AtomicUK

Thank you - That is an interesting good alternative view point.

Thank you. Noted, apologies for the misunderstanding over the use of the term 'Affidavit of Support'.

Thank you for the reply I assume you are saying we do not need to do this, but do we know if, given the 6 years+ length of our pre marriage relationship, there would be any benefit or not to doing this? 🤔

Thank you for the replies, again very much appreciated. We are now close to submitting the I-130, but to further support our application, we plan to include two Affidavit of Support letters. One from my brother & one from the person who married us. These would state that they have known of our being a couple for 6 years prior to the marriage along with their relationship to us, location etc. Is there a recommended template or is the following acceptable? Thank you in advance. ============== I __________________________________ a UK citizen residing at (ADDRESS) ________________________________________________________________________ and born (DOB) ___________________________ am of sound mind and confirm that I am the elder brother of X. I make this statement voluntarily to affirm that his relationship with Y from the United States, has been ongoing since the summer of 2019 and who I met and have personally known since * of 2022 when they became engaged while Y was visiting X in the UK. I also confirm that I attended and witnessed their wedding that took place * , 2025, at the property that they jointly pay rent together on, located at XYZ. I further confirm that my brother X lives in the United Kingdom and has resided at the same address of XYZ since * 2020. I also confirm that X frequently travels around the world to carry out duties with his work and that includes to the United States on a US Government issued, P-1S visa. Signed _____________________________________ Dated ________________________ _____________

Thank you so much for the replies, we really appreciate them all. It is not possible for us to apply for a change of status as my work visa is only valid a year (6 months remain) and it only applies to this client. If I start work for another client, I will need another new P-1 visa for that client. We are now starting the I-130 form and filing on line. The first question is this. 1) Where did you and your spouse last live together? Two parts to this. a) When needing a base while working on a P-1 visa, or when visiting her on vacation on an ESTA, I stayed with my then fiancée at her address. b) This year as I needed to be in the US for a much longer period with my work on my P-1 work visa, so we rented a house together. I lived there alone for a month and she visited from her home, then she took over living at the address when I left to work in Europe for four months. I returned to do further work in the US on my P-1 visa and have used the jointly rented address as my base when not travelling internally within the US. My work will complete here in the next 4-5 weeks and then I will return home to my house in the UK. The question therefore is. Do I state that we lived together a) at her old address for short periods and / or b) use the current address as both our names are on the lease. c) Or should this be answered as 'Never Lived Together'? Thank you in advance.

Our first post here so please forgive any transgressions. 🙏 Some background. After dating for 6 ½ years, my wife (American born) and myself (British born) were finally able to marry recently. 🥰 We are both late 50s / early 60s and had desperately wanted to reach the marriage stage sooner but endured so many personal obstacles (extreme business commitments, family death, and health related) which all prevented it sooner. I currently have a US P-1 work visa (as I travel the world related to the entertainment business) and visit America often with my work. This is third American P-1 related work visa issued to me in the last 10 years. We jointly rented a US property in TX last December, where my wife has been living since and plan to live at the property one our application has been approved. For now, I naturally retain and live at my UK property, but when possible, have stayed with my (now) wife at the US address when a US base is needed for my work. Naturally, we will have many questions along our CR-1 application, but these are the first basics. 1) How UpToDate and active is the information contained here? 2) Are there other recommended accurate sources of discussion for the CR-1 application? 3) As times have changed, is filing on-line the recommended application process via http://www.uscis.gov/? 4) We don’t believe we have any reasons that could prevent an application being approved, however, as I hold the P-1 entertainment visa, not as a musician, but as essential supporting staff, would anyone here have any experience via a similar situation with a P-1 visa, and would you in this case advise the use of a specialist attorney? 5) Although the US property is in registered in both our names and we both financially contribute to monthly payments including utilities, we don't yet hold a joint US bank account. Would that be recommended / required for CR-1 application? Thank you in advance for any replies.