question about sending photographs

[basanti 0]

I don't have to get my packet ready until December but I wanted to be prepared and I had a question. When we send photograph as evidence of us being together, should I write on the back the dates and what it's a picture of? Do they care? Thanks!

[samir_shannon 0]

yes you should do that

[Betsy 0]

I haven't sent ours yet but included the month, year, location and/or occasion and named other people in the photos. I figured it would be easier for them to recognize the other people in the photos (e.g. my husband with my sister) and tie in into other evidence, such as airline tickets.

But who really knows? I'm just basing this off of the questions we were asked at our last interview.

[magnus0201 0]

I did something a little different for both my original K-1 application and the I-751 we just filed.

I printed 2 photos per page on a regular piece of paper (no photo paper) out of my printer. Then I wrote a caption of where it was and the time frame (the pics already had the date on them though).

I printed them on regular paper because I didn't want to have to tape a bunch of photos to paper, or worse, just leave them loosely floating around the envelope. It works fine I assume, because they have never complained. It makes the paper packet much more manageable (the packet is less heavy and the pages are easier to turn) when you do it that way.

[sparkofcreation 0]

I did something a little different for both my original K-1 application and the I-751 we just filed.

I printed 2 photos per page on a regular piece of paper (no photo paper) out of my printer. Then I wrote a caption of where it was and the time frame (the pics already had the date on them though).

I printed them on regular paper because I didn't want to have to tape a bunch of photos to paper, or worse, just leave them loosely floating around the envelope. It works fine I assume, because they have never complained. It makes the paper packet much more manageable (the packet is less heavy and the pages are easier to turn) when you do it that way.

I agree; I don't know if I'll send any photos (and mostly they'll probably end up being "this is B with our cats, this is G with our cats; this is B. with her sister, this is G. with B's sister" and so on--obviously nearly all the photos taken with our camera were taken by one of us), but I'll probably print them on hi-res paper (works better for photos than regular paper, but isn't photo paper--it's mostly used for printing things like presentations that are graphics-heavy) and then either type or hand-write the captions below.

Having seen what an A-file looks like, I would say that if you feel the need to include regular photos, put them in an envelope so the AO (adjudicating officer) can punch it with a two-hole punch without damaging the photos.

Frankly, we're hoping that the fact that both of us moved together from New Jersey to Albuquerque (with two cats in tow) will be sufficient!

Edited August 5, 2006 by sparkofcreation