Wow I thought if everything was sent properly it most likely there would not be an interview. But we are preparing for it too. If I am called for an interview, my boyfriend and I will go back home so I can attend to the interview and so he can finally meet my family in person. We are planing to g back home in vacation regardless of being called to the interview, but we need to know if we are going to be called first so we do not have to spend the money to travel twice.
We are not part of churches or community activities, so basically only our friends, family and co-workers are able to write us letters. His mother's letter was a nice one, because she is like a mom to me, and we lived with her for a year, it was also certified by a commissioner of oaths. But we keeping everything that comes in case we need to send more evidence, more insurance letters, we are soon opening another joint account to better manage the house expenses and to start to save for our vacation and future house purchase.
But we sent proof of living together for at least 12 consecutive months. They have records, that since we were dating, every single time I requested a visa extension, since the first one in 2011, my relationship with him was mentioned to immigration. When I came back to Canada he even sent me an invitation letter that went along with my visa request. I even showed that same letter to the immigration officer that interviewed me at the airport when I landed here again in mid-2012, and he did not keep me from staying even though I came 3 months before my school started. Our first joint account exists for over a year too, and it's a savings one, but it's active and we sent all statements. We sent proof of purchases made together to the house when we moved to our own place, of shared expenses, of emotional support.
I understand that might be an interview, but so they can can understand our story in case we weren't clear. We did the whole application in less than 2 months with no professional help, we might have a few gaps here and there for not being experts in how the professional do it, but we did it ourselves and organized the way that it seemed to be more clear and easy to go through. we don't have tons of pictures together, cause we never think of taking picture, we enjoy the moment and are not too fond of facebook and all, but we sent all kinds of proof to compensate for any possible gaps.
But thanks for the tip, We will for sure keep on saving every new evidence that comes to be 100% ready for an interview!
I just tracked my application and it's out for delivery, so I will update the spreadsheet with our info today!
