hi friends here's another immigration
101 topic for us to talk about today and
that topic has to do with proven that
you and your spouse have a bona fide
marriage you may have heard that term
from me before in my other video on do
it for love and only love if you have
not yet seen that video I want you to go
back and watch it because that is a
great foundational video about why it's
so important to put together the right
evidence to show the government that you
and your partner entered into this
marriage for love and not to get around
immigration laws this is a super
important topic that trips up so many
people they just don't get it they don't
get it and so you guys who are watching
my video I want you to get it you need
to understand specifically what the
government wants from you when you are
filing for your spouse so the question
is this
I have sponsored my husband what
evidence do I need to send immigration
to show that my husband and I have a
bona fide marriage
excellent question let's think about the
documents that we could put together
here that you will put together not me
first of all do you guys own a home
together
if so both of your names should be on
the mortgage right so you include a
mortgage statement showing your husband
his name as well if you guys don't own a
home together and you're renting the
lease should also have both of your
names on it if it does not you know I I
would question why not if you're living
with your parents or another relative
that person should submit an affidavit
or a letter of support indicating that
you guys live with her or him though
you're contributing to the rent or other
utility bills you guys need to show that
you have commingled your resources it
means that if you have a joint bank
account or
if you have a joint investment account
or any other assets that you guys
jointly owned a life insurance policy's
health insurance statements or copies of
your health insurance cards if you guys
have any children that have been born
between the two of you you would need to
show the birth certificates of those
children affidavits are also very
important and these are statements or
letters from people in your lives people
who know your relationship to be true
people who understand your love story
people who can talk about how they know
you are you related to them are you guys
friends what do you guys do together how
they see you guys interacting with each
other do you guys spend time with each
other at parties at church at do you
guys go on vacation together also be
careful here with those letters because
those letters need to be notarized and
those letters need to include the
person's full name their address their
age their relationship to you the people
who submit these letters on your behalf
they don't have to be US citizens okay
they could be green card holders as well
need about three I would say three or
four of these types of letters to go
with your packet to the government to
show that other people in your lives can
attest to the fact that you guys have a
real relationship and any other evidence
that you think is relevant whether those
that evidence is a statement from
yourself you can write a statement or a
declaration and send it in with your
packet and explain to the government
what your love story and what your life
together is like certainly pictures
write photographs off your wedding day
photographs of your day to day lives on
vacation and other things like that
photographs are very important as well
and let me just say this okay let me say
this and I tell my clients this as well
your love story has to be convincing to
me it has to jump off the page I need to
see
teachers that appear real and genuine
you have to convince me if you can
convince me the government will also be
convinced but what I'm looking for from
my clients is that their relationship is
true I'm convinced I'm touched ice I
feel the love and I see the love in
evidence in paperwork in photos I feel
it and so it's very important that the
person who is looking at your
application and your petition feel it
too and can see that it is real what has
your experience been like so far with
your spousal petition have you filed for
your husband or your wife recently how
did that go how what evidence did you
pull together that you thought was
helpful to your application packet
comment below I'm in the comments I'm
responding and I'd love to hear from you
alright guys so you have a good one and
I will see you in the next video bye-bye