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I know it's a major pain, but I would try to translate as many as possible since you never know what can happen. The problem with certain countries (not sure if Honduras qualifies, but speaking from my experience with Peru, I would say it probably does) is that you don't know what the consular officer is going to be like. You don't want to give them any excuse to turn you down (that's what happened to us and we're stuck with the much longer process for a marriage visa). The nice thing is that you don't have to send them out - unless the idea of translating them yourself makes you want to rip your hair out. I hope that's useful.

Thanks for your suggestions. I have photos and everything else, so I'll start compiling them.

Hi all,

My husband and I got rejected for a fiance visa because we got a really nasty consular officer. He asked us all these probing questions about sex which I thought were highly inappropriate, but I won't get started. Anyway, I was expecting to get an RFE asking us to explain. I have a lot of documents like letters from people that know us both and all of the transcripts of our instant message conversations and emails (there are over 100 pages). I also have plane ticket receipts (with both our names to the same destination) and hotel receipts (but unfortunately, many don't have his name in the electronic receipt). The RFE says we need to submit evidence that shows we have an established married life together that may include but is not limited to:

Documents of joint property, leases, joint financial resources, jointly filed income taxes, affidavits of third parties with knowledge of the bona fides of the marriage relationship.

I find the requirement of joint financials slightly laughable because, at least as far as joint bank account is concerned, we can't legally set up a joint account if my husband is not in the country (which of course he's not allowed to be because we're filing for the visa). Has anyone else gone through this? And if so, do you think the documentation I have is enough? Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide!