Bonifide Marriage.....

[Msrobin651 0]

Do i really need to show a lot for the Bonifide Marriage?

Can i just show them pictures from our wedding with my husband parents in it, passport stamps,pictures with the two of us in different locations,

emails,chat log,letters?

Is that enough or i can take away a few items i don't want to overload the evidence. I want to get to the point on our strong relationship.

Thanks....=)

[payxibka 10,047]

Do i really need to show a lot for the Bonifide Marriage?

Can i just show them pictures from our wedding with my husband parents in it, passport stamps,pictures with the two of us in different locations,

emails,chat log,letters?

Is that enough or i can take away a few items i don't want to overload the evidence. I want to get to the point on our strong relationship.

Thanks....=)

bonafide marriage relationship takes on many faces.... it includes what you mention but also could include how you have "comingled" your lives... such as joint tax returns, joint ownership of assets, beneficiary designation on accounts, insurance policies, etc...

[Darnell 8,479]

If you haven't filed the I-130 yet, you might want to review the instructions, and provide as much of that, those 6 types, as you can, with original submittal. Ya, ya, I know - is hard to make this evidence, if just married or living apart in different countries, but it can be done.

If you have already filed for the I-130, and are trying to work up an 'evidence package' to show on interview day - just remember - that 'bonafide marriage evidence' is a living document - things accumulate over time, even when living apart.

Here's what I did, ages past, on initial I-130 submittal - have a read?

(ya, click the thing) --> http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=218775&st=0&p=3324240&hl=Rusticentry3324240

[rosco_qa 0]

http://www.aplusservices.biz/Resources/Bona%20Fides%20of%20Marriage.pdf

[donaldsant 0]

bonafide marriage relationship takes on many faces.... it includes what you mention but also could include how you have "comingled" your lives... such as joint tax returns, joint ownership of assets, beneficiary designation on accounts, insurance policies, etc...

How can you file your income taxes with your wife's name on when she needs a Visa to get a social security number?

[Darnell 8,479]

How can you file your income taxes with your wife's name on when she needs a Visa to get a social security number?

You paper file the return with the W-7 form to the special W-7 processing address in Austin , Texas.

[payxibka 10,047]

How can you file your income taxes with your wife's name on when she needs a Visa to get a social security number?

You think the IRS will allow that little item to prevent the filing of tax returns? Say it ain't so.... It is called the ITIN

[rosco_qa 0]

You think the IRS will allow that little item to prevent the filing of tax returns? Say it ain't so.... It is called the ITIN

http://www.armywell-being.org/skins/WBLO/display.aspx?mode=user&ModuleId=8cde2e88-3052-448c-893d-d0b4b14b31c4&action=display_page&ObjectID=95fec446-d937-423b-9a07-9ad1187936d2&AllowSSL=true

Above link will tell you exactly what you need to do

Edited May 28, 2010 by rosco_qa

[mamamimi 8]

Hi there!!

So glad to see this post, I have a question about bonifide marriage evidence. I married my husband in Chile, I live here in the US (citizen) I have visited him 5 times since May of last year. We call eachother (all the time) and we have written letters to each other. I also took trips with him in Chile (our honeymoon, etc..)

We do not have bank accounts or any property under both our names, because he lives in Chile and I live here.

I have known this man for 24 years (we fell in love when I visited my family there). Long story short, my parents opposed our wedding plans and we did not marry. I went to visit my grandparents last May and we saw eachother and realized that we still loved eachother and now there was nothing standing in the way to be together, he had never married and I was divorced for five years now. We got married in September of 2009, I am finally with my soulmate and have never been this happy!!

I sent out form I-130 (mailed yesterday) and did not include any affidavits from friends or family, I figure that they will eventually ask for this down the road..right?

Thanks in advance for your reply!!

PS: I was there for the quake in Chile it was my last day there! what a send off lol!!

[Jasman0717 9]

We used tax returns and bills with both our names, that seemed to work!

[KayaEel 5]

Mamamimi, If you included any of the other information supporting a bona fide marriage with the I-130 Petition, then you should be OK. Affidavits are not required with the I-130 Petition, but they are helpful to have. So, you may want to get them in time for your spouse's interview at the US Consulate. The easiest one for you to do is the spousal affidavit. Just write it and sign it in the presence of a notary here in the U.S., and you're done. Go to this link to see templates for Spousal and 3rd Party Affidavits .

[mamamimi 8]

Mamamimi, If you included any of the other information supporting a bona fide marriage with the I-130 Petition, then you should be OK. Affidavits are not required with the I-130 Petition, but they are helpful to have. So, you may want to get them in time for your spouse's interview at the US Consulate. The easiest one for you to do is the spousal affidavit. Just write it and sign it in the presence of a notary here in the U.S., and you're done. Go to this link to see templates for Spousal and 3rd Party Affidavits .

[mamamimi 8]

That is good news! I do have a lot of pictures...just like you I have taken a lot of trips to Chile to visit him and my family. (My husband lives with them) I have flight records, letters etc... Thanks so much for your helpful reply!!

Emily

[Indy90 21]

Do i really need to show a lot for the Bonifide Marriage?

Can i just show them pictures from our wedding with my husband parents in it, passport stamps,pictures with the two of us in different locations,

emails,chat log,letters?

Is that enough or i can take away a few items i don't want to overload the evidence. I want to get to the point on our strong relationship.

Thanks....=)

It kind of depends where you are from, which you do not say. If your spouse is from Ecuador like mine is, you need to send as much evidence as possible, because it will greatly increase your chance of getting approved at the consulate level when your spouse is interviewed. I sent a list of all our emails (about 10 printed out), letters from my credit card companies showing that I had added her to my accounts (she does not need a social security card to get a card under your account), evidence of time spent together (photo copies of plane tickets, bus fares, hotel stays, etc.), proof that we have a joint bank account in Ecuador, letters from friends and family, about 40 pictures, our skype history, personal letters we had sent through the mail (copies), and several other things that I can't remember right now. For other countries, it might not be necessary to frontload so much.

From what I understand, in Ecuador the CO often times denies cases for lack of evidence despite people bringing in an entire suitcase of evidence. This problem can be avoided by frontloading the I 130 because the CO has to look at the evidence this way.

Edited May 29, 2010 by Indy90