Long Distance and marraige

[cmn0548]

What is the name of your state? TX

Me and my gf are plannin to get married and she is a US citizen, I am not. Everything was going good, when we hit a little roadblock.

We both work in texas (big city) and thats how we met. But she wants to goto school and get a 2 year degree and I was okay with that. BUT she got an offer of a full scholarship in a university in Nevada.

I don't want to put her plans on hold because of me. I want what is best for her, and I come second. Would our marraige work (we know it will work personally) for immigration purposes?

If my wife lives in another state and goes to school there solely because they offered a scholarship, and I continue to work in Texas and support her would it cause problems in paperwork/interviews/other immigration based factors for marraige based green cards?

Thanks for the space, we are so confused

 

[ImmigAttyLana]

Yes, the immigration process will work as well if it is a bona fide marriage but it will be critical to OVERDOCUMENT the marriage and have perhaps extra supporting documentation because you will be residing in two different places.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions or how I can be of further assistance to you in this matter.

 

[cmn0548]

Lana,
whe you mention overdocument what are you reffering to?
additional documents such as? scholorship offers, university transcripts, proof of enrollment, etc etc?

what are the documents usually required as proof of a bona fide marraige?

Thank you for your prompt responses Lana, as always you are always on top of helping us out. I cannot thank you enough and stress how much we appreciate your advice.

 

[ImmigAttyLana]

No, I mean more proof of the bona fides of your marriage such as joint leases in both places, joint bank accounts in both places, proof of you visiting one another on a regular basis, etc.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions or how I can be of further assistance to you in this matter.

 

[cmn0548]

Ahh i understand now. Wouldnt a bank account not be 'local' and if we had a bank account here and we are joint owners, wouldnt it still count as joint even tho she is in another state? i thought bank accounts were national.

anyways i see your point about joint leases, and visitation proof. Is there any website that would point me to the documents required, other than the immigraion forms?

Thanks again

 

[ImmigAttyLana]

As far as bank accounts are concerned, it would really depend on whether the same bank had branches in both places, etc. since she will likely have an account opened with a local bank or branch of the same bank( if available) for purposes of using local checks, etc.

But you see my point about what documentation is required. This was just an example of the type of things you'd have to present.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions or how I can be of further assistance to you in this matter.

 

[cmn0548]

thanks lana, i see your point. It should be clearly visible that we are married throu bona fide, which shouldnt be a problem. I will look around for the documents/ways to prove this. they should be available somewhere on the internet.

 

[evcalyptos]

One of the moderators at this group http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=35 has successfully navigated Adustment of Status and I-751 while she and her husband live in different states due to work commitments.
She has some very helpful comments about how they have kept their marriage alive, and how they showed this to USCIS. Search her comments.

 

[cmn0548]

Thank you evcalyptos, I will check em' out. btw do you know her username so i can run a search?

thanks