We don't have evidence of a Bonifide Marriage

[pushbrk 13,259]

5 hours ago, Bethany123 said:

We submitted our i-130 a few months after getting married. We didn't have any joint finances whatsoever. We got my mother to write a letter of affidavit, claiming she knew my husband and that she knew that marriage was going to take place, then she signed it. I think it would help to have letters from both sides of your family. If you have any pictures together, that will definitely help you. If you have history of your calls or text messages, add some of that. They don't need your entire chat history, but sections are good. If you've visited each other, include your flight history, such as stamps on your passports or flight receipts. 

Such letters are virtually useless, unless the affiant (needs to be an affidavit) has actually observed the evolution of the actual relationship.  Knowing a wedding was happening or attending wedding or reception won't provide any actual evidence of the relationship.  The marriage certificate is all the evidence you need to convince them you're married.  Evidence of a bona fide relationship is about the relationship, not the wedding or a party.

[j&ana 380]

17 hours ago, TVC said:

What is the PSA marriage certificate?

Unlike the USA. the Philippines has a national registry   the Philippines statistics Authority (PSA), it use to be call the national statistic office of the Philippines (NSO)    where civil records such as marriage births and other records are kept. Some reason the USCIS is requiring the copy of marriage certificate be from the PSA. I have gotten a RFE for it and a lot of others on here too

here is a link to the PSA website

http://www.psa.gov.ph/civil-registration-page

[pushbrk 13,259]

52 minutes ago, j&ana said:

Unlike the USA. the Philippines has a national registry   the Philippines statistics Authority (PSA), it use to be call the national statistic office of the Philippines (NSO)    where civil records such as marriage births and other records are kept. Some reason the USCIS is requiring the copy of marriage certificate be from the PSA. I have gotten a RFE for it and a lot of others on here too

here is a link to the PSA website

http://www.psa.gov.ph/civil-registration-page

You used to be able to get through USCIS with the local government issued marriage certificate but for more than a year USCIS has been sending RFE's for it.  It has always been needed (NSO or now PSA) at the NVC stage.  Depending on the delay in getting it, one might decide to file with the local one and then respond to the RFE with the PSA certificate.  It MIGHT be less delay to deal with an RFE than to wait for the PSA certificate to file the petition.  This is UNIQUE to the Philippines.

[Bethany123 56]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

Such letters are virtually useless, unless the affiant (needs to be an affidavit) has actually observed the evolution of the actual relationship.  Knowing a wedding was happening or attending wedding or reception won't provide any actual evidence of the relationship.  The marriage certificate is all the evidence you need to convince them you're married.  Evidence of a bona fide relationship is about the relationship, not the wedding or a party.

My wedding was 3 months after the civil marriage took place. I know it's not about the wedding or party. That's why I mentioned my mother knew my husband. 

[pushbrk 13,259]

4 minutes ago, Bethany123 said:

My wedding was 3 months after the civil marriage took place. I know it's not about the wedding or party. That's why I mentioned my mother knew my husband. 

Knowing your husband doesn't help.  Observing the evolution of your relationship in person, regularly, could help but such affidavits tend to make you look desperate rather than to actually help.  Save mom the wasted effort and concentrate on evidence of time spent together in person along with examples of how and how frequently you communicate.

[Bethany123 56]

12 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Knowing your husband doesn't help.  Observing the evolution of your relationship in person, regularly, could help but such affidavits tend to make you look desperate rather than to actually help.  Save mom the wasted effort and concentrate on evidence of time spent together in person along with examples of how and how frequently you communicate.

Well, it sure didn't hurt my case. 

[pushbrk 13,259]

9 minutes ago, Bethany123 said:

Well, it sure didn't hurt my case. 

Not enough to notice anyway.  Maybe mom enjoyed writing the letter.  

[IloveDanang 38]

I’m curious on how one would comingle finances with a spouse who’s currently living in another country.  Don’t you need a social security # to be added to a bank account?

[TVC 244]

29 minutes ago, IloveDanang said:

I’m curious on how one would comingle finances with a spouse who’s currently living in another country.  Don’t you need a social security # to be added to a bank account?

Yes you do. That's what they told me when I called my USA bank today to add my new wife. They said we would have to appear at a branch in person without a social security number.

[j&ana 380]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

You used to be able to get through USCIS with the local government issued marriage certificate but for more than a year USCIS has been sending RFE's for it.  It has always been needed (NSO or now PSA) at the NVC stage.  Depending on the delay in getting it, one might decide to file with the local one and then respond to the RFE with the PSA certificate.  It MIGHT be less delay to deal with an RFE than to wait for the PSA certificate to file the petition.  This is UNIQUE to the Philippines.

I never told the op not to file the petition now . I just mention that if he did not have a copy of the PSA certificate  marriage he will  get an RFE for that

Me and my wife had been married for 6 months, before I file the petition so when we got the RFE . We was able to get the PSA certificate right away and it did not delay us by much. However I do not know how long it takes the PSA to receive and record the marriage certificate

 

[pushbrk 13,259]

57 minutes ago, j&ana said:

I never told the op not to file the petition now . I just mention that if he did not have a copy of the PSA certificate  marriage he will  get an RFE for that

Me and my wife had been married for 6 months, before I file the petition so when we got the RFE . We was able to get the PSA certificate right away and it did not delay us by much. However I do not know how long it takes the PSA to receive and record the marriage certificate

 

Nobody said you said what you didn't say.   How long to get the PSA certificate depends on how speedy the local PSA office is.  I've heard from a couple weeks to a couple months.  An RFE, prepared for and responded to promptly, usually results in a delay of 2 to 4 weeks.

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[Ingrosouf 0]

On 6/27/2018 at 2:15 PM, PersaisX said:

Our cases are similar OP. I met my husband online in February. I visited a couple of months later and we got married on the first visit. I sent my petition a month ago. I stayed with him for a month. I sent in a lot of photos of my visit, pictures of us visiting different cities in Morocco, pictures with his family and best friend. I also added him as a beneficiary on my life insurance policy and sent proof of that, including sworn affidavits from my best friend and my mother attesting to the validity of our relationship, samples of chat conversations between us as well as chats he's had with my mother and father, and itinerary of my upcoming trip to show I'm going back to spend another month with him. 

Does putting him on your life insurance cost extra money ?

[Apple Bee 272]

40 minutes ago, Ingrosouf said:

Does putting him on your life insurance cost extra money ?

Not that I know of. I currently get life insurance through my employer and it literally costs less than $2 every pay period. When I added him as my beneficiary I didn't notice any change in cost.

[brandonchen0920 0]

5 hours ago, PersaisX said:

Not that I know of. I currently get life insurance through my employer and it literally costs less than $2 every pay period. When I added him as my beneficiary I didn't notice any change in cost.

Dont you need his SSN to add him on?