CR1 visa - possible to get previous flight info?

[britishspouse 1]

Hey guys,

So I have my CR1 Interview in 18 days and im just working on getting a few bits together. I have some photo's skype logs etc but can only find my last 2 flight stubs. In the 5 years we have been together I must have thrown away the others and i dont have teh confirmations emails anymore.

So my question is does anyone know whether you can call an airline and have them look you up by your passport number or something? Because I always forget my FF number, i have made about 4 with every airline so cant look it up from one sole number.

I know often London doesnt ask for these anyway but I want to go as prepared as possible, so if this is something I could get id like to. I have tried calling the two main airlines i fly with but one said 49 minute wait, and would be too pricey to wait that long, the other hung up on me as soon as the agent picked up lol. I shall try see if i can find an email contact, but just though id ask whether anyone else had been successful at getting them to sed you a copy of all teh times you have flown in the past? or if they even keep these records lol.

[HS2 7]

Hey guys,

So I have my CR1 Interview in 18 days and im just working on getting a few bits together. I have some photo's skype logs etc but can only find my last 2 flight stubs. In the 5 years we have been together I must have thrown away the others and i dont have teh confirmations emails anymore.

So my question is does anyone know whether you can call an airline and have them look you up by your passport number or something? Because I always forget my FF number, i have made about 4 with every airline so cant look it up from one sole number.

I know often London doesnt ask for these anyway but I want to go as prepared as possible, so if this is something I could get id like to. I have tried calling the two main airlines i fly with but one said 49 minute wait, and would be too pricey to wait that long, the other hung up on me as soon as the agent picked up lol. I shall try see if i can find an email contact, but just though id ask whether anyone else had been successful at getting them to sed you a copy of all teh times you have flown in the past? or if they even keep these records lol.

try the credit card statments or bank statments ( if you used them) showing the purchase and airline name, and/or passport stamps

Edited July 6, 2011 by cipollina

[britishspouse 1]

try the credit card statments or bank statments ( if you used them) showing the purchase and airline name, and/or passport stamps

My mum and dad paid for most of my flights while I was a student there, so I could ask them to contact their banks and I'll contact mine about the ones I have booked Will they go back 5 years if i request it? Thanks for the idea.

[Navyk 78]

You don't have to worry about the flight stubs. Each time you travelled, your passport is stamped. so just take the copies of the passport pages that were stamped as proof of your travel abroad.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

Don't you have entry/exit stamps in your Passport? That's great proof of the trips.

Edited July 6, 2011 by Bob 4 Anna

[britishspouse 1]

Don't you have entry/exit stamps in your Passport? That's great proof of the trips.

yep I have all the POE entry stamps in there. UK doesn't stamp upon return though I dont think, or they may do I just havent looked hard enough haha.

Just read lots of people take actual stubs so thought they be good. Im not going to stress too much over them, twas moreso a curiosity if the airlines would give you the info on past trips

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Broken record here, but you're working yourself up over something you won't need.

I know often London doesnt ask for these

London NEVER asks for these. You would be the first. Relax, it's going to be easy.

[britishspouse 1]

Broken record here, but you're working yourself up over something you won't need.

London NEVER asks for these. You would be the first. Relax, it's going to be easy.

hehe ok thanks, i will relax a bit

Ive just heard f other UK filers getting ready for interview taking these. I initially wasnt going to, but have read of so many people planning to take these its made me worry

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

hehe ok thanks, i will relax a bit

Ive just heard f other UK filers getting ready for interview taking these. I initially wasnt going to, but have read of so many people planning to take these its made me worry

Well I've been reading London for 3+ years and everybody is going to do it "just in case" but it isn't something they care about. Here's a post of a recent interview where he specifically mentions the extra evidence he brought.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/310675-approved-in-london-our-experience/page__p__4673835#entry4673835

There was a funny review a couple of years ago where the woman insisted he look at her scrapbook because she spent so much time making it. They just don't have time. The actual interview is about 3-5 minutes. And with the CR1 there is even less to look at because all your documents went to NVC and I supposed checked out there first. If the petition got approved by USCIS, then they figure they relationship was already proven during that step.

[britishspouse 1]

Well I've been reading London for 3+ years and everybody is going to do it "just in case" but it isn't something they care about. Here's a post of a recent interview where he specifically mentions the extra evidence he brought.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/310675-approved-in-london-our-experience/page__p__4673835#entry4673835

There was a funny review a couple of years ago where the woman insisted he look at her scrapbook because she spent so much time making it. They just don't have time. The actual interview is about 3-5 minutes. And with the CR1 there is even less to look at because all your documents went to NVC and I supposed checked out there first. If the petition got approved by USCIS, then they figure they relationship was already proven during that step.

Thankyou VERY much for that link, very informative and thorough, and i learnt a thing or two. I didnt know you could take NO purses in, I thought it was just no large ones. So all your allowed in is perhaps a document folder then? I never wear stuff with pockets so shall have to put my debit and credit card somewhere, maybe taped inside the folder or something?

Also in that they stated arrive no more than 30 mins, but ive heard people lately getting in 1 - 1.5 hour early and getting seen right at their designated time. I have a 9AM appointment too, and planned on queuing about 7:45, but may rethink if i wont be allowed in till 8?

I do really appreciate the info though.

Edited July 7, 2011 by britishspouse

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Thankyou VERY much for that link, very informative and thorough, and i learnt a thing or two. I didnt know you could take NO purses in, I thought it was just no large ones. So all your allowed in is perhaps a document folder then? I never wear stuff with pockets so shall have to put my debit and credit card somewhere, maybe taped inside the folder or something?

Also in that they stated arrive no more than 30 mins, but ive heard people lately getting in 1 - 1.5 hour early and getting seen right at their designated time. I have a 9AM appointment too, and planned on queuing about 7:45, but may rethink if i wont be allowed in till 8?

I do really appreciate the info though.

I haven't heard anybody say they they were sent away for a purse. He wasn't there, so maybe he misunderstood. I went to my husband's interview with him. It was after they started all the stricter rules and the Gould's Pharmacy thing for leaving electricals. My handbag was was about 12x14x4 inches and stuffed full. It's my travel purse with many flaps and zippy sections. All the ladies had purses. People have taken in even small backpacks. Just check your phone at Gould's and anything like an MP3 player, headphones, jump drive, car key fob. Your purse will ride through the x-ray machine. If you wear a watch, it can be put in your purse to go through security, then you can put it back on. That's what they told me to do. They went down the line giving men plastic bags to empty their pockets and watches into for riding through the x-ray. Women can keep everything in their purse. I even saw cigarette lighters going through in the plastic bags.

It doesn't matter so much when your appointment is. People will start lining up before 7:30. If you didn't get in the door until 9:05, it wouldn't matter. If a guy with a 10:30 appointment got in line at 7:30, he would be called before you. They go in order of the ticket number sticker you get at the reception desk. The first in line gets the first interview, but the non-immigrant numbers are called much more frequently. I guess they have more people assigned to working with them since there are way more of them each day. When you see how many people are in that big room, you'll understand how busy the embassy is every day.

Have you watched this video? It's geared toward visitor or work visas because the example questions are different than you will be asked. But the lines, security booth, number stickers, windows, and courier desk are EXACTLY what you will do. Notice the size of the purses the ladies in line are carrying (in case you don't believe me.) http://www.youtube.com/user/USEmbassyLondon#p/u/34/uzZOvF1EEXE

Edited July 7, 2011 by Nich-Nick

[britishspouse 1]

I haven't heard anybody say they they were sent away for a purse. He wasn't there, so maybe he misunderstood. I went to my husband's interview with him. It was after they started all the stricter rules and the Gould's Pharmacy thing for leaving electricals. My handbag was was about 12x14x4 inches and stuffed full. It's my travel purse with many flaps and zippy sections. All the ladies had purses. People have taken in even small backpacks. Just check your phone at Gould's and anything like an MP3 player, headphones, jump drive, car key fob. Your purse will ride through the x-ray machine. If you wear a watch, it can be put in your purse to go through security, then you can put it back on. That's what they told me to do. They went down the line giving men plastic bags to empty their pockets and watches into for riding through the x-ray. Women can keep everything in their purse. I even saw cigarette lighters going through in the plastic bags.

It doesn't matter so much when your appointment is. People will start lining up before 7:30. If you didn't get in the door until 9:05, it wouldn't matter. If a guy with a 10:30 appointment got in line at 7:30, he would be called before you. They go in order of the ticket number sticker you get at the reception desk. The first in line gets the first interview, but the non-immigrant numbers are called much more frequently. I guess they have more people assigned to working with them since there are way more of them each day. When you see how many people are in that big room, you'll understand how busy the embassy is every day.

Have you watched this video? It's geared toward visitor or work visas because the example questions are different than you will be asked. But the lines, security booth, number stickers, windows, and courier desk are EXACTLY what you will do. Notice the size of the purses the ladies in line are carrying (in case you don't believe me.) http://www.youtube.com/user/USEmbassyLondon#p/u/34/uzZOvF1EEXE

thanks again. VERY helpful

Yeah the video reminds me of when I went there for mt F1 visa. It was just so long ago i cant remember what I took in but im sure I did take a handbag. I'll probably take a similar thing, a small travel purse just enough for my cards, ID , Passport and of course some lippy lol.

Edited July 7, 2011 by britishspouse