Am I going overboard with my Chat History Submission?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I method I recommend is printing the log screen to show how many there are then finding a nice round number like 20 and printing every 20th conversation. ( and highlighting that in the logs )

[Pitaya 2,577]

No more than 15 pages keep the real personal or juicy stuff out of the list.

Agreed.

Having a balanced mix of ALL of the types of evidence works well, the step-by-step K-1 visa Guide says it best:

Documentary Proof of Having Met in Person in the Past Two Years and an Ongoing Relationship:

Use as many of these items are possible. There is no minimum, but the more you can provide the less likely you are that you will receive an RFE. Additionally, please note that providing proof of your ongoing and genuine relationship in this package may benefit you by allowing the consulate to have access to this information prior to them formally contacting the non US Citizen fiance. Many high risk consulates approach cases with a skeptical eye and providing this information early on in the original I-129F package will help them in their preliminary review of your case.

1. Copies of all airline boarding passes, train passes, itineraries, hotel receipts, passport stamps (make sure you can read the dates on the stamps), and other documentary evidence that you have met within the last two years. You may want to highlight or place post-it notes indicating the dates and locations on the copies (to make the adjudication easier) for the person reviewing your file. 2. Color Photo's of you and your fiance(e) together. Make sure you write your names, date, and location on the back of every photo. Provide two to five photo's. If you only have a single copy of the photo, then make a color copy and send that. If it is a digital photo, have it printed at a local photo store such as Walgreens. Place photo's in a plastic bag or photo sheet and label the sheet. Note that you may not receive originals of photo's back. 3. The following items will not typically show proof of having met in the last two years however will show proof of an ongoing relationship: Copies of land line and cell phone bills, appropriate letters and emails, stamps on the letters (to document the date they were sent), and other written documentary proof. Provide a reasonable amount; two to four of each type. Pick a range of dates up to and including the present. You can also include a copy of engagement ring receipt (this is something that is a big optional - do not worry if you do not have a ring yet!)

I prepared our successful front-loaded petition and followed the Guide pretty closely.

Good luck.

Edited October 5, 2013 by A&B

[Jon9205 1]

I have took into consideration everyones suggestions and refined my approach. I'm going to submit screen shots instead of skype & google chats copied into word format. I'm unable to get time stamps enabled on the Yahoo messenger so I will have to copy & paste those into word. I also feel that I need to illustrate a timeline & narrative to identify the relationship is bonafide, maybe I'm over thinking and possibly setting myself up for more problems by sending 50-75 chat conversations. I know there are no definitive answers on this topic other than make sure to send bonafide proof of meeting in 2 years. I'm assuming more is better than less and that is kind of what I gathered from the K-1 guidelines when referencing this quote Many high risk consulates approach cases with a skeptical eye and providing this information early on in the original I-129F package will help them in their preliminary review of your case. Thanks VJ, and please keep this conversation going if you feel you have any further suggestions.

Edited October 5, 2013 by Jon9205

[geff44 30]

Over the past 16 months that me and my fiancee has communicated is basically a mix of facebook, skype and facetime. My fiancee posted on her facebook wall the screen shot (via Skype)of me and her over the span of our relationship with loving comments on the side and liked by our friends. The good thing about facebook is that it shows the date and year it was posted plus our pictures skyping is showing . For our Skype chat session (which we don't use much since we use the voice part) I use a software called Skypeview log. It can retrieve all the Skype chat done depending on the range of date and also copy and paste this as html for easy reading.

We have hundreds of chats and I don't think there will be enough time to read all of them . As what have been said before just pick a few; Quality over quantity. What I did when I submitted the I-129 was to include at least twice a month of chats from facebook, some skype sessions with our pics together posted by my fiancee on her or my wall, some email, and some google voice log showing calls I made (we were using google voice early on but became too expensive).