Bonafide Marriage Proof - No Wedding Pictures

[heo luoi 206]

We didnt have any pictures at all either. Not even private ones. We just did a ceremony too. I dont think its a big deal I think they know its really not all that practical to have a huge shindig.  The beneficiary may not have any family or know anyone, would be awkward to have some massive wedding w/ just petitioner family/friends.  Rather offputting. Also planning and coordinating all that w/in a 90 day window of would be rather difficult.

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3 hours ago, jplmr said:

Yep, as others stated, I submitted photos that were eventually returned (we sent a book, which I guess doesn't file well, oops!)

 

During our in person interview, the officer interviewing us asked us some basic questions (how we met, how long we've been married, etc.) and was going through our submitted application. At the very end of our interview, we asked the officer if he would like to see photos, so he took our book, looked at a page or two asking questions about the photos, and then concluded the interview (never even got to the wedding photos!)

 

Regarding your proof, it looks nearly identical to the proof we submitted

 

Good luck!

Thank you for answering. I want to clarify that when we sent out the documents already in a month or two ago , we actually didn't send out the items listed. We only sent out joint bank, copies of pics, affidavit from husband and event badges.

 

i am hoping that the proof i have listed will be good for when we do have the aos interview.

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58 minutes ago, heo luoi said:

We didnt have any pictures at all either. Not even private ones. We just did a ceremony too. I dont think its a big deal I think they know its really not all that practical to have a huge shindig.  The beneficiary may not have any family or know anyone, would be awkward to have some massive wedding w/ just petitioner family/friends.  Rather offputting. Also planning and coordinating all that w/in a 90 day window of would be rather difficult.

My apologies but 90 days?

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2 minutes ago, eggpuff said:

My apologies but 90 days?

Adjusting from a K-1 (fiance) visa...the K-1 visa only grants legal status in the US for 90 days.

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3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Adjusting from a K-1 (fiance) visa...the K-1 visa only grants legal status in the US for 90 days.

Ohh okay thank you. I'm very new to all this, along with husband so we aren't too knowledgeable.

 

I want to add that I am B2 but overstayed. I came when i was really young.

 

[heo luoi 206]

8 minutes ago, eggpuff said:

My apologies but 90 days?

I assume you are AoS from a K1 visa no? you have to get married w/in 90 days then subsquently file AoS.

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4 minutes ago, heo luoi said:

I assume you are AoS from a K1 visa no? you have to get married w/in 90 days then subsquently file AoS.

I am AOS from overstayed B2. I came when I was very young and married my now husband whom I've been with for almost 7 years on January 31, 2017.

[Philly512 26]

The officer that interviewed us (intimidating one must I say) didn't even look at all the pictures that were including in the package that my lawyer gave her when she asked for the proof that my marriage was legit ...she took the time to review the rest of the documents but not the pictures ...you should be fine  good luck 

[ddtenor2 80]

If you have them it would be good to bring:

1. Utility bills with both names on them (or at least one in one name and one in the other name showing the same address)
2. Wills listing the other as heir
3. Medical powers of attorney granting the other decision making authority
4. Cards/envelopes with cancellation stamp that were sent to either/both of you showing the same address

[kimfrombabylon 17]

20 hours ago, eggpuff said:

Hello, I was wondering if these documents would be fine for proof for when we do have our AOS interview. I want to add that we don't have wedding pictures because we got married by a county clerk and it was very small, we had 1 witness who signed their name on the certificate.

 

Want to add that we are married less that 2 years, we married January 31 after being together for almost 7 years

 

Proof are:

-Marriage Certificate

-Joint Bank Account

-Room Rental Agreement

-2016 joint tax filed jointly

-Each our check stubs that dates back to same address since 2013-2014 all the way to present

-2013-2016 w2

-2013-2015 tax returns (we were still bf/gf so we went to same place to do our taxes together but filed separately, it shows our address as well)

-life insurance (i, wife, will be the benefactor. We are currently waiting for it in the mail so he can add me then send it back and his life insurance will add me into it)

-our wedding bands

-older pics (about 5) of us with his family during event or holiday (pics include MIL and his siblings)

-badges of an annual event we went to in 2014 and 2015 with our names on it (misplaced 2016 one, looking for it)

-one affidavit from good friend of ours (ive known him since I met my husband in 2010 but he and my husband are childhood friends)

 

We unfortunately don't take many pics of ourselves, every pic we have together or with his family has been taken by my MIL or siblings because we just aren't the type to take pics of each other but more so scenery, food, etc haha

 

I also want to add that though we don't have wedding pics, we do plan on saving up (he's currently the only one working, im waiting for my ead) and honeymoon as well as having a reception once we have more money

 

sorry if it's messy (couldn't sleep) but thank you in advance

 

 

19 hours ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

I wouldnt worry about that honestly with all the other stuff you have.

 

We are same way about photos and all, we don't take them.. I might be able to find 2-3 from the ceremony but nothing more. 

Thirded- me and my husband have been together for 11 years and just never took photos together. I always figured we can't have been the only ones. It just isn't an 'us' thing. We don't give obligatory gifts either (I've heard sometimes they ask about gifts). We both feel really cheesy posing for joint pics!

 

We do have wedding photos though, my mother took them despite our requests she not do that, and did other things with them. We were displeased. 

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

20 hours ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

 

I wouldnt worry about that honestly with all the other stuff you have.

 

We are same way about photos and all, we don't take them.. I might be able to find 2-3 from the ceremony but nothing more. 

How did you marry a Filipino and not have a million pics? LOL my wife photographs EVERYTHING I am afraid to move in my house when not "photo ready"

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1 hour ago, ddtenor2 said:

If you have them it would be good to bring:

1. Utility bills with both names on them (or at least one in one name and one in the other name showing the same address)
2. Wills listing the other as heir
3. Medical powers of attorney granting the other decision making authority
4. Cards/envelopes with cancellation stamp that were sent to either/both of you showing the same address

Thank you for replying. If you read over my post, I have listed everything I will be bringing. We rent a room, so we don't have utility proof. We would like to buy a house one day but right now that isn't possible. He is the only one working and living in San Jose is not cheap.

[Ryan_Chialien 15]

Your list already seems good.  It's already a lot more than we took.   We've known each other for 2 years prior to getting married and met in person 3 times prior to that.  I had the following:

 

joint bank account statement for 1 checking and 1 savings account

beneficiary statement from work for my health insurance showing her on it.

beneficiary statement from my 401k and pension showing her on it.  

jointly filed tax returns for tax year 2016. 

 

Beyond this we had about 20 photos showing us together at different things we did in the period from our marriage at the start of October until our AOS interview in March.  We had 1 or 2 photos from each event mostly with us together with friends or families.  We included 2 or 3 from the wedding we had.  My thoughts are to show the relationship was bonafide it was better to show 1 or 2 pictures from several things rather then a bunch from a single event.  

 

Our AOS interview lasted maybe 10 minutes.  The officer very briefly looked at the photos and at most did a quick scan of any papers I handed her.  She just asked if I had anything I wanted to show for our relationship.  Most of the time was spent asking the standard I-485 questions (yes/no are you a terrorist questions straight off the form) and making sure everything was correct on the I-485 form (name, birthdate, etc..) so that greencard would be correct and then an RFE at the interview because her medical exam was missing one test that was added last summer as a requirement but that most civil surgeons were missing (she said 80% of recent interviews were missing this) so we had to run to a doctor and get it done.  We got the test done that day, mailed back the next day and had the approval notice on USCIS within a few days of them receiving the result.  The interview was really a not big deal and the officer was really nice and pleasant with us.

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1 hour ago, Randyandyuni said:

How did you marry a Filipino and not have a million pics? LOL my wife photographs EVERYTHING I am afraid to move in my house when not "photo ready"

I concur with this as well. My wife literally takes pictures of almost everything and it drives me crazy. The good thing about it though is that I bought her a good camera and she has gotten really good at taking scenic pictures. 

[geowrian 22,337]

1 hour ago, Randyandyuni said:

How did you marry a Filipino and not have a million pics? LOL my wife photographs EVERYTHING I am afraid to move in my house when not "photo ready"

 

11 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

I concur with this as well. My wife literally takes pictures of almost everything and it drives me crazy. The good thing about it though is that I bought her a good camera and she has gotten really good at taking scenic pictures. 

This!!! Mine drives me crazy (sometimes) too!