Evidence of a bonafide marriage

[sara..... 371]

Evidence of a bonafide marriage...........he works on oil rigs one to two months at a time....then gets a few days off....we have decided that i will travel back and fourth from his country to USA while waiting for visa........my question is how do you show most of what they ask for if your not really living together because of his job?

totally confused about the complete thing

sara

[B & G 200]

Pictures of the both of you when you are together, with family, friends etc. How do you communicate with him when he is on the oil rig? Texts? Emails? Calls?... Include example printouts of all over the course of your relationship.

Boarding pass stubs from when you go to visit him and passport stamps.

The fact that he is on an oil rig shouldnt be a problem. Most of us on here arent living with our spouses either.

[sara..... 371]

i got confused with the proof of combined owner ship........joint rent or lease......and now that they are asking for proof when you first file ........seems almost an impossible challenge i will file the minute i return to the states.

our date of marriage is Jan 17th 2014 so we are trying to figure out the paper work now as we wont have many days to spend as husband and wife before he has to go back to work.....

[B & G 200]

Dont worry too much about showing co-ownership or co-mingling of finances. USCIS knows that newlyweds that live in separate countries will not have had a chance to do that yet.

We didn't have anything on both our names either when we sent in our petition, since then my husband has add me to his life insurance, to one of his bank accounts, and on his car insurance. We will send all that in when we get to the NVC stage so that it can be included in our file.

Though many members here on VJ, have been approved without such evidence.

[Ryan H 3,810]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[JayJayH 546]

i got confused with the proof of combined owner ship........joint rent or lease......and now that they are asking for proof when you first file ........seems almost an impossible challenge i will file the minute i return to the states.

our date of marriage is Jan 17th 2014 so we are trying to figure out the paper work now as we wont have many days to spend as husband and wife before he has to go back to work.....

So are you filing for fiance or spousal visa?

Either way, you're not expected to have co-mingled assets at this point. What country is your fiance from?

Edited November 12, 2013 by yang-ja

[sara..... 371]

Dont worry too much about showing co-ownership or co-mingling of finances. USCIS knows that newlyweds that live in separate countries will not have had a chance to do that yet.

We didn't have anything on both our names either when we sent in our petition, since then my husband has add me to his life insurance, to one of his bank accounts, and on his car insurance. We will send all that in when we get to the NVC stage so that it can be included in our file.

Though many members here on VJ, have been approved without such evidence.

thank you very much for clearing that up i feel more calm now

thank you for all the help........

sara

So are you filing for fiance or spousal visa?

Either way, you're not expected to have co-mingled assets at this point. What country is your fiance from?

spousal visa.....his country is Egypt

[JayJayH 546]

thank you very much for clearing that up i feel more calm now

thank you for all the help........

sara

spousal visa.....his country is Egypt

I'd ask in the MENA regional forum on here what level of evidence the embassy in Cairo usually expects.

Either way, since you won't be filing until January the earliest, I would gather up some sort of evidence that you're currently residing at the same address. Do you have a joint lease? Rent? Mortgage? Utilities? It's not expected at this stage but if you actually live together it's great evidence still!

Edited November 12, 2013 by Yang-Ja

[sara..... 371]

I'd ask in the MENA regional forum on here what level of evidence the embassy in Cairo usually expects.

Either way, since you won't be filing until January the earliest, I would gather up some sort of evidence that you're currently residing at the same address. Do you have a joint lease? Rent? Mortgage? Utilities? It's not expected at this stage but if you actually live together it's great evidence still!

we are Muslim.....we can not even be alone in the same room until marriage so there is no living at the same address

[christeen 966]

we are Muslim.....we can not even be alone in the same room until marriage so there is no living at the same address

Then they would not expect to see that (finances, lease etc...).. However, they will expect to see that you communicate regularly and have an ongoing relationship... As others have said, photos, email, chat logs, passport stamps anything showing regular contact.

[Cathi 5,696]

we are Muslim.....we can not even be alone in the same room until marriage so there is no living at the same address

You said you are applying for a spouse visa, that means marriage. So if you are married, why can't you be alone? Are you married or not?

[sara..... 371]

You said you are applying for a spouse visa, that means marriage. So if you are married, why can't you be alone? Are you married or not?

we will marry jan 17th of 2014 we are trying to figure the paper work out before that date so we can fill out the proper ones after the marriage he has only some days off and then back to the oil rig so there wont be a lot of time if we want to submit it right away

[lost_at_sea 995]

You said you are applying for a spouse visa, that means marriage. So if you are married, why can't you be alone? Are you married or not?

They're not getting married until January. He's visiting her to pre-prepare the paperwork *now* before they get married in January - while they're together or something. But, of course, they'll be together when they get married in January, so they could be sorting out the paperwork then too. :/

[sara..... 371]

They're not getting married until January. He's visiting her to pre-prepare the paperwork *now* before they get married in January - while they're together or something. But, of course, they'll be together when they get married in January, so they could be sorting out the paperwork then too. :/

[Cathi 5,696]

They're not getting married until January. He's visiting her to pre-prepare the paperwork *now* before they get married in January - while they're together or something. But, of course, they'll be together when they get married in January, so they could be sorting out the paperwork then too. :/

Missed that part, my bad