Texting

[Maurry88 0]

I was wondering has any1 ever used text messeging as ongoing relastionship evidence. I keep all copies of cell phone bills. I have a plan of 100 texting a month, i figured i would just high light them for proof.

[leroy1999 0]

Highlight them on your phone bill and submit that as proof.

Worth a shot my son.

[YuAndDan 153]

I sent screen shots of my skype log, and copy of list of emails exchanged along with some sample emails.

We dont use normal phones to talk with each other, phone calls to an from China cost $$$$$.

They accepted the Skype usage logs in place of phone bills. So I think your idea will work.

[John and Anna 0]

I was wondering has any1 ever used text messeging as ongoing relastionship evidence. I keep all copies of cell phone bills. I have a plan of 100 texting a month, i figured i would just high light them for proof.

I have been using a product (Jey mobile extender) that adds folders to Outlook so when I plug my smartphone in it downloads all SMS sent and recieved from the phone. I have every SMS to and from my SO since March almost 3000 I printed them all out. I also let's you send a SMS like an email.

[Squirmy mold 0]

Hello,

I'm also keeping my phone bills as part of my proof. Goodluck.

[Mew 0]

You can use whatever evidence you want to show proof of ongoing relationship - there is not a list of stuff that you *have* to have or stuff that you *can't* use. I also have phone bills showing text messages. I'll use pictures, e-mails, chat logs, Skype account prints, letters from friends/family saying they know we're seriously committed to each other.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

You can use whatever evidence you want to show proof of ongoing relationship - there is not a list of stuff that you *have* to have or stuff that you *can't* use...

I second that! Use whatever means links that you and your beloved keep in contact. Cheers!!!

[EBONY_SEAN 1]

HI THERE I WAS READING UR QUESTION ABOUT THE TEXT MESSAGES AND I DONT THINK THEY CAN BE USED. U CAN CHECK IT OUT BUT MY DAUGHTER GOT AN RFE AND IT SAYS SHE CAN NOT USE CELL PHONE BILLS, GREETING CARDS, OR EMAILS AS EVIDENCE.

I was wondering has any1 ever used text messeging as ongoing relastionship evidence. I keep all copies of cell phone bills. I have a plan of 100 texting a month, i figured i would just high light them for proof.

[Mew 0]

HI THERE I WAS READING UR QUESTION ABOUT THE TEXT MESSAGES AND I DONT THINK THEY CAN BE USED. U CAN CHECK IT OUT BUT MY DAUGHTER GOT AN RFE AND IT SAYS SHE CAN NOT USE CELL PHONE BILLS, GREETING CARDS, OR EMAILS AS EVIDENCE.

RFEs are issued by USCIS. The OP was asking about evidence of ongoing relationship to be shown at the consulate/embassy at the interview.

Also, whilst you *can* use e-mails, phone bills, greeting cards and stuff like that when you send out the first package to USCIS, they need to see evidence that the petitioner and the beneficiary have met. In that sense, e-mails, phone bills or text messages are proof of communicating or having an ongoing relationship and, alone, are not enough evidence of having met withing 2 years.

Edited September 10, 2006 by Mew

[Maurry88 0]

Highlight them on your phone bill and submit that as proof.

Worth a shot my son.

Ya i think so. I hope lol

I sent screen shots of my skype log, and copy of list of emails exchanged along with some sample emails.

We dont use normal phones to talk with each other, phone calls to an from China cost $$$$$.

They accepted the Skype usage logs in place of phone bills. So I think your idea will work.

Great thx

[Maurry88 0]

I was wondering has any1 ever used text messeging as ongoing relastionship evidence. I keep all copies of cell phone bills. I have a plan of 100 texting a month, i figured i would just high light them for proof.

I have been using a product (Jey mobile extender) that adds folders to Outlook so when I plug my smartphone in it downloads all SMS sent and recieved from the phone. I have every SMS to and from my SO since March almost 3000 I printed them all out. I also let's you send a SMS like an email.

Ok thx buddy

Hello,

I'm also keeping my phone bills as part of my proof. Goodluck.

OK THX

[Mew 0]

Highlight them on your phone bill and submit that as proof.

Worth a shot my son.

Ya i think so. I hope lol

I sent screen shots of my skype log, and copy of list of emails exchanged along with some sample emails.

We dont use normal phones to talk with each other, phone calls to an from China cost $$$$$.

They accepted the Skype usage logs in place of phone bills. So I think your idea will work.

Great thx

Please not that YuAndDan has only submitted Skype logs to USCIS so far - they haven't made it to the interview yet. I guess the question was whether the consulate/embassy would accept them? Like I said, there's not a list with stuff one *has* to have. So, basically, I agree that they are acceptable.

[robhankins 0]

I use Chikka morning and night every day. We have over a thousand pages of Chikka transcripts with dates and times of communications. I fund her cell through Chikka and have records of about $200 per month of funding. Also we use Yahoo net to phone and I have records of each call from yahoo. I believe text messages are proof in a modern world that the Embassy will accept.

For Chikka messages, I copy entire day's messages into an ongoing Word file. It already has dates and times on each of her messages. I have transcripts of all messages and records of all funding from Chikka for a year. It is surely more than enough for the embassy. But I do have more, just in case.