evidence of relationship

[kerewin21 2]

Sarah, we didn't bother translating the emails and letters (they were in French), but in the end the interviewer never even looked at them. As far as I can tell, if they want those things translated the worst that will happen is they'll issue a 221g asking for the translations prior to issuing the visa. As others have said, these denials don't seem to be due to not having stuff translated, they're really for no apparent reason.

Phone cards aren't really good proof... Since Majid and I really communicated almost exclusively through phone cards, about once a month, just to bolster our application, we would send each other emails, do IM chats and keep the logs. I occasionally called him from my cell phone just to be able to have the record, even though it was really expensive. The services others have suggested are a really good idea too.

From now on, save everything, including the envelopes. You can only bring so much evidence to the interview anyway, and you have a few more months to wait. That's plenty of time to gather the evidence you need.

Sharon

[myfellah 0]

I submitted one phone bill that showed I had called 12 times and it never made it through, just 1 minute charges. I wrote on the bill that is why I never used my home phone but used calling cards. I don't think they even looked at that one bill. We use IDT now and as far as I know it will show the log you want if you want to send it and it is about 18 cent a minute. You'll have time to collect all the information you need. Check the requirements on the directions for the forms, they tell you exactly what you need to send too. There are example forms under the blue tab at the top that will help too. Abdou didn't take anything that he had sent me for his interview, as I had it. He took the cards, letters and such I had been sending him over the years. Best of Luck!

Doreen