I-485 adjustment from K1 - interview question

[evilmonkey 2]

So I got married to my fiance on Aug 19th (now my wife obv.) after she arrived on K-1 in mid august. However, economy has been tough and we have not yet had a wedding reception/party or whatever you want to call it. We got married in a civil ceremony because we did not have enough money at that time (and still not now) to host the kind of wedding party we would like to have. We are still saving up to have the ceremony but our interview is on Dec 9th. Is this a potential red flag?

Because of this, we do not have any wedding photos, however, I did buy her a wedding ring and I have tons of other proof to show the marriage is indeed based on a bonafide relationship (such as Copies of bank statements, health insurance, life insurance, credit card, rental agreement, photos of us vacationing at various locations before and after our marriage). Is this going to be a problem.

2nd question, is it necessary to show proof of "religious" marriage during the I485 interview? I assume no but just checking...THe priest wanted an extra $250 to bless us and issue a certificate. At that time, we thought it was a complete rip off plus I dont think religious marriage certificate would hold much weight compared to a civil certificate. Is this assumption correct?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

First thing - no. Many people don't bother with a full-blown wedding. i know several people who've just done civil and only had maybe 2 photos of the event. Doesn't matter. the other stuff (proof of co-mingling) does.

No-one cares if it's religious or not. LEGAL is the important one.

[amykathleen2005 441]

Do you have any photos at all of the civil ceremony? During our interview our IO looked through ours.

[evilmonkey 2]

Do you have any photos at all of the civil ceremony? During our interview our IO looked through ours.

I have some but not a whole lot because it was just 2 of us

[Nik+Heather 121]

Since we aren't religious, we didn't have a religious ceremony, and the only proof we have is the same thing you'd get if you stood in front of a judge. Really, they can't require more in terms of are you married or not.

We showed maybe 6 pictures, and only a couple of them were from the wedding. We hadn't done up the album yet.

The biggest thing to my mind was just like the embassy interview, they want to see that you can put your money where your mouth is. If you have co-mingled finances and have joint accounts and stuff. We spent more time on that, even though we did have a floofy white dress wedding.

[baron555 934]

We are still saving up to have the ceremony but our interview is on Dec 9th. Is this a potential red flag?

No

Because of this, we do not have any wedding photos, however, I did buy her a wedding ring and I have tons of other proof to show the marriage is indeed based on a bonafide relationship (such as Copies of bank statements, health insurance, life insurance, credit card, rental agreement, photos of us vacationing at various locations before and after our marriage). Is this going to be a problem.

No, that's all we did and had to show. Don't forget state ID card and library cards for both.

2nd question, is it necessary to show proof of "religious" marriage during the I485 interview?

No

At that time, we thought it was a complete rip off plus I dont think religious marriage certificate would hold much weight compared to a civil certificate. Is this assumption correct?

Yes, you are now legally married. That is all that matters.