PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS

[sooki189]

Hello!

just wondering if any one has an advice on how much to put into this evidence section! i have tons of photos, airline tickets, letters from friends, where do i stop?!? is there a correct way to do this, i have started put pasteing photos into word and writing descriptions of time and location underneath( as it states no loose photos), i also have letters he wrote to me, do i include the real letter or is photocopies okay as they are very sentimental!

 

[brucem]

Hello!

just wondering if any one has an advice on how much to put into this evidence section! i have tons of photos, airline tickets, letters from friends, where do i stop?!? is there a correct way to do this, i have started put pasteing photos into word and writing descriptions of time and location underneath( as it states no loose photos), i also have letters he wrote to me, do i include the real letter or is photocopies okay as they are very sentimental!

There isnt really a right or wrong answer, however personally I wouldn't overwhelm CIC with photos, skype chats, facebook posts etc etc. For example if you went on holiday you dont need to include the whole album, a few pics would suffice. We sent around 40 pictures and 10 emails over a few years time period. Photocopies are fine. Basically try and put yourself in the shoes of the CIC officer....would the evidence you submit convince a stranger that your relationship is genuine and continuing?

 

[bubbly00]

Hello!

just wondering if any one has an advice on how much to put into this evidence section! i have tons of photos, airline tickets, letters from friends, where do i stop?!? is there a correct way to do this, i have started put pasteing photos into word and writing descriptions of time and location underneath( as it states no loose photos), i also have letters he wrote to me, do i include the real letter or is photocopies okay as they are very sentimental!

it'll be a lot better to put everything in there as it will help your application in proving the genuity of your relationship. what we did with ours is we thought about our relationship timeline, gifts, letters, photos were scanned / printed for economical reasons, sentimental value and that way the presentation would be a lot more organised. We stopped the documentation, same month before we get to shipped the docs.


we had 3 folders for our application:
1. Sponsor and Supporting Documents
2. Sponsored Person and Supporting Documents
3. PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP : we divided THE CONTENTs for this folder into 3's as well and had HUGE CLIPS to bind each them
1. photos ( descriptions, location etc )
2. communication ( emails, letters, screenshots of online/mobile )
3. others (trips together, movie tickets)

p.s the total weight of all these : 3kgs..

i wish you luck on doing your own version of story book I hope this could help

 

[brucem]

it'll be a lot better to put everything in there as it will help your application in proving the genuity of your relationship. what we did with ours is we thought about our relationship timeline, gifts, letters, photos were scanned / printed for economical reasons, sentimental value and that way the presentation would be a lot more organised. We stopped the documentation, same month before we get to shipped the docs.


we had 3 folders for our application:
1. Sponsor and Supporting Documents
2. Sponsored Person and Supporting Documents
3. PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP : we divided THE CONTENTs for this folder into 3's as well and had HUGE CLIPS to bind each them
1. photos ( descriptions, location etc )
2. communication ( emails, letters, screenshots of online/mobile )
3. others (trips together, movie tickets)

p.s the total weight of all these : 3kgs..

i wish you luck on doing your own version of story book I hope this could help

I would tend to argue that is slightly overkill but each to their own I suppose. I pity the poor sod who had to dig through that lot! Some people have had no issues getting PR and submitted less than 10 photos. Quality not quantity IMHO.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

just wondering if any one has an advice on how much to put into this evidence section! i have tons of photos, airline tickets, letters from friends, where do i stop?!? is there a correct way to do this, i have started put pasteing photos into word and writing descriptions of time and location underneath( as it states no loose photos), i also have letters he wrote to me, do i include the real letter or is photocopies okay as they are very sentimental!

Hi

Given that you are English, applying as common-law and have been together for a few years, your burden of proving a genuine relationship is pretty low, so don't stress. Think quality over quantity. Photocopies of relationship proofs are fine, no need to send the originals.

 

[DanSlh]

Also you don't need to send lots of pictures from the same event.
One of which if pretty enough.
Just explain the pictures, who's in it, etc...,

 

[bubbly00]

I would tend to argue that is slightly overkill but each to their own I suppose. I pity the poor sod who had to dig through that lot! Some people have had no issues getting PR and submitted less than 10 photos. Quality not quantity IMHO.

its a case to case basis, i came from non exempt country, it'll be best to have everything ready since they tend to look into each applications anyway. consolidating everything into one, i just thought of doing a dissertation.. though the VO process is getting slower.

 

[kerryannbailey]

it'll be a lot better to put everything in there as it will help your application in proving the genuity of your relationship. what we did with ours is we thought about our relationship timeline, gifts, letters, photos were scanned / printed for economical reasons, sentimental value and that way the presentation would be a lot more organised. We stopped the documentation, same month before we get to shipped the docs.


we had 3 folders for our application:
1. Sponsor and Supporting Documents
2. Sponsored Person and Supporting Documents
3. PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP : we divided THE CONTENTs for this folder into 3's as well and had HUGE CLIPS to bind each them
1. photos ( descriptions, location etc )
2. communication ( emails, letters, screenshots of online/mobile )
3. others (trips together, movie tickets)

p.s the total weight of all these : 3kgs..

i wish you luck on doing your own version of story book I hope this could help

I did the exact same thing and my package was about the same weight! It was probably total overkill with the airline tickets from 2006, our entire skype history the over 100 photos dating back to 2002 but it's better to be safe than sorry. CIC officer doesn't have to look through ALL of them. maybe they'll enjoy looking through the pictures lol

 

[bigredmoose]

LOL and we wonder why the process takes so long, CIC agent has to read a 3KG novel per applicant!

 

[DanSlh]

LOL and we wonder why the process takes so long, CIC agent has to read a 3KG novel per applicant!

I sent it in one single folder.
Didn't split in threes separate sections.

 

[kerryannbailey]

LOL it was like a movie script With visuals! I was obsessed with it being neat and them not having to rifle through to search for anything. And everytime I would cross the borser the agents are always like "oh... so you've lived apart for 8 years and just happen to have the surname before marriage? *weird look* " so I panicked hard when it came to the proof of relationshil thing. After i realized at Canada post how fat the packet was I was like OMG I over did it. But by then it was too late because I was already in line to post it

 

[SuiGeneris]

LOL and we wonder why the process takes so long, CIC agent has to read a 3KG novel per applicant!

Hahahahahaha