Quick question about the initial interview

[MacTO 6]

Hi folks, hope you have had (or are still having) a wonderful April Fool's Day.

While waiting for the initial interview scheduled on April 29, I can't help myself thinking that what scenarios might occur and I get denied. I sent in a copy of the joint bank account print-off directly obtained from Wells Fargo and signed by the branch manager along with about 31 photos my USC wife and I took (20 photos taken up to our wedding ceremony - mostly our trips together in the north of the border and south of the border - and 11 photos taken at the wedding and after) over a year of period of time.

Because I totally forgot about the auto insurance policy that we have our both names on at the same address, so, yes, I will bring it with us to the interview. And then, after reading some reviews on our VJ members' interviews and talking to a couple of people who directly and indirectly experienced such immigration process, we've recently added my name to Comcast account, VISA card account, gas and water utility company accounts as well, which gives us enough time to receive legitimate statements from all of them in time. (Yes, I also read this post, forgot the title, about what kind of evidence IOs are looking for, by one of the VJ members who went out with a former IO, who said that utility bills aren't that crucial since they don't do background checks.)

Also, we are thinking about including such as a Costco membership printout after adding, actually this time, my wife's name to my membership (I've had this from Canada and just transferred it) because, also, one of the VJ members who collected all the evidence she could think of meticulously to file for Removing Conditions after divorce, I believe, and one of them was Costco membership that she shared with her ex-hubby.

So, that's where we are. Obviously as you can see, I am nervous and paranoid about it. And I am even thinking of Affidavits from my wife's co-worker and his wife, who were the witnesses at our wedding ceremony at the city hall, and from my wife's mother, who didn't attend the wedding. The reason why we did the quick ceremony in the first place is that our both families live out of our state, which is New Mexico. My wife's mother, father, her brother and his family, and her best friends all live in Indiana, and my family in Canada. It was her job that brought both of us out here. Our plan is to do the proper one when we can find the time and place where we can have all of them join us together.

Now here's my question. If what USCIS cares about is 1. if the marriage is bona fide, let's say from marriage certificate, maybe not enough alone, 2. if we are co-mingling our finances and such, from join bank account, credit card and auto insurance, to say the least, and 3. if it is a loving relationship, not a fake one, from third party's point of view, who can contest that it is a real one, which all can be met with satisfactory evidence that I've provided, am going to provide and am thinking of providing,

in spite of the fact that there's no RFE or anything,

then, what other possible reasons why USCIS would deny me? In other words, if they know that our marriage is not a fake, then can they still deny me?

Unless our IO is predetermined to deny me based on other unforeseen reasons, of course, I am sure they are solely by the rules...

(I must say, I have no criminal records.)

Once again, I'm nervous and paranoid, and even my wife tells me that I am too concerned.

Please, shed some lights on my paranoia.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Relax.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I agree, relax, although I know how important this is to you, so that's a difficult thing to do .

Denials often come if there is some obvious intent of visa fraud - that is the couple is a 'green card' marriage - more suspected with individuals from third world countries than from places like Canada. You have plenty of relationship material that you are bringing to the interview showing that you are indeed co-mingling your lives together as well showing you are in a committed relationship. As well, you have already been through one visa process with the K-1 so there is no reason to expect denial from this.

Since you have no criminal records and I am assuming, have never misrepresented yourself to immigration, that is another cause for denial that you don't have to worry about. Again, going through the K-1 process means that this has already been addressed once before you got to this stage and you passed.

Finally, the third main reason for denial is not meeting the financial support requirements, and in those cases, you are not denied but given the opportunity to obtain a co-sponsor - and then, if you still do not meet the income requirement, the application is denied.

So, relax and good luck at the interview .

[MacTO 6]

Relax.

I agree, relax, although I know how important this is to you, so that's a difficult thing to do .

Thanks both of you.

As well, you have already been through one visa process with the K-1 so there is no reason to expect denial from this.

Sorry, Kathryn41, but I've never been through with the K-1. I came down here as a 6-months stay with no visa as a Canadian, not knowing for sure if we were going to get married, even though we talked about it numerous times, but as you might expect in any relationship, she didn't have to marry me because I was getting close to 'out of status' if she didn't believe that she loved me and wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. Basically, we, because we had never lived together, except for those trips we made to see each other back and forth, decided to give live-in experience a go, and I came down here.

...and I am assuming, have never misrepresented yourself to immigration, that is another cause for denial that you don't have to worry about.

Kathryn41, does my scenario constitute as a visa fraud then? Visa fraud would usually involve fake marriages followed by subsequent divorce or whatnot in order for applicants to obtain GCs without entering the marriages with good faith, as I understand.

Our marriage is definitely not a fake, and that's why I proudly submitted all the photos that we took up to the wedding ceremony (for instance, she visited me in T.O. where I had resided before I came down here to join her, she and I took a short trip to Montreal, I visited her in Phoenix, AZ, then we travelled to Charleston, SC, we helped her mother move into a new house in Indianapolis, IN, we took a road trip together on our way to Albuquerque, NM for her job, and other pictures here up to our wedding) as well as at the wedding and after.

I already put up a post back in October last year regarding this before filing the AOS, and the question from most of replies I got was the intent along with encouragement. Did I have an intent to marry her? Well, in spite of the fact that we talked about it numerous times - that she could sponsor me, and I was hoping it to happen, - part of me said there was no guarantee, and particularly my brother objected to the idea. It was sort of a leap of faith kind of thing. Then, of course, like in any relationship, there were arguments, and at one point, she literally said she didn't want to marry me. It was one of the scary moments in my life, thinking that I had to pack up everything and return to T.O. Then, of course, she later calmed down as if it never happened.

Please, excuse me if I didn't tell you the whole story to earn your trust and respectful replies to my concern and paranoia. Gooden's post worried me and that's why I've started thinking to provide Affidavit, Bobby+Umit. What do you think? Do you think I still should go ahead and work on it?

So, my question now is should I be gathering more evidence, besides what I mentioned before, to prove that our marriage isn't a fake, or just be prepared for the worst? Please, shed some light on my paranoia. Thanks.