Affidavits, Notary Public, Sworn letters etc

[dcp19 7]

Hello !

 

I'm putting an AOS pack together through my recent marriage and gathering Affidavits for our "bona fide marriage" and wondering if ever single one has to be done at a Notary Public?

Or... can we get one fancy one done and the rest just regular letters from friends and family?

 

Also - how many letters are good? 3 letters 6? 10!? 

 

What are you experiences?

[janet3 1,170]

51 minutes ago, dcp19 said:

Hello !

 

I'm putting an AOS pack together through my recent marriage and gathering Affidavits for our "bona fide marriage" and wondering if ever single one has to be done at a Notary Public?

Or... can we get one fancy one done and the rest just regular letters from friends and family?

 

Also - how many letters are good? 3 letters 6? 10!? 

 

What are you experiences?

Is this an AOS from a K1 visa or a ROC?

 

My understanding is that you only have to complete the paperwork and send in the supporting documents (birth certificate, passport, NOA2, etc) for AOS.....

Edited January 8, 2018 by janet3

[dcp19 7]

14 hours ago, janet3 said:

Is this an AOS from a K1 visa or a ROC?

 

My understanding is that you only have to complete the paperwork and send in the supporting documents (birth certificate, passport, NOA2, etc) for AOS.....

This is an AOS from my work visa. I married an American and this is for the I-130 supporting evidence. 

You have to have affidavits, I'm just asking if they ALL have to be sworn statements or can one suffice and two others just letters from friends?

Either way they seem to be the most inconsequential of evidence items from reading the various threads.

[payxibka 10,045]

15 hours ago, dcp19 said:

Hello !

 

I'm putting an AOS pack together through my recent marriage and gathering Affidavits for our "bona fide marriage" and wondering if ever single one has to be done at a Notary Public?

Or... can we get one fancy one done and the rest just regular letters from friends and family?

 

Also - how many letters are good? 3 letters 6? 10!? 

 

What are you experiences?

I submitted no letters and nothing notarized 

[payxibka 10,045]

10 minutes ago, dcp19 said:

This is an AOS from my work visa. I married an American and this is for the I-130 supporting evidence. 

You have to have affidavits, I'm just asking if they ALL have to be sworn statements or can one suffice and two others just letters from friends?

Either way they seem to be the most inconsequential of evidence items from reading the various threads.

Why are you doing an I-130?

[pushbrk 12,898]

2 hours ago, dcp19 said:

This is an AOS from my work visa. I married an American and this is for the I-130 supporting evidence. 

You have to have affidavits, I'm just asking if they ALL have to be sworn statements or can one suffice and two others just letters from friends?

Either way they seem to be the most inconsequential of evidence items from reading the various threads.

My advice is not to include ANY affidavits or statements.  They make you look desperate.  Concentrate on evidence of time spent together in person, like in your case, the fact that you live together is all they are going to care about.  Skip the rest of the stuff that comes after the words, "in addition to the required...." as it really is NOT required except in exceptional cases.

 

A US Notary is not part of any adjustment of status case.

Edited January 8, 2018 by pushbrk

[Ontarkie 14,227]

~~Moved to AOS from Work, Student, and Tourist Visas, from IR1/CR1 - As the OP is adjusting from work visa.~~

[pushbrk 12,898]

2 hours ago, payxibka said:

Why are you doing an I-130?

An I-130 is required to adjust status from a work visa.  This discussion is in the wrong forum.

[dcp19 7]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

My advice is not to include ANY affidavits or statements.  They make you look desperate.  Concentrate on evidence of time spent together in person, like in your case, the fact that you live together is all they are going to care about.  Skip the rest of the stuff that comes after the words, "in addition to the required...." as it really is NOT required except in exceptional cases.

 

A US Notary is not part of any adjustment of status case.

Ok thanks ! Seemed a bit silly to have people swear your marriage is legit when we have 3 years of cohabiting documents and a billion photos and phone call history etc.

[AussieGuy12 23]

I go under the banner "Better to have more, rather than less"

[EvieMN 105]

You don't have to have affidavits from friends and family.

I chose to save these for ROC.

I had no RFEs and my interview is coming soon.

You can prove a bona fide relationship in many, even better ways.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

9 minutes ago, EvieMN said:

You don't have to have affidavits from friends and family.

I chose to save these for ROC.

I had no RFEs and my interview is coming soon.

You can prove a bona fide relationship in many, even better ways.

Similar to part of an i130, affidavits for ROC are equally meaningless.. ie they carry little to no weight. 

[dcp19 7]

15 minutes ago, EvieMN said:

You don't have to have affidavits from friends and family.

I chose to save these for ROC.

I had no RFEs and my interview is coming soon.

You can prove a bona fide relationship in many, even better ways.

Agreed! Thanks!

[EvieMN 105]

5 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Similar to part of an i130, affidavits for ROC are equally meaningless.. ie they carry little to no weight. 

Maybe I'm in the wrong as I haven't read too much about ROC yet (don't need to right now) but I remember seeing it as a requirement.

Again, I'm probably wrong.

Good to know!

[pushbrk 12,898]

1 hour ago, AussieGuy12 said:

I go under the banner "Better to have more, rather than less"

In the US immigration process, "MORE" can often mean the same as "NONE".  This is because if you provide too much, you can wind up having none of it looked at at all.  It's really better to have good quality evidence that tells the story well than to have too much.  Quality over quantity, is a good "banner" in this context.  YMMV