Question about when to send in evidence for IR-1/CR-1 visa (and a few other questions)(

[Silverberry1331 25]

Hi Everyone,

I have a few questions and I would appreciate some collective wisdom from the forum. We received our first NOA a few months ago. On July 17th we received another letter from the Department of Homeland Security stating that in 30 days we should hear something from them (if we didn't we were told we should contact them).

Question one: Is this letter normal to receive?

So in the meantime, thanks to some of the great tips we received on this site, we have been putting together our package for his Visa application and my AOS forms along with the backup. I am wondering at what time should we send in more proof of our relationship? When I sent the original petition, we sent the marriage license, notarized letters from his family members, and our facebook wedding album complete with posts from family and friends including mine. However, I have over 400 pages of chatlogs, dozens of phone bills and text bills, photo albums, passport stamps to show I lived with him this summer and visited him, beneficiary forms from the bank, signed letters from my parents, ect (even videos and voice mails--if that is applicable). Those were not sent in at the time...

Question two: Do we send that information in with his Visa Application or just bring it to the interview?

Question three: Do we send in everything we have? I ask because this would be a sizable package and I didn't know if this would help or just irritate them or slow the case down.

Some background for final question: Faisal and I have been married for eight months and have know each other for a year and four months. We were introduced via internet by a mutual friend. When I went to Morocco the first time, I went so we could marry. We are both around the same age, same level of education, and we are not the same religion. Our relationship (like everyone I have been reading about here on VJ) is a genuine one based on love and mutual respected qualities. Faisal seems to feel that if we cross all our T's and dot all our I's, provide them with what they need, and just be straightforward and honest that it will be obvious that we just want to live our married lives in the US (thus granting us the Visa). I, on the other hand, have seen some horror stories about people who had done everything right, have been married longer, clearly love their spouses, and even lived with their spouses in Morocco, and were denied as frauds.

Finally question(s): What makes people's cases get denied like this? Is there any rhyme or reason for it? Is it the luck of the draw? Or is there probably something more going on and my husband's cheerful optimism is more correct than my paranoia.

Thanks everyone...so sorry for the long post. Ramadan Kareem to all...God Bless

Gina

[Ryan H 3,812]

However, I have over 400 pages of chatlogs, dozens of phone bills and text bills, photo albums, passport stamps to show I lived with him this summer and visited him, beneficiary forms from the bank, signed letters from my parents, ect (even videos and voice mails--if that is applicable). Those were not sent in at the time...

Ouch, at least some (if not all) of that should have been submitted with the I-130. However, you have a second chance for submission, see my next answer.

Question two: Do we send that information in with his Visa Application or just bring it to the interview?

Send it with the DS-230 package. The interview, especially in Casablanca, is not the time to try and submit evidence for the first time when it could have been submitted earlier.

Question three: Do we send in everything we have? I ask because this would be a sizable package and I didn't know if this would help or just irritate them or slow the case down.

By sending those kinds of items to the NVC, it will likely slow the case down. However, given that your husband will have to interview at a very tough Consulate, it's essential that those items you have be part of the file a CO will see prior to the interview. As I said before, the ideal time to submit such evidence is when the I-130 is filed, however, since that ship in your case has already sailed, you have a second chance to submit items along with the DS-230 package.

[New Beginnings 32]

Ouch, at least some (if not all) of that should have been submitted with the I-130. However, you have a second chance for submission, see my next answer.

Send it with the DS-230 package. The interview, especially in Casablanca, is not the time to try and submit evidence for the first time when it could have been submitted earlier.

By sending those kinds of items to the NVC, it will likely slow the case down. However, given that your husband will have to interview at a very tough Consulate, it's essential that those items you have be part of the file a CO will see prior to the interview. As I said before, the ideal time to submit such evidence is when the I-130 is filed, however, since that ship in your case has already sailed, you have a second chance to submit items along with the DS-230 package.

I agree, you definitely want to frontload the application with Casa. However, make sure you make copies of everything and bring it with you to the interview. They have a habit of asking for information you have already submitted. The interview will also be a good time to bring additional evidence. Try to make it there for the interview if you can and even an additional trip before wouldn't hurt. My husband and I married on my first trip there and I made a second trip there before we sent in our application and we had no problems. We also front loaded the application. Make sure you also include some affidavits from your friends and family as well as his.