proof of relationship

[travelinggirl 0]

I'm putting together the proof of our relationship and have a few questions. For those of you who printed out your Skype log, how many pages did you give them? Ours is something like 45 pages so I'm assuming they probably don't need all of it.

We have receipts from where he ordered Christmas presents and had them shipped to his name at my address so when he came in for Christmas they would be there for him to wrap and give away (so he wouldn't have to carry so much with him on the plane). Is that good to include? How do I explain it? Do I write a letter and attach it to those print outs or do I just explain it on the cover letter?

Same question for the print outs of our air travel itineraries.. do I need to write on the print outs stuff like 'His first trip to see me', 'my first trip to see him', 'trip together to..' etc or do I include that on the cover letter or just print them out and not worry about it?

We have tons of pictures of us together, him with my family, me with his, so that's no problem. Should we also include emails or do we have enough? If so, would it be better to use emails of us talking about upcoming visits or just general back and forth/misc emails?

Thanks for the help!!

[Dakine 26]

I'm putting together the proof of our relationship and have a few questions. For those of you who printed out your Skype log, how many pages did you give them? Ours is something like 45 pages so I'm assuming they probably don't need all of it.

We have receipts from where he ordered Christmas presents and had them shipped to his name at my address so when he came in for Christmas they would be there for him to wrap and give away (so he wouldn't have to carry so much with him on the plane). Is that good to include? How do I explain it? Do I write a letter and attach it to those print outs or do I just explain it on the cover letter?

Same question for the print outs of our air travel itineraries.. do I need to write on the print outs stuff like 'His first trip to see me', 'my first trip to see him', 'trip together to..' etc or do I include that on the cover letter or just print them out and not worry about it?

We have tons of pictures of us together, him with my family, me with his, so that's no problem. Should we also include emails or do we have enough? If so, would it be better to use emails of us talking about upcoming visits or just general back and forth/misc emails?

Thanks for the help!!

We submitted a couple representative chats and emails for each month. 10 pages [bond paper] with 4 pics per page with captions.

[baron555 934]

I'm putting together the proof of our relationship and have a few questions. For those of you who printed out your Skype log, how many pages did you give them? Ours is something like 45 pages so I'm assuming they probably don't need all of it.

God no, have pity on the poor adjucator's back! I only included a summary listing of the calls (person called, date, time length). I used Pamela for Skype which gives the nice summary.

We have receipts from where he ordered Christmas presents and had them shipped to his name at my address so when he came in for Christmas they would be there for him to wrap and give away (so he wouldn't have to carry so much with him on the plane). Is that good to include? How do I explain it? Do I write a letter and attach it to those print outs or do I just explain it on the cover letter? I pasted receipts and photos of her with the gifts on a piece of paper and included a short description. On the cover letter I just listed what they would find in the packet, Skype Call Summaries, Email Summaries, Gift receipts with photos, etc.

Same question for the print outs of our air travel itineraries.. do I need to write on the print outs stuff like 'His first trip to see me', 'my first trip to see him', 'trip together to..' etc or do I include that on the cover letter or just print them out and not worry about it?

Travel intineraries are not proof. Boarding passes and passport stamps are.

We have tons of pictures of us together, him with my family, me with his, so that's no problem.

Include some, I sent four.

Should we also include emails or do we have enough? If so, would it be better to use emails of us talking about upcoming visits or just general back and forth/misc emails?

I did the summary thing and included two emails printed out.

Idid the same for the interview but also printed out two emails. One of our discussion about preschools here and the other a lovey-dovey one. Since we are intending to become married we have no problem showing to others that we are serious.

Thanks for the help!!

[Nik+Heather 121]

Before you go overboard, check with the Canadian forum and read consulate reviews. I doubt that you'll need to show much relationship evidence to begin with.

For the petition phase, you only need to prove that you met. Once. In the past two years. So, one boarding pass or one passport stamp is sufficient. If you want to send more, you can, but probably not necessary (for Canada). I made a little section table of contents with a table for who traveled, the dates and the destinations. The rest of that is presented at the interview, and you'll have the opportunity to do so at the embassy.

Remember, the more "extra", unnecessary stuff you have, the harder it will be to find the important things that will actually be needed, so be sure you don't bury the essentials with fluff.

[travelinggirl 0]

He is Canadian but we are living together abroad and he will be doing his interview at the Nassau Embassy in the Bahamas. (If everyone wants a chuckle, a guy at USCIS told him - "you can interview there, no problem.. besides it's a US territory". Umm.. no, it isn't. It's a British Commonwealth. I guess they didn't ask that during his job interview.)

I thought sending more now would be better because I was reading that some people who say they sent in a lot of proof with their petition got asked very little at the interview because they already had everything.

Our issue with sending boarding passes/passport stamps is this- all of the boarding passes from when we were living apart (me in the US, him in Canada) and traveled back and forth are all packed in a box in storage back home. (We're living in Dominica right now and don't have access to it.) I have boarding passes from when we came here together, but they are from maybe May and September. As far as passport stamps, he was living in Toronto and most of the time he drove to Buffalo and flew from there because it was cheaper.. so he did a land crossing into the states, therefore no stamp. Or we may have a stamp going one way but not the other.