Filing CR-1 after K-1

[SteveInBoston 42]

Hello everyone.

 

I have a bit of an unusual situation.  My fiance arrived in the US in Feb 2019.  At first culture shock hit her and made her unsure if we should get married.  After a few weeks she felt better, about here and about us.  In April 2019 we married.  

 

However, she had to return to Ukraine due to a family emergency.  We talked about what that means - I couldn't file for AOS for her and we would have to wait up to a year or more for the CR-1 visa.  But she had to return, so we are going the CR-1 route.   She returned prior to the expiration of the K-1 visa/I-94.

 

My question:  What should I provide as evidence of bona fide relationship?   We applied for the SSN when she was here, before our marriage, but she didn't get it before she left.  Consequently, I cannot add her to my bank account or add her as a beneficiary to my life insurance.  We have no common financial documents.  I was able to add her as my spouse to my employers health insurance plan.  Will that help?  Also, I assume I can only provide the affidavits of support  from friends and family.  I think I can get one from my employer, if that helps.  He is owner of the company and has met my wife several times before and after marriage.  He's also familiar with our relationship as a couple due to all the leaves of absence I took to visit her in Ukraine.

 

I have an additional question:  Part 5, item 1 asks if I have filed a petition for the beneficiary before.  I assume I state YES, and explain in the additional information section about the K-1 visa?

 

 

[VNN 147]

My question:  What should I provide as evidence of bona fide relationship?  

You can only provide what you have and now it is back to CR-1 so

• Physical face-time: passport stamps, flight tickets, hotel receipts (this also including the period she lived with you in US)
• A few wedding photos (if any)
• All financial supporting docs, you can
  •  Prepare a will
  • She applied for Social Security before,  was it sent to you after she left?
    • You may use it to open a joint-account 
  • Add her to as authorized user of your credit card(s)
  • Yes, adding her to your insurance policy may help
• You may use affidavit of support from your boss, it may not help but it won't hurt. 

Yes. If I were you, I would stay "Yes" and provide an additional explanation (Part 9).  I would also write a cover letter to explain  this is one of the reasons which I want to use a cover letter).

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

you have married now so you will be able to add her to your 2019 tax returns (by the time of the interview) by having her do a W7 giving her a ITIN if the SS card did not come

if you have the SS # then still add her to 2019 taxes 

this helps to show commingling of finances

also have her do a POA to allow you to do things in the US 

 

You can add her to bank accounts with either the SS# or ITIN but they will not issued a debit card till she is in the states