Will USCIS delay in processing the I130 if we married to quickly? Any personal experience?

[BeefedRamen 0]

Hi!

As the title states, will USCIS take more months to process our I130 if we married too quickly?

My wife and I met November 2023 and got married February 2024.

Do any of you have personal experiences? 

Edited Wednesday at 06:11 PM by BeefedRamen

[Crazy Cat 44,117]

No delay in processing....My wife and I met in May of 2015......married and living in Taiwan in July 2015.

Edited Wednesday at 06:17 PM by Crazy Cat

[S2N 212]

Have you filed yet? USCIS generally doesn’t concern itself too much with bona fides in consular cases beyond an initial review to see if it passes the smell test. The deep dive there is mainly handled by the consulate. AOS they do look a lot closer.

 

That being said that’s very fast and might even raise questions from them. If you’ve already filed I would recommend uploading a lot of unsolicited evidence since filing showing that you have a real marriage and it’s ongoing. Time together is most important. If you haven’t filed include that evidence in the initial filing.

 

It will definitely be brought up at the consulate so you should have a lot of high quality evidence to counteract the possibility for fraud.

 

What country is this?

Edited Wednesday at 06:19 PM by S2N

[BeefedRamen 0]

Thanks for the quick responses and input from both of you!

We've filed over a year ago. My spouse is from the Philippines. We've been working hard together to upload over 60 files online now. Within many of the files are dozens of proof like travel documents, many pictures together and with others, many more chat logs and snapshots to video chats from the beginning until now. She's changed her last name to mine on most of her professional IDs and we've uploaded that as well. I'm in the process of filing married jointly for tax return. We've even asked her landlord to write an affidavit for us lol.

Hopefully all of that will suffice.

[centric23 103]

28 minutes ago, BeefedRamen said:

Thanks for the quick responses and input from both of you!

We've filed over a year ago. My spouse is from the Philippines. We've been working hard together to upload over 60 files online now. Within many of the files are dozens of proof like travel documents, many pictures together and with others, many more chat logs and snapshots to video chats from the beginning until now. She's changed her last name to mine on most of her professional IDs and we've uploaded that as well. I'm in the process of filing married jointly for tax return. We've even asked her landlord to write an affidavit for us lol.

Hopefully all of that will suffice.

Since the spousal visa is such a long process, what's important is proof of ongoing relationship. Make sure you try to spend as much time together and document everything. I believe you can add additional evidence to your file, so I'd recommend that after every trip.