haven't really thought about all the details.  So unfortunately I don't have a good answer as far as sponsor goes.  I hadn't planned to go back sooner, but this is also based on having a small child at home.  Sorry I can't be of more help.

[islandereden 0]

On 4/1/2019 at 2:22 AM, Sharon & Thomas said:

Hi, I'm Taiwanese wife. Me and my husband (in the USA) just got approval for I-130. Besides marriage certificate & household registration, we also included health insurance, photos to prove our relationship and with each other's family, flight tickets confirmation (we are in long distance), and letter from his parents & friend of knowing and support our marriage too. Hope above information could be useful for you. 

Did you guys apply yourself or had help from a lawyer/immigration agency? I’m struggling as to weather I should fill the forms myself or pay for a lawyer.

[samandcarol 13]

1 hour ago, islandereden said:

Did you guys apply yourself or had help from a lawyer/immigration agency? I’m struggling as to weather I should fill the forms myself or pay for a lawyer.

We applied ourselves, but we are still waiting for I-130 approval, so I can’t really judge whether it is effective.  But I have read the available information from here and other sites to get an idea of what the best practices are, and I don’t feel like a lawyer could have given us much more help.