How many affidavits's do they need

[kaelyra 1]

My husband and I just got married last weekend in Canada (we both live here). I am dual citizen. He is only canadian. I just bought a house in washington state and take ownership tomorrow. Unfortunately due to border restrictions and travel, I will not be moving into the house until next spring (if even then if the borders are still not open because then we wouldnt be able to see one another). Currently, we do not live together and we were not planning on living together until he came down to the states to live in my house. We do not see any point in moving in together right now (because we would both have to move out of our current living situation) and I will hopefully be moving into my house this Spring. As we are completing the  I-130 forms, we have come to the part where you submit your evidence. We do not live together, and we do not share bank accounts. It then says we could use some affidavit's as proof. How many are required? The more the better? etc. Is there any other ways of proof they will accept ? thank you so much : )

Edited October 9, 2020 by kaelyra

[Ryan H 3,790]

7 minutes ago, kaelyra said:

How many are required?

 

None, anything that follows 'in addition to required' means it's not required.

 

8 minutes ago, kaelyra said:

The more the better?

 

These affidavits are carry little to zero weight in the overall evaluation of a file.

 

9 minutes ago, kaelyra said:

Is there any other ways of proof they will accept ?

 

To dispatch with the semantics, you will be submitting evidence, not proof.  Your strongest evidence is anything that you can come up with that shows time spent together in-person, the sky is the limit as to what you can think of.

[Lois K 121]

FWIW, I just answered a similar question over in this thread, page 1. 

 

I provided:

• 40 pages titled 'Moments from our Shared History' and include emails, pictures, plane tickets, all sorts of things. This includes Kevin suggesting we see a play for our first date, an email from my parents after meeting Kevin for the first time, pictures of making pizza for my family in Mexico, us at a cousin's wedding, multiple family reunions, and tons of stuff from our own wedding - pictures, planning documents, guest book photo, etc.,
• 8 pages of family pictures. We both have kids from previous marriages and our pictures clearly show our kids in various stages of growing up all while we were a couple. All our kids are graduated now but we have family pictures dating back to when some of them were still in elementary school.
• 3 pages of pictures of gifts and notes we wrote each other over the years. 
• 15 pages of pictures and memorabilia from various couple moments - hiking, a weekend visit to Seattle, profile pictures from Facebook, going to a company Christmas party and the like
• 1 page that is a printout of his I-94, something you can print online, showing all his visits to the states to see me. 
• 1 page of my Google Maps timeline showing many of my visits to Canada.
• 15 pages of affidavits from family and friends who have known us for years.