I think the attorney is wrong

[Lorenzo 0]

A lot of this is subjective.

At our interview we had a humorless male officer that did not even care to see our pictures.

The female officer with the family in the next room was joking with them and acting as if she was a best friend. My family had no problem getting approved for the AOS, I don't know about the other family. A portion of this is luck. Any document showing all the names should help a little.

I have plenty of medical bills and utility bills and hundreds of phone calls to Ukraine documented on the phone bill.

[Babsi 0]

Here is what I submitted...we just got approved yesterday...

Copy of permanent residence card, front and back

Copy of driver's licenses showing matching addresses

copy of marriage license

two original letters written by US Citizens friends, attesting to our relationship and marriage

copy of bank letter showing joint account

a patial copy of our 2006 joint tax return

a partial copy of our martgage papers (the house is only in my name, however some papers had both our names so I send those)

copy of accident insurance base plan showing joint policy

copy of phone bills showing both names

copy of gas bill, showing both names

copy of sams club card showing joing account

two copies of hotel bills, showing both names

copies of various christmas cards

[motu 6]

Don't stress too much about it. I have also not submitted a lease/mortgage/rental agreement - reason my house is paid for and I have it jointly owned with my sister (in case I die she can take it and dispose of it). I am not intending to add my wife to the lease for a long time in any case. I have sent in as much evidence as I thought appropriate. I do not believe in overkill and am comfortable with the evidence I sent.

Don't worry about it, if they don't like it they will ask for more evidence and then you can work on it - this is my attitude and I am very comfortable with this. As it is in a few months she can file for citizenship, so if there is a hiccup in processing - I am not going to worry too much. Good Luck

[Lorenzo 0]

I am getting nervous because my friend (also married to a foreign woman) made me feel like an idiot.

Well, maybe I am an idiot.

I never opened a joint bank account.

When my wife arrived, she knew nothing about saving money and in the beginning she wanted me to buy everything in site. So I decided not to open a joint bank account right away.

Well, things happened, she got a job and we never did find the time to go to the bank together to start the joint account. So what I have is proof of her bank account (she opened it near where she was working) and my bank account. Her name is on other things though, such as insurance policies, tax returns and utility bills.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Lorenzo

[Ashish 1]

I am getting nervous because my friend (also married to a foreign woman) made me feel like an idiot.

Well, maybe I am an idiot.

I never opened a joint bank account.

When my wife arrived, she knew nothing about saving money and in the beginning she wanted me to buy everything in site. So I decided not to open a joint bank account right away.

Well, things happened, she got a job and we never did find the time to go to the bank together to start the joint account. So what I have is proof of her bank account (she opened it near where she was working) and my bank account. Her name is on other things though, such as insurance policies, tax returns and utility bills.

Sounds reasonable. Not everyone is comfortable with opening joint bank accounts. And IMHO having joint bank accounts does not show a valid marriage.

[Lorenzo 0]

I am getting nervous because my friend (also married to a foreign woman) made me feel like an idiot.

Well, maybe I am an idiot.

I never opened a joint bank account.

When my wife arrived, she knew nothing about saving money and in the beginning she wanted me to buy everything in site. So I decided not to open a joint bank account right away.

Well, things happened, she got a job and we never did find the time to go to the bank together to start the joint account. So what I have is proof of her bank account (she opened it near where she was working) and my bank account. Her name is on other things though, such as insurance policies, tax returns and utility bills.

Sounds reasonable. Not everyone is comfortable with opening joint bank accounts. And IMHO having joint bank accounts does not show a valid marriage.

Well it's a done deal. I just sent it to USCIS via FedEx.