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myredskins

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My USC wife is not on my current lease, as I live in a house with two other roomates and her. When the landlord drafted the lease, he only addressed me, and these two other people. Its a four floor house, and my wife & I have a floor to ourself.

Now do you think this might present a problem for the interviewing officer?

Or do you think the bills that we share (me & wifey) that come to this house, will be enough?

I mean we are planning on moving out in August, but the interview is in July. Another thing, I never had this interview in mind when I initially lived in this house.
 
myredskins,

I'm new to this myself so I don't know if I will offer the best advice, but in my opinion, common bills at this house (or even bills just addressed in her name) should also provide for a good case. A lease is just one form of proof. Since you're on the lease, you have proof you lived there anyway; so mail addressed just to her at this house with various dates should make for a good case that she lived there. In my opinion, the government is not your landlord, so they just want to make sure you have a bona fide marriage. How about pictures from different holidays around the year showing both of you at the house, or pictures of the floor that both of you live on? How about affidavits from your other roommates that are on the lease, attesting that she lived with you?

Incidentally, we have the opposite "problem." My wife has been with me on my lease for 6 years, but for 4 of them she's actually lived in a different city, and came to visit on weekends. So we have plenty of proof of a shared residence, but most of her documentation from recent years is at her other address (so of course we truthfully filed as living at different addresses, but included a statement about our shared residence and reasons for living in separate cities).
 
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I do appreciate your response. I will try and get my roomates to write some letter or something like that.

You know what else, I was thinking since we are moving elsewhere 5 days after the interview, we'll have the lease for the new place at that point, so that should work out fine too I hope.

thanks for your input :)
 
You're very welcome. Yes, your new lease and letters from your roommates sound like the best option!

Perhaps someone with more experience can comment what's more important, proof of shared life before the interview, or proof of future intent of a shared life? (I'm assuming it would be future intent.)
 
I am not a lot more experienced. But I will say both are important. For their own reasons:

Past: Shows a consumated marriage where both parties are involved in each others lives prior to the interview.

Future: Shows commitment to continue married (won't divorce a week after receiving the GC).
 
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