Evidence

[sammyp 0]

What is sufficient evidence for the spouse visa?

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

There is no official definition of "sufficient", but it can include evidence of a real, bona fide marriage such as pictures, proof of time spent together, co-mingling finances, legal documents showing both parties......and affidavits from others can be used as supporting evidence.

[sammyp 0]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

There is no official definition of "sufficient", but it can include evidence of a real, bona fide marriage such as pictures, proof of time spent together, co-mingling finances, legal documents showing both parties......and affidavits from others can be used as supporting evidence.

For co-mingling of finances, could that include sending money to each other via Western Union?

[geowrian 22,337]

44 minutes ago, sammyp said:

For co-mingling of finances, could that include sending money to each other via Western Union?

I won't say it has no impact, but one-way payments generally don't show very much. Scammers could do (and have done) the same thing. Co-mingling of finances means there is a shared responsibility - i.e. bank accounts, a lease/mortgage, being on each other's insurance, etc. Now if you live apart, co-mingling of finances are not really expected from a practical level, and that's fine. Send whatever evidence you do have.

Edited July 26, 2017 by geowrian

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

41 minutes ago, sammyp said:

For co-mingling of finances, could that include sending money to each other via Western Union?

I think it could be good evidence or it could be not so good, depending on the other evidence.  The USCIS looks at the totality of evidence. Better evidence would be things like joint bank accounts, joint insurance policies, etc.

[sammyp 0]

8 hours ago, geowrian said:

I won't say it has no impact, but one-way payments generally don't show very much. Scammers could do (and have done) the same thing. Co-mingling of finances means there is a shared responsibility - i.e. bank accounts, a lease/mortgage, being on each other's insurance, etc. Now if you live apart, co-mingling of finances are not really expected from a practical level, and that's fine. Send whatever evidence you do have.

Okay so we will just send what we have

[sammyp 0]

7 hours ago, missileman said:

I think it could be good evidence or it could be not so good, depending on the other evidence.  The USCIS looks at the totality of evidence. Better evidence would be things like joint bank accounts, joint insurance policies, etc.

We have many pictures, screenshots, printed WhatsApp conversations, Skype evidence, Facebook evidence, etc. plane tickets, bus ticket, etc. This should be enough? Plus since you mentioned it we will get a few people to sign affidavits. 

[JFH 12,190]

17 hours ago, sammyp said:

For co-mingling of finances, could that include sending money to each other via Western Union?

Depends on which direction and which country we are talking about. If the foreign beneficiary is doing the sending, it can look like this is a business deal with a fake marriage to get an immigrant visa and the other party being paid for their part in it. If money is going back and forth between the two it shouldn't be a problem - my husband and I regularly did this. I'd send $50 when he was short or had an unexpected expense and he sent money to me to buy things he wanted me to buy in the U.K. but couldn't get in the USA or for which the shipping charges were too high. I'd bring those items with me when I visited. But I didn't include any of that in our evidence. To me that doesn't demonstrate a bona fide marriage. It demonstrates trust, openness and honesty but that doesn't mean the marriage is bona fide. You can have that with a friend or a business partner. 

 

Focus us instead on things that demonstrate you are in this for love, not immigration benefit. The gold medal of evidence is time spent together. Surely a couple in love spend as much time as possible together and this is their biggest concern rather than bits of money going back and forth.