. I will be filling in the UK, do i still need to involve a lawyer? I guess thats true
What evidence/ documentation is required?
1. phone calls from my phone bill (land line) in the UK to his pre paid t-mobile number? Is a pre paid simcard in his name adequate? i can print of evidence that it is in his name but i cant print of any phone records on his end... only on mine. Or do you need to have a post pay account in your name for evidence that i called him or is prepaid sufficient?
2. Myspace messages that date back to when i met him, which correspond with my first flight
3. A few emails, we usually talk via myspace so before looking in to this i didn't think to email much.
4. Whilst, i visited him in the US i sublet apartments from two separate sub letters (renters of the apartment) i paid them cash, since he was staying with a friend and didn't have his own place. I have email correspondence with the subletters before i left the UK and they can write me an invoice in both of our names for the time we were there. However, its not an official landlord letter or anything. Is an invoice from subletters and email correspondence sufficient, to show we lived together?
5. I have flight itineraries for three times i went out there to visit him up until now (and visa stamps in passport), i have one boarding pass (coming home this last time... i didn't think to keep boarding passes).
6. I have one flight (in his name) paid on my card, that he gave me the money for.
7. I have lots of pictures in different places, a few videos. I hope to get photos with his family when i next see him in his home town.
I cant think of anything else that we have as proof, anything in both of our names etc... its pretty hard when you dont live in the same country to have apartments/bank accounts etc in both names... how do others do this when they are not in the same country? lol
Find some evidence that you were both staying somewhere near that beach at the time you met, like a hotel reservation and/or airline ticket to the part of the country where the beach is. Of course, if he lives near the same beach he wouldn't have anything for a hotel or airline flight for himself, but you should have that for yourself.
If he has not met your family, it will smell very bad to the interviewer.
That should be good enough, as it shows you both being in that same city or county on that date.
That's also good. Having evidence of the day you met is not essential, it is just more helpful than if you don't have it. Be aware that because of the bad impression created by his past, you need all the help you can get.
Playing devil's advocate here ... the interviewer could think that if you were going to marry to get a green card, the best person to choose is a felon. Because people with clean records are less willing to risk tarnishing their own record by conspiring to enter a fake marriage, and less likely to need the money* involved in a fraud marriage than a felon whose job prospects are bad. And while most women would be concerned about a felon getting violent with them or implicating them in crimes (e.g. if he sells drugs and they find drugs in your house, they'll probably arrest you too), you wouldn't care about that if you aren't going to live with him.
The IO will need to know how the OP intends to support herself if the husband is unable to find a job. What happens if the husband extend his violent past to this new bride? Ok, where is your bank statement, I see deposit of $$$, where is this money coming from? My parents in the UK wired me 5000 pounds, ... You need to get used to it and build up a thick skin so you can be calm and collected in the interview, otherwise the interviewer will BRUTALIZE you and make you fall out of your chair and cry. Many people with clean straightforward situations get harassed, so you can imagine that yours will be 300% worse. Consider the harsh comments and questions in this thread to be practice for what you can expect in the interview.