Lack of Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage

[Turkey 0]

Hi All,

 

My fiancée and I are planning getting married on this weekend (December 2024) via a Utah online marriage, which I previously made a post about. We are planning on applying for a CR1 visa ASAP after that is complete. I have been compiling evidence of our relationship and I am concerned that it might not be sufficient. Below is a summary of what I have found so far:

 

Evidence Type	Dates
WhatsApp conversation logs	Sep 2023 - Present
Flight itinerary (USA to Turkey)	November 2023
AirBnb reservation (Turkey, my name only)	Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
Photos in Turkey (home, city, with her friends)	Nov 2023 - Present
Turkish residence permit (two years)	Issued Mar 2024
Flight itinerary (to Serbia, both names)	August 2024
AirBnb reservation (Serbia, both names)	August 2024
Photos together in Serbia	August 2024
Photos of us with her immediate and extended family in Turkey	November 2024
Photos of us with my sister in Italy	November 2024
Flight itinerary (to Czechia, both names)	November 2024
Photos together Czechia and Italy	November 2024
AirBnb reservation (Czechia and Italy, both names)	November 2024

 

Some notes:

• The evidence from Serbia/Czechia/Italy is from vacations we took to those countries together.
• I am a US citizen and she is a Turkish citizen.
• We live together at the apartment I own in Turkey, but her name is not on the deed.
• We also have no joint financial accounts and she is not on any of the utility bills except the internet bill. This is because she is currently in university (I am 23 and she is 21) and as such she is not earning an income. I am concerned that not having obvious financial ties will weaken our case.
• We are able to get affidavits from friends and family if needed but I've read that these don't really hold water.
• I also have a lesson confirmation for Turkish lessons in December 2024, not sure if that matters.

 

Does this evidence seem sufficient for a CR1 visa application? Are there any critical pieces of evidence we might have overlooked? I have tried to provide as much information as possible, but if there's anything else that would be helpful, please let me know. I am very new to all of this and am trying to move as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for any replies!!!

[Turkey 0]

Also - she is named as the sole beneficiary on my main bank account in the US. Is it worth buying life insurance and giving her power of attorney at this point as well? Will it look suspicious doing all of this two days before marriage and ~1 week before filing?

 

Since posting this I realized that we have keycards to our apartment with our names, faces, and apartment number. Hopefully this is a strong piece of evidence that we're living together.

[pushbrk 12,994]

Looks good, but note you are not applying for a visa and there is no "we" who will ever apply.  The US Citizen files a petition for alien relative.  When the petition is approved, the foreign spouse is invited to apply for the visa.