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champi   13

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Hello VJ friends,

I do not plan to be there with my husband at the time of interview. So I was wondering if having copies of emails and chat transcripts really makes any difference to show proof of relationship? These are personal and I just don't feel comfortable with 3rd person reading them.

We got engaged while he was in California on B1 visa. He went back to India and we stayed engaged for a year before getting married. My husband plans to carry following with him during the interview time and I wanted to know if these material is sufficient or I should really print emails/chat transcripts.

Copy of hotel reservation, car rental, flight tickets, and original boarding pass for myself to California (I went to meet my then fiance after engagement)

Copy of flight tickets and original boarding passes to India (my marriage trip)

Copy of receipts of gifts I sent to my husband

Record of skype calls - paid

Record of skype calls - PC to PC

Photo album contain pictures of Engagement, California trip after engagement (just 1 photo), wedding, and honeymoon

Original Hotel receipts of the honeymoon (can't find other stuff)

Original ICICI Joint NRE Bank Account papers

Husband's Life insurance policy papers with me listed as beneficiary

Suggestions, comments, opinions... all welcomed...

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IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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Y's_habibitk   2

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We're including chat logs and emails but just screenprints showing daily communication. We are not printing the body of the emails/chats...I agree that is personal.

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I Miss Her   0

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Hello VJ friends,

I do not plan to be there with my husband at the time of interview. So I was wondering if having copies of emails and chat transcripts really makes any difference to show proof of relationship? These are personal and I just don't feel comfortable with 3rd person reading them.

We got engaged while he was in California on B1 visa. He went back to India and we stayed engaged for a year before getting married. My husband plans to carry following with him during the interview time and I wanted to know if these material is sufficient or I should really print emails/chat transcripts.

Copy of hotel reservation, car rental, flight tickets, and original boarding pass for myself to California (I went to meet my then fiance after engagement)

Copy of flight tickets and original boarding passes to India (my marriage trip)

Copy of receipts of gifts I sent to my husband

Record of skype calls - paid

Record of skype calls - PC to PC

Photo album contain pictures of Engagement, California trip after engagement (just 1 photo), wedding, and honeymoon

Original Hotel receipts of the honeymoon (can't find other stuff)

Original ICICI Joint NRE Bank Account papers

Husband's Life insurance policy papers with me listed as beneficiary

Suggestions, comments, opinions... all welcomed...

Keep it as an evidence of bonafide marriage.

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12345678   1

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Well...I think that is more than enough....One more thing u can do instead of printing all the emails individually, make screen shots of the email list in the inbox and get it printed...Make sure the date and times with the reciepents name are visible...

Good luck...

Sonia

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champi   13

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Well...I think that is more than enough....One more thing u can do instead of printing all the emails individually, make screen shots of the email list in the inbox and get it printed...Make sure the date and times with the reciepents name are visible...

Good luck...

Sonia

Thanks Sonia, will do..

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

BePatience Proficient

BePatience   0

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Hello VJ friends,

I do not plan to be there with my husband at the time of interview. So I was wondering if having copies of emails and chat transcripts really makes any difference to show proof of relationship? These are personal and I just don't feel comfortable with 3rd person reading them.

We got engaged while he was in California on B1 visa. He went back to India and we stayed engaged for a year before getting married. My husband plans to carry following with him during the interview time and I wanted to know if these material is sufficient or I should really print emails/chat transcripts.

Copy of hotel reservation, car rental, flight tickets, and original boarding pass for myself to California (I went to meet my then fiance after engagement)

Copy of flight tickets and original boarding passes to India (my marriage trip)

Copy of receipts of gifts I sent to my husband

Record of skype calls - paid

Record of skype calls - PC to PC

Photo album contain pictures of Engagement, California trip after engagement (just 1 photo), wedding, and honeymoon

Original Hotel receipts of the honeymoon (can't find other stuff)

Original ICICI Joint NRE Bank Account papers

Husband's Life insurance policy papers with me listed as beneficiary

Suggestions, comments, opinions... all welcomed...

Champi,

What you have listed is more then enough. For my wife interview CO didnt ask for any e-mail/greetingcards/phone call record or anything. All they wanted to see was our wedding album, honeymoon pictures and all other ceremony pictues involved in marriage. But certainly all case is handle differently, but I am sure what you have listed is more then enough. One thing which I like to pointed out is make sure you tell your husband to carry wedding invitation card because sometime they do want to see the actual card instead of just marriage date verbally.

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xx-xx-2012: Passport application sent

I-130 petition for Sibling

07-19-2012: Sent I-130 via Priority mail

07-23-2012: I-130 received by PHX lbx (forwarded to california)

07-23-2012: Priority date

07-30-2012: I-797 receipt received

1. CR1 [Completed: 2009/Total Days: 325]

2. ROC [Completed: 2011/Total Days: 222]

3. CITIZENSHIP [Completed: 2012/Total Days: 125]

4. US PASSPORT [Completed: 2012/Total Days: ]

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champi   13

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Champi,

What you have listed is more then enough. For my wife interview CO didnt ask for any e-mail/greetingcards/phone call record or anything. All they wanted to see was our wedding album, honeymoon pictures and all other ceremony pictues involved in marriage. But certainly all case is handle differently, but I am sure what you have listed is more then enough. One thing which I like to pointed out is make sure you tell your husband to carry wedding invitation card because sometime they do want to see the actual card instead of just marriage date verbally.

waithatter, did you get the wedding invitation translated into English?

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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Dakine   26

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More ammo the better!

Your chats and emails may be to personal but if you don't pass the interview you won't be together and won't be able to get REAL personal! :bonk:

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BePatience Proficient

BePatience   0

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Champi,

What you have listed is more then enough. For my wife interview CO didnt ask for any e-mail/greetingcards/phone call record or anything. All they wanted to see was our wedding album, honeymoon pictures and all other ceremony pictues involved in marriage. But certainly all case is handle differently, but I am sure what you have listed is more then enough. One thing which I like to pointed out is make sure you tell your husband to carry wedding invitation card because sometime they do want to see the actual card instead of just marriage date verbally.

waithatter, did you get the wedding invitation translated into English?

My side wedding invitation card was made in english due to immigration reasons, but my wife side wedding invitation was made in regional language(gujarati) so we had to translated into english.

U.S. Passport

xx-xx-2012: Passport application sent

I-130 petition for Sibling

07-19-2012: Sent I-130 via Priority mail

07-23-2012: I-130 received by PHX lbx (forwarded to california)

07-23-2012: Priority date

07-30-2012: I-797 receipt received

1. CR1 [Completed: 2009/Total Days: 325]

2. ROC [Completed: 2011/Total Days: 222]

3. CITIZENSHIP [Completed: 2012/Total Days: 125]

4. US PASSPORT [Completed: 2012/Total Days: ]

champi Proficient

champi   13

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bummer! Ours are also in Gujarati only so my husband would have to get them both translated that then.

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

Lars-N-Yenia Community Regular

Lars-N-Yenia   8

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Champi,

What you have listed is more then enough. For my wife interview CO didnt ask for any e-mail/greetingcards/phone call record or anything. All they wanted to see was our wedding album, honeymoon pictures and all other ceremony pictues involved in marriage. But certainly all case is handle differently, but I am sure what you have listed is more then enough. One thing which I like to pointed out is make sure you tell your husband to carry wedding invitation card because sometime they do want to see the actual card instead of just marriage date verbally.

waithatter, did you get the wedding invitation translated into English?

translations are not needed at the embassy, at least they weren't in our case, as all the people working in the embassy are to read and speak the native language...our first time through NVC we had all of the documents translated and later found out that wasn't necessary...good luck

champi Proficient

champi   13

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translations are not needed at the embassy, at least they weren't in our case, as all the people working in the embassy are to read and speak the native language...our first time through NVC we had all of the documents translated and later found out that wasn't necessary...good luck

Hi Lars-N-Yenia,

The language that our invitations are is in local language (not the Indian National Language, which is Hindi). So wouldn't that mean I either get translated to Indian national language or to English?

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

BePatience Proficient

BePatience   0

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translations are not needed at the embassy, at least they weren't in our case, as all the people working in the embassy are to read and speak the native language...our first time through NVC we had all of the documents translated and later found out that wasn't necessary...good luck

Hi Lars-N-Yenia,

The language that our invitations are is in local language (not the Indian National Language, which is Hindi). So wouldn't that mean I either get translated to Indian national language or to English?

Champi,

You dont need to translated because I am sure at chennai consulate they will have someone who speaks and read gujarati. I think you are fine, we just did it incase we have to send it at USCIS when we filed our petition. But it wasnt necessary.

U.S. Passport

xx-xx-2012: Passport application sent

I-130 petition for Sibling

07-19-2012: Sent I-130 via Priority mail

07-23-2012: I-130 received by PHX lbx (forwarded to california)

07-23-2012: Priority date

07-30-2012: I-797 receipt received

1. CR1 [Completed: 2009/Total Days: 325]

2. ROC [Completed: 2011/Total Days: 222]

3. CITIZENSHIP [Completed: 2012/Total Days: 125]

4. US PASSPORT [Completed: 2012/Total Days: ]

Lars-N-Yenia Community Regular

Lars-N-Yenia   8

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translations are not needed at the embassy, at least they weren't in our case, as all the people working in the embassy are to read and speak the native language...our first time through NVC we had all of the documents translated and later found out that wasn't necessary...good luck

Hi Lars-N-Yenia,

The language that our invitations are is in local language (not the Indian National Language, which is Hindi). So wouldn't that mean I either get translated to Indian national language or to English?

ohhhh, ok...i'm sorry...yeah, if presenting it for evidence, then yes you would need a translation...

Lars-N-Yenia Community Regular

Lars-N-Yenia   8

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to answer the original question, we brought all our phone records, ALOT of e-mails, gretting cards and 300+ pics...i don't know if it had anything to do with me attending the interview with my wife, but we were only asked for 5 pics...they didn't even want to see my passport to show i had visited her 7 times...all that wasted paper might have saved a few trees...lol...good luck

 
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