cr-1 questions

[teonshine 0]

Hi every one,

I am not sure if this question has been asked and answered i looked but could not find the answer. After reading the guide it said i need bonified evidence of relationship but after looking at the list most things are joint accounts kind of stuff. So my question is how do you establish the relationship this way when you marry a person who is not a citizen and has no social security number which is needed to open joint accounts? And if she lives there and i live here both having our own apartments how can i put her on my lease or get me on her's with out being there to sign it? Any ideas or suggestions?

[Ryan H 3,834]

USCIS will not expect a couple living apart in separate countries to have such items like property and joint accounts. Those items in the instructions that you reference are not requirements, they are suggestions.

[Joshuaching 11]

Hi every one,

I am not sure if this question has been asked and answered i looked but could not find the answer. After reading the guide it said i need bonified evidence of relationship but after looking at the list most things are joint accounts kind of stuff. So my question is how do you establish the relationship this way when you marry a person who is not a citizen and has no social security number which is needed to open joint accounts? And if she lives there and i live here both having our own apartments how can i put her on my lease or get me on her's with out being there to sign it? Any ideas or suggestions?

I had an affidavit from one of our sponsor-friend stating how long he'd known us and how our relationship with each other is. I had it notarized since by definition an affidavit means a notarized statement. This plus all the documents we were required to have (not really needed by USCIS) to get married in the Philippines.

Remember, you can not provide what you do not have!!! But affidavits from close friends who'd known you and your wife for more than 5 years would suffice.