britboy2011

Photos together are not specifically asked for but rather fall under "any other..." in the list of optional evidences. You applied for nothing. Your spouse filed a petition in your behalf. Was it filed directly with the Consulate/Embassy in London. If so, this discussion needs to move to the DCF forum.

I take it by "marriage license" you mean "marriage certificate". A license to marry is not evidence of marriage but some certificates contain both license and certificate on the same page.

Yes, it was filed directly with the consulate. And, yes, marriage certificate, with official seal.

I'm unsure of how to move a thread?

It's tough! My wife moved with me to the UK, and after 12 months, decided she hated it, and took her old job back in the US. I'm now trying to move to the US to be with her. I'm afraid if I hate it, we will have no where to live!

Immigrating is tough, and really tests your marriage! Good luck, and congratulations on making it THIS far!

Hi,

No I didn't send in pictures, I didn't see where they asked for this in the application? Anyway, it doesn't do me much good to speculate what I should have done, but focus on what I need to do now. In the letter asking for additional evidence, there is no mention of emails or pictures?

I submitted a copy of our marriage license

Thanks for the info. I'm sorry, but I don't understand all the acronyms that you provided, George.

To clarify, I owned my own home, but never put her name on the mortgage (we always had intentions of selling). We had no joint accounts, she opened her own Halifax account when she arrived.

Unfortunately I did not make a photo copy of the I-130 before sending it off, so I am unsure of what was said (or not said). AT this point I think I just need to clarify.

I completed the paperwork in the UK, and she signed the necessary portions (from what I recall).

I'll start collecting affidavits, and try to find statements from both our accounts that have matching UK addresses in the hopes this might be sufficient...

I filed my I-130 in the UK, and it was received on Nov 17th and processed last week. My wife received notice that the "petetion was found incomplete and/or requires additional evidence".

The letter is asking for:

1. Please provide a sworn affidavit that complies with 28 USC sec 1746. Explaining how and when you and your spouse met and the background leading up to your marriage on May 30, 2009.

Q: Does my wife (my sponsor) need to compose this, or do I?

2. Please provide 3 affidavits that comply with 28 USC sec 1746 sworn to or affirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of the bona fides of your relationship with the beneficiary.

Q. Do these affidavits come from my wife's side? Other Americans? Can her family compose them?

3. Please provide photocopies of commingling assets

Q. I think we are going to have difficulties with this one. My wife and I married in the US in May 2009, moved to the UK in August 2009 (her on a UK spousal visa), moved into my house which was never in her name. She returned to the US in Nov 2010 for work. We have no evidence of co habitation. I *think* we could probably find evidence that she was receiving mail to the same residence. But is there anything else we could use? The utilities were all under my name.

4. Other: In your own sworn affidavit, please explain why you and your spouse did not reside together from the date of your marriage on May 30, 2009 until May 1, 2010 (11 months).

Q. This must have been an error in the paperwork (on my part?), because we have been living together since our marriage (I stayed with her on a tourist visa from May-August). Do I just need to say "I made a mistake"? I *may* be able to find document of flights, which I think would prove that she moved with me in August, and of course, she has her UK visa.

THANKS so much for help on any or all of my questions! Also, does this mean after we submit this info back to UCIS that we go to the "bottom of the pile", or is it a faster track? I'm in the US on a tourist visa, but have to return to the UK in June--and will not be permitted to use another visa waiver to return (my luck has run out with immigration!).