IS this enough to be considered a bonifide marriage

[Mikhail 1]

This is what I plan on turning in with my I-130 im wondering if it will be considered enough

1. My entire call history of the last 11 months totaling over 100 calls and texts to the phil

2. Some emails we have exchanged, including a copy of voicemail on some of the emails we have exchanged

3. Hand written letters, as well as the copies of the envelopes

4. Marriage Certificate

5. Affidavit of someone who attended our wedding and who was also a witness

6. Pictures taken during the wedding ceremony

7. Pictures of us together

8. a copy of our e-ticket itinerary when we visited eachother

Scottandmhay passed and they didnt have a whole lot so should this be enough?

Edited April 14, 2010 by Mikhail

[British_Cupcake 1]

i would say thats enough. All we had was my dependant Id from the military because my husband is in the army, 10 photos of us together from different occasions like wedding, when we first met, when we were together with my family, we sent a copy of the lease for the house we both had signed and also flight itenerarys

[MitalJinal 2]

This is what I plan on turning in with my I-130 im wondering if it will be considered enough

1. My entire call history of the last 11 months totaling over 100 calls and texts to the phil

2. Some emails we have exchanged, including a copy of voicemail on some of the emails we have exchanged

3. Hand written letters, as well as the copies of the envelopes

4. Marriage Certificate

5. Affidavit of someone who attended our wedding and who was also a witness

6. Pictures taken during the wedding ceremony

7. Pictures of us together

8. a copy of our e-ticket itinerary when we visited eachother

Scottandmhay passed and they didnt have a whole lot so should this be enough?

Along with the above mentioned documents for bona-fide marriage relationship, I also sent the following documents:

1. Original receipts of the items which we purchased together. (Restaurants, theatre, etc)

2. Original receipts of the items which we purchased for each other (i.e. receipt of ring for engagement from me,receipt of ring for engagement from her, receipt of gifts from her, receipt of gifts from me)

3. Notarized copy of US Passport stamps, which shows my travel to beneficiary country (India)

4. Original gate passes of my travel to India.

I had received an RFE on my I-130 and hence submitted all the available proofs, in order to clear the RFE.

My RFE got resolved in 48 hours.

[christeen 966]

as far as paperwork proving bonified marriage... it sounds like you have a good amount... But remember that there is an interview and proof on paper yet failure to be able to answer basic questions about your husband/wife at the interview is the other part of the process... so be sure to review some of the sample questions and be able to answer them without hesitation....

[Dakine 26]

This is what I plan on turning in with my I-130 im wondering if it will be considered enough

1. My entire call history of the last 11 months totaling over 100 calls and texts to the phil

2. Some emails we have exchanged, including a copy of voicemail on some of the emails we have exchanged

3. Hand written letters, as well as the copies of the envelopes

4. Marriage Certificate

5. Affidavit of someone who attended our wedding and who was also a witness

6. Pictures taken during the wedding ceremony

7. Pictures of us together

8. a copy of our e-ticket itinerary when we visited eachother

Scottandmhay passed and they didnt have a whole lot so should this be enough?

That's plenty for the initial petition.

Start getting evidence for the interview. Will, life insurance, joint account, abit late to file taxes jointly unless you were married in 2009. You can ammend them then.

More communication records, snail mail letters and cards, screen shots and chats etc.

Making another trip or 2 with more pictures is a biggy.

[besaangel 18]

What about bills, or joint leases or account?

[Sweetcheeksss 91]

Well I have been reading the forum and saw the thread about the age difference...and it's got me thinking(o.O scary lol)

I am 11 years older than my hubby. I am from Canada, he is a USC. We have been together since 2006, got married in Jan of this year.

We have taken many trips together -

1) Las Vegas - Feb 2007

2) Cruise to the caribbean - end of March 2008

3) 2 weeks in Germany - June 2009

4) 2 weeks in Cancun - March 2010

5) he's flown up to Canada many times, and I've flown to USA as well (all stamped in both of our passports)

Plus, I lived for 6 months at his(our) residence in WA state in 07,08 and 09 - my name has actually been added to the lease and to a bunch of the utility bills (he's in the military and deploys often - this enables me to pay the bills while he's gone). And he's named me as his power of attorney while he's deployed.

Anyway, we have ooodles of pictures from those various trips, I've met his family (and he's met mine), I've got a dependent US military ID card, etc.

In fact, we were all set to be living together cept a lawyer we paid to help us with the entire immigration thing screwed us over and did NOTHING and then quit her law firm -(yeah, it was awesome to find that out at the POE when I tried to come back in bleh). We have skype chat logs, emails, myspace messages, cell phone records that span from 2007 to present.

Sooo what I am getting to is this - do you think, in spite of our age difference, with ALL of that proof, that I will still have a "red flag" because I'm 11 years older than he is?

Edited April 14, 2010 by Sweetcheeksss

[DanielParul 50]

11 year age difference is nothing in Canada. You will be fine. You have oodles of proof. We did it with 5 years age difference from India. I (non USC wife) am older and in India its not even the norm. Don't worry, you are good.

[Darnell 8,478]

don't send the marriage certificate.

SEND A PHOTOCOPY.

I know gathering evidence for the I-130 is difficult when you're just married or living apart -

here's what I did for my I-130 packet (click the link, have a read? )

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/218775-bonafide-relationship/page__p__3324240__hl__Rustic#entry3324240