How much relationship evidence is enough?

[Jing Jing 2]

I am curious about peoples opinions and experience with relationship evidence for a K1 interview in Bangkok.

I have been reading many posts and it appears it's good to have a lot of pictures and some say they brought skype logs, emails and chat logs.

The picture thing makes sense since it's difficult to forge these. However, do the immigration officials really use such easily fabricated things such as chats and emails? Even US passport stamp pages show no identifying information.

I'm trying to reduce the amount of useless documents that my fiancee brings as well as save a few trees. We have approximately 1300 pictures together, over 3000 pages of chats, 1500 skype calls and assorted emails. Also boarding passes with both our names and apartment, hotel, bus receipts however these do not have both names on them.

It appears some people bring many kilos of evidence with them but does the embassy really sift through all that? I mean how much time do they really have for each K1?

How much is really reasonable?

Edited February 23, 2015 by mechai

[Ning 619]

I am curious about peoples opinions and experience with relationship evidence for a K1 interview in Bangkok.

I have been reading many posts and it appears it's good to have a lot of pictures and some say they brought skype logs, emails and chat logs.

The picture thing makes sense since it's difficult to forge these. However, do the immigration officials really use such easily fabricated things such as chats and emails? Even US passport stamp pages show no identifying information.

I'm trying to reduce the amount of useless documents that my fiancee brings as well as save a few trees. We have approximately 1300 pictures together, over 3000 pages of chats, 1500 skype calls and assorted emails. Also boarding passes with both our names and apartment, hotel, bus receipts however these do not have both names on them.

It appears some people bring many kilos of evidence with them but does the embassy really sift through all that? I mean how much time do they really have for each K1?

How much is really reasonable?

The embassy isn't going to review this laundry list of evidence you have mentioned. They see hundreds of cases per week and just don't have time to waste. Bringing kilos of docs just results in the trash cans being full.

Your fiancée will find the case is decided before she interviews unless there is something that causes them to need to ask a lot of questions or need more time to review.

[Jing Jing 2]

The embassy isn't going to review this laundry list of evidence you have mentioned. They see hundreds of cases per week and just don't have time to waste. Bringing kilos of docs just results in the trash cans being full.

Your fiancée will find the case is decided before she interviews unless there is something that causes them to need to ask a lot of questions or need more time to review.

Thanks Ning.

Happy to see someone else cares about the environment too.

I'd like to take nothing but should probably bring a few, just in case. You never know what kind of attitude the official will have on a given day.

A few pictures and a few pages of other stuff should be enough. Right?

[TEX_715 6]

I brought about 10 pages of each spanning from beginning to present.

[steve n songsang 45]

photos....photos....photos....

[Ning 619]

Thanks Ning.

Happy to see someone else cares about the environment too.

I'd like to take nothing but should probably bring a few, just in case. You never know what kind of attitude the official will have on a given day.

A few pictures and a few pages of other stuff should be enough. Right?

I know people have bad days but we found the officers to be very professional and seemed to be simply following the required procedures. The stories of how horrible they are just aren't true.

In my own case when it came to the issuance of the visa I found the officer to be very helpful. When a document was required to be sent or brought to the embassy she allowed me to bring it in a few days later but the Thai staff at the gate wouldn't let me in. She had given me a cell number so I called it. She answered saying just wait right there. She came outside to get the doc & took time to explain a couple of things to my husband. This was above & beyond what she had to do.

Yes a few of each is all she should have to show. Tex indicates something reasonable was enough. I agree.

[CowBoE 429]

I am curious about peoples opinions and experience with relationship evidence for a K1 interview in Bangkok.

I have been reading many posts and it appears it's good to have a lot of pictures and some say they brought skype logs, emails and chat logs.

The picture thing makes sense since it's difficult to forge these. However, do the immigration officials really use such easily fabricated things such as chats and emails? Even US passport stamp pages show no identifying information.

I'm trying to reduce the amount of useless documents that my fiancee brings as well as save a few trees. We have approximately 1300 pictures together, over 3000 pages of chats, 1500 skype calls and assorted emails. Also boarding passes with both our names and apartment, hotel, bus receipts however these do not have both names on them.

It appears some people bring many kilos of evidence with them but does the embassy really sift through all that? I mean how much time do they really have for each K1?

How much is really reasonable?

This is my speculation...but I think first they look at bio profile on both...

age, education, job/profession, marriage history, religion, local culture, etc.

to sniff out potential frauds...

I'm pretty sure they don't approve visa based on the weight of the evidence.

So, rather than quantity, I think the quality of evidence is more important.

My I-129F packet was probably about ~70 pages total,

and I think that was way overdone...now that I look back.

[Jing Jing 2]

This is my speculation...but I think first they look at bio profile on both...

age, education, job/profession, marriage history, religion, local culture, etc.

to sniff out potential frauds...

I'm pretty sure they don't approve visa based on the weight of the evidence.

So, rather than quantity, I think the quality of evidence is more important.

My I-129F packet was probably about ~70 pages total,

and I think that was way overdone...now that I look back.

Thanks. But I'm referring to the interview not the I129f, which is screened in Bangkok not at uscis processing centers. Different politics.

My question is largely rhetorical but I want to point out that the reams of material some suggest is a waste and unnecessary.

Interviewed yesterday in Bangkok. Their procedures appear to have changed a bit this month. - Staggered appt. times now

The CO is only a shadow behind tinted glass.

Spent 5 minutes with the case. Appeared to barely even glance at the 35 pages and 30 pictures my fiancee had prepared. Half that would probably have been more than sufficient.

Edited March 10, 2015 by mechai