Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage

[yohino 22]

What kind of evidence have you guys been sending with your I130?

I read the list ont he guide but I was just hoping that anyone could tell me what you personally sent in.

Thanks!

[ellmvl 1]

We only sent 2 Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of our marital relationship and xoom receipts since thats the only thing we have. We just got married so we didn't have any joint account or properties that time when we applied for I130.

[imaisha 0]

What kind of evidence have you guys been sending with your I130?

I read the list ont he guide but I was just hoping that anyone could tell me what you personally sent in.

Thanks!

I think I sent in around 20 pictures from the wedding, vacations, family pics etc. with notes descirbing them on the back.

[carlish 1]

I filed the I-130 for my husband with two affidavits from my parents.

[wayno 9]

I sent in:

> our marriage certificate + translations,

>copies of the receipts for the wedding rings, wedding, reception, and honeymoon

>A few asst. pictures from the wedding, reception, and honeymoon

>A few asst. pictures from various trips we took together showing us in different locations together

>A few asst. pictures showing her with my parents and or brother

I just laid the pictures on the printer and printed one page with three photos on it and then wrote descriptions beside them as to when/where/and

who

>A copy from one bank showing that she was added as my benificiary (they needed a ss# to add her to the account)

>A copy from another bank that let me add her to my acct without a ss#

Edited June 29, 2009 by wayno

[Bocajr27 3]

Here's a picture showing what I sent and how I sent it. Trust me, the more organized you are, the better.

Good Luck

[Holliday 4]

We sent in...

- photocopies of boarding passes showing (I think) 4 different trips to visit each other.

- a notarized affidavit from my mother-in-law.

- approximately 20 pictures. I printed them out on regular letter-sized paper, with 2-3 pictures per page, and then I wrote the approximate dates and locations. Some were from a visit last summer, others were from the fall, others were from the winter, and others were from the wedding. Most of the pictures were of just my husband and I, but a few of the wedding pictures had family members in them as well.

- a paper from my husband's bank showing my name on his accounts.

I think that's all we submitted, and we were approved very quickly. We sent out the I-130 less than a week after the wedding, so we didn't really have any evidence of a 'bonafide marriage', just of a bonafide relationship... well, and proof that we did have a wedding a few days before we sent off the paperwork.

[trinket 30]

Other than marriage certificate, this is all we sent during our i-130 filing

-10 photographs of ours together, including 4 of the wedding along with relatives.

--Description of each photograph, along with date.

-Phone records from June 2007 to December 2007

-6 postal letters along with postal sealed envelops, 4 greeting cards

-7 western union receipts.

-His medical insurance where my name has been given as the beneficiary.

-My life insurance where his name has been given as the beneficiary.

-11 huge emails, writing each other back and forth

-10 chat transcripts, and also he took the print out of the chat log from google mail from June 2005 to January 2008.

[Lancelotte25 1]

This is really helpful, thank so much guys..my wife is too busy minding everything in the States, that is why she will ask an attorney to process everything, with this forum I can tell her what to add upon filing I-130.

Thank you guys!!!

[mrsemcee 1]

i sent plane ticket stub photocopies of when i went to the US and when hubby visited Australia.

i also sent about 6 photos of us together and one of our wedding day and our rings.

i sent a letter from his parents as an AOS.

i lastly sent in a letter from the bank of our joint bank account in Australia where he stayed with me for 5 months. i still use this as a daily bank account and he uses it if he needs money from it.

my package was precise and neat and quite small. i didn't feel the need to send in heaps of info as i am confident in our union and our information given.

i got a NOA1 within a week of the I-130 being sent in. yaaay!

good luck all xox

[yohino 22]

Thank you guys!

You are all such a big help!

Hope everyones journey is moving along quick.

[lgg 2]

Hey there...

We sent in airline boarding passes from about 4 or 5 trips.

Photos of our wedding and such maybe about 8, I think...

Bank info showing me as the co-person on his US account

Wedding Certificate of course

And I believe that's about it. I was actually worried for a bit but then I kept reading that having seen each other in the past 2 years, along with a marriage cert. is the best way to go.

Pictures of course too.

Good luck...

LGG