What to send

[canadianmeghan 1]

Hi all,

getting together evidence and so far have skype convos, pictures, marriage certificate, flight itinerary, boarding passes, proof of joint bank account and our lease agreement. I also have a wedding invitation but am wondering if I should send it as well, my husband and I married 'legally' in April so we can start this forever long process, but the date on the wedding invitation is for Feb/2014 that is our 'unofficial' wedding. Will it seem odd that the dates don't match up, or this is normal for this type of situation and more evidence is better?

Thanks!

ps. I have about 40 pages of skype chats .. should I shorten this and just send a few? and keep the remaining for the interview?

[saddlepatch 6]

They really wont care about the invitation, more so than the marriage certificate itself. I wouldn't add the invitation as it might add confusion. Here is a list of what I've sent and I'm now awaiting review, but this has been approved by a few experienced members on here

Evidence of marriage:
Copy of Marriage Certificate

Photos from the years we have know eachother, if no dates on them, write when they were taken and who is all in them and where they are taken

Cards sent and made to and from one another
Copy of all the saved flight itineraries that we managed to salvage.
Screencaps of skype conversations/call times from spand of relationship (And we just printed them out using MSword, same with the photos)
Copies of scrap book pages with photos.
Copies of Hotel itineraries

And of course the petition, the passport like photos, etc

If they need more they will ask for it But honestly, I think so far you got some good supporting stuff I wish we had a joint bank account but neither country will allow us too unless one of us has a green card for that country so it kinda sucks that way...but all they want to see is that it's not a fraudulent marriage.

About shortening the Skype logs, I think I only sent in 20ish, if they really want more they will request it or will tell you to bring it to the interview. It's debatable whether to have a lot of evidence or a healthy amount. Honestly I would go with between a lot and a few, cause they will be asking for stuff to bring to the interview and you want to have something still left handy. I really don't think they expect you to send your whole life story in, just enough to prove to them that this is legit and serious. I went with my gut feeling. We set up the package until we both felt it was enough evidence and sent it in

Good luck in your journey!

[Ketsuban 1,034]

If you email each other frequently, you could include screenshots of your inbox showing the messages going to and from the account. Maybe even the contents of a couple of them.

Also, if you buy gifts for each other on Amazon or any other online companies, copies of the receipts from months/years gone by go down well too!

[NikLR 13,227]

With your joint bank account and lease, those are some key evidence. You can send as much or as little of emails and skype as you wish, however if you're from a high fraud area, I suggest sending more vs less. Canadians or VWP countries can get away with sending minimal evidence while Nigeria or China or Pakistan should send everything except the kitchen sink. The choice is up to you but I also believe in quality over quantity. The wedding invitation is confusing so I wouldn't bother.