Lisa88

30 minutes ago, JFH said:

Threatening to call USCIS, threatening to “report people to immigration” and other such nonsense claims are often made by USCs who are disappointed that the marriage is not the fairytale they envisioned. We often see it where couples who met only briefly before embarking on the immigration journey and who have spent only a short amount of time together in a romantic vacation-type setting and when the immigrant is here and money is short and bills have to be paid and chores have to be done and reality of life sinks in they often use this line because they feel they have paid too much for what they have received. Almost like it’s an Amazon package you can return. 

 

Rest assured that the government requires more than an angry phone call or email from a disappointed lover to commence deportation proceedings. You cannot be deported just because the marriage didn’t work out, despite your best efforts. It takes a lot more than that. 

Thank you. Can I assume that she has little to no control over the USCIS's decision on whether or not to kick me out of this country?

Have you ever seen a case where the married couple were in love at the time of marriage, but it fell apart, but the US spouse stayed married only to help their partner out even though they are no longer in love?

Since my spouse and I still have more than a year before my green card expiry, and he is wanting a divorce as soon as possible, I don't think this will apply to my case, but I just wanted to hear a general opinion of how things would go in such cases.

Will USCIS try to find out if the 2 years of conditional period was "happily" spent at the time of applying for ROC?

No matter how much my spouse wants a divorce, I am still hang up on him (well, I even believe I am supposed to be because I married him in good faith and in real love), and I don't want to divorce him no matter how tough the married life will be if we live together without love. 

I just cannot deny myself that I am thinking at the bottom of my heart that he will one day realize how stupid he was to hurt me like this, and come back to me. (Actually, this is not the first time he cheated on me. He cheated on me about half a year ago also, with another girl. At that time, I was able to convince him about having a baby by suggesting adoption or surrogates. And back then, he really cared about my tears, and he apologized to me, decided to focus on our marriage. So I forgave him because I am just in love with him. This time, he seems not to care about my tears, sadly.)

If we stay like that without actually going ahead and filing a divorce, will it be seen as trying to work things out? Or without the actual record of counseling etc, is it as good as a dead marriage in the eye of USCIS?

To add, having a baby is not the only cause of our problem. We do fight from time to time, which he was getting sick of. Those might be able to get fixed with counseling and talking, but having a baby seems to be growing its importance and priority in his life, and this is the one I cannot do anything about.

8 hours ago, JFH said:

I agree. Marriages fail all the time. 50% of us will go through divorce. I’ve been through a divorce with my first husband (although migration was not involved as this was back in the UK). USCIS is human enough to recognize that marriages fail, even in the early stages. There’s every chance the person reviewing and adjudicating your case is also a divorcee. The key is to show your intentions were pure on the day you got married. And that you intended to stay married. I’m surprised your spouse is so reluctant to go through counseling. My first husband and I divorced due to my inability to have children. We went through in-vitro procedures 7 times with no success and then I wanted to pursue adoption and it was then that he told me he didn’t really want children enough to go through all that. We went to counseling to try and work through it a day he did agree to start adoption procedures with me but it became more and more clear to me we both wanted completely different things in life. If the marriage has any meaning to him, he will at least try counseling. This is something that you can overcome. It was different for me and my first husband as we both entered the marriage fully expecting children to arrive as we had no knowledge of my infertility at the time. If you enter a marriage knowing that biological children are unlikely or impossible, I’m surprised that this issue has caused a divorce so early in without any efforts from your spouse to salvage the relationship, 

I am getting very scared. because I just read on other forums that cases like mine can run into a big scrutiny just like you mentioned about having babies.  On that website, an attorney said the bona-fide-ness might be suspected in cases like mine because your spouse has always known he is bi, yet he married you, and now he is wanting a divorce because he wants a baby now.

I talked to him about this because I was not convinced either. He said, he thought just having me is enough to be happy, and maybe if we want to have a baby, adoption or surrogate mom is enough as we are a same-sex couple. However, as we spend more time, and we have seen more couples walking around, and also when he works with other females, he started feeling that he wants his own baby born to him and his female partner, who can be the biological parents. 

And he insists that counseling is meaningless because it will not make me or him be able to carry a baby.  

I know it is quite selfish, but he decided not to spend the christmas with me, and he went out with this girl.  I am so mad at her also because she knows he is married, and still keeps trying to get him.

According to him, she is also trying to threaten me about this immigration case. Like if I won't give up on him, she will do anything she can to talk to the USCIS that this marriage is fake and he cares about her, not me.

I doubt she can do anything because she is not involved in this marriage, but she really is a ##### (excuse my language), who touched my love, who is stealing my love from me, and I am so mad at him too for going out with her, and he keeps stepping on my feelings. 

I am just in depression and losing hope for life because this is obviously not what I married him for.

Do you all think a divorce only a few months after receiving the conditional green card is a red flag? Unlike many married couples who apply for AOS immediately after marriage, we took time before applying for AOS, so we have been married for a while. I am not sure if this even matters, and USCIS might only see how long it has been since the arrival of conditional green card.

Is it harder to show and convince USCIS about our bona-fide relationship/marriage if a divorce happens, than show bona-fide relationship for AOS? 

1 minute ago, Russ&Caro said:

No judgment here, just curiosity... how did you settle on your user name "Lisa88" when you registered on VisaJourney?

I was afraid of anyone around me like my family or some of my friends finding out about my sexuality, so I lied about my gender. 

But now that I am going through a hard time and the possibility of a divorce, which is way more devastating to me and my life, than my friends or family finding out about my sexuality, I just decided to be very honest about this in this post.

Again, I apologize for the lie.  I am actually male, and just used a random name that came up to my head, when I created my user account.

4 minutes ago, JFH said:

Are you posting for a friend? Previously you said you were a female couple and referred to your spouse as your wife. 

 

 

This shows the impirtance of discussing children before a marriage is entered into. 

 

In any event, you cannot send what you don’t have. Send the same documents again and any more that you have accumulated since then. 

Let me apologize about this. Since I am not perfectly out to everyone around me including my family, I was afraid of risks that somehow someone I know finds my post, I said female to female in the old post, but we are actually both males. I said female-female to make it look like it is not my post. 

But now that I am going through a divorce, which is more important to me than hiding my identity, I went honest on this post. 

Again, I am so sorry about the lie. 

14 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

1. Yes, it is ok to submit the same documents for ROC as you used for AOS. We did that without a problem.

Did you get the conditional green card and divorced during the 2 year conditional period? 

Can I ask for some more details? such as how long you were married before the divorce, and why the divorce occurred? Because for example, battered spouses can more easily obtain permanent resident than spouses divorced due to adultery or something else.

After applying for ROC by yourself, did you go through a strict scrutiny? I read somewhere that proving a bona-fide marriage is very difficult if a divorce occurs within 2 years of getting a conditional green card. Like you need a lot many more strong evidence. What did you submit as evidence, if you don't mind me asking.. 

Can I submit the same things I submitted with AOS when I file for ROC by myself? How hard is it to complete ROC without your spouse?

I got married to my US spouse almost 21 months ago. Before the marriage, we were in a relationship for over 3 years.

I came to the US on F-1 student visa, and after graduating, I was working under OPT program. 

It had been more than a year since we married, when we filed for AOS from F1 to Conditional permanent residency, so we submitted lots of proof of our bona-fide relationship and marriage. 

Now, I have my conditional green card, but my spouse is wanting a divorce, and he refuses to go to counseling with me (some details in my previous question). 

Though we have been married for almost 2 years, we only a few months ago completed the AOS, so it has been only a few months since I became a conditional permanent resident. 

If we divorce now, and I need to file for ROC by myself, I understand that I need to provide USCIS with lots of evidence that our marriage was bone-fide. But I do not have many *new* bona-fide documents because we submitted lots of proofs for AOS only a few months ago!

In the past few months, the only new documents we can provide them are the bills sent to us that have both of our names on them, the lease (basically the same paper I submitted with AOS), and also health/car/dental/vision insurance that I have through my job that all list my spouse as the beneficiary.

Other than that, all I can submit is basically the same documents I submitted such as our old chats/texts, photos, wedding photos, plane tickets etc.

Basically my questions are:

1) Is it okay to submit the same bona-fide-proof documents I submitted for AOS, when I file for ROC alone if the divorce occurs before the 2 year conditional period is up?

2) Is it considered a red flag if a divorce occurs only a few months after the conditional GC arrived? We have been married for 21 months, but I have been a conditional permanent resident only for a few months. I am not sure if USCIS places more importance on the length of the marriage, or the length of conditional status. 

3) Is marriage counseling a must or filing for ROC by myself without it makes the entire process extremely harder? My spouse refuses to go to counseling because it cannot solve the basic issue we have. (He wants to have a baby, but we are a same sex couple. He is bi, so he simply cannot see the future with a male anymore).

5 minutes ago, NikLR said:

There is a lot of threads based on similar circumstances.  

Mainly what you need to do is provide evidence that you entered the marriage in good faith.  That means you didn't enter with immigration benefits in mind only but rather to be in a real relationship. By the sounds of it, you did that.  

Good ideas of evidence are:

joint tax returns

joint bank accounts

wills (even previously drawn up wills for divorcing couples)

basically anything showing you lived together, commingled your lives, and especially your finances.

 

It's really not particularly difficult if you were a genuine couple. 

 

I am so sorry you are having to go through this.  I do really suggest seeking a counselor to talk to about all of your feelings.  I can only imagine the pain you feel. I am so very sorry.

Thanks for your quick reply. 

Yes, we were truly in love. Otherwise we wouldn't have been in a relationship for so long before the marriage. 

And actually he has cheated on me before too. With a girl. He said the same thing about having kids. At that time I was able to convince him that we can adopt kids, or we could find a surrogate mom and he seemed convinced. 

I forgave him for cheating at that time because I really wanted to be with him. I still do. 

But this time he seems very cold and different. He is trying to justify himself. And he insists that the kids need to be real ones born to him and his loved one, which I cannot do anything about because we are both male. 

When they say you need lots of evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith, isn't that basically the same stuff you submitted at the time of AOS? 

We did AOS from student to permannent residency and we had to submit lots of proof. 

Can we submit the same stuff also? Since it's been only a few months since the arrival of the conditional green card, we do not have many new things to submit. We have kept living together so we have more bills together with both names but that's pretty much it. The rest of the things, I already submitted with AOS like our old texts, our insurance etc. Lease too. 

We just don't comingle our financea because he is an over spender and I am the opposite where I save a few cents. We did not submit our joint bank account proof at the time of AOS either. He has $0-100 saving after working more than 10 years because he simply doesn't save. And I didnt want him to spend the money I saved, on alcohol or cigarettes etc. So I have been saving in my own account, and that was for our life together in the future. Which is not happening anymore... 

Sorry I didn't mean to type this long, but I am hurting so bad that I can't even think right. I really don't want to lose my life here. My job is good and they are giving me a good raise next year also. I have many friends here too. But more than anything, he was my everything. He still is to me. And we couldn't have been together in my home country due to our sexuality. 

How difficult is it to file for ROC by yourself? 

I got my conditional green card a few months ago based on a marriage with a US citizen. We were in a relationship for 3 years and got married. And we applied for AOS (I was a student on F1 and also working on OPT after graduating) and I got my conditional green card 1.7 years after marriage. 

So we have been together for more than 5 years. 

It's been only a few months since we finally got my conditional green card, but my US spouse cheated on me.  He said he really likes this new person, and wants to consider divorcing me. I am in depression and grief and I can't even concentrate on my work.  Our marriage was real, and we did love each other.

We are a same sex couple, where I am gay myself and he is bi. Recently, he said as we grew older, he started wanting to have a kid, not adopted one, but real one with his DNA. He never thought about having kids but growing old made him want kids. So he cheated on me with a girl. And he said he doesn't wanna go counseling with me because he cannot see the future having kids with me. 

I have all my life here, my job, my friends, my spouse (I am losing him though). I cannot even get married to my love in my own country because same sex marriage is banned. 

Is it possible to get divorced within the 2 year condition and still get the permanent residency? How hard is it? 

We have lots of proof that our marriage was entered into in good faith. 

What extra proofs do they require you if you wanna file for ROC by yourself? I read it's VERY difficult to pass all the requirements if the divorce occurs within 2 years. 

Thank you. Then, what will happen to SEVIS if you do not notify your school? If you were on F1 and working under OPT, or STEM OPT, and did AOS, you are still on SEVIS, right?

Does this automatically terminate at the expiration of OPT EAD Card? Don't you have to do anything about it when your status becomes pending for AOS?

I recently completed AOS from F-1 STEM OPT status to permanent resident through marriage with a US citizen. I finished the interview and I received my green card.

I still have my STEM OPT EAT, which will expire in 2020, Green Card EAD from AOS I-765, and green card. Since the green card is the most powerful card among the three, I believe the first two EADs aren't necessary anymore.

I called my school's international office and asked what I need to do now and they seemed a bit uncertain about what process needs to be taken now because they haven't seen many students who switched their status from F1 STEM OPT to Permanent resident. They just told me to send them a completed I-983 (Training plan for Stem OPT Students) with the final evaluation, and the copy of front and back of the green card.

Does anyone know if this is enough? Do I have to do something about this status change, and does my int'l office have to do something? like terminating SEVIS? I understand it is the int'l office's job to take care of this, but I would like some opinions on here since my DSO sounded very uncertain...

I have a few questions regarding the removal of condition from GC.

1) Are you required to find at least two people who will make an affidavit stating they acknowledge your marriage? Can this person be any person such as best friends, or even the US spouse's family members? Does this person have to be either a US citizen or a permanent resident holder? Can an international friend studying or working in the US, or even someone on DACA make an affidavit? 

2) Don't they ask for I-864, or a similar type of document proving the income of the US spouse? I know this is a requirement for AOS to get the GC for the first time. How about when you remove the condition? Looks like the instruction of I-751 doesn't mention anything about this. How about tax returns? Required to submit the latest tax return again?

3) What will happen if you divorce during the 2 year conditional period? I am very confused with this one. I have ALWAYS heard that you must stay married for at least 2 years to get the actual green card. But USCIS's websites and forms do say you can individually apply for I-751 if you are divorced. Assuming that the marriage was real/bona-fide and can be proven with a bunch of documents, can you apply by yourself, if your divorce was due to (1) US spouse's infidelity, or (2) finding differences between you and your spouse and simply finding out that you guys didn't mean to be? 

I know that you can divorce and apply by yourself if you have been abused by your US spouse, but how about other cases like above? Or even when the beneficiary cheated on the US spouse, and the divorce occurred? 

In any cases when the divorce occurred, do you have to prove that you will go through extreme hardship if you leave the US? 

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

What is and is not covered under Insurance depends on the Insurance you have.

 

Seems often people can get the vaccinations done but have to pay for the Doctors fees.

 

YMMV

Ok, so it is okay to pay for some of the vaccinations using the insurance right? Even USCIS's website say "Medical Exam is not covered by insurance" and I thought that meant that even if your insurance does cover it, you will have to pay it as un-insured, for I-693 purposes.

Is that true that I693 medical exam is NOT covered under health insurance? Does this mean you have to pay for the exam and all the necessary vaccinations from your pocket, 100%? 

I called my nearby health clinic and they said I can use my health insurance for certain vaccinations like varicella, MMR, etc. which are required for I-693 purposes. 

If I pay for these necessary vaccinations with my health insurance that I joined through my employment, will it make my I-693 invalid???

I get confused every time people say "I-693 medical exam is not covered under health insurance." Can  someone clarify this for me?

Btw, my spouse and I have been living together for more than one year under the same roof. We sent the AOS application back in April 2018. We filed a joint tax return for 2017. 

Can an intending immigrant add their income from OPT/STEM OPT for I-864 purposes if their US citizen spouse does not meet the 125% of poverty guideline?

I graduated from college in a STEM major, and I currently work under STEM OPT, and my income is a few times more than 125% of poverty guideline. On the other hand, my US spouse does not make enough. 

We hired a lawyer and he said I can use my income from STEM OPT for I-864 purposes (and hence we do not need to find a joint sponsor), and we submitted my pay stub and an employment letter from my boss and my HR stating that I have been working for them AND that there is no foreseeable layoff or termination of my employment.

We did not get any RFE, and we got our interview date. Now, one of my friends who is familiar with immigration law told me that OPT's income cannot be used for I-864 purposes because it is not a permanent position. Like, OPT means you work with an EAD which has a clear expiration, and therefore it doesn't follow the rule of I-864 instruction "The income continues from the same source". 

I did some research on my own using some famous lawyer forum websites, and immigration forums like VisaJourney, ***removed*** etc.. and it seems like some say OPT's or STEM OPT's income can be used, and others say it cannot be used.

I am very confused. Can anyone tell me what is true? Does it mean an automatic rejection on my AOS application if my STEM OPT's income cannot be used?

Is there anyone who was able to use their income from OPT/STEM OPT for I-864 purposes, or do you know anyone who did that? Approved? Rejected?

Hi, what is considered a valid reason to reschedule AOS interview?

I got married to a US citizen and we applied for AOS a few months ago. Fortunately, the area we live in is not very packed, and we already got an interview notice. 

However,  the interview date falls on a day when I will be on a business trip. Since our company is small, a business trip is usually done alone, and this time is not an exception. So if I skip this business trip to go to the interview, our client will be in trouble.. 

The client cannot change the date. 

Is a business trip considered a valid reason to reschedule the AOS interview?

I am trying to AOS from F1 through marriage to a US citizen.

We have our interview scheduled in about a month, and I am looking for a good civil surgeon near me. 

Now, I called this civil surgeon and she sent me a list of vaccines and checkups I need to take for immigration purposes, and the total cost is about $1100. Did everyone really have to pay this much?

I am already pretty broke from the application fees and lawyer fee,,, and I didn't expect I-693 would cost this much!!

Did anyone know a better way to do this, to make it as cheap as possible? This pricing assumes that I have no vaccination history and have to take ALL required vaccinations. 

How much did yours cost for a total?

Some rough breakdown of the charge was below:

Adult Exam (15+ years, includes Physical, Blood work and Urine collection/testing, TB Skin test) = $270

Vaccines: 

1) MMR Vaccine = $90

2) MMR Titer = $180

3) Varicella Vaccine = $180

4) Varicella titer = $120

5) The flu Shot $40 (during Oct1 - Mar31)

6) Chest X-ray = $60

7) TDAP = $100

8 ) Hepatitis B Injection = $100

9) T Spot TB Test = $180

I feel like I am overcharged... Everyone seems to have paid only $300-500 range.

37 minutes ago, A&H2018 said:

From your post, it seems doubtful that you came through the K1 process. Guessing it was some other visa, so guessing you did not send a ton of stuff beforehand like most of us then?

>> Yes. I am on F1 and I have been working on OPT.

 

Remember to just speak the truth, tell your story and do not worry about any of that minor stuff if a question is asked about family etc...just say the truth. The joint account should be used for things like paying the lease/electrictiy/water/car-insurance. It does not need to have spending habits, but should sure have expenses you both share. People seem to keep making this mistake by not using the joint account to pay shared expenses, which then makes it much stronger evidence.

>> We have been paying bills from each other's checking account that are not shared. Like I pay half from my own account, and my wife half from her own account. So our joint saving account is just there with only a little balance. We rarely use it. I am not sure if I should still take it with us to the interview. 

 

What about your taxes, did you file jointly for 2017? Is it at the same address that your lease is?

>> Thanks for reminding me! I totally forgot about including this in the list. We did joint tax return for 2017 and we were already living together when we filed it (earlier this year). We will definitely be taking it with us.

 

I would not scrap the text messages or receipts, recently those have been shown to be good evidence for lots of people trying to prove how their relationship started out. That said I would also take text messages that are everyday chat, you do not need everything lovey dovey always, just "i am at the mall, I am leaving work" kind of stuff. Just to show you communicate.

>> You would NOT scrap text messages? Or You would? I am planning to show some texts from each year we were together. 

 

Could you add a mail at same address? Have examples of both of you getting mail at the leased address?

>> I have some ads or promotion letters etc from random stores, that were delivered to our address. Can we take those as well? Most of the time, those letters only have one of our names. Either mine or my wife's.

 

What about an advanced health directive? Since you have the family issues to overcome, an advanced health directive for sure will make your case stronger if you both do one.

>> Unfortunately neither of us has one. 

2 minutes ago, Roel said:

 

No..

You file for ROC about 90 days before your 2 year green card expires.

Then the ROC process takes about 15 months to approve but in the mean time you'll receive an extension letter that will allow you to legally live and work in the US until ROC is approved.

Right,,, so you get a condition GC and wait for 1 year + 9 months. Then about 15 months of processing time. So It takes a total of 3 years to get a 10 year GC, from the date when the conditional GC was obtained.

Sounds like a long journey ^^;

5 minutes ago, Roel said:

 

RoC means new petition, new fee, new proofs of relationship - currently it takes about 15 months for approval and when it's approved, you'll receive a 10 year green card.

Wait so, After you get a conditional green card, it takes about 1 year + 9 months + about 15 months = 3 years till you get a 10 year GC???

8 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

For starters, being same sex has nothing to do with any outcome, nor is not having a baby. A kid just means people had sex, it isn't even relevant.

>> I-130 instruction states that birth certificate of children both to you and your spouse (if available) as evidence as well. In our case, we can never show that.

 

As for your evidence, what did you initially send in with the I-485? 

>> Nothing. We hired an immigration lawyer and he said all documents supporting the bona-fide relationship can be brought to the interview with us, and we don't have to submit them at the time of application. 

>> And we did not get any RFE and we got an interview notice. We only got a letter notice saying we are missing I-693, and we have to take it with us to the interview. 

 

The receipts from dinners and such, not so much just means you two went to eat somewhere.... but you can use them if you want to.

>>I guess I will take anything with us that might help even tiny a bit. 

 

The joint bank account is good though. We have only a joint savings, but kept separate checking accounts.

>> We do have a joint saving account but we rarely use it. Do you think I should still take it with us?

 

Perhaps you have a life insurance policy where your spouse would be main beneficiary of the money? That is also good evidence.

>> I felt bad for my parents about me not being to tell them about my relationship and marriage. So I set 50% for my parents and 50% for my spouse as beneficies or my life insurance policy. Do you think this is still good evidence?

5 minutes ago, Roel said:

Doesn't matter.

 

Probably won't be an issue, since you have other proofs. Might be somewhat of an issue for ROC?

 

Doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter.

 

All of this is good, but I wouldn't include the toy.. I mean really? It's not a proof of relationship. Also old txt messages won't matter so I wouldn't include it. It might have matter for K1 interview but not with AoS. Especially since it's been so long ago.

1) What does ROC mean?

2) Ok not the toy. I heard that showing the length of your relationship is a good proof; the longer the relationship, the more true/real than, say a marriage that happened after only 6 months long of a relationship. And I thought showing the old texts can show that we have met back then and we have been communicating for the past years as a couple.  

I am international and got married to my US citizen spouse. We are a same sex married couple. 

We have been together for 4 years (3 years girlfriend-girlfriend relationship, and 1 year marriage). It has been about a year since we got married. and we have our interview scheduled about a month from today.

I would like to know what kind of documentations we should bring with us to the interview to prove that our relationship is bona fide. The below are my concerns:

1) Since we are both still young, and we are both of same sex, we cannot and are not going to have a baby.

2) Since we both work and have a different style of spending habit (I am an over-spender, and my wife saves every cent), we decided NOT to commingle our finances. We have a joint bank account but we rarely use it, and we both have our own bank account. 

I didn't wanna over-spend the money she saved because I know she owes a lot to her parents, and needs to pay back. 

3) We did not have a wedding ceremony. We only went to a country court with a few friends of ours,  and the judge there married us. So the marriage is real, and it happened and we have a married certificate too, but we did NOT have a real wedding ceremony (where all families are invited and have good meals, and the couple make a speech etc). 
4) Since we are same-sex couple, and my family is strongly against homosexuality and I am afraid of getting disowned, I haven't been able to come out to my parents NOR told them I got married. My wife's family is quite opposite and they are very supportive of our relationship and marriage. So my wife and her family have never met any of my family members (they even live overseas) nor we have a family photo. We only have a family photo of me and my wife's family. Since I am on F1 and already live in the US, I have visited her family and took a photo together. 

5) We did not go on a honeymoon. We were not really financially capable at that time of marriage, and our work has kept us busy since then.

So we are thinking about bringing the following:

1) Lease agreement with both of our names on it. We have been living together since marriage. 

2) Photos of us from dating and marriage. These are all taken by phones, so we are going to print them on papers. Does they count as real photos? We didn't take any photos with an actual camera.

3) Receipts from when we both went out together, or ate out together, since marriage. We sometimes split bills but I stapled both of those receipts to show that we were there at the same time. 

4) Rent payment receipt done by both of us. It is done online, so I am going to print them to show that we have been paying rent together.

5) Bills (Light/Water etc) sent to us that have both of our names on them.

6) Car insurance with my and my wife's names. I have a car and my wife doesn't but my car insurance coverage insures both of us.

7) Health insurance with both of our names. My wife doesn't have insurance from her work, but I do and it covers both of us. 

8 ) Old text messages from back in 2014. I am going to screenshot some lovey-dovey messages from each year until our marriage. We texted almost every day while we were in a relationship and lived apart.

9) A stuffed animal my wife gave me on 2015 Valentine. (I am not sure if this even counts... we don't have a receipt)

I know there is no definite answer, but do you think these can be used as good evidence to prove us bone-fide? Since we are missing some important things written in the first half of this question, I am very concerned.