With regards to e-mail context....

[superkev]

When sending e-mails to prove our relationship. What sort of information in the emails are they looking for? We have e-mails from when my GF was living in Ottawa and it's X rated. My GF doesn't want to send that sort of thing, other emails are just of random talks about how our days went and how we are counting down the days until she moves to toronto. Any advice would be great thanks

 

[Coldstream63]

I would show snippets of everything, including the boring day-to-day stuff, talking about plans, talking about the relationship (including fights), and maybe some of the tamer stuff. My wife and I had a few things as ell that were pretty racy in our emails/chats and sent a couple that were marginally naughty, and even in our cover letter that we were respectfully keeping the other 'naughty bits' to ourselves.

Bottom line, send some of everything. Give CIC a picture of what the interaction is like between the two of you.

 

[Christoph100]

In the log files that I sent for my wife's application I did not censor anything as a matter a fact I simply took random parts out of every month from the start of our relationship up to the point when we sent in the app, what was there was sent to them. This way CIC can see the relationship is real.

Chris.

 

[superkev]

Thanks guys. We have been together 18 months. We e-mail a lot so was thinking maybe sending a couple of emails per month?

 

[Christoph100]

Thanks guys. We have been together 18 months. We e-mail a lot so was thinking maybe sending a couple of emails per month?

Yes sure... My self for us I submitted 5pgs out of every communication type(Skype,YM,Facebook etc.) we had out of every month.

Chris.

 

[Coldstream63]

Thanks guys. We have been together 18 months. We e-mail a lot so was thinking maybe sending a couple of emails per month?

That wouldn't be bad. Or you may want to add more, depending on what other stuff you guys have as evidence (i.e. pictures, phone/chat logs, support letters, etc.). My wife and I had 2,000+ emails over four years we could have submitted, but decided on a handful each month, highlighting things like shared interests, family talk/interaction, relationship stuff (the good and the bad), the environment (we're both tree-huggers), religion, gardening, etc.

 

[Christoph100]

Do you have any communication log files and or phone bills ? It would be a good idea to include such things if you have them.

Chris.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

Yep, just ahandful from each month or even every other month is fine. You just need to provide enough to prove the point of "we talk a lot" and that it's a genuine relationship and not just friends... if CIC wants to see more or in more detail they'll request it. Don't send hundreds of pages as that can overwhelm CIC and can result in youra pp being returned for being just completely unmanageable. Use common sense.