happyblah

my passport and I-94 is in my hand and there is no any duration of status date .. I dont know its only in my case by mistake they forget to write or its same for all F1 Status student????

There shouldnt be a DATE it should say D/S on I-94 or: Duration of Status either one. For F-1 there can not be a date of expiration on I-94 but " D/S".

Check if it says D/S on your I-94 or stamp.

I came on J-1 as Au pair and it says on my visa that 2 year rule does not apply. Today I got approved for green card.

By the way I dont trust lawyers much. Unless you have experienced one and can trust him.

My husband amd I had an interview today. It went well. At the end IO told us to wait for green card up to 6 weeks and gave information about removal condions on green card and what we will need for it in 2 years. Are we approved?

I don't think she had a problem with showing her birth certificate! I think she simply doesn't have one or she can't find it and just doesn't want to tell me!

Well it makes sence not every US citizen has their birth certificate on hand they almost never use it or need it.

I hope so too! I cannot believe it!

Well if USCIS requesrs birth certificate they should have it in the instruction. Birth cetificates are a big deal you have to let people know before they will sign affidavit. Its crazy!

Some people are very cautious when it comes to private information like that. I'm thinking maybe she isn't willing to show someone her birth certificate.

But she could probably at least respond saying she wont show her BC. I am shocked over this request myself as I got affidavit from nexct door neighboor and I dont see asking her for birth certificate! Its wayyy too much to ask!

Because my status shows request of evidence! I have know way to find out if what I send was enough! I left my contact information but I don't think the lady will contact me

Well is your friend just ignoring you??? Or there possibility she will get back to you?

I actually don t understand why you need to proove they are US citizens as in instruction it says "third party" not specifically a US citizen. I dont understand this rfe.

I'm in complete panic mood! I thought affidavits where optional to begin with

Yes I am very surprised. But why would you panic if you were told you are approved. There is no problem and there is NO way you can possibly be denied becouse you cant get one birth certificate.

Yes I did! She said I was approved! I had plenty of evidence and she never doubted our marriage! I can't believe this is happening!

I left my friend tons of messages and they just stopped responding! I could have another friend wrote me an affidavit today!

We already faxed the IO the other two birth certificates!

Oh dont you panic!!!!!!!!!!! You are approved! I am sure it is not a big deal! Send her what you have and a new affidavit. You will be just fine!

I don't know! She said she needed proof! My problem is I can't get a hold of my friend!

Well how long time do you have to respond to RFE? You probably dont need to respond today.Leave you friend a messages everywhere that you need her ASAP and it is an emergency. Call her phone, cell, home leave message on facebook wherever you can. Can you drive to where she leaves?

Did you have enough evidence other than affidavits?

I hope they need only a copy of birth cetificate?And when did they change it and where it reflects?

Yes it was all done! But I didn't know that I had to attach a birth certificate to proof they are us citizen

Ive never heared you need to attach birth certificate. So strange! I have sent affidavits too but I cant imagine asking my neighboor for ner birth certificate!

I guess so!

Were your affidavits notarized? Was there date and place of births of people who singed it? Otherwise this request doesnt make sence.

Hello, Me and my husband have an upcoming interview and we are preparing a bona fide evidence.

Here is what we have so far:

1. Utility Bills in Both names

2.Phone Bills in Both name (Family Plan)

3.Our main checking account statements in both names.

4.Credit Cards in Both names.

5.Life insurance (wife beneficiary)

6.Health insurance husband beneficiary. Also shows joint adress.

7.Car insurance for both.

8.Drivers licenses showing joint address.

9.Family Dental Plan (Both names)

10.Bj's membership

11.Tanning salon membership for both

12.Sworn Affidavits from next door neighbor and family members.

13.School invoices showing joint address

14.Medical records and prescription showing joint address

15.Wedding related : All the RSVPs we got back with envelopes(60), contracts with vendors, receipts of wedding dress, tux, rings etc.,

16.Wedding hotel booking for guests and wedding night.

17.Honeymoon booking and restorants receipts.

18.Wedding Greeting Cards with envelopes.

19.Christmas Cards sent to us with envelopes

20.Itineraries , Hotel bookings of MANY trips taken together (or visiting each other)prior to marriage including some receipts

21.Wedding Album.(Very many pictures with family and friends)

22.Bridal shower pictures and cards.(Grooms family threw a bridal shower)

23. Rehersal dinner pictures with family and friends.

24.Pictures from holidays spent with Family.

25.Pictures from trips taken together.

26.Reservation of restorants ( in both names) for Birthdays with a receipts.

27 Pictures and Junk mail to both names.

I dont know what else to think of. We love each other to death so all this interview is really make us nervouse. We are trying to make our case strong. What do you think about documents mentioned above?

Thank you

You are so welcome. Look every girl deserves her princess moment darn it. But yes all those pics of his family and yours by all means those are priceless. But you do have a great array of evidence so you will have no issue I can see. Way to go. well happy waiting cuz thats what it will be for a minute. ;-)

Thank you very much!!! And good luck at your interview!

Okay Happyblah don't worry about the snarky responses. your initial question

"As now we are filling our documents for green card I am wondering will pictures from our beautiful wedding and some documents from booking vendors will help to prove the bon a fide marriage?

Would be no. A wedding shows nothing of a Bonafide. Like I stated before because of the age gap where you the woman and USC are older Face time and showing that. Time with family friends. The Bonafides of a marriage is what do you do as a couple not just the wedding day. I mean do save the album for CO for interview.

Since the Beneficiary is already in the US don't know how interviewing goes here compared to his country. I mean at least when you interview in your home country (beneficiary) the CO is aware of culture, customs and all that.

You guys live together so you have all pluses in your corner. Do not sweat the age difference. When its real and you can show it (and you can with all your years of memories to show) no problem. You will be fine.

And congratulations on your wedding. It's a blessing to be able to do it in front of all your love ones.

Thank you very much! I do appreciate the input. I just thought that showing all my husbands family at our wedding( cousins,aunt and uncle,parents, siblings) would help the case among other documents we have. All of my bridesmaids were sisters of my husband nieces and sister in law. Of course we have pictures with all of them for other occasions like Christmases and trips. I dont think it is silly to count on this being one of the good proves of bona fide marriage as this is how our marriage started with a wedding and all the loved ones in it supporting us making an effort and spending money to be there. We have 2 years of dating to show as well that led to our marriage and a wedding. We have countless trips we took together like Florida, Hawaii, Chicago etc. Christmases and Thanksgivings we spent with my husbands family.Since we were only married for a month all we have of present ongoing marriage is a wedding related documents and financial co mingling like banks statments from shared accounts, drivers licenses showing same adress, car insurance in both names and health insurance we are beneficiary of each other.

I didnt think it was silly to have wedding pictures showing all of the family there or showing Hotel blook for all of our traveling guests (we booked 25 rooms for a weddign and have a contract with hotel). I've researched and among financial document people bring all the staff and history of the relationships, pictures and trips they took together and it does count.So how among everything we have a wedding stuff would be irrelevant?

And thank you we were very blessed to have a wedding and have our dreams come true.

I don't see the requirements as particularly burdensome. A bank statement showing both of your names on the checking account and a copy of the declarations page from your auto policy with both names would be more than enough to meet the standards required for your AOS application. Pictures from the wedding would be nice supporting evidence but aren't necessary or required.

Thank you!

I am talking about the whole process not the AOS. I know for interview you need more evidence than what you send with AOS.Am I right? I am not on K-1 here but a student status and got married while being in student status so we will have an interview.

We included a couple of wedding photos in our package. One with the two of us and my two step-daughters who were bridesmaids and one group shot of all the wedding guests. My husband (who is the USC and put together the package on his own) also put in one of our wedding invitations which had the date and place etc on it.

I didn't think the invitation was necessary but he wanted to do it and I didn't think it could hurt. I have no idea if the pictures helped. But I thought like you that it might be useful for the officials adjudicating our case to see that we had friends and family support for our relationship.

We of course included other evidence (but we had never lived together so it was no where near as comprehensive as yours could be)

Does having pictures of your wedding help in your case? Possibly - can't hurt to include them. As long as you send in the other info too.

Thank you very much for a sweet response. I am more concerned of the interview.My husband and I have almost 20 years age gap.And we are trying to get the most evidence we can to have an easy ,smoth process!

It sounds like you had a beautiful wedding and a history of already having a beautiful life together for quite some time. It sounds like you already have a lot to document your lives together. Doesnt seem like you will have a problem. My wife and I did not have that luxury. We spent a total of only 10 days together face to face and we were married at City Hall in the Philippines. So you are really blessed.

I did everything I could to make sure we followed the guidelines posted above of what USCIS says demonstrates proof of a legitimate relationship. We had no problem whatsoever with immigration, and I am 14 years older than she is too.

Congratulations to both of you on your shared happiness.

Thank you so much!

I guess people thinking I am braging here about my wedding! And I do not! I did not have big or expencive wedding.It was 60 people and it was nice. All of us here talking about EVIDENCE to the USCIs and in this case everything you have I though is good.

It is extremely heartbreaking to me and my husband that I we have to go through everything we have as evidence of our relationships to prove something to someone so we can be together. I know many of you guys here feel the same. It is sad but it is an immigration reality.

Please I do not need more input on this since I see it creates frustration in readers!

I guess having a wedding and all family there is not evidence for USCIS!

I was just explaining how you are being perceived by other readers. Sounds like you feel that you have everything under control, so there was really no reason to ask the question. You didn't like the answer given.

Best wishes on your process.

I dont understand why people became rude to me for the fact I had a wedding.The only reason I described the wedding not to brag but explain it was american traditional wedding.

I has nothing to do with any one else's choices all I was asking is about USCIS!No need to take it personal or be rude!

I think you are getting these responses because some feel that you think your marriage is more legitimate because 1) You preferred a larger wedding and 2) You could afford a larger wedding. Legitimate couples make different choices. I hate large weddings (for myself...respect the choices of others..) and as such, we chose to have a very small one. It's not a measure of legitimacy for me, and the take-home point is that isn't not a measure of legitimacy for the USCIS, either. Bring a few photos of your wedding as part of your entire package of proof.

So how is it diffrent from anything else?Some people dont have joint account or car in both names or they dont wear rings does it make they less of a legit couple? But that it what USCIS wants to see. I did not mean if you dont have a wedding or have small you are not legit couple. I just meant that it might show how important it was to US to have my whole husbands family at the wedding. We had family travel from all the states to come to our wedding.

Anyways I dont understand why everyone took it so personal!

I think you are getting these responses because some feel that you think your marriage is more legitimate because 1) You preferred a larger wedding and 2) You could afford a larger wedding. Legitimate couples make different choices. I hate large weddings (for myself...respect the choices of others..) and as such, we chose to have a very small one. It's not a measure of legitimacy for me, and the take-home point is that isn't not a measure of legitimacy for the USCIS, either. Bring a few photos of your wedding as part of your entire package of proof.

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Yes, of course! The wedding will help, no question about that. It definitely will.

But how?

It will prove without a shadow of doubt that you were both physically present at the marriage ceremony. Period. Nothing else. That's it.

USCIS doesn't care whether President Bill Clinton officiated at your wedding or whether you had 1, 10, or ten million guests in tuxs and flowing evening gowns, or whether you hosted your reception at the Waldorf Astoria or at the local McDonalds. Irrelevant to them.

They don't care if you spent $17.00 or $17,000,000.00 for the ceremony.

Believe you me, there are countless folks out there who would outspent you by a ratio of 1 to 1,000 (and that is being conservative) if they could get a GC, in a fake marriage, to boot.

Include 2 or 3 of the wedding photographs in your initial application. You SHOULD also take your wedding album for your GC interview, as one of your various collections of documents/proof. However, you will be surprised to see the IO flip through the album with total disinterest and give it back to you in about 17 seconds.

Well lets not get carried away here with Bill Clinton and Waldorf Astoria. Its is very silly making such statements. If someone has so much money to blow on wedding along to fake it I am sure they will find a money to put in checking account on both names and get an appartment lease.All those financial documents are easy to fake if you have money. Investing into your wedding not only means financial responsibility but also shows how many people involved. If someone wants to fake it I dont see a problem of having insurance on both name and same adress it doesnt even involve people or family.

Post above is sill! I do NOT mean I will take a few wedding pictures and it will be IT! But dah you think if people can involve 100 people and thousands of dollars into FAKE wedding they wont fake bank statements. I heard people are willing to have children just to get GC. However it is a still a proof.

Please dont be silly . Or what do you think just bring bank statment and insurance on both name without a single picture nothing else will do the trick?

And please people I DID not ask your advice so you mock me!!!!

When I was telling a coworker (who's from another country) that I was filing AOS for my husband, his face lit up. He began to tell me that I could rent a dress, and how to get someone to take our pictures, and how to get people to be in the pictures with us, etc. I told him, "no, no, we got married in Reno already." And he said "no, you do the pictures for the AOS."

Needless to say, I didn't listen to him. But I'm pretty sure people DO fake weddings.

Oh i am sure you can fake a wedding or something small people pose for.But if you have a pictures of many guests in church ,12 people of wedding party dressed in tuxidos and bridesmaids in same gowns etc.

I guess after having gone through wedding planing and stress I have no idea how you can fake a big,nice wedding for the pictures.

Ive been married for a month and I guess for me and my husband our wedding was our biggest accomplishment as it was stunning and special. But I guess it is nto a big deal after all.

A lease with both your names on when you've been living together for that long is also good. Pictures are fine however pictures alone won't do the trick.

We dont have a lease as my husband owns a house. We will try to add me to the title .However his address been my adress from year and a half as we lived together. Its on my insurance, drivers license, all of my bank statements.