I-130 proof of relationship: Good enough?

[speedwell 224]

I see. Hmmm, one file folder might be enough then and oooh i will probably have to buy paperclips.

We're going with USPS. Maybe do it express mail?

By the way, please... If anyone can answer, how did you deal with bank statements? We have a joint account and my husband printed all our daily statements since day one! Hahaha! It's a ton of paperwork. I shouldn't submit everything, right? What did you do?

Ivy, is your husband an engineer? I say this because I train engineers and I dearly love them, but there's nothing like an engineer for either unnecessary "efficiency" or wretched overthinking.

Monthly statements should be more than sufficient. Someone I know just pasted a voided check from the joint checking account and a voided deposit slip from the joint savings account to a piece of paper and did fine. We will probably do the same. I don't feel comfortable with Immigration doing a fishing trip into what I spend money on; I just want them to know we bank together.

[lierre 224]

Ivy, is your husband an engineer? I say this because I train engineers and I dearly love them, but there's nothing like an engineer for either unnecessary "efficiency" or wretched overthinking.

Monthly statements should be more than sufficient. Someone I know just pasted a voided check from the joint checking account and a voided deposit slip from the joint savings account to a piece of paper and did fine. We will probably do the same. I don't feel comfortable with Immigration doing a fishing trip into what I spend money on; I just want them to know we bank together.

Monthly statements... I will tell my husband to print those out. i really don't think I should send them our daily statements, too. Haha! They might think we eat out a lot.

Nope, he isn't an engineer. But, he is in a field that requires good foresight. i'm actually the primary person gathering up proof and making sure we have everything needed. And I admit to being an unnecessary overthinker and being extremely technical with details. But, I'm a medical professional.

[speedwell 224]

And I admit to being an unnecessary overthinker and being extremely technical with details. But, I'm a medical professional.

As I told my pharmacist... thank you for being a perfectionist. Just remember the principle of diminishing returns, and the thing about perfect being the enemy of the good. Cheers

[lvchic 2]

Hello everyone! This forum has been really helpful with our I-130 petition package. I just want to get your opinion on what we currently have.

Quick background:

We met online. Met in person 5-6 times. Got married in my country (Philippines) 2 years after meeting each other.

I currently live with him near a military base outside the US. I have been here as his dependent for almost 7 months now.

We have no kids. We have a joint bank account with a US bank.

What we intend to send as proof of relationship + some questions I have:

2-3 photos from our wedding day, with dates and some explanation

1-2 photos each from the 5 countries we have traveled in together (or will boarding passes weigh more?)

Joint bank account statement

Photocopies of 2-3 cards & their envelopes which has our names on it

Marriage certificate

2 or 3 contracts from our wedding suppliers (caterer's, photographer's, my gownmaker's)

Copy of our marriage license (from Manila)

Boarding passes/itinerary emails of his flights to and from Manila for our wedding

Entry and exit stamps to the Philippines on his passport

My letter from their military command regarding my stay here near their base

My entry stamps to Japan (where we currently live)

My boarding pass/itinerary email to Japan

Questions:

We are already married and living together. Do I have to send proof of how we met? Like maybe his receipt from the dating site where we met? Or pictures from when we first saw each other in person? Or does that not matter since we are already living together?

Should I ask for affidavits attesting to our relationship? Like from our best man (who's his best friend) or from my mother-in-law (who was at the wedding)? Or we don't really need it anymore?

Really hope to get more info... We don't wanna get an RFE.

Hi there! Don't forget to submit also your AFFIDAVITS of WITNESS/WITNESSES affirmed by two parties. It could be your so-called NINONG or NINANG at your wedding And don't forget to submit your G-325A forms. You can download these at the USCIS website.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Hi there! Don't forget to submit also your AFFIDAVITS of WITNESS/WITNESSES affirmed by two parties. It could be your so-called NINONG or NINANG at your wedding And don't forget to submit your G-325A forms. You can download these at the USCIS website.

affidavits are not necessary or required and hold very little weight.

if you have more obvious evidence then its not necessary

[lierre 224]

As I told my pharmacist... thank you for being a perfectionist. Just remember the principle of diminishing returns, and the thing about perfect being the enemy of the good. Cheers

Hahaha! Cheers!

Hi there! Don't forget to submit also your AFFIDAVITS of WITNESS/WITNESSES affirmed by two parties. It could be your so-called NINONG or NINANG at your wedding And don't forget to submit your G-325A forms. You can download these at the USCIS website.

affidavits are not necessary or required and hold very little weight.

if you have more obvious evidence then its not necessary

Unfortunately, I am limited by time and by geography with what I can do regarding affidavits. I'm no longer in Manila, where our marriage took place. And we want the petition sent before this week ends.

lvchic, thanks for the tip! Yup, didn't include G-325a forms in that checklist because it's my list of proof of relationship. Thanks again, KDH!

I've accumulated a ton of photos and papers. Gonna make the evolution of relationship letter together with my husband. We're planning to make it a letter similar to what Darnell posted on here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/260331-wife-speaks-no-english/page__view__findpost__p__3995116

[alma r-f 0]

Our evidence was a mix of both kinds. But we didn't have proof of how we first met because we met each other on an online game and had known each other for almost 7 years at that point.

In presenting what we had, I divided our evidence into 6 categories:

1. co-mingling of finances (copies of a couple of credit cards in both our names, insurance paperwork etc..)
   
2. affidavits from people
   
3. wedding related stuff (photos, receipts etc..)
   
4. 3 pages of photos
   
5. travel related stuff (boarding passes, entry stamps, trip itinerary etc..)
   
6. evidence of continued communication spanning the years we'd known each other as well as after the marriage(chat logs, phone logs, emails etc..)
   

We had to prove that we were communicating regularly since we weren't living together at the time. This is probably not as important in your case though!

My husband and I are working on getting Skype call logs but they only go back a year - how did you evidence for the chat logs the whole time? We also use blackberry messenger but I'm not sure that we can get evidence... we don't want to overdo it of course, but I don't want to provide too little evidence either - we have not been able to live together except when visiting the others' country, etc... thoughts?

[caly 48]

My husband and I are working on getting Skype call logs but they only go back a year - how did you evidence for the chat logs the whole time? We also use blackberry messenger but I'm not sure that we can get evidence... we don't want to overdo it of course, but I don't want to provide too little evidence either - we have not been able to live together except when visiting the others' country, etc... thoughts?

I'm not really familiar with Skype chat history and have had absolutely no experience with Blackberry. We've used MSN messenger forever so no reason to switch, really. (Until now since MSN messenger is going bye-bye in a few months )

This thread sounds helpful with regards to generating Skype chat history an call logs though: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/327553-skype-chat-logs/