flight itineraries....

[dirtyd301 0]

i am getting nervous because i have seen people say that there is a good chance if you send flight itineraries instead of actual boarding passes that you will get a RFE. we sent itineraries and pay stubs plus pictures to show we met the past two years while working together while he was on his J1 visa. can anyone give me their opinion as to if they think this is enough evidence and if not what i can send in case i do get an RFE, if i didnt keep the boarding passes??

thanks, Diana

[KarenCee 3]

Not sure...I sent both...but I also sent pages from my passport that were stamped too. Maybe that might help.

[mercuryroad 0]

i am getting nervous because i have seen people say that there is a good chance if you send flight itineraries instead of actual boarding passes that you will get a RFE. we sent itineraries and pay stubs plus pictures to show we met the past two years while working together while he was on his J1 visa. can anyone give me their opinion as to if they think this is enough evidence and if not what i can send in case i do get an RFE, if i didnt keep the boarding passes??

thanks, Diana

Did you have passport stamps?

[Miranda&James 8]

Flight iteneraries only show you bought a ticket, they don't show you actually travelled. I'm not sure what more boarding passes show but they seem to be preferred by most VJ members. What is best are passport stamps showing you entered the country. Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

When you say paystubs what do you mean? I mean, I know what paystubs are, but are you using them as evidence to show you both worked in the same place? I've never seen this used before but it could work I guess....

I would say there is a possibility of an RFE here and I know passport stamps would be a good thing to have, I know there are other things but my mind is blank so someone else will pipe up in here

[dirtyd301 0]

i am getting nervous because i have seen people say that there is a good chance if you send flight itineraries instead of actual boarding passes that you will get a RFE. we sent itineraries and pay stubs plus pictures to show we met the past two years while working together while he was on his J1 visa. can anyone give me their opinion as to if they think this is enough evidence and if not what i can send in case i do get an RFE, if i didnt keep the boarding passes??

thanks, Diana

Did you have passport stamps?

I have a copy of his visa in his passport and his I-94 form

Flight iteneraries only show you bought a ticket, they don't show you actually travelled. I'm not sure what more boarding passes show but they seem to be preferred by most VJ members. What is best are passport stamps showing you entered the country. Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

When you say paystubs what do you mean? I mean, I know what paystubs are, but are you using them as evidence to show you both worked in the same place? I've never seen this used before but it could work I guess....

I would say there is a possibility of an RFE here and I know passport stamps would be a good thing to have, I know there are other things but my mind is blank so someone else will pipe up in here

i sent the two pay stubs one from me and one from him from the same dates to show that we worked at the same place at the same time within the past two years. i do have a copy of his visa in his passport i for some reason did not send that. could i send evidence of him living in the same city or something like that??

i am getting nervous because i have seen people say that there is a good chance if you send flight itineraries instead of actual boarding passes that you will get a RFE. we sent itineraries and pay stubs plus pictures to show we met the past two years while working together while he was on his J1 visa. can anyone give me their opinion as to if they think this is enough evidence and if not what i can send in case i do get an RFE, if i didnt keep the boarding passes??

thanks, Diana

Did you have passport stamps?

I have a copy of his visa in his passport and his I-94 form

Flight iteneraries only show you bought a ticket, they don't show you actually travelled. I'm not sure what more boarding passes show but they seem to be preferred by most VJ members. What is best are passport stamps showing you entered the country. Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

When you say paystubs what do you mean? I mean, I know what paystubs are, but are you using them as evidence to show you both worked in the same place? I've never seen this used before but it could work I guess....

I would say there is a possibility of an RFE here and I know passport stamps would be a good thing to have, I know there are other things but my mind is blank so someone else will pipe up in here

i sent the two pay stubs one from me and one from him from the same dates to show that we worked at the same place at the same time within the past two years. i do have a copy of his visa in his passport i for some reason did not send that. could i send evidence of him living in the same city or something like that??

you know hwat else i find interesting that i forgot to put in before??? i actually spoke to an immigration officer on the phone before i sent out my package and he told me that i did not have to sent his passport with the package!! that is why i didnt send it and they also told me that i could use evidence such as movie passes for evidence if i wanted!!! i am so confused as to what is considered good evidence!!

[brtlmj 0]

Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

...unless there is a newspaper in the photograph It certainly worked for us, and there was no other evidence.

Bartek

[KarenCee 3]

hmmm....interesting....movie passes. that's not proof of anything other than a ticket to a movie was purchased. anyone could have bought that. as for the passport, i didnt send mine or my fiancé's...just copies of the pages that were stamped.

[aussiewench 9]

Evidence will vary from case to case. And there really is no definate list of what one MUST send. What is required is for one to show that they have met within the required 2 year period. Its about the entirety of that evidence in being able to create an image in the minds eye of an adjudicator that you have indeed met. It will even vary with some adjudicators. In general, most of the time no single piece of evidence will stand alone.....it needs support by other evidence. This can be any number of things. Sometimes its that tiny little bit of what one might think insignificant that will tie it all together.

Edited March 12, 2006 by aussiewench

[dirtyd301 0]

Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

...unless there is a newspaper in the photograph It certainly worked for us, and there was no other evidence.

Bartek

really no other evidence!! thats great. i think every case is so different and that is why everyone can send so many different things and some people get RFEs and others dont! i think i am just gonna try to stop worrying and wait and see what happens!!! thanks for all the responses!!!

Diana and Enrico

[Boiler 45,516]

You have significantly more than we had, also your fiancee is from Germany and has obviously visited the US many times.

My assumption is that you are looking at other situations which are very different.

[pri 0]

In my petition i had attached my Itinerary along with passport stamps

I agree with aussiewench there is no definite list for Evidence of relationship.. But i wouldnt agree movie pass proves any evidence

[aussiewench 9]

You have significantly more than we had, also your fiancee is from Germany and has obviously visited the US many times.

My assumption is that you are looking at other situations which are very different.

I think that is an easy mistake to make. One has to look at their own individual circumstances and gather that evidence accordingly.

I was looking at something the other day on another site where it was mentioning question 18 on the I-129F asking to describe how you met.........and how this description is then backed up by the evidence one submits to support that description that they had met within the required time frame. Perhaps this should be something to keep in mind when describing how one met. It may perhaps help in strengthing by showing a positve correlation of the two.

[kaydee457 13]

I'm not sure what more boarding passes show but they seem to be preferred by most VJ members.

Boarding passes are one of the preferred forms of evidence that the USCIS likes to see. Boarding passes, especially those that are international, prove that you, and only you, boarded the airplane.

How do they know this? Given the security checks you need to pass through these days to fly anyplace, there's little or no possibility that anyone else could have other than the person named on the boarding pass. You identification was checked, and re-checked by various people before allowed on the airplane. That's why they're considered strong primary evidence.

As you said before, itineraries prove nothing. I can get an itinerary at this moment, print it out, and then simply cancel the trip.......

[Jasman0717 9]

I did both but if there is a passport stamp it could collaborate the itinerary. I was one that believed more was better so sent a lot of proof about how we met and our ongoing relationship.

[Miranda&James 8]

Pictures don't do anything except show you have met, they do nothing for proving you met in the last two years (even little dates on pictures can be altered).

...unless there is a newspaper in the photograph It certainly worked for us, and there was no other evidence.

Bartek

Well, I seem to remember a case on here where people sent in photos of them next a display (the orange arch things in New York awhile back) and also a clip of a newspaper saying they were only there for a certain time so they could prove they were together at this point in time and they got an RFE! I could be misremebering though. If the photos worked for you that's great, but I would definitely tell people to send more evidence than that to be safe.

you know hwat else i find interesting that i forgot to put in before??? i actually spoke to an immigration officer on the phone before i sent out my package and he told me that i did not have to sent his passport with the package!! that is why i didnt send it and they also told me that i could use evidence such as movie passes for evidence if i wanted!!! i am so confused as to what is considered good evidence!!

Oh no you wouldn't ever send his orignal passport, you would just send copies of the pages with the stamps and visa or whatever else! Movie passes? That's weird....you could get them from a trashcan or just have your fiance buy two and say they were yours or something. Doesn't sound like the best lawyer!