Evidence

[CanGal 1]

I have piles of information all over the floor. Each pile is a topic such as cards (wedding, christmas,bridal shower, birthdays) Then official information such as our car ins. letter from church, etc. I am just curious, will I have to take stuff that I used in my k-1. We wrote a lot of letters and such and sent lots of cards back then but since i've moved here and we are married those of dwindled down to very few. Is that an issue?

[AlmostMex 0]

I hope not, we're in the same situation! I'm getting ready for our AOS interview next week and actually don't have much evidence, but I'm thinking that if i balance that with accounts that have both names on them, letters or invites from family/friends addressed to both of us, his driver's license with the same address as me, etc., that should be sufficient. Do you have any of the same stuff you could gather?

[moondancer627 0]

Hi CanGal,

I would just say take as much as you can, I wish I had showed her more at our interview.

Sitting here in Limbo wondering what is going to happen is not fun.

Good Luck,

Moondancer

[CanGal 1]

I do have much of the same stuff as you inloveinmexico but like i said since being married I don't have a whole lot of cards/letters kind of stuff to one another. I do, but not half as much as I do from when I lived back in canada and we had to prove our relationship so i could get my k-1 visa. I guess I'll just take that binder with me just in case, it's all done already, it hasn't been touched since the k-1 interview. Can't hurt I guess

[moondancer627 0]

The biggest thing that impressed our INS officer was the homemade wedding card with a picture of Anton and I in our hiking gear and his arm around me. She was also impressed with the wedding invitation I had designed myself.

They are more interested in the post K-1, so you will probably not need all the pre marriage letters.

Moondancer

[CarpetFuzz 0]

The only thing my interviewer looked at were bills showing that we live at the same address, and the photo album that I had put together. And he took a few of the photos.

You can see everything I brought with us here.

So, you can see, he didn't even acknowledge the majority of stuff that we brought. You should be fine. Good luck!

[Yodrak 7]

CanGal,

Your objective is to show that you've established a life together, not that you're still living apart in two different countries.

If you are one of those couple who for whatever reason, such as school or job changes, find themselves living in two different states for a period of time then the nature of the evidence might be more like it had been for the visa.

Yodrak

..... I am just curious, will I have to take stuff that I used in my k-1. We wrote a lot of letters and such and sent lots of cards back then but since i've moved here and we are married those of dwindled down to very few. Is that an issue?

[Collie 122]

Make sure you also bring mail addressed to both of you as in the actual envelopes and letters inc. junk mail. The interviewer wants to see that you are living a married life together bona fide. other docs including insurance policies, bank accounts, memberships in societies, joint receipts and video cards and of course photographs seem to be whats being asked for .

Good luck

Kat

[Reba 2]

I took a briefcase FULL of stuff with us, and didn't have to show anything! We were so disappointed that she hadn't even asked to see wedding photos or anything that James pulled out pictures of the dogs to show her!

[motu 5]

Don't worry about this. Take the bank statements, credit card statements, utility bills, insurance, leases, titles that you have in both names and a few pictures of you two together e.g. wedding pictures. You really don't need too much at this stage. We only took about 10 or 12 pieces of bank statements/Insurance etc. and about a dozen pictures - he took the documents but didn't even open the envelope with the pictures. I agree with Yodrak, emails/cards etc. sound very strange to me at this point. If you want to take cards addressed to both of you - it might be OK but we didn't and don't feel it would have made a difference. Gather your stuff and take a few from each category - don't overdo it. KISS (keep it simple s.....). Good Luck

[I'm Gone 60]

If it takes two people to lift it you have too much. LOL

I would stick with documents that prove you are living together and comingling finances, i.e. income tax filings, utility bills, loans, credit and bank statements, car title and registation. The only none financal thing that I say scores you any points is if you have a child. The photos and cards I don't think do much for you. We took our wedding photos to our interview and all the guy looked at was a bank statements and a few utility bills.

Now this was in the good old days and we had only been married a month and a half at the time of the AOS interview, so we didn't have a whole hell of a lot of stuff.

[itzmi 1]

Hi! I'm having my AOS interview next month (same day as our daughter's K2 AOS interview). The only thing that we can show as proof is our joint bank account (I was only added to my husband's bank account recently), his insurance showing I'm the beneficiary, joint income tax return, pictures and our 2-year-old daughter (he's the biological father). Do you think that is enough? We don't have other joint account/bills and I have not worked yet even though I have EAD card already.

[I'm Gone 60]

Hi! I'm having my AOS interview next month (same day as our daughter's K2 AOS interview). The only thing that we can show as proof is our joint bank account (I was only added to my husband's bank account recently), his insurance showing I'm the beneficiary, joint income tax return, pictures and our 2-year-old daughter (he's the biological father). Do you think that is enough? We don't have other joint account/bills.

Hard to say what's enough. You have one of the main thing joint tax returns, but I would say a little thin otherwise. Do you have car? If you do is it titled and registered in both names. Does he have a 401k or other type of retirement plan at work that he could show you as the beneficary? Credit card accounts in both names? Where you are living the lease or mortgage in both names? Magazine subscriptions that both names show on the address label? Have him write a letter/notice and have his supervisor sign and date a copy as being receive that he makes you his work emergency contact. Those are things I and others have used.