In this video, we're going to answer a question from one of the viewers. And the question
is, “Can you bring an actual witness, a real human being, to your marriage interview
to prove that the marriage is real and bona fide?” Do you want to know the answer? Watch
this video, and we'll talk about it. Hi, everybody, Jacob Sapochnick here. Another video answering
a question for one of our viewers. And this is a question that comes up often that people
are confused as to the answer that I'm telling them why they cannot do it [inaudible] present
the question, please. If you're here for the first time, subscribe to our channel. Click
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in the comments what other videos you want to see. In this video, we'll talk about the
marriage green card interview. What evidence can you bring to show that the marriage is
bona fide? Specifically, people ask me, in this particular question they asked, “Can
you bring a witness, a human being, in addition to the attorney who can testify that this
marriage is bona fide, like in a court hearing? Can you bring your witnesses? Can you bring
video footage, PowerPoint presentations to show that this is real marriage?” The answer
is no. The only people that come to the interview are the attorney, the spouse, petitioner,
and an interpreter if you need an interpreter. That's it. The USCIS is an administrative
process. It's not a court hearing. It's not a federal trial. This is a procedure where
they're trying to determine if your marriage is bona fide. And if you look at the other
videos that we've done, and I've done a video that specifically explains what evidence you
need in the bona fide marriage, like bills. We talked about bills, we talked about joint
bank accounts, we talked about pictures, we talked about proof of courtship before marriage,
we talked about people, meaning the family members, prove that you met family members
knowing very detailed information, all these things we talked about in previous videos.
But all the evidence we provided all in the interview is in a binder, that a binder has
your bank statements, your lease, any insurance documents, any travel proof together, any
big purchases together, anything that shows you commingle your assets, investments, these
are all paper documents, they will put in the file and keep forever until you become
a citizen. But the question asked, “Can I bring a witness? Can I bring my friends
that saw us together from the moment we met? Can it bring 10 people that see us every day
as we live our life together? Can I bring my landlord to testify that we both pay the
rent?” You can't. And the reason is because it will be impractical for the immigration
to have all these people come there for interviews. There's no space, there's no room, there's
no way they can... there's no time for them to question everybody. They have to make a
decision in a question of 20 to 25 minutes. When they see your documents and if they have
a suspicion, they'll call you for Stokes interview, which is a second interview, where it's gonna
be a much longer interview where they’ll separate the couple, ask questions, four or
five hours. But even in that interview, you cannot bring anybody except your spouse, an
attorney or interpreter. And again, it's all to make this process move along faster because
even today, it's taking months and months, more than six months to get an interview,
more than seven months to get documents like work permits. Imagine if you had to bring
witnesses, it would not be feasible. The other part of the question is, “Can I provide
cassette, CDs, mp3s, video footage of our relationship, of our parties together weddings,
vacation?” You can't. They don't have the capacity to watch those videos, to review
them, to determine. All they need is a paper trail so they can check it put it in the file
and that's it. So, no people, no witnesses, no video. What you need to have is strong
evidence, the financial documents, at least five pieces of evidence. At least five, at
least a bill, at least a bank statement, at least one form of insurance, at least one
purchase together, and pictures of cohabitation and things like this. If you have that, you'll
be good in passing your interview, but you can’t bring physical people to the interview.
It is really important to prepare as well. It's not just enough to dump a bunch of documents
and say I have all these documents that I can pass the interview. You have to prepare,
you have to be relaxed, you have to be understanding of the situation. It's stressful. Be reasonable
as to what you're expected to happen. Listen carefully, and only answer when you understand
the question, and you'll be fine. But remember, having good evidence in paper trail is all
you need. And you cannot bring other people to the interview to testify for you. So, hopefully,
that makes sense. That clears is this question. If you have any questions, post them a comment
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our next video. And thanks for watching.