I130 Adult children birth certificates are enough?

[Eugenia2017 28]

I'm completing the documents to send the i130. I'm a citizen and I married 11 months ago with my children’s father after a 30- year relationship. We each had a marriage and divorce. My question is about evidence of marriage of good faith... the birth certificate of our adult children are enough?  We also have pictures of all these years.

[NikLR 13,227]

What would birth certificates prove? That you had children once upon a time?  Were you married and divorced to other people during this 30 year relationship or has it been just monogamous the entire time?  Why not get married sooner than now?

A relationship that long should have something other than some photos and birth certificates. 

[Eugenia2017 28]

26 minutes ago, NikLR said:

What would birth certificates prove? That you had children once upon a time?  Were you married and divorced to other people during this 30 year relationship or has it been just monogamous the entire time?  Why not get married sooner than now?

A relationship that long should have something other than some photos and birth certificates. 

 

Well we live together in the Usa for a few years, because we both separate from our other couples, but only recently we legalized those divorces with divorces.

[Eugenia2017 28]

We also have bank account together but outside the Usa, so I want to know that more evidence will be need. I have proof of the many travel that  I made to share with my husband.

[Steffy Stef 123]

You can put the children birth certificate

Joint Accounts

Photos

Travels

Did he had any bills in his name ? ( You can add that)

You can add affidavit of support letter explaining your timeline of the rship (One from each of you, Families, Friends)

If the children is how enough you can have them write one as well

Travels information

 

Honestly, I want to say this is the easy part but the interview is the monster.

 

 

[pushbrk 12,876]

Provide any evidence that is practical for you to provide.  Evidence of living together would be key.

[NikLR 13,227]

What a quandry.  I wouldnt submit evidence that provides a relationship with your current spouse while you were living in a marital union with a previous spouse. But otherwise evidence that you currently live together or have a genuine relationship should be included. 

[Eugenia2017 28]

Thank you for your comments, we're going to gather more evidence so we re not sending the form yet .

[Eugenia2017 28]

4 minutes ago, NikLR said:

What a quandry.  I wouldnt submit evidence that provides a relationship with your current spouse while you were living in a marital union with a previous spouse. But otherwise evidence that you currently live together or have a genuine relationship should be included. 

Well, maybe I haven't explained the whole story. We had previous marriage but we did not live because we separated without legalizing divorce and in that time we lived both . 

[pushbrk 12,876]

25 minutes ago, NikLR said:

What a quandry.  I wouldnt submit evidence that provides a relationship with your current spouse while you were living in a marital union with a previous spouse. But otherwise evidence that you currently live together or have a genuine relationship should be included. 

Neither USCIS, Consular Officers, or VJ members function as moral police.  Since the couple will be disclosing their addresses for the past five years, it is impossible to avoid disclosing they lived together while married to others, if it was in the past five years.

[NikLR 13,227]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

Neither USCIS, Consular Officers, or VJ members function as moral police.  Since the couple will be disclosing their addresses for the past five years, it is impossible to avoid disclosing they lived together while married to others, if it was in the past five years.

True story .It's a relationship for as long as they've been separated from the other spouse, regardless of legal status of said relationship.  Which means it may or may not be a 30 year old relationship. 

Edited September 29, 2019 by NikLR

[NikLR 13,227]

1 hour ago, Eugenia2017 said:

Well, maybe I haven't explained the whole story. We had previous marriage but we did not live because we separated without legalizing divorce and in that time we lived both . 

It's pretty common. Took my mom 7 years to divorce my 1st step-dad.  It happens when you don't really care to do the paperwork.  

The question I had was, have you been in a monogamous relationship together for 30 years or during that 30 years were you married to other people?   If it has been just the two of you, for the last 30 years, then submit everything from the beginning.  If it's only been the two of you for X period of time (aka less than 30 years) submit from beginning of that part of your relationship. 

[pushbrk 12,876]

1 minute ago, NikLR said:

True story .It's a relationship for as long as they've been separated from the other spouse, regardless of legal status of said relationship.  Which means it may or may not be a 30 year old relationship. 

Short relationships are also bona fide.  It is what it is.

[NikLR 13,227]

Just now, pushbrk said:

Short relationships are also bona fide.  It is what it is.

Didn't say they weren't. 

[pushbrk 12,876]

Just now, NikLR said:

Didn't say they weren't. 

I know.  What was your point?