We don't have evidence of a Bonifide Marriage

[Abies 1,713]

12 minutes ago, brandonchen0920 said:

Dont you need his SSN to add him on?

No SSN is needed because i(the intending immigrant)is the beneficiary of my husband's life insurance 

[Apple Bee 272]

6 hours ago, brandonchen0920 said:

Dont you need his SSN to add him on?

Not right now. They told me he can be added as a beneficiary but could not receive a payout until I provide them with his SSN.  

[Kiolas 103]

Hi TVC,

Many people provided you here great responses. 

 

I can add the following:

• You can sign up for a magazine subscription with both of your names.
• Buy her gifts and keep receipts (including receipts from restaurants, movies, theme parks, etc.) 
• Send each other cards for major holidays (especially Birth Days, Valentine's Day, etc.)
• Take lots of pictures together every day, pictures with her family and your friends (someone said here 5 or 10 would be enough, I disagree. In your case you will need lots of pictures)
• Affidavits will be very helpful, especially from people who know both of you well (friends, family members). Make sure they notarized them (will look more official).
• You can print out your mobile phone calls, text messages between each other from your mobile operator.

Be creative! 

 

Although you may have little evidence on your hands, but working towards gathering new evidence every day, little by little, will lead you to the success.

 

 

 

[geowrian 22,337]

2 minutes ago, Kiolas said:

Affidavits will be very helpful, especially from people who know both of you well (friends, family members). Make sure they notarized them (will look more official).

Agreed, except the affidavits part. Affidavits generally carry very little to no weight. They're better than nothing if you have no other quality evidence, but they're not verifiable by a CO or IO and they cannot determine the writer's credibility.

[CDLAdriver 18]

On 6/27/2018 at 1:17 AM, TVC said:

The guide for the visa lists the following as evidence for a Bonefide relationship.

 

Note: Evidence of a Bonifide Marriage  The USCIS now requires that when filing an I-130 for a spouse that you include evidence of a bonifide marriage. They list examples of acceptable evidence as:

1. Documentation showing joint ownership or property; or 2. A lease showing joint tenancy of a common residence; or 3. Documentation showing co-mingling of financialresources; or 4. Birth certificate(s) of child(ren) born to you, thepetitioner, and your spouse together; or 5. Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties havingpersonal knowledge of the bona fides of the maritalrelationship (Each affidavit must contain the full nameand address, date and place of birth of the person makingthe affidavit, his or her relationship to the petitioner ofbeneficiary, if any, and complete information and detailsexplaining how the person acquired his or herknowledge of your marriage); or 6. Any other relevant documentation to establish that thereis an ongoing marital union.         Me and my new wife do not have any of these things. We don't own any property. The lease for the apartment we've been living at is in my name only. We cannot open a bank account because my ARC card here in the Phillipines says I am a tourist. No banks will allow us to open a joint account. We do not have any children together. So the only thing that is left is showing affidavits from people who know us. Is it better if these affidavits come not from her family? I know you are supposed to be as specific as possible.     I'm worried we are going to be rejected. I met my wife online in January of 2018. In Feburary I came to the Philippines to meet her and we have been living together since I came. We already got married a week ago in June. I have only known her for 5 months total and we are already married. We didn't take a lot of pictures. The only thing we have is 1 month of chat logs before I came.     I'm also wondering about the DCF process. In August I will have been living here for 6 months on a Tourist visa. I don't know if that qualifies me for DCF. Would we be better off waiting to file in August as a DCF? Would that be faster? I have a ton more questions but that is probably enough for now.

I'm assuming your wife is the USA citizen. She can put you as the POD on her bank accounts, she can open whole life insurance and place you as the beneficiary, western union receipts, photos of you both together and especially in different places AND with different people, emails, phone records, etc. There are numerous things you can use for proof!

[John & Rose 7,239]

I am going through this now.  My banks will not add her since they require an SSN or a visit in person to a local branch.  My credit cards also require an SSN to add her as a user.  She has no license in the Philippines so I can't add her to my car insurance.  So I can't be on a bank account there since I have to be a resident.  She can't be on a bank account here since she has no SSN.

 

I did add her to my health insurance and she is the beneficiary of my life insurance.  I am going to visit her in a couple weeks and I will bring her new passport (in married name) back here and file for an ITIN.  I am going back in December to bring her passport back.

 

This will be my 10th visit to her and we have pictures from each.  I will put together a small photo montage from each trip as they all included family parties and will show that there is true love between all of us, not just Rose and I.  I have the passport stamps and receipts but no joint accounts.  I will include Remitly receipts for money I sent and I have pictures of me doing electrical and plumbing work at her house.  

 

I hope it is enough and if I do get an RFE or if I can add evidence at a later date I will add the ITIN and I am still working on ways to create joint accounts.

 

I am confident with the evidence we have but it isn't my opinion that matters.

[Just Paul 4,595]

Here is what i did for to get some Financial proof for my wife:

 

Credit Cards -  Capital One will allow for a spouse without a SSN  - you just use 000 00 0001 if you do it online.  If you call in you might have to hang up and try again to find someone that can do it.   I added her to that account and opened another Capital One with my as primary and her as an authorized user.

Banks -  My Chase Banker would only add if she had an ITIN and provided me with a letter stating so.  BBVA Compass added her without a SSN.   My Credit Union wanted a copy of her ID with and address.   I gave them a copy of her Postal-ID.

ITIN - We obtained a Certified an True copy of her passport at the Consulate in Hong Kong and filed that with the ITIN and the letter from Chase.  Had a number back in about 6 weeks.  I am not sure where to get that certified copy  in the Philippines.  After I got the ITIN I was able to add her to the Chase account and Chase Credit Cards.

 

I did put her on as a beneficiary of my life insurance and added her to the title of an old car.   I also added her name to my cable, power, water and HOA bill.  We also setup a Google Project FI phone in her name.

 

Hope this helps!

[C&AH 104]

We are going to include the following to NVC.  She is...

 

1. Beneficiary on my life insurance.

2. Beneficiary on my 401K

3. POD beneficiary on both checking and  savings accts.

4. Added to my cell phone bill

5. Added to my lease in the US

6. A letter from my employer verifying her name and number as my emergency contact.

7. Added as a non driver to my car insurance (mail comes in both names)

8. 2 magazine subscriptions in both names (for mail).

9. 2 sworn affadavits notarized with translations from non relative witnesses at our wedding.

10. Recent photos.

11. Chat logs with time stamped call histories. 

12. Plane tickets (total of 7 trips).

13. Western Union receipts (from me to her).

 

I don't think this list is exhaustive but the objective is to build an open and shut case. Hopefully you can get some ideas from VJ. Best of luck!

Edited August 9, 2018 by C&AH

[C&AH 104]

10 minutes ago, C&AH said:

We are going to include the following to NVC.  She is...

 

1. Beneficiary on my life insurance.

2. Beneficiary on my 401K

3. POD beneficiary on both checking and  savings accts.

4. Added to my cell phone bill

5. Added to my lease in the US

6. A letter from my employer verifying her name and number as my emergency contact.

7. Added as a non driver to my car insurance (mail comes in both names)

8. 2 magazine subscriptions in both names (for mail).

9. 2 sworn affadavits notarized with translations from non relative witnesses at our wedding.

10. Recent photos.

11. Chat logs with time stamped call histories. 

12. Plane tickets (total of 7 trips).

13. Western Union receipts (from me to her).

 

I don't think this list is exhaustive but the objective is to build an open and shut case. Hopefully you can get some ideas from VJ. Best of luck!

Also, she is listed as my spouse (NRA) on my 2017 tax transcript (married filing separately).