I-130 Evidence showing proof of relationship

[sharpie11 6]

Question regarding I-130, petition for an alien relative for my wife. I am a US citizen and my wife is an Indian citizen. To prove that we have a bona fide relationship, we have the following documents
1) Our marriage certificate issued in India
2) Indian birth certificate and consular report of birth abroad of our (US citizen) daughter who was born after our marriage, both showing our names as parents.
3) Hospital records of my wife's pregnancy
4) Plenty of photographs of our wedding, time spent together after we got married, etc which we will put in an album.
5) Western Union records showing money transfers from me to my wife preceding and after the wedding.
6) Amazon.com records showing purchases made by me for my wife and stepchildren.

Are these enough to prove a bona fide relationship between me and my wife? Do we absolutely need anything else? 
 

[Roel 7,192]

13 minutes ago, sharpie11 said:

3) Hospital records of my wife's pregnancy

5) Western Union records showing money transfers from me to my wife preceding and after the wedding.
6) Amazon.com records showing purchases made by me for my wife and stepchildren.

 

Just saying - those are not proofs of bonafide relationship.

Also do NOT send an album. Few photographs (not in album) are enough.

 

Of course, you do what you can to assemble the packet but there are stronger proofs than this - Joint bank account, joint health insurance, power of attorney, proofs of meeting in person (the more visits the better ) - plane tickets, passport stamps, etc.

 

 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

take out the western union transfers / high fraud country and it looks like the person may be using the USC for money

gifts are fine

the relationship is the marriage,time spent together (proof of visits)

dont bind any of these 

no stapes

no paper clips

no folders

send a cover letter saying how u met and a short page of relationship

[sharpie11 6]

16 minutes ago, Roel said:

Just saying - those are not proofs of bonafide relationship.

Also do NOT send an album. Few photographs (not in album) are enough.

 

Of course, you do what you can to assemble the packet but there are stronger proofs than this - Joint bank account, joint health insurance, power of attorney, proofs of meeting in person (the more visits the better ) - plane tickets, passport stamps, etc.

 

 

Ok.. will do regarding the photographs..

 

As far as the hospital records go, they do have both parents' names, so I thought they would be proof.

 

But how can we have Joint Bank Account, Joint Health Insurance if we were living in separate countries.

 

Proof of meeting in person -- we have photographs, plane tickets, (but I think most of the boarding passes are misplaced) stamps in my passports visiting India.. we have all of those.

18 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

take out the western union transfers / high fraud country and it looks like the person may be using the USC for money

gifts are fine

the relationship is the marriage,time spent together (proof of visits)

dont bind any of these 

no stapes

no paper clips

no folders

send a cover letter saying how u met and a short page of relationship

Ok will do. Thank you !!

[Ryan H 3,812]

To dispatch with the semantics first, you are sending evidence, not proof.

 

Now on to your list, items 3, 5, and 6 are worthless.  Couples living apart in separate countries will not be expected nor required to have joint accounts or be included on health insurance.  Focus your efforts on compiling evidence of time spent together in-person, that is your strongest evidence.