RFE

[OBX 51]

It may well have to do with the fact you chose to send affidavits an bank statements instead of the more traditional photos and evidence of time spent together. Affidavits are a last resort, IMO generally useless for newlyweds and CAN (in this case perhaps DID) cause problems.

This is a very unusual situation.

Strangely enough all we sent were three notarized affidavits in addition to the required documents and were approved with no issues. Of course I did not discover VJ until after our petition had been submitted

Edited April 6, 2010 by OBX

[Ready2Kl 1]

This is an extremely unusual request. What is unusual about your case that would warrant such a request, when many include no evidence but a marriage certificate and maybe a few photos?

I agree with pushbrk too. In my case we submitted one picture, marriage certificate and birth certificate of our daughter. Kept it real simple and we just went by what was in I-130 directions to include. I preferred showing all the evidence at the consulate instead of over-burdening my application though I am of the view that it never hurts to overload/frontload your petition to USCIS.

[KenN 0]

For my case, I just sent CRBA of my daughter for bonafide relationship. (No photos, no emails, no letters, etc). And it was OK.

[CAN2US 0]

Hey guys, we don't have official honeymoon pictures-as we haven't gone on one yet-but we are going this September (we have all the hotel confirmation etc) should we include that??? just wondering...

any thoughts on the above??? please, anyone!

Does it matter if we dont have honeymoon pictures right now, could they deny our case because of that??

:S

Edited April 8, 2010 by CAN2US

[OBX 51]

any thoughts on the above??? please, anyone!

Does it matter if we dont have honeymoon pictures right now, could they deny our case because of that??

:S

I'm not sure they would put much stock into an event that hasn't happened yet. Do you have photos of the two of you together before and after your marriage? How about cards sent to each other ( I had saved most of ours with the envelopes showing the postmarks/dates), phone bills showing calls to each other, tickets from any previous trips you took together. Really anything you can think of that relates to your relationship to date.

Good luck.

Edited April 8, 2010 by OBX

[muskan4eva 0]

they dont have to be only honeymoon pics of u two. it can be anywhere, b4 or after marriage. i sent them like 3 of my marriage photos. about 3 honeymoon and about 2 more with my husband and my family members.

[pushbrk 13,187]

they dont have to be only honeymoon pics of u two. it can be anywhere, b4 or after marriage. i sent them like 3 of my marriage photos. about 3 honeymoon and about 2 more with my husband and my family members.

Just exactly HOW is one to identify a photo as a "honeymoon photo" anyway?

[achswife 0]

Just send them a ton of ANY pics you have...the more the BETTER. And if you have some with his family, or vice versa, send those too! I also just printed out ALL of our skype minutes, phone bills, letters from my family and his, screen shots of our Facebook and comments from friends and family, random e-mails. The more info the BETTER! Good Luck!

[pushbrk 13,187]

Just send them a ton of ANY pics you have...the more the BETTER. And if you have some with his family, or vice versa, send those too! I also just printed out ALL of our skype minutes, phone bills, letters from my family and his, screen shots of our Facebook and comments from friends and family, random e-mails. The more info the BETTER! Good Luck!

No point in exaggeration. Since the foreign beneficiary carries their case file to the USA, more than a few ounces is overkill. Tonnage is not appreciated by any immigration official anywhere in the process. A couple pounds is a huge case file.

[CAN2US 0]

Just send them a ton of ANY pics you have...the more the BETTER. And if you have some with his family, or vice versa, send those too! I also just printed out ALL of our skype minutes, phone bills, letters from my family and his, screen shots of our Facebook and comments from friends and family, random e-mails. The more info the BETTER! Good Luck!

• Evidence of a Bona fide Marriage
  
• Joint account bank statements
  
• Photographs of the petitioner and the beneficiary at various stages of the relationship (sending 30 pictures- before the
  marriage and the wedding ceremony - I don't have any of us After Marriage-just didn't take any-as he left for home and I had to immediately travel as well...)
  
• Copies of correspondence between the petitioner and the beneficiary
  
• Emails ( March 2010- June 2008)
  
• Chat Logs ( April 2010- Sept 2009)
  
• Long Distance call statements ( Jan 2010-Oct 2008)
  
• Documentary evidence of travel between two countries
  
• Beneficiary E-ticket for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Beneficiary boarding pass for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Beneficiary Hotel reservation and invoice for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Petitioner E-tickets and boarding passes
  
• Gift receipts
  
• Honeymoon travel itinerary/hotel reservation
  

It's a 2.5 pound package-so would this be ENOUGH...I have cards etc as well to include...but I thought it would just get really heavy...I just wish we would have done alot more heavy loading initially to avoid this RFE...lesson learned...never follow instructions on the form!

[OBX 51]

• Evidence of a Bona fide Marriage
  
• Joint account bank statements
  
• Photographs of the petitioner and the beneficiary at various stages of the relationship (sending 30 pictures- before the
  marriage and the wedding ceremony - I don't have any of us After Marriage-just didn't take any-as he left for home and I had to immediately travel as well...)
  
• Copies of correspondence between the petitioner and the beneficiary
  
• Emails ( March 2010- June 2008)
  
• Chat Logs ( April 2010- Sept 2009)
  
• Long Distance call statements ( Jan 2010-Oct 2008)
  
• Documentary evidence of travel between two countries
  
• Beneficiary E-ticket for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Beneficiary boarding pass for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Beneficiary Hotel reservation and invoice for Oct 16, 2009
  
• Petitioner E-tickets and boarding passes
  
• Gift receipts
  
• Honeymoon travel itinerary/hotel reservation
  

It's a 2.5 pound package-so would this be ENOUGH...I have cards etc as well to include...but I thought it would just get really heavy...I just wish we would have done alot more heavy loading initially to avoid this RFE...lesson learned...never follow instructions on the form!

Looks good Let us know how it all works out.

[CAN2US 0]

Looks good Let us know how it all works out.

We were thinking of not including the honeymoon thing-the catch is- we will be taking our flight from the US to the Bahamas! I don't want them thinking weird/giving them the wrong impression...that I am taking a chance of entering US and staying there before my approval...

I am confused-should we include it or not- kinda messed up...just worried as we didn't have any after marriage pictures! daimmit should have taken some... :S

[OBX 51]

We were thinking of not including the honeymoon thing-the catch is- we will be taking our flight from the US to the Bahamas! I don't want them thinking weird/giving them the wrong impression...that I am taking a chance of entering US and staying there before my approval...

I am confused-should we include it or not- kinda messed up...just worried as we didn't have any after marriage pictures! daimmit should have taken some... :S

IMO I would leave out the info for the honeymoon since if I recall from earlier posts this is a trip you plan to take in the future. You can't do anything about the lack of marriage pictures now, send what you have. Hopefully you will get a quick reply and your file will start moving again .

[CAN2US 0]

IMO I would leave out the info for the honeymoon since if I recall from earlier posts this is a trip you plan to take in the future. You can't do anything about the lack of marriage pictures now, send what you have. Hopefully you will get a quick reply and your file will start moving again .

Got the Approval everyone, only the text came through this morning, and the online status says that the approval notice was mailed out April 20!

Unbelievable...they responded back in 4 working days...crazy

Now what's next

[CAN2US 0]

Got the Approval everyone, only the text came through this morning, and the online status says that the approval notice was mailed out April 20!

Unbelievable...they responded back in 4 working days...crazy

Now what's next

Hey guys...should the petitioner call the NVC to get the case number...or the beneficiary can call as well...then do we give the NVC operator our email address at the same moment...and wait for them to email the DS-3032...Choice of Agent form...

PLEASE PLEASE CLARIFY!!