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Hi K1visaHopeful, Thank you for answering my questions and providing additional insight! We now feel more confident about my case!

Hi Sukie, A cover letter explaining our financial situation does sound like a great idea! Thanks for your help!

Thank you for your ideas, Edward and Jaycel!

Hi Lemonslice, Thank you for your advice! We’ll definitely work on living wills, retirement plans, and savings. I forgot to mention that both my spouse and I are still in school or training, and we only work part-time jobs that don’t offer many benefits like pensions, 401(k)s, or health insurance. My spouse is covered under his parent’s health insurance, while I currently don’t have any health insurance. His phone plan is also under his parents, whereas I have my own plan.

Hello, everyone. I applied for I-485 based on a K-1 visa in April this year. A few days ago, I received an RFE asking for additional proof of our married life since the ceremony. In our initial application, we only submitted our marriage certificate and wedding photos as bona fide relationship evidence. The screenshot shows what the RFE is requesting. So far, we’ve gathered the following evidence: Joint lease agreement Joint auto insurance policy Proof of living at the same address (driver’s licenses, pay stubs, bank statements, Costco membership) Evidence of being listed as emergency contacts for each other at work Additional wedding photos Photos from other life events Sworn affidavits from my spouse’s family After getting married, my spouse and I have taken on different financial responsibilities. He pays for rent and internet, while I cover auto insurance and groceries. We handle the remaining expenses separately. I added my spouse as an authorized user on my credit card, and he added my name to the internet bills after receiving the RFE. My questions are: Should we open a joint savings account to strengthen our case? Will actions taken after receiving the RFE raise any red flags with USCIS? Does the evidence we’ve gathered so far seem sufficient for approval? Do we need to notarize the sworn affidavits? We are aware that we should include a government ID for each of them. I’d appreciate any advice or insight. Thank you!

Hi W199, thanks for your reply! The protection order related court records indicate that my fiancé was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, its disposition is "dismissed". The protection order is also canceled. I am not sure if there are arrest records attached to it since police records have not been delivered yet and my fiancé doesn't have much memory of this either. My fiancé managed to get a file stating the protection order is canceled but it seems not to be certified. We will try to get a certified version of this paper next week. I plan to submit the court records, police records, and cancelation paper for this. I also wonder will explanation letters help for this, for example, explaining that the petitioner was mentally ill, the beneficiary is aware, and the protected person (actually his mom) is no longer in danger. Am I just making things more complicated here? For the new drug charge, I will see what we can get. If there isn't much strong evidence, I probably will choose not to disclose. I also want to ask, if somehow, he gets charged in the future for drug possession and the case is still pending during a CR-1 processing, will we get denied for this? Finally, I want to say that we are aware that all the advice we get from this website is not legal advice and we are the ones responsible for all the decisions. I am very grateful for your continuous help!

Hello, everyone! My fiance and I are August 2022 K-1 visa filers and our case is still being processed. My fiance was arrested and charged with drug possession a couple of days ago and has been released. Should we send a letter to USCIS now and explain everything or just wait until we get an RFE? Also, I found out that he has some mental health court records as well. Do these count as criminal records? Should we include this information as well? We were stupid and ignorant when we filed and didn't dig deeper into this. And we marked "no" to the part 3 question4.a. Will this be a huge mistake? Please give us some advice! Thanks 😭