Memorandum
○I.Issue Presented
Whether Petitioner has established a bona fide marital relationship with Beneficiary and financial capacity to support Beneficiary under INA § 213A.
○II.Applicable Law
A petition under INA § 204 requires the petitioning spouse to establish that the marriage was entered in good faith. Matter of Laureano, 19 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1983), identifies commingled finances and contemporaneous testimony as the principal indicia.
○III.Analysis
Petitioner and Beneficiary have been married since June 2023 and have resided together continuously. The evidence of commingled life is substantial: joint checking, joint lease, joint tax returns, and employer-sponsored health coverage.
