NEED Help I-175 RFE

[Ed and Gina 45]

Question is...when is your interview? I would say...don't worry too much about it. Your husband needs to just relax. Understand that you'll be asked any kind of question and be ready to respond naturally. As long as your relationship is real...and you participate as though a friend was asking you how you met, where you got married, what you've done over that time...etc...you should be good to go. Just don't expect that they'll give you a green light at the end of the interview. As I mentioned in my post...we walked out of there perplexed. That was around 3 in the afternoon. By 6 PM, Gina got a notice that her Green Card would be approved and sent. Within about 10 days...she had her Greed Card in hand.

It would be helpful if you had a Work Permit as well as a joint bank account or even a separate bank account. You don't want to appear as being a "kept woman." You don't want it to appear that your husband is keeping you for reasons other than a bonafide relationship. As I mentioned before...couples with several years between them are likely to be more "suspect" than those with fewer years between them. Also...how you met may have some influence. If on-line through a dating service...certainly suspect. If while he was visiting/living in the PI, on business or otherwise...possibly less suspect. If, as was the case with me and Gina, we were introduced through my friend who is from the PI and who happens to be married to Gina's cousin - they still want to know more details. While that could be suspect - it was purely circumstantial and not at all intentional. It just happened. It was up to me and Gina to determine if we were compatible via multiple emails, then FB and a few phone calls. After a few months, both of us being fairly close in age and single and very compatible - I proposed - in an email!!! LOL. She accepted. The rest...is blissful history!! We have been blessed! I don't know what the case is with you and your husband...but, hopefully, this gives you some idea.

They did ask a few financial questions...how we met...where...when...etc. But, the thing is...what they ask really depends on how they view your case. The financial thing seems to be an issue for them. So, take a good hard look at how you'll address it. Don't expect that your husband will be the one providing the answers...they're gonna ask you. Then, they'll ask him a similar but different question. If they think that there's something wrong, you will be asked to go to different rooms. If that happens, you'll know that they really suspect that something isn't right. That didn't happen to us. To answer your question about what questions they'll ask...it really depends on the agent and your circumstances and how the agent reads your paperwork and evidence. You just need to be prepared to roll with it...no matter what. And you husband needn't be frustrated or feel as though he's being imposed upon...afterall, it was his choice to bring you here!!! He has to own up to it.

Finally - your husband should consider the consequences should something happen to him while you're married. What would happen to you if he became seriously ill, has an accident or, at the very worst, dies, and he hasn't established any financial backup for you? You will need to have access to accounts, have Power of Attorney in the event of accident or death, have healthcare provided, life insurance on him with you as the primary beneficiary, signer to any of his bank accounts and credit cards, etc. You should also be listed as the primary or sole beneficiary to any properties that he holds in the event of his death. If you are excluded from any one of those things, your relationship is likely to be suspect. He may be a private person...but, what is normal in a marriage in the US is what is being looked at. Being frustrated with the process is, perhaps, a personal thing. Hopefully, there's nothing to hide. He chose to marry someone from outside of the US, you...as did I when I married Gina. It was a struggle to get things done...but, I would have jumped over mountains to do it...and, in fact, I did! I have no regrets whatsoever. The process is the process. It will pass as long as those involved in the process understand...it's just part of the process, part of the "game," and, designed to allow those that have legitimate/real relationships to continue with what would be, hopefully, joyful and prosperous lives.

Best to you and yours!

[MiaFB 0]

As long as you're marriage is real you shouldnt be worried at all. My husband had bought our house before we got married so all the utilities and bills are all under his name. We share a bank account, I'm under his medical ins, we own a car together, we are beneficiaries on each other and we don't have kids yet. So when we received an RFE we just explained that we share a bank account and though our utilities are under my husbands name, all expenses are deducted from our bank account. And we don't have a lot of stuff to send so we just updated everything, attached a cover letter for what we had sent out and an explanation why we cant send some of the things they indicated on the RFE and sent the RFE package. When we had our interview the immigration officer just asked us personal identifying questions, how was our trip to San Diego Zoo and if I have families here in the US, they never asked us why we don't have kids, never asked us why our house and the utilities are under my husband. Then they took some of the papers we brought which were just updated version (statements showing January to March,2016) of what we had sent out on our initial application and on the RFE we sent and vacation pictures since I arrived here. We had our interview on 03/29/2016 and got approved right away, I received my 10 yrs today 04/20.

[MsDDD 7]

The important thing for you to do is EXPLAIN why you do not have common property. It's easy to write them a letter explaining that the house (and other assets) were in your husband's possession (and name) before you married, and the two of you are very happy to keep things this way.

Bullsh't!

The Topic Starter is okay and had enough docs. Just the process was too long for ROC and crossed the line between years 2015 and 2016. So they don't have anything to complete the 2015.

TS, calm down, you are fine, nothing discriminating, send them the fresh Turbotax printed or whatever type you used to file your taxes, fresh statements from the bank, most fresh bills and that will be enough.Good luck.

Edited April 22, 2016 by MsDDD