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This question is for those who have went through the CR1/spouse visa process. if your process/case was successful I have this question. After marriage what documents did you provide in proving bond fide?  Being in two different countries right after marrying you probably wont have many joint documents to show, especially if you have to get back to the US to live.  What did you all show that you all share life, finances, etc together? Could you all be put on the bank accounts in each other countries?

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Proving a bona fide marriage to someone you've never lived with is definitely a challenge.  I am in the same boat as you.  In my I-130 application I included the 4 trips we've taken to see each other:  photos, airline tickets, Airbnb reservations and credit card receipts.  Meanwhile I am adding my husband to the utility bill, making him the beneficiary to my life insurance policy and I am looking into filing taxes with him as a dependent (I am still looking into this one).  I also plan on adding him to my health insurance, if possible, when open enrollment comes around in October.  When he comes  back for his next visit in December we will look into getting a joint bank account.  Hopefully I will have these things ready in case I am asked for more evidence or at least bring these to the embassy appointment.

 

I don't know if you can add each others names to bank accounts.  You would have to ask each bank that.  My bank requires that in person and his passport or foreign driver's license as proof of his identity.  

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I just went through the CR-1 process with my husband, he has been with me in the US now for one week!  To show that our relationship is bona fide, we submitted evidence of four visits to be together and spend time together in person (passport stamps, photos, hotel receipts, boarding passes) with the I-130 petition (front-loading), also lots of evidence of financial co-mingling (joint credit card, beneficiary on health insurance, beneficiary on retirement plans, investments, will, living will, etc.).  You don't have to be living together in the US to get any of those things done to add to the evidence package.  After the I-130 was approved, 7 months after filing it, we uploaded evidence of four more visits to be together during the seven months, at the NVC stage of the process (side-loading).  I flew to Brazil to be with him for his visa interview, that was our ninth visit to be together in person.  Our process went very smoothly I think in part because of all of those visits and supporting evidence (boarding passes, passport stamps, hotel receipts, photos). And we didn't use a visa service or attorney, I think they just slow the process down and take your money and make mistakes.  The more evidence of time spent together, the greater your chances of a successful visa application in a little over a year.  Good luck!

 
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