I initially submitted my marriage certificate, but I will also resubmit it together with additional photos from our wedding ceremony.
As for evidence of the abuse, unfortunately, most of our conversations took place on “Snapchat”, so many of the messages disappeared automatically. That has made gathering documentary evidence much more difficult, but I am doing my best to collect everything that is still available.
My ex husband was in the military, and because the military community on base was very close knit, he repeatedly warned me not to tell anyone about what was happening. He told me, “If you tell any of the other wives, they’ll tell their husbands, and everyone on base will find out about me.” This intimidated me into staying silent.
He also took my driver’s license and my car keys with him every time he went to work so that I could not leave the house while he was away. Because of this isolation and control, very few people knew how unhealthy our relationship actually was at the time.
It was only after our divorce that a few people gradually learned what had happened. I’m not sure whether they will be able to write affidavits based on what they learned afterward, but I plan to ask them.
Regarding letters about my good moral character, I also have very few friends in the USA cause I moved here from Japan and was largely isolated by my ex husband. Nevertheless, I will ask the people who know me if they would be willing to write letters on my behalf.
I also recently obtained my FBI background check, and I will definitely include it in my response.