PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP!! HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

[lolitaboom]

Hi all, i just wanna detailed everything i have for my upcoming interview in 2 days, i wanna make sure i have just the right amount or the proper proof for my interview.

I have about 20-25 facebook messages, screen shots.
9 phone bills, all from my phone company showing his phone numbers, his phone bills doesnt show mine as he uses calling cards (but im still including his phone bills)
about 10-15 emails from each other.
75 pics of his visits plus the professional photographs of our wedding.
about 20-25 western union receipts.
scanned pics of his passport and pages showing the stamps of entry to my country.
he'll send me the tax form showing he included me as his wife.
and a letter from his mother stating she has knowledge of our relationship. (  i dont know her in person and she wasnt in our wedding cuz shes old and sick, cant travel)
receipts from restaurants and historical places we visited during his visits.

anything else i should include?? should i print more facebook messages? Thanks all in advance for your answers

[scylla]

If you have it, you could also include:

- bills/receipts from your wedding
- wedding invitation
- list of who came to your wedding and what each guest's relationship is to you
- flight itineraries from your visits to see each other

Good luck!

[shamsia]

That seems like a pretty good collection of evidences...Wish you a speedy visa processing!

[lolitaboom]

thank you both for your good wishes. hope all this is enough, i will print some more facebook chats just in case, im soooo nervous i cry everyday, i dont know why, maybe its pregnancy hormones. 

[scylla]

I'm sure you'll do great! Good luck again!

[missmini]

it all depends on the officer and what was his/her overall impression of he file....u could print more facebook messages if u like, if they don't need they will just not look at it...what else could be included:

- maybe messages between him and ur friends family and u and his friends family
- emails, sms logs, skype logs, chat logs ( for the sms u could show them ur mobile directly, so don't need to waste time preparing them before)
- gift receipts, or take pictures with the gifts u gave for each other
-  going out receipts - ticket stubs to shows, park, anything
- cards, ecards, postcards u sent to each other on special occasions or u received together as a couple from family/friends
- congratulations messages from ur friends/family to both for ur wedding, engagement, pregnancy, any occasion
for any proof u give it's better to be recent, they need to see how u keep in touch during the process...
u don't need all this, just ideas; so relax, don't cry; u know better how much u love each other and how much u want to be together, u just need to show it to them....practice well the interview questions, know very well everything u wrote in the forms and other letters u submitted to them....

best of luck

[lolitaboom]

it all depends on the officer and what was his/her overall impression of he file....u could print more facebook messages if u like, if they don't need they will just not look at it...what else could be included:

- maybe messages between him and ur friends family and u and his friends family
- emails, sms logs, skype logs, chat logs ( for the sms u could show them ur mobile directly, so don't need to waste time preparing them before)
- gift receipts, or take pictures with the gifts u gave for each other
-  going out receipts - ticket stubs to shows, park, anything
- cards, ecards, postcards u sent to each other on special occasions or u received together as a couple from family/friends
- congratulations messages from ur friends/family to both for ur wedding, engagement, pregnancy, any occasion
for any proof u give it's better to be recent, they need to see how u keep in touch during the process...
u don't need all this, just ideas; so relax, don't cry; u know better how much u love each other and how much u want to be together, u just need to show it to them....practice well the interview questions, know very well everything u wrote in the forms and other letters u submitted to them....

best of luck

thank you ffor your advice, i already had some of those things... i'll meet them in a few hours, im so nervous i couldnt stay in bed any longer, so yeah i will need all the luck in the world and hope they believe us, i know we had a shady beggining but we truly love each other and we didnt get mrried for immigration purposes so i hope they can see that!! AGAIN THANKS ... i'll let you know how it go...

[missmini]

thank you ffor your advice, i already had some of those things... i'll meet them in a few hours, im so nervous i couldnt stay in bed any longer, so yeah i will need all the luck in the world and hope they believe us, i know we had a shady beggining but we truly love each other and we didnt get mrried for immigration purposes so i hope they can see that!! AGAIN THANKS ... i'll let you know how it go...

good luck!! be confident and be yourself !!!! let us know how it went and the good news

[Kedeisha]

lolitaboom
 wish u the best todaya s u go to your interview remember the questions will be about ur spouse and what u put on the application so hope u n the sponsor went over everything with a fine teeth comb... if u can let us know what was asked after the interview that'd be great u will be nervous so they will understand wish u the best

[lolitaboom]

HI ALL I GOT GOOD NEWS, INTERVIEW PASSED!!!

 QUESTIONS ASKED WERE VERY SPECIFIC TO MY CASE, SO IF U SEE MY OTHER THREADS U WILL UNDERSTAND MY CASE.

SHE FIRST ASKED ME IF I SPEAK ENGLISH AND IF I NEEDED A TRANSLATOR, I SAID I DO SPEAK AND DONT NEED ONE.
THEN ASKED ME IF I BROUGHT WITH ME THE DOCUMENTS THEY REQUESTED IN THE EMAIL ( ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, PASSPORTS AND PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP)
SHE TOLD ME QUESTIONS ARE TO DETERMINATE THE GENUINE OF MY RELATIONSHIP AND I SHOULD FEEL FREE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. SHE WAS VERY KIND AND NICE.
I GAVE HER THE BIG ENVELOPE WHICH WAS A HUGE PACKAGE WITH THE SMALLER ENVELOPES WITH THE PROOF AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, SHE JUST OPENED ONE BY ONE AND SHE JUST TOOK A QUICK LOOK TO PHONE BILLS, SHE DID LOOK MORE TO EMAILS, FACEBOOK MESSAGES SHE DIDNT LOOK AT THE THAT MUCH, AND LEGAL DOCS NOT THAT MUCH, SHE DID LOOK AT MY ULTRASOUND TWICE.

ASKED ABOUT:
THE TIMES I SPENT IN THE USA, AND HOW LONG I STAYED THERE FOR.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT MY HUSBAND
IF MY FAMILY LIKE HIM
WHY WOULD I CONSIDER TO MARRY SOMEONE I DIDNT MEET PRIOR WEDDING.
BABY'S GENDER AND IF WE PICKED A NAME ALREADY.
SHE SAID SHE WILL APPROVED IT AND THAT I JUST NEED TO HAVE MEDICALS DONE AND PAY FOR RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE.

[Kedeisha]

I am smiling ear to ear for u so glad u r almost done and thats u pass lets hope everything gets wrapped up within a mth so u can be reuinited go glad

[missmini]

HI ALL I GOT GOOD NEWS, INTERVIEW PASSED!!!

 QUESTIONS ASKED WERE VERY SPECIFIC TO MY CASE, SO IF U SEE MY OTHER THREADS U WILL UNDERSTAND MY CASE.

SHE FIRST ASKED ME IF I SPEAK ENGLISH AND IF I NEEDED A TRANSLATOR, I SAID I DO SPEAK AND DONT NEED ONE.
THEN ASKED ME IF I BROUGHT WITH ME THE DOCUMENTS THEY REQUESTED IN THE EMAIL ( ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, PASSPORTS AND PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP)
SHE TOLD ME QUESTIONS ARE TO DETERMINATE THE GENUINE OF MY RELATIONSHIP AND I SHOULD FEEL FREE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. SHE WAS VERY KIND AND NICE.
I GAVE HER THE BIG ENVELOPE WHICH WAS A HUGE PACKAGE WITH THE SMALLER ENVELOPES WITH THE PROOF AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, SHE JUST OPENED ONE BY ONE AND SHE JUST TOOK A QUICK LOOK TO PHONE BILLS, SHE DID LOOK MORE TO EMAILS, FACEBOOK MESSAGES SHE DIDNT LOOK AT THE THAT MUCH, AND LEGAL DOCS NOT THAT MUCH, SHE DID LOOK AT MY ULTRASOUND TWICE.

ASKED ABOUT:
THE TIMES I SPENT IN THE USA, AND HOW LONG I STAYED THERE FOR.
TO TALK ABOUT MY HUSBAND.
IF MY FAMILY LIKE HIM
WHY WOULD I CONSIDER TO MARRY SOMETHING I DIDNT MEET BEFORE.
BABY'S GENDER AND IF WE PICKED A NAME ALREADY.
SHE SAID SHE WILL APPROVED IT AND THAT I JUST NEED TO HAVE MEDICALS DONE AND PAY FOR RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE.

congraaaaaaaaaaaaaaats!!!! u seeeeee u were crying for nothing i did read ur case just now, very nice love story....

i would have married my partner on our first visit too, but we r both more logical, think abt money, think abt family being with us, etc, etc....people who don't have experience in this, don't know that after u talk with someone day after day for long time, it's like u know him in person how did u answer that question?

also, do u mind if u tell us from which office (country) that nice lady was? ur process was pretty long, more than 1 year but i suppose it was in their normal timeframes, right?...pm me if u want to keep it private

so now what do u plan? will u have the baby and then go, or will u go before? is it still ok to travel? also consider that at the beginning u won't have medical insurance, maybe in around 3 months after u land; without insurance the prices r soo soo high

very happy for u! take care

[togirl2011]

here's an excerpt you may find helpful

"The determination of whether a marriage is genuine is essentially a fact-based inquiry that involves a consideration of several factors, including but not limited to (a) the length of any prior relationship or cohabitation; (b) the parties' knowledge of the other's personal history; (c) their behaviour together; (d) the details of their engagement and marriage ceremony; (e) the frequency and substance of their communication while apart; and (f) the level of their financial dependence.  These are matters that require the sorting and weighing of evidence and an assessment of credibility.[7]"

[lolitaboom]

thank you missmini, yeah i know lol i dont even know why i cried, when i cried i didnt have a real reason for it but it was just like mmm i dont know i kept telling my husband i didnt wanna go to the interview then i'd start crying LOL silly me or maybe its the pregnancy hormones who knows LOL

the VO was canadian, i believe, but im dominican ( dominican rep, not dominica)

my process was 16 months and the processing timeline is 9-18 months for dominican rep.

Im not sure if i will leave soon, specially because of medical expenses as you mentioned before, but the VO  mentioned i might not be allowed to travel after 7 months anyway, about medicals she said if doc says its  OK to have xray done then that would b up to me.

[missmini]

thank you missmini, yeah i know lol i dont even know why i cried, when i cried i didnt have a real reason for it but it was just like mmm i dont know i kept telling my husband i didnt wanna go to the interview then i'd start crying LOL silly me or maybe its the pregnancy hormones who knows LOL

the VO was canadian, i believe, but im dominican ( dominican rep, not dominica)

my process was 16 months and the processing timeline is 9-18 months for dominican rep.

Im not sure if i will leave soon, specially because of medical expenses as you mentioned before, but the VO  mentioned i might not be allowed to travel after 7 months anyway, about medicals she said if doc says its  OK to have xray done then that would b up to me.

thaaaaaank u lolita, from ur name and ur stories i hinted the area from where u applied....u confirmed wow it looks that u r in the last trimester, maybe it's better to have the xrays after u give birth....i'm not doctor, just what i would do take care