providing attachments..should I?

[under_way]

hi everyone, i was wondering, if it is necessary to provide additional information, such as providing list of:when my sponsor met my friends and family, and how many people attended the wedding etc..would the processing be delayed if such attachments are not provided? an immigration consultant said its better to provided it on the interview, but isn't an interview possible to bypass? thanks for your answers!looking forward to them.....

[Kaycee1]

It's best to send as much proof as you can along with your original application. Any info re: meeting family, wedding celebrations, many photos from different time periods, photos with family members and friends, stuff like that. If you send enough in, you won't need an interview! That's really poor advice you've gotten, having to have an interview adds a lot of time to the whole process as well as a lot of stress!!!

[scylla]

You're absolutely right (and I think your consultant is providing very bad advice). Provide as much supporting documentation as you can with the original package and hopefully you won't need an interview. We submitted the following in my husband's package relating to our wedding:

- shower invites
- wedding invites
- wedding program
- a sample of shower and wedding cards received
- list of who attended and their relationship to us
- lots of photos
- detailed budget
- copies of all of the bills
- copy of the photography permit
- copy of the liquor license
- print out of our online registry list
- menu
- bar list
- honeymoon bills, flights, photos
- I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

My husband was approved with no interview.

[Kedeisha]

hi everyone, i was wondering, if it is necessary to provide additional information, such as providing list of:when my sponsor met my friends and family, and how many people attended the wedding etc..would the processing be delayed if such attachments are not provided? an immigration consultant said its better to provided it on the interview, but isn't an interview possible to bypass? thanks for your answers!looking forward to them.....

These are information that should be provided as there is a part of the application that ask you when have your spouse met your family and friends etc

[under_way]

thanks guys, i got alot to do now..SCYLLA u gave me a couple ideas now...even though my wedding was a very small family ceremony...anything else i should know..my wife who is my sponsor is pregnant and we already got a letter from the doctor, we got everything from the checklist...and a few letters from friends stating that our relationship is genuine....>>>please tell me anything that would be valuable, we want to mail it in asap....thanks again

[Kedeisha]

do you and ur wife live together if yes lease or letter from landlord or whoever u live with if u live apart any western union receipt

[under_way]

yes me and my wife live together...and we did got a copy of our lease..we dont have any copy of phone bills or calling cards. etc hope that wouldn't be a problem..i moved here in canada in october ,got married in march..but we kept contact from since 1997...it so co-incidentally that all our emails from the past is gone..both of our email accounts was somehow hacked..

[Kaycee1]

Any bills/leases in both your names, joint bank accounts, insurance policies naming each other as beneficiary, bills from your wedding, copies of cards, etc.

[under_way]

we have the lease, bank statement, and just a few letters that i kept from the past, and letters from friends and family that's it...my wife called to get my name added to the phone bills, they said they can't and her insurance said that i'm not a permanent resident, i cannot be added