Proof of Relationship

[Mackifinackis 0]

My fiancee is a Canadian citizen living in Alberta and I'm a USA citizen living in Montana. We originally decided to have a wedding this August in Montana but after realizing how long the paperwork takes, we have now decided to get married in a courthouse this coming week so we can file for a CR1. Because we've only ever been in a long distance relationship, we do not have any property that we own together, nor do we have any joint bank accounts at this time. The only real proof of our relationship are phone bills, old emails, some pictures, Christmas/birthday cards and affidavits from close friends. I was going to add her to my bank account and property once we get married this week. Since we wouldn't have been married for too long, is that still acceptable information (the joint account and property)? Also, is there any other evidence that we could submit that we're just not thinking of? How many affidavits do we need to have and do they have to be notarized statements from them?

Thanks in advance!

[anamaral 4]

My fiancee is a Canadian citizen living in Alberta and I'm a USA citizen living in Montana. We originally decided to have a wedding this August in Montana but after realizing how long the paperwork takes, we have now decided to get married in a courthouse this coming week so we can file for a CR1. Because we've only ever been in a long distance relationship, we do not have any property that we own together, nor do we have any joint bank accounts at this time. The only real proof of our relationship are phone bills, old emails, some pictures, Christmas/birthday cards and affidavits from close friends. I was going to add her to my bank account and property once we get married this week. Since we wouldn't have been married for too long, is that still acceptable information (the joint account and property)? Also, is there any other evidence that we could submit that we're just not thinking of? How many affidavits do we need to have and do they have to be notarized statements from them?

Thanks in advance!

We sent 5 affidavits, total, from friends. We sent around 20-30 pictures, in diferent ocasions and periods, with friends and family, and wrote a small text on the bottom of which (6 pictures per page, printed in regular paper sheet). We sent flight tickets and copies of our passport stamps to visit each other and trips we took together, in adition to hotel reservations and etc

We also sent bank statements, taxes and health insurance (we live in Brazil, so my husband is my dependent)

We also wrote an "Evolution of Relationship" letter to explain all the evidence we sent.

Good luck on your journey!

Edited April 12, 2015 by anamaral

[j&ana 363]

It is ok if you do not have any joints account together as the USCIS understand that couple living apart will most likely not have that.

As far as evidence. The best is showing proof of you and her. Pictures are good with you and her and her family. boarding passes for plane trips and passport stamps if you have them. receipts for hotels or places that show you were together. chat logs e-mail text msg .You can also use affidavits if you want however they are not as good evidence as the other items are

With the stuff you listed in your post it seems like you will have enough evidence

I only send in 6 pictures of me and my wife and her family, some facebook chats, boarding pass of me and my wife trip from manila to cebu, my passport stamps and receipts for gifts I bought her

Edited April 12, 2015 by j&ana

[KierenHby 899]

Affidavits count very little; your best bet is documentation of your time together. Pictures with family, phone logs\selected emails and texts, and cards and gifts to each other go a long way. Any flight itineraries and boarding passes, car rental agreements along with any passport stamps also help. Utility, financial, insurance accounts with a mix of both your names shows evidence of intermingling of resources.

If you decide to go with affidavits, about 2 each from each side. Do not have to be notarized, however, include a copy of photo ID for each affidavit on a separate piece of paper.

[Mackifinackis 0]

Thanks for all the information!

I'm getting the impression that as long as we explain each piece of evidence we may be okay?

Thanks again.