Couple App Unintentionally Helps Couples Petitioning for Green Cards Griselda Nevarez - VOXXI
go to original November 27, 2013

Among other features, the Couple app allows couples to share text messages, photos, videos and sketches. Some are using the app as they petition for a green card for their spouse or fiancé. (CoupleApp)

Citizens and permanent residents have found that the petition process to bring a spouse or fiancé to live in the United States as a green card holder can be arduous for couples, with some of them getting their petitions denied because they lack secondary evidence to prove their relationship is legitimate.

But some couples have found a way to provide proof of their relationship with the help of a mobile app called Couple, which allows couples to form a digital timeline of their relationship.

The app functions as a private social network for couples. It allows two people who are in a relationship to exchange text messages, photos, videos and sketches. They can also send each other a “thumb kiss” by pressing their thumbs against the screen of their separate phones at the same time, leaving a thumb print and making their phones vibrate. Furthermore, couples can create to-do lists and set up reminders of important dates, such as anniversaries and birthdays.

... In the last few months, dozens of couples have reached out to the Couple app via email, asking for a data file of their timeline history because they want to include it with their green card petitions. One man who reached out was looking to bring his fiancé to live with him in the U.S. Data experts were able to help him by providing him with the data file of the digital timeline that he and his fiancé share through the app.

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