Does residency in the country that is not the US help?

[Lucre 45]

I'm from Argentina and we are getting married here to start the CR1 visa after. Getting the argentinian residency after marriage is quite easy and I was wondering if it helps the CR1 process having the residency from the country of the us citizen partner. Maybe it works as proof of our marriage that we can submit with the package. What I'm scared of is that getting it may be a problem or not help at all (we wont do it if it's unnecessary). 

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Not really. Doesn't do much in sense of the I-130 process. Actually means they have to do extra background checks from Argentina and your other country of origin.

[Crazy Cat 42,534]

6 minutes ago, Lucre said:

I'm from Argentina and we are getting married here to start the CR1 visa after. Getting the argentinian residency after marriage is quite easy and I was wondering if it helps the CR1 process having the residency from the country of the us citizen partner. Maybe it works as proof of our marriage that we can submit with the package. What I'm scared of is that getting it may be a problem or not help at all (we wont do it if it's unnecessary). 

Any evidence showing your time spent together is a plus......but it really won't speed up the normal, slow CR-1 process.....

[Lucre 45]

But it does help if we have a shared bank account in Argentina (for example), right?

[Lucre 45]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

Any evidence showing your time spent together is a plus......but it really won't speed up the normal, slow CR-1 process.....

The idea is not to speed it up, just to give more evidence since the marriage will be pretty recent by the time we send the i130

[Crazy Cat 42,534]

5 minutes ago, Lucre said:

The idea is not to speed it up, just to give more evidence since the marriage will be pretty recent by the time we send the i130

Certainly anything you can provide which shows financial co-mingling, time together, and a life together is beneficial.  Many, if not most, international couples don't have much evidence other than proof of time together, a marriage certificate, and evidence of continued communication......Proof of residence in Argentina would serve as one piece of evidence if it connects you both.

Edited April 15, 2019 by missileman

[Lucre 45]

8 minutes ago, missileman said:

Certainly anything you can provide which shows financial co-mingling, time together, and a life together is beneficial.  Many, if not most, international couples don't have much evidence other than proof of time together, a marriage certificate, and evidence of continued communication......Proof of residence in Argentina would serve as one piece of evidence if it connects you both.

So if he has the residency but he's still living in the US... it's useless, isn't it? Well, I think that I'll use what most international couples use haha. Thanks

[Crazy Cat 42,534]

1 minute ago, Lucre said:

So if he has the residency but he's still living in the US... it's useless, isn't it?

Probably....if he actually lived there for a period, more useful.

[Lucre 45]

3 minutes ago, missileman said:

Probably....if he actually lived there for a period, more useful.

Gotcha. Thanks

[pushbrk 13,167]

7 hours ago, missileman said:

Certainly anything you can provide which shows financial co-mingling, time together, and a life together is beneficial.  Many, if not most, international couples don't have much evidence other than proof of time together, a marriage certificate, and evidence of continued communication......Proof of residence in Argentina would serve as one piece of evidence if it connects you both.

Correct, but evidence of actually being there is just as good.  If you want residency status in Argentina, go for it.  If you would be doing it only to help your spouse visa process, I would say, don't bother.