Getting ready for I-130 - couple questions

[NikLR 13,227]

So my husband is getting ready to send in the I-130 petition for me, and I want to make sure he has everything he needs. I sent him a signed G-325a with a passport type photo in the mail. We'll submit the copy of the marriage certificate as well. He is putting me on his bank account and I am on the vehicle insurance so we'll need copies of that.

Here is the question part. He figures because he was USAF for 8 years (made SSgt) and now has a government job that he needed security clearance for, we should be okay with just the basics. My mom, a reverend who married us, is willing to do an affidavit. So is his best friend who is a SSgt (I think...might be higher?) in the USAF. I haven't gotten them done up yet because he doesn't think they're necessary. We talk on Skype everyday, often all day, but I haven't been recording every time we talk because I didn't think about it being a big deal until I joined this forum. We do have gtalk logs dating back from before we started dating in Nov 2011. We met Dec 2011, engaged late Jan 2012, and he spent a month living here in Canada with me from Feb to March 2012. (Does that need to be on my paperwork eventually? It was only a month and a week.) We were married May 20, 2012. I visited Aug 2012 as well but we forgot to take pictures, we just so happy to see each other and it was only a week.

Do you think we'll need the pictures, Skype logs, gtalk logs, phone records, and affidavits? He thinks not but I'd rather not get an RFE, so I'm on here asking for opinions. Already we've waited this long for him to get this job, which is his dream job. I knew he'd have to be employed for the I-864 so that was the hold up before. I want this to be as smooth as possible, but I also don't want to have to waste a bunch of people's time trying to get letters mailed that aren't needed.

Thanks for any help!!

Edited September 18, 2012 by NikiR

[NikLR 13,227]

I also have a question about #21 on the I-130 petition... We lived together for a month and a week, does that need to go on this form? He was only here visiting technically. Thanks again.

[sttom 6]

I also have a question about #21 on the I-130 petition... We lived together for a month and a week, does that need to go on this form? He was only here visiting technically. Thanks again.

I am not sure about "need to", but i feel it would be good even if it has been a month and a week. That, i feel, strengthens your case when compared to fraudulent marriages. OR at least, it wouldn't hurt..

We stayed about 14 days together and we did have that for #21.

[NikLR 13,227]

Awesome thank you

[Ryan H 3,812]

I also have a question about #21 on the I-130 petition... We lived together for a month and a week, does that need to go on this form? He was only here visiting technically. Thanks again.

He was only visiting, that does not count as "living together" for the purposes of that question.

[NikLR 13,227]

What then, qualifies as living together? He helped with bills that month. Basically he wanted to see how much he liked it up here (despite being a horrible cold month to visit) because at the time that was the plan.