Tough Embassy, Front Loading Application

[Tee and Megan 10]

Hey all,

So I've been doing a lot of research on the Embassy in Cambodia and other Embassies that have been proven to be difficult (Which is why I chose to post this here and not in a country specific forum) and I know that my fiance and I will most likely need to provide as much proof as possible of our relationship and its authenticity.

I have two major questions to that point.

The first, though basic is this:

I know it says in the initial paperwork we only need to submit proof of having met within the last two years, but because the fiance is from a "high-risk" country should we submit proof of our on-going relationship too? (i.e. facebook messages, phone records, and....what else?)

Secondly, along with that:

We have 23,000 facebook messages. I read about a couple in Vietnam who submitted over 1,000 pages of online chat messages and had a very positive interview. I am tempted, knowing about how applications from countries like Cambodia, Vietnam and others can sometimes go, to print and submit all of them. (I know it seems extreme, but what wouldn't we do to be with our loved ones?)

The hard part is, our facebook messages bear a lot of the pondering we've done since we met two and a half years ago. (in our innocence to the visa process, we talked of applying for a student visa, work visa or even trying for a visitor's visa again) Does anyone think I should go through our messages and edit these things out? Or just don't print the pages that talk about these ruminations?

Thank you all for your help these last few months!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

I would very much keep in mind that anything you submit is fair game for them to grill him on come interview time. If there would be some confusion over some of the things said or a misunderstanding of your intentions, I wouldn't submit them.

[EndlessStory 53]

Don't submit the chat log that talks about visa

[TBoneTX 44,679]

Submit only what YOU want THEM to see.

Have you constructed a "relationship timeline" as posters dealing with the Vietnam embassy have done?

[khmerboy 1]

I would suggest save everything..the more concrete evidence, the better...such as photo together, vacation, email, etc.....phone bill....

[Tee and Megan 10]

Submit only what YOU want THEM to see.

Have you constructed a "relationship timeline" as posters dealing with the Vietnam embassy have done?

Yup! I constructed a timeline (still refining it as I go through our older receipts and such)

And I just finished printing our 25 pages of phone bill records (we use an internet service called "Rebtel" which keeps track of whom I've called and when.)

I've got our boarding passes scanned and printed, passport stamps scanned (not yet printed)

We've been selecting photos. We have over 350 now or more I think. (but perhaps we'll only submit around 10 or so?)

We're working on collecting letters. And I'll start sifting through our emails in the meantime.

What is tough now is that since I've been going through our facebook messages selecting the logs that don't contain our ruminations, I still have almost 386 pages, and I've only copied and polished up to July 2012. We were apart almost all of 2012, so there are probably going to be another 300-400 pages easily. And that isn't counting our Google Chat logs and text messages.

I know that a couple in the Vietnam forum submitted ALL their internet chat information, totally over 1,000 pages. But I think if I do that, I may need to take all this to a print shop, maybe? It is just so much paper! (additionally, we're making three copies of EVERYTHING. Yikes, 3,000 pages)

But it's Cambodia; so do I have much of a choice?