Can you have too many pictures?

[Jjames727 0]

I have about 20 / 25, Is that Okay?

[JamnSol 35]

Seems a reasonable number. Label them with dates, and names.

[deja126 0]

I have about 20 / 25, Is that Okay?

Yes that is a great number of photos to send. I actually sent 36 photos with mine.

[Jjames727 0]

Thank Y'all. Do I need exact dates? or just rough dates are okay?

[Jjames727 0]

Oh, and the majority of them are dated but some I can't even remember what year they were taken in. Is that okay?

[TBoneTX 46,457]

The year would seem to be rather important, given that it establishes the length and therefore the bona fide nature of the relationship.

[ato1223 0]

Mine was more than 40 in 2small albums all pictures we're captioned with date, place and who's with me.

I have about 20 / 25, Is that Okay?

[kamkaran 0]

Its OK and its a great number of photos that you have sent.

[Tag&Polina 7]

I may be in the minority here, but I strongly urge you NOT to send more than 10 photos. The impression and directions we received were that they want a concise package from you. There is a thing as too much. I sent in 10 photos. Two on a sheet of paper that had a caption of the date, time and location underneath each photo. Make sure the pictures are of you and your fiancé. If you have some with your fiancé and their family even better. Also don't write the information on the back of the photos. It won't be seen there, they're only going to scan the front.

(I searched, but couldn't find it, I think the USCIS has something on their website about not sending in more than 10 photos)

Edited October 11, 2015 by Tag&Polina

[AB loves AG 54]

I may be in the minority here, but I strongly urge you NOT to send more than 10 photos. The impression and directions we received were that they want a concise package from you. There is a thing as too much. I sent in 10 photos. Two on a sheet of paper that had a caption of the date, time and location underneath each photo. Make sure the pictures are of you and your fiancé. If you have some with your fiancé and their family even better. Also don't write the information on the back of the photos. It won't be seen there, they're only going to scan the front.

(I searched, but couldn't find it, I think the USCIS has something on their website about not sending in more than 10 photos)

It depends on the country. My fiance was from Ghana, a high fraud country. 10 would definitely have not been enough . I sent 50, some from each trip and not all were of just my fiance and I. Some were of family and friends too. I've never heard that USCIS says not to send more than 10.

[AB loves AG 54]

Oh, and the majority of them are dated but some I can't even remember what year they were taken in. Is that okay?

Are they saved as digital files? You might be able to get the date the picture was taken by looking at the properties of the file.

[Shauneg 762]

I sent 4.

[mallafri76 1,012]

Which country will the interview be in? As already stated, for some embassies, it's very important to front load. The amount of photos to send also depends on the strength of the other proof you send. I take it you're sending more bona fida proof than just the pictures?

My husband and I sent 7 photos of us together and of us with family and of me (the petitioner) socializing with his family. We didn't send more because we felt we had other, better and stronger proof of our bona fida marriage. Looking at it now, I see that some of the pictures didn't have dates on them or in the explanation, but make sure you write that next to the photos when you send them. We copied the pictures into a word document, wrote an explanation and printed them out, so the 7 pictures came on two pages. Makes it neat and tidy for your packet.

Good luck with your visa journey.

[JoBri 548]

What they are most interested in seeing is the changes of life. Our IO during naturalization had our entire packet on his desk from over the course of the entire process. He said he was glad to see so many pictures. He said the most important thing was seeing the changes of life. Things like hair longer and shorter, skinnier and heavier, snow and heat of summer, baby born, all of us swimming in pool, baby's first steps... things like that.

Early on in the process you cant have all that, but every time you have to take another step in the process make sure to send a lot more pictures. Our IO said that you can tell the ones who fake it real easy.

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

i had 25 showing first visit

25 showing marriage

and 25 showing honeymoon (as we did the honeymoon several months after the marriage)

then i sent about 10 in of the next 2 visits

i labeled them with month and date and names of people