Elitevaz

Ok, that makes sense now. Didn't notice the country difference of the OP.

We had the interview today. It went ok for us. Maybe we just got lucky with the officer. She wasn't doing anything extra just seemed to be going by the rules and not adding any personal scrutiny in. We came with a scrapbook of photos from the things we've been doing together, like the holidays. I had my mom sign a letter that we occupy the house together, but didn't actually show it to the officer. The officer accepted just the scrapbook. I was honest with her and told her that the lack of social security was holding me back from adding her to anything in the country. She made a joke about being lucky my wife hasn't had any health incidents. Our 2 decade age gap wasn't scrutinized at all, but I'm a fairly young looking 40's. The officer gave us a conditional green card 2 year validity. I'm relieved to have this weight released and can now focus on truly getting her settled.

We got AOS approval today. Work permit still pending lol.

I'm reporting back, we had our interview today. We got approved and the civil surgeon marked A for polio on the form. Interview was pretty short and we didn't get hassled. Just pictures for relationship evidence and 2 year visa from k1.

My only life insurance is through my employer, I don't have a separate policy. I can put her on the car insurance, but she has no license if they ask for that number. The government is in the way of the evidence they want. Without a time machine to get an arrival ssn, it's a paradox. Few have pensions, employers aren't offering that. 401k, not sure about it. I'm paying off debt so 401k isn't getting contributions right now. Debt eats money faster than 401k can compound it, so the roi of paying off debt is better than trying to compound a 401k. I do appreciate all your help though. This community is invaluable for guiding this nightmare process.

I just checked my wife's report and Saint Lukes did this to her too. Polio is marked "A".

I understand it's in our best interest to play their game. I'm discussing the principle. They are putting us through this song and dance to try to curb fraud. That's why I say it's abnormal for newlyweds to hash all this out so fast. My wife's life was very simple and didn't involve a lot beuracracy like mine does. I've got numerous accounts. She has like 2 or 3 (gcash, bank, phone). My whole situation with my car, for example, is stable. I have no motivation to tell the bank they can come after her if the bill doesn't get paid. I'm the only one working, because she's not allowed to work, so there is nothing for the bank to take from her in the event the bill didn't get paid. The only reason I would tell the bank anything, is to make USCIS feel warm and fuzzy about my marriage. For my particular case, because I made my comment in the general sense, we've already filed our AoS and have an interview next month. So there is no danger from not filing. We did it within the 90 days and we got married within the 90 days. I'm still scared they might grab her at the interview just for fun, despite the fact that we followed the k-1 program guidelines exactly. The only thing reasonable I've got her added to is the phone account. We're using T-mobile, through my vet mother, my wife and other family have lines listed. The house is in my mothers name to get a va loan and I'm going to have her write a notarized letter stating she has allowed us to live there and that we pay her money to cover the mortgage each month. The utilities water and electric are also both under mom's name. Never heard of an electric bill with 2 people's name on it. Internet access for the home is covered by the HOA. Most anything I could add her to would have the provider asking for a SSN. I ticked the box on the AOS form to have them send the info to SSA, which I've recently learned had some drama with the current admin so some applications are resulting in SSN issued and others not, however that doesn't happen until AFTER the greencard is approved, which means after the interview. If she gets a greencard and no ssn, we're fine. We'll just make an appointment with the SSA and use the greencard to get the SSN. We did a concurrent EAD too, but have not received approval on that yet, just biometrics completed.

I get it, but who does this in year 1 of their marriage? She doesn’t even have a ssn yet. Idk who came up with these markers of a bona-fide marriage, but some of these expectations are detached from reality and definitely not keeping up with the average modern American.

From what I was able to learn and studying the language on the form, a k-1 shouldn’t require that, as it was fulfilled as part of the k-1 process.

The statements about joint this and that stress me out. I would fail this on every relationship I’ve had with other Americans in the past. Joint bank - never did it. Don’t find value in it. My wife has no social, the bank wants a social. So I can’t do it even if I wanted to. Joint utility - is this even possible? I’ve never done this. I’ve never seen anyone else do it. I’ve never seen an option to do this. Never seen anyone else do it. The utilities are registered to one person. Joint phone bill - my mom is a veteran and hosts the plan for our family, which gives us all a discount. The best I could do is show her and her number on the bill. Health insurance - my job wants her social, can’t do it. i got pictures of Thanksgiving with family and some other pics. My parents love her. We talk all day when I’m away for work each day. To me the requested proof is mostly unreasonable.

My wife was asked for my police clearance when she was doing the cfo for her k-1. The councilors don't seem to really understand how the admin systems work in the USA, so it seems that you can get a local report from a city or county enforcement authority. I believe there was one report in here from a user that used a city report successfully.

sandwich in lax for $40. Unbelievable.

Final update: BI didn't ask to see her certificate. No one did. She could have not done the whole thing and it would not make a difference. I'm sure they ask some, but in this in case she was asked to show the certificate. She's on the way to the US now, I can't wait to see her.

Update 2: She got the certificate She was asked for my petition (i-129), my tax return, and Fbi clearance. I'll be waiting for false tax returns to be filed in my name next year

Update: She showed up in Quezon city and as of this writing is attending the seminar. I don't know what they made her show to get in, but everything is back on course for entry this weekend