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Sounds like they want evidence of bona fide marriage. What did you send with the initial petition?

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5 hours ago, YasArr said:

Civil marriage certificate, wedding pictures, passport size photos, that's it 

I would submit more photos from throughout your relationship, not just wedding, boarding passes from trips to visit each other, passport stamps, stuff like that that shows you’ve had an ongoing relationship. They want to see your relationship didn’t just start and end at your wedding

Our CR1 Journey:

 

USCIS Stage:

  • Feb 14 2019: NOA1 (NSC)
  • July 31 2019: I129f NOA1
  • Sep 19 2019: I129f NOA2 (Denied - 50 days from NOA1)
  • Sep 19 2019: I130 NOA2 (Approved - 217 days from NOA1)

 

NVC Stage:

  • Sep 27 2019: Sent to Department of State
  • Oct 31 2019: Case number received (34 days since sent)
  • Nov 1 2019: IV & AOS fees received & paid
  • Nov 14 2019: IV & AOS submitted
  • Dec 18 2019: All docs accepted, but one additional doc requested (5 weeks from submission)
  • Dec 18 2019: Requested doc submitted
  • Feb 19 2020: Documentarily Qualified (9 weeks from 2nd submission, 14 weeks from first submission)

 

Interview Stage:

  • Mar 11 2020: Interview letter received
  • Apr 1 2020: Interview date
  • Mar 17 2020: Interview cancelled due to COVID-19
  • August 3 2020: Rescheduled letter received, new appointment August 25 2020
  • August 25 2020: Visa approved at interview! (558 days from NOA1)
  • September 10 2020: Embassy received passport in mail
  • September 15 2020: Passport with visa in hand

 

October 11 2020: Arrived in US!

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10 hours ago, LilyJ said:

I would submit more photos from throughout your relationship, not just wedding, boarding passes from trips to visit each other, passport stamps, stuff like that that shows you’ve had an ongoing relationship. They want to see your relationship didn’t just start and end at your wedding

They want the affidavit of people who can witness our marriage. The lawyer here in India want the US format of affidavit. Do anyone know what is US format of Affidavit??

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Hello everyone, Yesterday my husband got RFE paper, and they want affidavits of people who can witness our marriage. Has anyone went through this before?? So confused now. One more question... A lawyer here in India wants US format of affidavit so he can do notary. But we don't  know the format of US Affidavit. Do any one know?? Please help.Screenshot_20191008-144028.thumb.png.75686d434f17a772d2824553e0daa066.png

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Affidavits are the weakest evidence you can send in.  You can't come up with any of the other items? 

 

If you have to use affidavits there are samples on threads on this site.

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18 minutes ago, YasArr said:

Hello everyone, Yesterday my husband got RFE paper, and they want affidavits of people who can witness our marriage. Has anyone went through this before?? So confused now. One more question... A lawyer here in India wants US format of affidavit so he can do notary. But we don't  know the format of US Affidavit. Do any one know?? Please help.

They are questioning your relationship with your spouse, they need more proof. Hard proof is what you need. Show photos of you and your spouse dating, traveling together, of you being at family functions together, chat logs, receipts of remittance, plane tickets, etc. 

Affidavits are not going to cut it when they suspect the marriage isn't real. So you gotta prove it. 

Pay attention to what's highlighted.  A B C D doesn't need to be there, but if you can provide other proof like the ones I mentioned above it will be sufficient. I don't know if your spouse has a 401K retirement fund, but putting you as a beneficiary weighs more than affidavits. 

But be prepared if you can't provide nothing else but affidavits that the petitioner will have to provide a sworn statement on why they can't provide it. 

USCIS stuff is handled by the petitioner. They should be communicating, and handling all RFE's. I don't know why a lawyer in India would be involved, unless your spouse is there with you.


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27 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Affidavits are the weakest evidence you can send in.  You can't come up with any of the other items? 

 

If you have to use affidavits there are samples on threads on this site.

Can you please share the recent Affidavit form of Marriage?? I could not find any. Will appreciate that. Need to send as quick as possible. We already very late. 

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15 minutes ago, YasArr said:

Can you please share the recent Affidavit form of Marriage?? I could not find any. Will appreciate that. Need to send as quick as possible. We already very late. 


Hopefully you are going to send other evidence not just the affidavits. 

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41 minutes ago, JMPM said:

They are questioning your relationship with your spouse, they need more proof. Hard proof is what you need. Show photos of you and your spouse dating, traveling together, of you being at family functions together, chat logs, receipts of remittance, plane tickets, etc. 

Affidavits are not going to cut it when they suspect the marriage isn't real. So you gotta prove it. 

Pay attention to what's highlighted.  A B C D doesn't need to be there, but if you can provide other proof like the ones I mentioned above it will be sufficient. I don't know if your spouse has a 401K retirement fund, but putting you as a beneficiary weighs more than affidavits. 

But be prepared if you can't provide nothing else but affidavits that the petitioner will have to provide a sworn statement on why they can't provide it. 

USCIS stuff is handled by the petitioner. They should be communicating, and handling all RFE's. I don't know why a lawyer in India would be involved, unless your spouse is there with you.


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Does it need to be notarized??

 

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3 minutes ago, JMPM said:


Hopefully you are going to send other evidence not just the affidavits. 

Yes.. other evidence we are sending. Like hotel receipt, chat logs, pics from honeymoon, money sending receipt, he bought a gold ring so that receipt, we went for honeymoon trip so those plane tickets, our pics together from that trip. Hope all that sufficient.

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Yes.. other evidence we are sending. Like hotel receipt, chat logs, pics from honeymoon, money sending receipt, he bought a gold ring so that receipt, we went for honeymoon trip so those plane tickets, our pics together from that trip. Hope all that sufficient.

Does that affidavit need to be notarized??

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1 minute ago, YasArr said:

Yes.. other evidence we are sending. Like hotel receipt, chat logs, pics from honeymoon, money sending receipt, he bought a gold ring so that receipt, we went for honeymoon trip so those plane tickets, our pics together from that trip. Hope all that sufficient.

Does that affidavit need to be notarized??

If you want to you can. It's not required. 

 

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