Photos of married couple

[Sean and Kristina 24]

Hey guys, I'm in the final stages of compiling all our documents to submit our packet tomorrow. We're applying for my husband's AOS from an F-1 visa. I see a lot of people who are adjusting from fiancee visas include photographs and such in their application to prove their relationship. However, since we're already married and including all those important documents pertaining to shared lease, joint bank accounts, credit card statements, renter's insurance, auto insurance, and health insurance policies that list both of our names...should we just wait to bring the photos, old e-mails, airline tickets of trips taken together, etc. to the actual interview?

[Elf 146]

You'll probably get conflicting answers on that, but my suggestion would be to save it for the interview unless including it with the application would stop you worrying too much between now and your interview date.

We also did AOS from F-1, and on our attorney's advice we waited and brought most of our evidence of bona-fide marriage to the interview. The IO flipped through our photographs and spent a couple of minutes looking at our inch-thick file of important documents (i.e. joint bank statements, joint insurances etc) but didn't even open the two files of "other evidence" I'd compiled. Our attorney had recommended that we bring evidence that I'd attended the grad school on my I-20 while in F-1 status, but the IO didn't ask for that either. Our interview only took about 15 minutes, the IO told us she was "recommending us for approval", our status was updated to "card/document production" two weeks later. and I had my GC in my hand a week after that.

[Sean and Kristina 24]

Thanks for the insight! If you don't mind me asking, how long were you two married prior to filing? We're still very much newlyweds, but have lots of evidence and have been in a relationship for 2.5 years in total.

[Elf 146]

Congrats on your wedding!

We'd been married for five years when we filed but I think that was just one extra piece of evidence in our favor. You're newlyweds, but you already have lots of evidence of financial co-mingling, cohabitation etc. You'll find many stories here on VJ of couples who successfully went through AOS with much less evidence than you have. I still think it's safe to keep the emails, tickets etc for the interview and only include the "hard" evidence with your application.