I married last year we had a big wedding ceremony 400 plus people.
I applied for my wife's citizenship but uscis sent letter NOID with 30-day notice. it is big shock for us.
I showed uscis offer 100 plus picture but he accepted only 5 pictures at the time of the interview.
NOID letter mention that I only gave him 5 pictures and these pictures are not enough.
I submitted my joint bank account but he said its not enough.
I live with my parents and my wife is currently no doing any job, and we don't own a house. I did not have an income tax paper at the time of the interview. Because it is my first year of the job .
Now I do have 2019 tax paper
i submitted at time of the interview.
•License and Certificate of Marriage
• My birth certificate
• Five photographs of my marriage (I showed officer 100s, but he only wanted 5)
• Individual Income Tax Return form of my parents
• Two utility bills under my parent's name
• Pay stubs in my name from the employer, as well as a letter from your employer dated January
confirming your employment;
• A letter from my parents attesting to my relationship and residence;
• Joint bank account
the response I got
This notice is to inform you that, after a thorough review of your petition and the record of evidence,
USCIS intends to deny your petition for the reasons discussed below.
Generally, to demonstrate that an individual is eligible for approval as the beneficiary of a petition filed
under INA 20 1(b), a petitioner must:
• Establish a bona fide relationship to certain alien relatives who wish to immigrate to the United
States;
• Establish the appropriate legal status (i.e., U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residence) to
submit a petition on the beneficiary's behalf.
In visa petition proceedings, it is the petitioner's burden to establish eligibility for the requested
immigration benefit sought under the INA. See Matter of Brantigan, 11 I & N Dec. 4 93, 49 5 (BIA 1 96 6);
Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (8 C FR), section 10 3.2(b). You must demonstrate that the
beneficiary can be classified as your spouse. See 8 CF R 204.2(a). The petitioner must show, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the marriage was legally valid and bona fide at its inception, and "not
entered into for the purpose of evading the immigration laws." Matter of Laureano, 19 I& N Dec. 1, 3
(BIA 1983). Although evidence to establish intent at the time of marriage can take many forms, some of
those forms include: "proof that the beneficiary has been listed as the petitioner's spouse on insurance
policies, property leases, income tax forms, or bank accounts; and testimony or other evidence regarding
courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence, and experiences." See Laureano, supra.
When there is reason to doubt the validity of a marital relationship, the petitioner must present evidence to
show that the marriage was not entered into for the purpose of evading immigration law. See Matter of
Phillis, 15 I& N Dec. 38 5, 38 6 (B IA 1975). To demonstrate that the purpose of the marriage was not to
evade immigration law, a petitioner may submit documentation showing, for instance, joint ownership of
property, joint tenancy of a common residence, commingling of financial resources, birth certificates of
children born to the union, and sworn or affirmed affidavits from third parties with personal knowledge of
the marital relationship. See 8 CFR 204.2(a)(1)(iii)(B).
Although both of your names are listed on the bank account statements all financial transactions on that
were made using only one card . Further, you only provided three statements despite the
fact that you have been married to since December 24, 2018. These financial statements are thus
insufficient because they do not paint a complete picture of your finances with the beneficiary and do not
evidence that both you and wife are separately making transactions on your jointly held account. The
statements provided do not appear to show income-related deposits from both parties, as there only appears to
be income deposits from employer, and even if your wife is not employed, the statements also do not appear
to reveal payments towards common expenses or any other transactions that would indicate a shared life
together. As a result, the image of your household finances remains incomplete and does not reflect a shared
life with the beneficiary since the time of marriage.
While you submitted a 2018 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form in the names of your parents,
, you did not submit any tax return forms as well as IRS tax transcripts for
yourself and wife. While it is possible that you have not yet filed your taxes with your wife as a
married couple due to the date of your marriage in 2018, the tax returns submitted are irrelevant to the
determination of whether your marriage is bona fide. The same can be said for the Southern California
Edison utility bills submitted, as they are in your father's name alone and do not constitute a joint liability.
between you and your wife. This is also true of the paystubs and letter submitted from your employer, as
these documents do not provide any evidence of a joint life together between you and wife.
You did not submit any other documentation of a shared life together, including joint assets and liabilities that
are common among spouses such as evidence of joint property purchased, a rental lease and/or residence
deed, utility bills, joint health insurance, joint car insurance, a life insurance policy in which the spouse is
named as a beneficiary, travel itineraries, sworn and notarized affidavits from witnesses attesting to your
relationship or any other documentation that would evidence that you and wife have a bona fide
marriage.
While the letter from your parents , attesting to your relationship with your wife and
your residence provides some explanation as to your living arrangement and the lack of a rental lease or utility,
this document is not notarized and does not contain attached identification documents or contact information,
so the authors of the letter cannot be confirmed. While the five photographs you submitted do appear to show
your wedding to wife, which tends to suggest a bona fide relationship, they only are from limited
occasions despite the fact that you have been married for over one year. As such, the evidence submitted does
not establish by a preponderance of the evidence that your marriage to your wife is bona fide when considered
with the other factors mentioned above. Therefore, despite the presence of this evidence, you have not yet
demonstrated that you and the beneficiary are in a bona fide marriage.
Based on a review of the record, USCIS finds that you have not met your burden of proof in
demonstrating that your petition should be approved. You are therefore given 30 days to provide any
rebuttal as to why your petition should not be denied. No extensions will be granted beyond the 30 days
without demonstration of exceptional circumstances. Matter of Obaigbena, 19 I & N Dec. 533 ( BI A 1988).
I am planning to submit
200 pictures of us together during several events and visits
Joint Owned vehicle papers
Joint Dental health insurance
* Wedding Venue invoice and pictures
* 7 notarized Affidavits of support (Parents, family, friend and neighbors)
*Hotel room reservation for san diego trip And Grand canyon
*Joint 2019 tax return
* joint name CARES check acknowledgement
*copy of debit cards
*copy of driving Licence and picture ID.
*Joint Bank statements for last 12 months
What else i can do, any suggestions, it will be highly appreciated.
I applied for my wife's citizenship but uscis sent letter NOID with 30-day notice. it is big shock for us.
I showed uscis offer 100 plus picture but he accepted only 5 pictures at the time of the interview.
NOID letter mention that I only gave him 5 pictures and these pictures are not enough.
I submitted my joint bank account but he said its not enough.
I live with my parents and my wife is currently no doing any job, and we don't own a house. I did not have an income tax paper at the time of the interview. Because it is my first year of the job .
Now I do have 2019 tax paper
i submitted at time of the interview.
•License and Certificate of Marriage
• My birth certificate
• Five photographs of my marriage (I showed officer 100s, but he only wanted 5)
• Individual Income Tax Return form of my parents
• Two utility bills under my parent's name
• Pay stubs in my name from the employer, as well as a letter from your employer dated January
confirming your employment;
• A letter from my parents attesting to my relationship and residence;
• Joint bank account
the response I got
This notice is to inform you that, after a thorough review of your petition and the record of evidence,
USCIS intends to deny your petition for the reasons discussed below.
Generally, to demonstrate that an individual is eligible for approval as the beneficiary of a petition filed
under INA 20 1(b), a petitioner must:
• Establish a bona fide relationship to certain alien relatives who wish to immigrate to the United
States;
• Establish the appropriate legal status (i.e., U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residence) to
submit a petition on the beneficiary's behalf.
In visa petition proceedings, it is the petitioner's burden to establish eligibility for the requested
immigration benefit sought under the INA. See Matter of Brantigan, 11 I & N Dec. 4 93, 49 5 (BIA 1 96 6);
Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (8 C FR), section 10 3.2(b). You must demonstrate that the
beneficiary can be classified as your spouse. See 8 CF R 204.2(a). The petitioner must show, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the marriage was legally valid and bona fide at its inception, and "not
entered into for the purpose of evading the immigration laws." Matter of Laureano, 19 I& N Dec. 1, 3
(BIA 1983). Although evidence to establish intent at the time of marriage can take many forms, some of
those forms include: "proof that the beneficiary has been listed as the petitioner's spouse on insurance
policies, property leases, income tax forms, or bank accounts; and testimony or other evidence regarding
courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence, and experiences." See Laureano, supra.
When there is reason to doubt the validity of a marital relationship, the petitioner must present evidence to
show that the marriage was not entered into for the purpose of evading immigration law. See Matter of
Phillis, 15 I& N Dec. 38 5, 38 6 (B IA 1975). To demonstrate that the purpose of the marriage was not to
evade immigration law, a petitioner may submit documentation showing, for instance, joint ownership of
property, joint tenancy of a common residence, commingling of financial resources, birth certificates of
children born to the union, and sworn or affirmed affidavits from third parties with personal knowledge of
the marital relationship. See 8 CFR 204.2(a)(1)(iii)(B).
Although both of your names are listed on the bank account statements all financial transactions on that
were made using only one card . Further, you only provided three statements despite the
fact that you have been married to since December 24, 2018. These financial statements are thus
insufficient because they do not paint a complete picture of your finances with the beneficiary and do not
evidence that both you and wife are separately making transactions on your jointly held account. The
statements provided do not appear to show income-related deposits from both parties, as there only appears to
be income deposits from employer, and even if your wife is not employed, the statements also do not appear
to reveal payments towards common expenses or any other transactions that would indicate a shared life
together. As a result, the image of your household finances remains incomplete and does not reflect a shared
life with the beneficiary since the time of marriage.
While you submitted a 2018 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form in the names of your parents,
, you did not submit any tax return forms as well as IRS tax transcripts for
yourself and wife. While it is possible that you have not yet filed your taxes with your wife as a
married couple due to the date of your marriage in 2018, the tax returns submitted are irrelevant to the
determination of whether your marriage is bona fide. The same can be said for the Southern California
Edison utility bills submitted, as they are in your father's name alone and do not constitute a joint liability.
between you and your wife. This is also true of the paystubs and letter submitted from your employer, as
these documents do not provide any evidence of a joint life together between you and wife.
You did not submit any other documentation of a shared life together, including joint assets and liabilities that
are common among spouses such as evidence of joint property purchased, a rental lease and/or residence
deed, utility bills, joint health insurance, joint car insurance, a life insurance policy in which the spouse is
named as a beneficiary, travel itineraries, sworn and notarized affidavits from witnesses attesting to your
relationship or any other documentation that would evidence that you and wife have a bona fide
marriage.
While the letter from your parents , attesting to your relationship with your wife and
your residence provides some explanation as to your living arrangement and the lack of a rental lease or utility,
this document is not notarized and does not contain attached identification documents or contact information,
so the authors of the letter cannot be confirmed. While the five photographs you submitted do appear to show
your wedding to wife, which tends to suggest a bona fide relationship, they only are from limited
occasions despite the fact that you have been married for over one year. As such, the evidence submitted does
not establish by a preponderance of the evidence that your marriage to your wife is bona fide when considered
with the other factors mentioned above. Therefore, despite the presence of this evidence, you have not yet
demonstrated that you and the beneficiary are in a bona fide marriage.
Based on a review of the record, USCIS finds that you have not met your burden of proof in
demonstrating that your petition should be approved. You are therefore given 30 days to provide any
rebuttal as to why your petition should not be denied. No extensions will be granted beyond the 30 days
without demonstration of exceptional circumstances. Matter of Obaigbena, 19 I & N Dec. 533 ( BI A 1988).
I am planning to submit
200 pictures of us together during several events and visits
Joint Owned vehicle papers
Joint Dental health insurance
* Wedding Venue invoice and pictures
* 7 notarized Affidavits of support (Parents, family, friend and neighbors)
*Hotel room reservation for san diego trip And Grand canyon
*Joint 2019 tax return
* joint name CARES check acknowledgement
*copy of debit cards
*copy of driving Licence and picture ID.
*Joint Bank statements for last 12 months
What else i can do, any suggestions, it will be highly appreciated.
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