helping my brother petition his wife

[minions2 24]

my brother is a USC. he is deaf and mute. he is married with no kid since 2016, his wife is also deaf and mute. he now has 2 jobs and is planning to petition her. she is from the philipines. he has been visiting her every 2- 3yrs and they always talk in fb messenger.  i wanted to help him to start this process. as i was looking for the evidence to submit, they dont have any property or banks on both their names. is there any other proof that there marriage is bonafide? his passports have stamps of all the dates he visited her, pictures together, marriage certificate, he sends her money via xoom. i was thinking maybe my mom can write an affidavit? i just want to be prepared before starting the i 130 because 535$ filing is a lot of money for him for it to be denied

 

thank you for your input

[bakphx1 785]

He’ll want to show travel together as much as possible.  If he saved any receipts of airline tickets (emails sent by airline), hotel and the like, that is useful.  It sounds like this has gone on for years so he may have to work with what all he can get his hands on along with the passport stamps.

 

Pictures together-especially together with family and in social settings.  Label and date them.  Cover a span of time.  You don’t need hundreds, but a couple per year.

 

Printout snippets of chats together.  The content isn’t important as much as a regular communication.  Emails to each other.

 

Any document at all that was given to them as husband and wife.  Invitations or anything.  Email printouts as well.

 

Records of money remittances.

 

If he made her an authorized user on a debit/credit card, record of that.

 

Any other bank or credit card records showing he spent money in her town.

 

Anything else, no matter how random that has their names on it together can help.  

 

 

 

 

[minions2 24]

if the chat messages are in different language does that need to be translated?

[bakphx1 785]

No.  They’re more interested in the dates.  I didn’t translate ours, and I didn’t include full conversations.  That piece is more likely to be checked at the embassy where they will have speakers of both languages.  But the short answer is no.  Just focus on dates.  They want to see there’s regular contact.

[Crazy Cat 39,340]

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[minions2 24]

14 hours ago, bakphx1 said:

No.  They’re more interested in the dates.  I didn’t translate ours, and I didn’t include full conversations.  That piece is more likely to be checked at the embassy where they will have speakers of both languages.  But the short answer is no.  Just focus on dates.  They want to see there’s regular contact.

thank you. Do you know how long is it going to take from i 130 to interview? I was looking at VB but I couldn’t find priority dates or estimates 

[Ontarkie 13,919]

~~MOved to Ir1/CR1 P&P from Bringing Family of USC - the OP's brother will be petitioning his wife and those threads are discussed here~~

[Pinkrlion 2,610]

Copy pictures on a Word document so you add at least 6-8 pages per year of pictures. Your brother will need to write a statement of how they met, dated, proposal, and wedding. Also talk about life after marriage. 

[pushbrk 12,137]

17 hours ago, minions2 said:

my brother is a USC. he is deaf and mute. he is married with no kid since 2016, his wife is also deaf and mute. he now has 2 jobs and is planning to petition her. she is from the philipines. he has been visiting her every 2- 3yrs and they always talk in fb messenger.  i wanted to help him to start this process. as i was looking for the evidence to submit, they dont have any property or banks on both their names. is there any other proof that there marriage is bonafide? his passports have stamps of all the dates he visited her, pictures together, marriage certificate, he sends her money via xoom. i was thinking maybe my mom can write an affidavit? i just want to be prepared before starting the i 130 because 535$ filing is a lot of money for him for it to be denied

 

thank you for your input

See bold above.  That's what they are looking for when a couple hasn't yet lived in the same country.  The passport stamps and boarding passes if he has them are the primary evidence.  A couple photos from each visit are all the secondary evidence they'll need.  (Yes, really!  Yes, I'm sure!)  It's the Philippines, not Nigeria.

 

Do NOT send evidence HE is sending HER money.  That is not comingling of assets.

Edited October 22, 2023 by pushbrk

[SalishSea 16,806]

2 hours ago, minions2 said:

thank you. Do you know how long is it going to take from i 130 to interview? I was looking at VB but I couldn’t find priority dates or estimates 

VB does not apply.  1-2 years is likely for entire process.

[bakphx1 785]

The time for an interview changes all the time.  We filed several years ago and it was about 10 months till the interview.