I don't have receipts for our shopping. Is it a problem?

[aylar10]

Yes, financial support from sponsor to PA does help. But it has to be consistent and not just a one off thing, or greatly varying amounts.

I sent 16 pages of western union reciepts showing relatively the same amount of money being transferred on a biweekly basis.

My spouse has a full time job so I don't have to support him financially but he was opening a business last year, therefore I sent him some money ( a couple of thousand dollars). I don't want to start sending him money now as it might look suspicious. I have most of my documents as I have been trying to gather them since last month. I am assuming, I'll be able to send them off by the end of the month or early next month so that wouldn't give me enough time to send money and establish a history..

 

[aylar10]

This is for official documents, the ones they specifically require like marriage certificates.

Shopping receipts do not need to be certified or translated.

My wife's father doesn't speak English and we translated his support letter personally. It wasn't an issue. We also included receipts for the wedding photographer and food for the reception etc. which were only in Indonesian. This also was not an issue.

I was also told, everything has to be translated even the support letters or the shopping receipts...I am not sure if I want to include the shopping receipts...I don't know how much it will help..

 

[ImABule]

I was also told, everything has to be translated even the support letters or the shopping receipts...I am not sure if I want to include the shopping receipts...I don't know how much it will help..

I sent anything and everything lol, and we didn't translate and certify one thing. However, all official documents were in both English and Indonesian. But, like I said we have not been asked to provide translations.

If you are in a common law relationship then the support letter/affidavits are a required document and must be certified and translated.

 

[FiveO]

This is for official documents, the ones they specifically require like marriage certificates.

Good point!

 

[aylar10]

I sent anything and everything lol, and we didn't translate and certify one thing. However, all official documents were in both English and Indonesian. But, like I said we have not been asked to provide translations.

If you are in a common law relationship then the support letter/affidavits are a required document and must be certified and translated.

We are married and we have translated and certified our marriage certificate, as well as my husband's birth certificate, national ID card and other official documents. I was also told if he has mentioned in his 10 year personal history he has worked, he needs to have a prove for that, so we got all his work documents translated as well as his university certificate and other education documents.
We took a trip to Turkey and have receipts from there but they're in Turkish and English language so we're not bothering with those but the shopping receipts for the wedding are a lot...I am still debating whether we should include them or not, I want to send everything by the end of the month, that means we have to wait for another few days to have those translated..I guess, we have to make up our minds in next few days...