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[Sirdaniel42 86]

It's quite the opposite, all the way through this process.

Agree, they don't have to prove anything but we do

[Christi and Ian 24]

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Hi, where did you get the information about Immigration Judge if CIS denies a case? Is it on USCIS website? I don't have joint bank account and file tax separately because we were separated when we filed tax and now we are divorced. All bills are under my name. I am also scared that my documents are not strong. Do affidavits from the immigrants' family work or they have to be from the US Citizen's in laws?

I actually got it from the guidelines from this website, and I am supposing that Ewok based it upon actual statistics from this website.

[jjbandero 39]

What about other legal documents like power of attorney or maybe life insurance where your wife is a beneficiary or vice versa? Do you contribute to the living expenses paid your in-laws? If so, you should list that in the letter where they explain your living arrangements, if it's paid out of your joint account, then you can cross reference them to show that you are mingling your households.

Best of luck

[Christi and Ian 24]

(2) Hearing in removal proceeding.-Any alien whose permanent resident status is terminated under paragraph (1) may request a review of such determination in a proceeding to remove the alien. In such proceeding, the burden of proof shall be on the Secretary to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a condition described in paragraph (1) is met.

Paragraph 1 refers to the determination that the marriage was fraudulent.

If you Google USCIS INA 216, you will see the exact legal description and what is expected from USCIS...so yes, ultimately the burden is on them to prove your marriage is not bonafide...something they cannot do if you are.

So as I was saying...worst case scenario, just the inconvenience of the thing...

Edited June 21, 2012 by Christi and Ian

[Christi and Ian 24]

Here is the link:

http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-4223.html

[Gummibear 5]

Here is the link:

http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-4223.html

Thank you, Christi and Ian. Do you think my affidavits from my parents work? Because I'm not close with my in-laws and I don't think my ex will write me an affidavit.

[Christi and Ian 24]

It's my understanding that Affidavits are only minimally helpful. My parents live in Texas, so I had friends write them...one is a Lawyer and one is a Social Worker...we all work for the government. It was the best I could do with what I had, so I included them...I think it's only necessary that the person/people know you and your husband have a legitimate marriage and have a reasonable amount of contact with you both.

[RichiJenny 14]

My wife is insured on her grandmothers vehicle, it is obviously at her grandmothers house ( which is 4 doors away from where we live) I will be insured on it soon - would it be worth including it in our evidence : showing we are both insured on the vehicle albeit an address 4 doors away from our residence?

[RichiJenny 14]

Our bills will be mostly from this year - should that make too much of a difference? We have a joint bank statement, account opening info and tax returns, from last year. That should be ok, right?

Oh and a few photos from last year.