Legal Question in Immigration Law in New Jersey

Re: citizenship through marriage

Dear Kash: Living in the same marital residence is only one indicia of the "bona fides of the marital relationship." As you may be aware, since you already seem to have your green card through the marital to a USC process, there are many other things that help to show that a marriage is bona fide (e.g. you have children with your wife, you share joint financial obligations). In today's world the realities are that work (employment opportunities) sometimes cause married persons to live in seperate states. You should prepare yourself with reasonable responses to the Officer who will interview you at your Citizenship interview in the event that this is one of the queries. Best of luck. VTY, David Nachman, Esq. 201-236-9998 (x100)

Re: citizenship through marriage

Dear Kash,

When the issue of marriage comes up, the Service looks to see that the marriage is bona fide and was entered into in "good faith." There are various types of evidence you could provide to show this in spite of the fact that you and your wife live in different states. You may contact me at the office and I can give you an idea of what documents you could provide to document the validity of your marriage.

Sincerely,

Sameer Kumar