Evidences of Bona-Fide Marriage Relationship

[LotofPatience 65]

The complete list is added in the EZguide - http://www.visajourn...p/EZGuideSpouse

Thanks to all who participated and spend your valuable time here. Appreciated

Loto

Edited November 26, 2010 by PatiencePaidOff

[tabndan 4]

Awesome job Loto your hard work and this guide is greatly appreciated.

[LotofPatience 65]

Awesome job Loto your hard work and this guide is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Tabitha

Loto

[sesa 0]

Hey Loto,

Great job. Appreciate all your effort.

sesa.

[Burebista 3]

I put all my evidence of bona-fide relationship in a folder, behind the rest of the the stuff for I-130. Here is an exact copy of the cover letter for this evidence, except I changed all the names. Notice, my wife and I do not live together, so we don't have co-mingling of assets or property:

Dear Sir/Madam:

I, John Smith, a citizen of the United States, submit the following evidence as support of my marriage to Jane Smith, our relationship since March, 2009, and evidence of a relationship between Jane Smith and my two daughters from previous marriage. I have flown to Romania to be with my fiance/wife seven times, and she has flown to the U.S.A to be with me once. Each document is numbered in the top left corner of the first page.

Please find enclosed the following required and supporting documents:

1) Copy of my U.S passport, along with stamps proving my travel to Bucharest, Romania.

2) Copy of Jane Doe's visa when she visited me in December, 2009.

3) Certified copy of Romanian document declaring me free to marry.

4) My flight itinerary and a boarding pass for one of my flights to Romania, October 2009

5) Flight itinerary for me and my daughters (Mary Smith & Sally Smith) when we visited Jane in Romania, June, 2010.

6) Booking confirmation and flight itinerary for Jane Doe's flight to U.S.A to visit me, December, 2009

7) Emails between Jane Doe and a car rental company in Bucharest, Romania

8) Email between River Spruce cabins in Estes Park, Colorado and myself in preparation for my trip with Jane Doe (we drove to Colorado from Kansas City after her arrival to the U.S.A.).

9) Two pages of screenshots of my email inbox showing constant email communication between Jane Doe and myself.

10) An email from Jane to me, discussing preparation of documents for our marriage.

11) An email from Jane to me, discussing that she got her tourist visa for her flight to visit me and my daughters in Kansas City, U.S.A.

12) An email between Jane and me, discussing my return flight from Bucharest, Romania to Kansas City, U.S.A.

13) A typical “I love you” email from Jane to me.

14) Two notifications of eCards sent between Jane and me.

15) Email between Jane and my oldest daughter.

16) Email between Jane and my oldest daughter.

17) Email between Jane and my oldest daughter.

18) Packet of photos, each photo numbered on back, with enclosed summary of photo descriptions.

I then included a cover letter in front of the packet of photos, describing exactly what was the nature of each photo.

I hope this helps.

[Burebista 3]

Because my new wife and my children from a previous marriage have a relationship also, I made sure to include lots of information and photos as evidence to support this. So, I'm not sure if this was included by Loto yet, but I think if you can prove that your spouse also has relationships with your family members, it can't hurt. A picture is worth a 1000 words, as they say, and a photo with my daughters, wife and myself together should speak volumes.

[LotofPatience 65]

Because my new wife and my children from a previous marriage have a relationship also, I made sure to include lots of information and photos as evidence to support this. So, I'm not sure if this was included by Loto yet, but I think if you can prove that your spouse also has relationships with your family members, it can't hurt. A picture is worth a 1000 words, as they say, and a photo with my daughters, wife and myself together should speak volumes.

You are absolutely right, Burebista

Loto

Hey Loto,

Great job. Appreciate all your effort.

sesa.

Thanks sesa!

Loto

[Burebista 3]

Another thing I just thought of: my wife and I interacted on an online social network, so I also provided the URL for each of our profiles, which is viewable by the public. Here, one could see a long history of interaction between us, via the posts on our profiles. I also took a screenshot of these profiles and had it made into a photo.

[SailorBoy1297 0]

I applaud Loto for developing this guide. I would have loved seeing something like this when I was going through the process with my wife. However, I was lucky and prevailed. Now a new situation for which I can't find a lot of posts on is proving a bonafide relationship with a stepchild. The short story is that my wife's ex-husband was awarded custody of their only daughter (then 10 years old). Here's the real corker...her dad was in prison at the time serving a 15 year sentence for fraud. Regardless, my wife paid child support as ordered by the court never missing a payment up until our marriage when I assumed responsibility for the child support (got all that documentation). We even increased the amount substantially (required to pay approx. $50/mo per decree, I increased it to $150/mo and then to $300/mo). Since our marriage, I have only visited China once and my wife twice (last time was this past Sept). The time my wife and I both visited was great as her daughter was able to spend a lot of time with us. We made arrangements to have her live with my wife's brother (much better environment) than having her live with her Dad's mother (elderly and the family is basically corrupt with strangers coming to the house to gamble).

My relationship with my stepdaughter has steadily grown stronger but I wanted to give her time and space to decide if she would ever want to immigrate to the US. Last year she started talking about the prospect and since then she has really set her hopes very high on coming to the US to finally live in a normal family environment and be with her Mom whom she adores. Her Dad was paroled this year and he made things incredibly difficult for her to gather needed documentation to get a passport. We finally ended up sending him money as encouragement to perform and he did. My stepdaughter has come to see her Dad for what he really is...a criminal. He even stole money from her a couple of times. She refers to me as her Dad instead of using my first name and has sent me great emails although her English is not so good, she makes a good attempt at telling me how much she loves me.

So there's the short version, now what things can I be doing to establish a bonafide relationship with my stepdaughter whom I genuinely love as do my own daughters? We have filed our petition for her immigration in October and with the electronic processing available, it won't be long before she has her interview. Aside from financial child support records, regular long distance phone calls and sporadic emails, what else would be good to gather up for her interview. Oh, I plan on getting numerous affidavits from my family and friends regarding my relationship and how I feel about my wife and stepdaughter. I brag about both a lot to anyone who might ask. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Best of luck to all,

Sailorboy

[Angel Eyes Yuseef 5]

I can not offer any help on this subject, but what you seem to have is a great start. I think it is great on what you have done for your step daughter kudo's to you.

I applaud Loto for developing this guide. I would have loved seeing something like this when I was going through the process with my wife. However, I was lucky and prevailed. Now a new situation for which I can't find a lot of posts on is proving a bonafide relationship with a stepchild. The short story is that my wife's ex-husband was awarded custody of their only daughter (then 10 years old). Here's the real corker...her dad was in prison at the time serving a 15 year sentence for fraud. Regardless, my wife paid child support as ordered by the court never missing a payment up until our marriage when I assumed responsibility for the child support (got all that documentation). We even increased the amount substantially (required to pay approx. $50/mo per decree, I increased it to $150/mo and then to $300/mo). Since our marriage, I have only visited China once and my wife twice (last time was this past Sept). The time my wife and I both visited was great as her daughter was able to spend a lot of time with us. We made arrangements to have her live with my wife's brother (much better environment) than having her live with her Dad's mother (elderly and the family is basically corrupt with strangers coming to the house to gamble).

My relationship with my stepdaughter has steadily grown stronger but I wanted to give her time and space to decide if she would ever want to immigrate to the US. Last year she started talking about the prospect and since then she has really set her hopes very high on coming to the US to finally live in a normal family environment and be with her Mom whom she adores. Her Dad was paroled this year and he made things incredibly difficult for her to gather needed documentation to get a passport. We finally ended up sending him money as encouragement to perform and he did. My stepdaughter has come to see her Dad for what he really is...a criminal. He even stole money from her a couple of times. She refers to me as her Dad instead of using my first name and has sent me great emails although her English is not so good, she makes a good attempt at telling me how much she loves me.

So there's the short version, now what things can I be doing to establish a bonafide relationship with my stepdaughter whom I genuinely love as do my own daughters? We have filed our petition for her immigration in October and with the electronic processing available, it won't be long before she has her interview. Aside from financial child support records, regular long distance phone calls and sporadic emails, what else would be good to gather up for her interview. Oh, I plan on getting numerous affidavits from my family and friends regarding my relationship and how I feel about my wife and stepdaughter. I brag about both a lot to anyone who might ask. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Best of luck to all,

Sailorboy

[LotofPatience 65]

So there's the short version, now what things can I be doing to establish a bonafide relationship with my stepdaughter whom I genuinely love as do my own daughters? We have filed our petition for her immigration in October and with the electronic processing available, it won't be long before she has her interview. Aside from financial child support records, regular long distance phone calls and sporadic emails, what else would be good to gather up for her interview. Oh, I plan on getting numerous affidavits from my family and friends regarding my relationship and how I feel about my wife and stepdaughter. I brag about both a lot to anyone who might ask. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Sailorboy, Sorry, but glad to hear things worked in your favor!

The list you provided is excellent. Some points to be added, but not limited to:

Pictures together at various events including vacation

Trips to meet her including passport stamps

Any aid for her studies

Her notarized sworn letter about the affection to you

Your notarized sworn letter about the affection to her

Required docs are:

A copy of your step-child's birth certificate issued by civil authorities

A copy of your civil marriage certificate to your step-child's biological parent

Proof of the legal termination of all previous marriages for you and/or the biological parent (divorce decree, death certificate, annulment decree)

Loto

Edited November 27, 2010 by PatiencePaidOff

[SailorBoy1297 0]

The list you provided is excellent. Some points to be added, but not limited to:

Pictures together at various events including vacation

Trips to meet her including passport stamps

Any aid for her studies

Her notarized sworn letter about the affection to you

Your notarized sworn letter about the affection to her

Thanks so much Loto! Of the things you've mentioned, we have photos of the trip I made three years ago (along with passport stamps); tuition aid for her vocational school she recently graduated; the notarized letters should be no problem whatever. My biggest worry was the lack of trips to China as my wife had arrived in the US and we were focused primarily on getting her transitioned to both her new living environment and cultural differences, ESL, etc. Thanks for your suggestions, they are greatly appreciated. If you think of anything more, would appreciate hearing about them. Thanks again.

Sailorboy.

I can not offer any help on this subject, but what you seem to have is a great start. I think it is great on what you have done for your step daughter kudo's to you.

Thanks Angel Eyes, I appreciate your kind words. I think it's not that great since most "normal and compassionate" stepdads would have done the same without giving it a second thought. Thanks much.

Sailorboy