Other Relevant document to establish ongoing marital union.

[Jordan J 3]

Hello Everyone, just have a quick question before I begin filing for CR1/Spouse Visa.
What can a newly married couple provide as an Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage?
Anything else other than what's listed in VJ immigration guide?

I can add her to my medical insurance, but they will start deductions once I enroll her.
So I hate to pay for something that's not going to be used. Same with Auto insurance.
Want to open a joint bank account, but she is in Morocco; bank needs her signature
in-person.

Since, we just got married 3-weeks ago in Morocco. I have all the necessary papers

to file, just stuck on this last part of filing requirement, seeking advice from anyone

with similar experience,  what's recommended here. I'm back here in US, preparing
to file.

 

Thanks

[arken 4,197]

What I had done and provided evidences of:

1. Added my wife as a beneficiary to my banking accounts

2. Added her as an authorized user in my credit cards

3.Added her as a beneficiary of my 401K

4. Added her as a beneficiary of my life insurance which was a part of health insurance thru employer

 

For banking, my bank used my address and not her foreign address and all zero’s for her social.

 

 

 

[Jordan J 3]

@arken Thanks for the response. Already did #1 and #2. But needs something a bit more concrete.
Credit card bank statements don't print out beneficiary's name. I will try 401K.

Banks need person on site, to move forward in opening an account. Zero's on social will not work in US.

[arken 4,197]

Don’t try hard for joint account or opening her account, it’s not a requirement specially when the spouse is overseas.

 

for credit cards, i provided copies of cards issued in my wife’s name, first 12 digits blacked out and a copy of printout from my account where it showed my wife as an authorized user.

 

As a newly married couple, UsCIS wouldn’t expect tons of evidences anyway. Just provide what you can provide. During NVC phase, you can side load bunch of other evidences.

[Jordan J 3]

@arkenOk Thanks!

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[LilyJ 1,258]

A very important addition of evidence when you don't have a lot of financial evidence, is evidence of time spent together in person. Include pictures (visit and wedding pictures if you have them), plane tickets, passport stamps, etc

[carmel34 3,531]

Morocco is a high-fraud country, the bar is high, so you will need lots of evidence of a bona fide marriage relationship to get approved.

 

I live in the US, my husband lives in Brazil.  Here's what we sent with the I-130 petition one year ago:

 

a few photos of each visit together, date stamped, from multiple visits over time (4 before filing petition)

four or five photos from the wedding, date stamped, some with family and friends

passport stamps, boarding passes, hotel receipts, restaurant receipts as evidence of these 4 visits

joint credit card account statements showing that we are already co-mingling finances

documents showing my Brazilian husband as my beneficiary on life insurance, retirement accounts, investment accounts

evidence of my husband's health insurance, dental insurance based on my US employer's plan

evidence of my husband as my emergency contact at work, statement that he is my husband on employer's HR website

wills and living wills

Christmas cards addressed to both of us at my US address

copies of cards and letters we have exchanged since the beginning of our relationship

wedding ring receipts

email logs, phone call logs, video call logs to show continuous daily communication

representative chat records (only a few pages of sample chats) from WhatsApp, Messenger

printout of our Facebook relationship with a few photos, comments from friends and family, words of congratulations on wedding day

affidavits from family members attesting to the nature of our relationship

brief statement of relationship history, how we met, how the relationship developed over time

 

We uploaded additional evidence of three more visits since filing the petition, at the NVC stage, also a copy of our married filing jointly US tax return for 2018, and took more evidence from our 11-day trip to London and Paris together in April to the June 12 interview, but the CO did not even ask for it.  The interview was very quick and she said we were approved.  It was obvious from the questions that she had pretty much decided to approve the visa before the interview.  Two days later the visa was sent to my husband, and he received it a week after the interview, June 19.  He will arrive in the US on August 19.  Good luck!

[Nitas_man 3,100]

On 7/31/2019 at 10:49 AM, Jordan J said:

Hello Everyone, just have a quick question before I begin filing for CR1/Spouse Visa.
What can a newly married couple provide as an Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage?
Anything else other than what's listed in VJ immigration guide?

I can add her to my medical insurance, but they will start deductions once I enroll her.
So I hate to pay for something that's not going to be used. Same with Auto insurance.
Want to open a joint bank account, but she is in Morocco; bank needs her signature
in-person.

Since, we just got married 3-weeks ago in Morocco. I have all the necessary papers

to file, just stuck on this last part of filing requirement, seeking advice from anyone

with similar experience,  what's recommended here. I'm back here in US, preparing
to file.

 

Thanks

Medical insurance enrollment put us over the top after our meet&marry adventure.  I’m advising you now to take advantage of the enrollment window and take the hit.

The difference in filing status should cover that anyway.  Change that too, get her an ITIN, and file MFJ next years

Everything else advised is also true.  Morocco likes a lot of face time together.

Edited August 3, 2019 by Nitas_man