Rasputin

Okay, but I have a feeling you may not have lived life to the point where you can get effed like this guy is trying to do to me. You see everything in black and white - which is both good and bad - . This is a case worker picturing me as a political enemy. You think these folks can't look up every detail of your life at any time? Read the poster above this. It is almost like the person reviewing this has the wrong account or something weirder than that. <Deleted> Some are good folk who work hard... Whatever, I am going to arm myself with proof and if there is any way possible, which there may be, I am going after this life wrecker wannabe in court. This is how we clean this country up. I will roll with the mortgage thing and to your point, why would I add all these extras? Bottom line is I love my wife and we have plenty of proof of that. If some bureaucrat blocks that in this day and age, there are recompenses, and they will pay.

Thank you! I swear, either this dude reviewing my case did not see what I initially submitted or misread something or is on some political bent. It is insane to me. When I tell people about it, they are floored. I submitted very solid evidence for what I had at the time, which was in June 2024. My assumption was if they needed more, they would give me an RFE - and back then many were saying not to inundate them too much. Wife and I are both shocked by this, and I am not talking immigration attorney, I am talking bigger than that. This is not the American way whatsoever This is a hugely fishy case of either incompetence or potential political bias if this person delved into my personal life. Bottom line, I am going to obliterate them with evidence to the point where any civil jury would never side with them. We are literally the optimal situation. I really want Congressman Joyce to get a taste of this personally from me, because I feel like the USCIS has folks who may be weaponizing against those they don't agree with based off of the ridiculously nasty letter response. Thanks for getting the common sense of what I am saying.

What are you basing this off of? Not doubting your opinion, but are you just coming from a commonsense standpoint or do you actually know for a fact that they would contact a utility company to find out when I added my wife - or the mortgage payment account - or credit cards/banks? I can see the life insurance thing, because that has an effective date, but for the others that seems like going to an awful extent on their end. I'm going through my HR right now to hopefully get her properly added as a bene and emergency contact. They are a fortune 10 corp that has everything as self-service but don't accept foreign phone numbers, TINs instead of SSNs etc. Submitted a help desk ticket but hope to screenshot all that appropriately when and if we can get her added correctly. What do folks think about enacting a will? This is something I admittedly have been lazy about, but that has to be a pretty serious case of evidence - no? I mean, even if I am just now doing these things, who would do that with a fraudulent marriage? I have also been putting that off for a while because my ex is still on the half ####### one I created a few years back. The irony of this is it has gotten me off my behind to do many of the administrative things I have been putting off for us and also getting my paperwork organized and in order. Most of my free time has been spent working on my house since I moved cross country along with my job. Plus, I have to talk to her every day for an hour or to right after work while it is midnight over there usually. Like I have said, I originally submitted the evidence I had at the time and just figured they would ask for an RFE once they finally reviewed the case, not an intent to deny. Today has been encouraging. Told my boss this is now priority number one in my life for the next month and that the job has to take a backseat for a bit while I work through this bureaucracy and he is totally understanding. He also agreed to be a witness/affiant if needed. I found a ton of stuff that I have saved and am working with my mortgage guy on the actual signing via POA of our house title/mortgage and her name is listed. Who would bring someone over here fraudulently only to give them half of their home? I've got love cards from wife and stepdaughter along with their gifts, records of me shipping my stepdaughter a laptop I bought for her graduation along with receipts, all money transactions between us all, gifts, everything from my last trip to Sweden - btw, USCIS seems to really want that as it shows we connected in person since the marriage. Funny that they want us to provide shared entitlements but then just assume everyone has enough money to head over to Europe to visit on a whim. 3 trips there put me way in debt. Anyway, there is more, but I am feeling pretty confident at this point. I also have vetted my local congressman, and they already have automation set up for this sort of request. I really would like to enact some sort of change in this process if possible. The snarky, nasty letter that they sent me is absolutely inappropriate. We have both sacrificed a ton and for a hardworking, tax paying former military man to be treated this way is bs. An RFE is one thing, but to be threatened like this is pathetic. She is an RN and this country needs those desperately. We are literally the exact case of where legal immigration should go smoothly. The fact that the USCIS expects two professional people from across the world to share things like utility bills and finances is insane until they get into the states. If they need money, I send it. As a victim of cyber stalking and theft, one can't be too careful sharing financial accounts, especially overseas and especially dealing with Filipinas who may not be the most technical and don't always understand account security. There are tons of pics from our trips, our wedding photo album she shipped me, gobs of other evidence. The IRS thing is a hiccup and I have timelines I have of that and the attempted amendment. I am more concerned about that in regards to getting it straightened out moving forward. Appreciate your input man, you seem like a solid dude.

Appreciate the responses here. I am getting my composure back at this point and working on getting things straightened out with evidence. One question I have is regarding adding her to some of my financial accounts. Is that something that they (USCIS) will know if I just added her? I have never added anybody before, and I imagine it isn't going to be easy with her not having a SSN. That said, I'm just curious on whether things like that if it could be counterproductive. For example, if I was to add her to a life insurance policy that would be effective in the next two weeks.

Ohio has dower rights, one of the few states that does. That means she is entitled to half the house if married, so I had to get a POA signed and notarized by the Swedish consulate when I was over there last December so I could sign for her on the title over here in the states. However, that hasn't been submitted as evidence yet since they never asked for an RFE, they just went straight to denial. I am compiling evidence now.

Sorry, life is crazy right now. I never received an RFE. That is why I am so upset.

Here is a quick copy and paste. I think most of this I can handle, although I filed my taxes last year as single and am working on amending that to married filing separately, but the IRS is being a pain about it wanting her SSN which she doesn't have so I am working with them. I can come up with a lot of this stuff, but some of it I didn't save or won't be able to dig it up. Therefore, you must submit evidence to establish that your marriage is bona fide and not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Such evidence should cover the entire period of the marriage and may include, but is not limited to: Birth certificate(s) of children born to the marriage or evidence of a current pregnancy; Joint insurance policies or policies that list one party as the beneficiary; Joint leases, mortgages, deeds, or registrations; Shared financial obligations and assets (such as jointly filed income taxes, jointly held bank accounts, credit cards, utility bills, etc.); Remittances of wire transfers or monies sent to the beneficiary to help support them; Note: The sender and recipient of the monies deposited/sent must be clearly shown by name, address and phone number Government issued documents showing both names (such as entitlement programs, etc.); Travels to see each other before, for and/or after the wedding (passport pages with entry/exit stamps, hotel receipts, boarding passes, etc.); U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Texas Service Center <DELETED> 1 of 3 www.uscis.go USCIS encourages you to sign up for a USCIS online account. To learn more about creating an account and the benefits, go to https://www.uscis.gov/file-online. Evidence of correspondence with each other (letters, cards, emails, chats, telephone bills, etc.); Note: phone cards are not verifiable and telephone bills should contain information about account ownership and printouts of the calls placed) Photos of wedding and/or time spent together; Note: Each photo should be labeled with the names of each person and the date and location where the photo was taken Testimony or other evidence regarding courtship, the wedding ceremony and/or shared residence and experience.

We submitted a ton of stuff. Wedding photos, marriage certificate, Swedish trips with proof and pics, WhatsApp chats and call logs, Apostille proofs....I guess I could have added more since we have been together like the mortgage which I had to get notarized over there in Sweden before I could even buy it, but I just figured they would ask for more if they wanted it.

Just received this after our initial I-130 Petition for Alien Relative submission in June, 2024. They said, "The evidence submitted is insufficient to establish that your marriage is bona fide because it does not show from the inception of the marriage an intent to share a live together". The "share a live together" typo is theirs, not mine. How normal is this? We have literally done everything right to this point. I am the husband petitioner here in the US and she is the beneficiary working as an RN and living in Sweden (she is Filipina). We were legally married over there in May 2024 and first met online in July 2023. This should be a straightforward case. This sounds harsh compared to an RFE, although I should be able to produce quite a bit of evidence like the fact we are both on the mortgage to the house we purchased back in January. We lead our own financial lives although I have sent her and her family money and gifts and vice versa. I mean, we live across the world from one another. We have pics and chats, and I have been over to Sweden 3 different times. We had a wedding in a church with a professional photographer. We literally video chat every day for one to two hours. She has already shipped items over here and everything I am doing to our new house is in prep for our life together. There is much more, but I find this very harsh, concerning and intimidating based on what we submitted. Thoughts?