saddlepatch

What does your birth certificate say? Father unknown? If yes, then put 'unknown'.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't have a father listed even on my birth certificate. It's just my mom. So I can't put someone who doesn't exist I guess.

Btw, thanks for all your help! I really do appericate it!

I don't have a legal birth father, at all. And no one knows any info on him and no, there is no way I can find that out for legal reasons. Will it be okay if I leave it blank or should I put my step father...what should I do?

I'm the beneficiary by the way. Thanks!

I was wondering the same thing about Viber chat history- I said some not nice things to my husband when we were fighting one night like "I want a divorce" lol. Just hoping that doesn't raise any issues either. I also said some other "overly" nice things if you know what I mean. LOl.

Im not gonna include any arguments....doing what Blueberry did and just adding like 15-20 screencaps from the various years. That should be good enough, since we found a whole wack of flight confirmations this morning to print off!! So yay!! Got more than enough RFE's I think for the first part! They will contact if they want more from what I read! So excited but nervous! Just want to be with my lovey finally. Sick of this apart stuff and the tearful goodbyes at the airport.

I used to be an airport nerd and would love going but now its usually a sign that we have to say goodbye for a bit.

Best of luck on your journey, both of you!

When submitting Skype/chat logs from anything, will it be a big red flag is there is arguments? I mean every healthy relationship has them, but I don't want them to be like "Oh you two fight a lot....you sure this is a real relationship?" kinda thing. Or can you send parts of chat logs? And will they think its weird that we don't have anything beyond 2012...because we both stopped saving them and this was all before the whole DOMA thing...:/

And how do you print off skype chat logs? I cant find anywhere on the computer that has it saved, just when you open the program does it have it saved in the actual message box thingy....any advice? We just have very little things to send....we never talked on the phone cause we had skype....

Do you think the following is good?
Cards from various occassions

Photos from various trips

Letters from friends stating how they know us and the relationship

Thanks!

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Affidavit

But they carry little to zero weight anyways and a lot of people (including me) didn't even submit any.

Really? :/ We just don't have like joint accounts or anything like that since we're so close to eachother anyways in terms of distance and I can't add my name to any of her current accounts because I need a green card (Which is what we're trying to do right? haha)

I'd figure that would be some solid proof, but I'll still submit it...less I don't think is more in this case. We just want to live together finally, and not be apart.

Thank goodness I saved a lot of our cards and we have lots of photos from various stays and some 48 or more hour skype logs from 2012 and before (Since like I said in my little reply to this, we stopped saving logs)

Thanks though for the layout! I'll use that and do they want it typed, would you know? Id figured hand written neatly since it will show its indivduals writing but I mean I guess that can look rushed and unprofessional as well.

Also we have the following evidence gathered. We dont have joint accounts or anything, but is there anything else I should include thats not in this list:

Cards from various holidays (They are hand done, will that be an issue? WE're both artists so we dont buy cards)
Photos from previous stays
Marriage Certificate/licence

We're worried about submitting chat logs as we only have proof of long skype calls (calls thats lasted over 48 hours, since we sleep together over mic, or well we used too until our internet bill was too much to handle haha) from 2012 and before, nothing recent as (At the time we didn't know about this petition and DOMA was still in effect) we stopped saving chats cause it was taking too much space on her computer and I got a new one and just haven't activated saving the logs. Does anyone think that will be a problem, or do we have enough evidence here you think?) I'm gonna try to find some past confirmation emails from flights down but I don't have any boarding passes saved. I used too, but I threw them all out when I moved out of my parents place

Thanks again for all your understanding haha!

I saw the one for the I-129f but I don't think that is the same for CR-1?

My wife is submitting the I-130 package at the end of this week. We are currently just gathering the evidence of the marriage.

I was curious how other people laid out their letters from friends stating the truth and knowledge of the relationship/marriage?

Currently I have something like this:
[Date goes here]

In Regards to Petition I-130
Between [Wifes names] and [My name]


My name is [Friends/family members name here]. I live at [ address, city, province/state, country]

I have been a close friend of [Petitioner/Beneficiary] since [blank amount of time]

[information on personal knowledge of the relationship/marriage goes in this paragraph]

The following is stated in all truthfulness and honesty and I take oath as such, here within.

Kindest Regards
[Friend/family member signature and printed name]


And would it look better if it was hand written so they know its different people writing in to prove our relationship or do they prefer typed? Should they add their phone number as well? And will it look bad if some of our friends are out of state? The following people have agreed to write letters, will this be good enough?:

My mother [beneficiary] (Who has met my wife on several occasions)
My Friend who I've know for a year after moving into the current apartment. (who has met my wife once)
My Wife's sister (who has met and seen me multiple times with my wife)
My wifes Out of state friend (who has actually met me as well with my wife)
My wifes in State friend (who has also met me with my wife)

Sorry if I'm over thinking anything, we just want to do this right Thanks!

Thanks for any all help!

Thanks for all your replies and advice!! Really makes me feel better! I usually always over think things!

Haha, don't have passport stamps cause Canadians visiting Americans and vise versa don't need stamps when entering each others countries

Just so many different answers for things on here, but I see a trend on my post here!

Thanks!!

Hello, I need come clarification on a few things as evidence of our relationship for the I-130 petition?

First of all, I keep seeing that in the interviews and on some of the forms, they ask how long have you lived together? Is that a trick question? I only say this because, isn't that why the I-130 petition exists? So you can FINALLY be together on the same soil? We have never lived together per-say...we've visited a lot. Sadly most of our confirmation emails and boarding passes we're thrown out or deleted, so I have nothing recent. Will that be an issue? Do they want you to live together? And if so, how on earth can you do that when, again this is the reason why you're filling the petition?

For the past year, I've been working so I haven't had the chance to see my wife much. She came up to Canada for us to be married in July....the last time after that was in March and then in October of 2012 but she drove up, but the year (2012) prior I was visiting her almost monthly. Another issue is that my mom paid for some of my flights down and hers up in the last year or so, but she is refusing to provide proof of bank statements for her own "protection". There is no negotiating that out of her, so will that be a problem? There is just no budging that one I'm afraid, so I really hope they won't need that :S

I also wonder if they're be weary of the credit card statement of hers (my wifes)? I had her credit card for a bit, cause I needed help when I was moving and had it for awhile. The transactions on it show from Canada, so I'm scared they will think she was up here using it, when it was me and only me. I really can't prove it was me, other than by my words. Will that be an issue you think? Or do they not have to look at all her bank records? And no, both our names are NOT on the account...but could we change that with a quick call to Bank Of America? Would that help or no?

Also she stopped saving Skype data almost a year ago cause her computer has little room and I got a new computer around the same time and notice I had not saved any Skype logs....:S Will this be an issue or can I just provide other means of proof like photos, written letters, cards and letters from friends stating the truth of the marriage and relationship?

Also is it true they really ask "When did you know you were attracted to the same sex?" in the interview? I really hope not...also here they ask "Have you ever dating the opposite sex?". And in general, does anyone know what type of questions they ask at the interview?

Thanks in advance!! Sure all these questions have been asked so many times!

hi,

you only list your wife, your mom has nothing to do on your i864, the contract is between the joint sponsor and his household member, your mom's income will be added on your dad's i864, not yours

there is no proof needed of relationship between you and them, they need proof of relationship between themselves, which would be a copy of their marriage certificate, and a couple of bills or correspondence that prove that they live in the same house/address.

Random, Im not the same person who posted this but I have a question cause I'm going through the same thing?

So how would I fill out the co-sponsors on these forms? My wife doesn't make enough to meet the poverty line, so I need her mother and father to be my co-sponsors..

Do they fill out seperate forms, and does my wife add them to the house count on HER forms or does she just add me and then her mother and/or father adds their house count number on one form since according to your info, they need to be on one form (if I'm reading that right? So it would be for example: Her mother only signs the forms but puts 4 people as income, so her, her husband, my wife and myself?)

According to what I read on here, they RARELY deny the petition....if you have good proof that your marriage is solid, you should have no need to worry. If they base on age, thats discrimination, you are also of legal age to decide who you date and who you're with. I wouldn't worry about the age difference.

Also further from what I read, having direct family members of your spouse are the best co-sponsors you can have. He still has to show his taxes from the last three years etc, but his parents can be the joint sponsors. You will need these since he is not employed. In the meantime, he should probably find a job while you are processing so once you go to the interview, you can tell them that he is in search of employment or is now employed.

My wife is unemployed and has been for a year due to burning herself out with a full time job and college. She stopped half way through to give herself a year to relax and de-stress. I don't see any negative outcomes on this site regarding the primary sponsor having no income. It seems as long as direct family is willing to sponsor/co-sponsor (keep in mind your husband still as to file the sponsorship form), it looks good to NVC. I mean why wouldn't it? It shows that your spouses family likes you and wants you close to them as well. I wouldn't think that would look odd at all or be used to call out fraud.


Another thing you should submit is letters from family and friends that know your relationship well and send that in with any other evidence you have of a bonafied marriage. The more you can send, the better it looks. Honesty is the best policy.

Im going through this too and its scary...I'm sending out the package this week....very nervous but excited at the same time!

How much is due for I-130 at the interview if you don't mind me asking, if anyone on here knows? I can't find the answer anywhere and just wanna be prepared!

I need clarification with co-sponsoring.

I'm a Canadian married to an American, my marriage IS same sex. We're looking to do the petition but my wife has been unemployed for a year (still trying to find a job. Shes in Florida so right this second its hard to find work, but tourist season is gonna peak again!) due to over stressing herself with college and working a full time job, anyways, but according to what I'm reading on here, we can use my mother and/or father in law as co-sponsors (they all live in the same house)?

How do we go about the paperwork for that? Do both her mother and father need to sign separate I-864 forms or is it all done on one. Either way can someone please give me a step by step process on how you go about doing the paper work for the co-sponsors? That's the only thing we need help with.

Thanks so much!