Gathering evidence before the interview

[Nancy and Ramos 0]

Ramos usually is the one to ask the question, but he is being very casual about the hole thing so i just need to ask,

We are at the stage of our visa application going to the head branch in the US (forget what its called) and then moving hk where i will get my date for the interview. I know we will need more ongoing evidence of a relationship but all we will have this time is email, phone calls, and msn messageing history and cards that i have sent him ( he dosn't know how to use snail mail . My question is Is this enough? We will have no photos, plane tickets, passport stamps. Or should should he try and come out so we will have this evidence.

Thanks

Nancy

[heathius 0]

The more evidence, the better. If either of you can manage to travel, that would be the best, but I think that your phone calls, emails, etc will be enough to show ongoing relationship. Make sure to save all of it, and make sure it is up to date.

Edited November 16, 2006 by heathius

[rosyanne 0]

Ramos usually is the one to ask the question, but he is being very casual about the hole thing so i just need to ask,

We are at the stage of our visa application going to the head branch in the US (forget what its called) and then moving hk where i will get my date for the interview. I know we will need more ongoing evidence of a relationship but all we will have this time is email, phone calls, and msn messageing history and cards that i have sent him ( he dosn't know how to use snail mail . My question is Is this enough? We will have no photos, plane tickets, passport stamps. Or should should he try and come out so we will have this evidence.

Thanks

Nancy

My biggest concern of your case will be pictures.

If you could, I suggest you two meet again before the interview and take tons of picture which you can bring to your interview. It's not only going to bring you conference, also make your relationship evidences look strong. Picture, dated picture is the best prove of your relationship to them...

Hope that helps.

Edited November 16, 2006 by rosyanne

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I would suggest that if your fiance cannot visit one last time prior to the interview, that is not going to be any problem at all. That was for stage 1 of the process, and you met that burdon. We can't all jet set across the globe over and over again.

Keep all the other types of contacts you mentioned documented, phone calls, your snail mail's to him, chat logs etc. That is what they will be looking for.

Of course if your fiance can visit again, that would be great, but certainly not an absolute requirement for the interview stage.

Good luck!

[mRx 16]

they just want to make sure you are still contacting each other. Basically the embassy wants to make sure you are still planning on marrying.

[Neonred 3,564]

Do you have evidence that the two of you have met? From your post I don't see any and this could be a problem.

[Private 1]

One thing that I learned was that phone cards do not count as evidence soeone suggested text message. On my Tmobile phone I can send a text message and it records the number that I sent it to and the number that it is going to. IF your phone card provides this then this is good but if it does not call them and try to get a print out of the call detail. And if you can do the text messages this is great becuase with tmobile it is 10 cents per text, so it I send one everyday it is liek 3.50 a month for the overseas, and if she can send it is cheap and it will record that she sent oyu something. I wsa told that Cingular does this too, but I also have Sprint and they do not record the number for you. So this is just one suggestion. We had the phone card history of when I purchased but not the numerbs I was told to use Tel3advantage and they record the number that you call, and I had to call the last card that I used and they sent me a detail print out. Also I strated to do the text messaging and it is pretty cool. My fiacen loves getting them.

[Ladylethal 12]

I too, noticed you seem not to have any evidence of ever having met in person. No passport stamps at all? No boarding passes at all? Not a single picture? If you don't have any of this I actually don't see how you were approved without an RFE, if you didn't manage to prove you had met in the past 2 years.

[payxibka 10,045]

Do you have evidence that the two of you have met? From your post I don't see any and this could be a problem.

That is evidence that they would have submitted with the original petition filing. Since it appears that they have NOA2 because she indicated that the case was being forwarded to NVC, the "evidence of meeting" threshold would have been previously met. She is asking about the evidence of ongoing relationship for the consulate interview. Her no photos, boarding passed, plane tickets is a comment due to a lack of a post-petition meeting.

Edited November 16, 2006 by fwaguy

[chuckandkim 0]

OP,

Who is the USC, who is the Beneficiary?

Think and put yourself in the shoes of the Consulate Officer who will interview the beneficiary.

If I were a C.O., I want to read a least one or two hand-writen letters corresponding between you two. For two reasons:

1. Hand-writen letters are counted more weight than email. Takes more effort to sit and put your thought on paper and pen.

2. Post marks of origin (US or foreign country)

I highly recommend hand-writen letters over any type of communication. Email and Chats only consider as secondary evidence. Everyone can fake emails/chatlogs, they show absolutely no proof in the interview. Just a bunch of printed pages of someone chatlog/emailing each other.

Phone records: VOIP is great cheap way to keep contact with detail calls record.

If you two haven't met... need to do that before filing for I-129F Petition.

[ramos96 1]

I am the USC and she (goodinhk) is the beneficiary. We have got approved on 11-07-2006, so the next stage is NVC and then to the US Consulate in Hong Kong. I'm being chill at the moment because we really dont know what the checklist will be plus I'm comfortable with the time we have in these stages. We got approved in 99 days not bad considering all that happened at the CSC.

So basically, I have told her to just relax and that it will all get done as we need it to be done, otherwise we are just going to worry ourselves to death, what do you all think? am I being to relaxed or what?

Sincerely and Humbly,

Ramos

Edited November 16, 2006 by ramos96

[chuckandkim 0]

No, you are just right there! The level of relaxation is right where it should be

Just relax and wait! While you're continue to gather and collect supportive evidence and proof of your relationship. Because this is an 'on-going' relationship, isn't it ???

The checking list, you may want to post a question on that, each Consulate/Embassy seems to have its own list.

Good luck ok!

chuck and kim