DovePatrick

I live in Brazil.

First of all, last year I asked about photos. Now I would like to ask about documents to submit. I have been with my spouse for 30 years. We never wanted to live in the USA. But we are thinking about moving to the USA to be with my aging parents, maybe within the next 3 to 5 years. As you can imagine, we have boxes of documents that prove a bonafide relationship/marriage. I am talking about letters from the 90s, remittances, joint credit card statements from the early 2000s, leases, insurance documents, airline tickets, etc. Should I submit something from every year we have been together? or just from the past 5 years? I have heard that the process can be slowed down if you submit too much. Then someone said I should submit a binder. Any help you can give I would appreciate. PS. Yes, I have been filing US taxes, yes, I have a sponsor. Yes, I have a domicile in the USA.

I have been in a relationship with my spouse for almost 30 years. When gay marriage became legal in the USA, we got married in Massachusetts. Before that, in 2008, we got a civil union from the state of Vermont. We never really wanted to live in the USA. We have been living in Brazil for most of our time together. Now that my parents are getting older, we want to move to the USA to take care of them, maybe in the next 5 years. . I have always maintained a US residence, using my paren't's address. I have always filed taxes. My spouse and I have years of financial documents that prove our mingling of finances, that prove we made financial decisions as a married couple. I have a sponsor in the USA. My question is mainly about submitting photos that prove that we have been a couple. Should we send photos from every year we have been together? Should we submit copies of personal letters, whatsapp exchanges throughout the years? How much "top loading" should we do with our application? We got married in a civil service and we didn't have a reception. So we don't really have wedding photos. Will not having those kind of photos affect our application? Any advice you could give in the case of a couple who have been together for a long time would be much appreciated.