Demonstrating Bona Fide marriage

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

you are going to AOS after the marraige as u say "fiancee , soon to be wife"

so ,  u will submit the needed petitions  for the AOS  

The interviews are a long way off and u will have time to start commingling fiances

copies of boarding passes work better than flight itinerary and plane reservations (these can be cancelled at any time )

 

marry,   

send in copy of your marriage certificate and other needed documents with your petitions

 

then:

add both names to any lease(s)

health care insurarnce

bank accounts

do wills in favor of your spouse

each of u do a POA giving the other power for decision making

 

 

all that can be taken to the interview 

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

USCIS is well aware that newlyweds don't have a huge amount of evidence. Send what you have, describe your situation in a coverletter and it should be fine. You will have enough time to collect more till the interview comes.

[African Zealot 1,455]

2 hours ago, lovinglive said:

At what point in the AOS process can the spouse be added onto your credit card

Many credit cards allow you to add someone to your card as a joint user without even providing any information or ID aside from their name. They don’t really care about authorized user because you’re the one on the hook regardless.

 

I think Amex and Discover were the only ones even asking for anything. 

[lovinglive 24]

3 hours ago, Rocio0010 said:

 

Also do you have POAs or wills that maybe you can add?

We don't have any POAs but may have some other official paperwork that could be useful.

[lovinglive 24]

3 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

you are going to AOS after the marraige as u say "fiancee , soon to be wife"

so ,  u will submit the needed petitions  for the AOS  

The interviews are a long way off and u will have time to start commingling fiances

copies of boarding passes work better than flight itinerary and plane reservations (these can be cancelled at any time )

 

marry,   

send in copy of your marriage certificate and other needed documents with your petitions

 

then:

add both names to any lease(s)

health care insurarnce

bank accounts

do wills in favor of your spouse

each of u do a POA giving the other power for decision making

 

 

all that can be taken to the interview 

Thanks that sounds like a good plan!

[lovinglive 24]

1 hour ago, African Zealot said:

Many credit cards allow you to add someone to your card as a joint user without even providing any information or ID aside from their name. They don’t really care about authorized user because you’re the one on the hook regardless.

 

I think Amex and Discover were the only ones even asking for anything. 

That's interesting.  I would never have guessed that!

[Loren Y 2,755]

10 hours ago, lovinglive said:

 

I was wondering about that.  At what point in the AOS process can the spouse be added onto your credit card, open a joint bank account, etc.?

I added my wife before she even arrived here, at the beginning of the K1 process. Chase credit cards don't require a social to add someone as an authorized user. Then I gave her the card in her name to pay for things for immigration such as the medical and vaccinations, etc. Save me a ton of transfer fees, had no foreign transaction fees, and I earned a ton of points so I was able to buy her the flight to the US for FREE with points.