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Using Facebook IM and Skype Conversations as Proof of Relationship

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Phillabuster   5

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Hey everyone! Happy to report our petition is darn near done! However, most of our correspondence is over facebook and skype. We chat and call every day, and I'd like to sample some conversations about our relationship in the petition. Has anyone ever used screencaps of Facebook and Skype before in their petitions and know if they accept the date/time stamps as valid? I can also show Facebook posts with date/time stamps that align with our plane tickets too. Would this help, or should I leave it out?

The skype chats are a little more difficult as the only time/date stamps I have of them are on my phone. Anyone know if the phone date/time header is considered valid proof too when used as screencaps?

Thanks in advance! So close! Just getting some affidavits signed by friends/family (I use an alias and in all their wisdom, the government doesn't put any room for you to list nicknames on any documents, even though I use my alias for nearly all my purchases!) and my passport photos done and we should be all set to send it off this weekend!

( I'm also using travel itineraries from our three visits together, several reciepts/tickets to fun stuff while we were hanging out, the ring reciept, a photo of the wedding dress, samples of the wedding invites we had designed, a screencap sampling of different emails and their date/time stamps, and reciepts from all the times I sent her flowers over the years. Hopefully it's enough, together with the conversations! ;w; )

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Georgia16   2,858

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We used iMessage and FaceTime and I just took screen shots of the chats from iMessage with the date stamps as well. And the FaceTime I also just printet out. I really don't think it was needed for us since we had a ton of evidence but I included it anyway and it was fine :)

 

 

 

 

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YecaCruz   379

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I also used facebook messenger and screenshots of iMessage chats as evidence since that was the only way we could communicate. I think the timestamps are great and demonstrates to the several people that will look at your stuff how much you talked and the quality of such conversations. I also did screenshots of all our facetime call log to show our continual and daily communication.

Since I had over 10,000 pages of correspondence in facebook messages alone I picked chats spanning a few days every 4 months or so. I was careful to highlight when we talked about marriage, wedding plans, our future etc.

Looks like you have it all ready pretty much! Good luck!

A Tale of Two Dakotaraguans

K1 Journey - 78 Days

 

Sent I-129F - 11/16/15 [Day 1]
NOA1 - 11/18 (Hard copy: 11/24) [Day 2, Day 8]
NOA2 - 12/18 (Hard copy: 12/26) [Day 32, Day 40]
NVC received file: 1/05/2016 [Day 50] Obtained NVC invoice number, paid visa fee, filled out DS-160: 1/06 [Day 51]
Fiancé's medical: 1/12 9:00am [Day 57]
Interview: 1/22 9:30am, Approved! [67 days] (F)
Visa status on ceac site= "AP": 1/25, "Issued":01/27, "In Transit: 2/02", Visa packet in hand: 2/03 [Day 78]
POE: (Houston) 2/04, North Dakota arrival: 2/05

Married (civil): 2/05/16 (L)

AOS - 55 Days

 

I-485, AP, EAD sent : 3/03/2016 [Day 1]

Delivered: 3/04 [Day 2]

Electronic NOA1: 3/08 [Day 5]  NOA1 Hardcopy rcv'd in mail: 3/12 [Day 9]; Biometric Notification rcv'd in mail: 3/26 [Day 23]; Biometrics Appt: 4/06 in Fargo, ND [Day 33]

Notification(s): "Your new card is being produced" 4/23 [Day 48] ; "Your case was approved" 4/26 [Day 51]; "Your card was mailed on 4/27" 4/28 [Day 53]

Green Card in Hand: 4/30 [Day 55]

D-day ("Dress day"/I do...again Day/wedding reception): 9/10/16

ROC - 390 days 

Spoiler

Window opens: 1/24/2018

Package sent: 1/26, Delivered on 1/29 at 11:17am to CSC - [Day 1]

Check cashed: 1/31 [Day 3]

NOA1: 1/29 [Day 1]; NOA rcv'd in mail: 2/02 [Day 4]

Biometrics  Sent 5/5, rcv'd in mail 5/12 [Day 107]

Biometrics appt: Not required

18 Month extension letter received, dated 8/18: 8/24/18 [Day 211]

"New Card Being Produced" - 2/11/19 [Day 382], email "we mailed your card on 2/14" - 2/15

Card arrived: 2/19/19 [Day 390]

Citizenship - 643 Days

Spoiler

Window opens: 01/24/2019

E-file: 01/28/2019 [Day 1]

Biometrics = scheduled: 02/01 [Day 4], view uploaded document: 02/05 [Day 8], appointment day: 02/19 [Day 22] In Fargo, ND

Interview scheduled notification online: 9/3/20 [Day 585]

Interview in Minneapolis, MN: 10/20/20 [Day 632] at 12:15 PM: passed/approved

Oath Ceremony: scheduled 10/20, view letter online 10/21

Oath : Fargo, ND 2:15pm at sanctuary events center. No guests allowed

 

1808 total days of thinking about/waiting for immigrations!

Applied for US Passport 11/4/2020, application approved 1/26/21, passport and naturalization cert received in mailbox: 1/28/21 📘

Mrs Rogers Contributor

Mrs Rogers   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Australia
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Hey Phill! :)

Sounds like you have some pretty good evidence there! :) We just recently sent our petition off! I sent screenshots of my facebook messages and skype. I made sure the dates were included and like the others have mentioned, I also made aure they spanned across our whole relationship :) Hope everything goes well! :)

OUR STORY ♡

Jun 08, 2015: Hubby moved to Australia on a one year Working Holiday Visa (WHV)

Jan 05, 2016: We got married in Australia ?

May 17, 2016: Hubby moved back to New York

Sept - Nov 2016: Trip to visit Hubby on VWP!

OUR CR1 VISA JOURNEY ♡

May 19, 2016: I-130 sent to Chicago Lockbox

May 20, 2016: USPS acknowledged delivery

May 20, 2016: USCIS received I-130

May 25, 2016: Check cashed by USCIS

May 25, 2016: Received NOA1 via email

Service Center: NEBRASKA SC

May 31, 2016: Received NOA1 hard copy

Oct 18, 2016: I-130 transferred to TEXAS SC

Nov 10, 2016: I-130 APPROVED

..........PENDING..........

YecaCruz Rising Star

YecaCruz   379

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Nicaragua
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Good luck!

A Tale of Two Dakotaraguans

K1 Journey - 78 Days

 

Sent I-129F - 11/16/15 [Day 1]
NOA1 - 11/18 (Hard copy: 11/24) [Day 2, Day 8]
NOA2 - 12/18 (Hard copy: 12/26) [Day 32, Day 40]
NVC received file: 1/05/2016 [Day 50] Obtained NVC invoice number, paid visa fee, filled out DS-160: 1/06 [Day 51]
Fiancé's medical: 1/12 9:00am [Day 57]
Interview: 1/22 9:30am, Approved! [67 days] (F)
Visa status on ceac site= "AP": 1/25, "Issued":01/27, "In Transit: 2/02", Visa packet in hand: 2/03 [Day 78]
POE: (Houston) 2/04, North Dakota arrival: 2/05

Married (civil): 2/05/16 (L)

AOS - 55 Days

 

I-485, AP, EAD sent : 3/03/2016 [Day 1]

Delivered: 3/04 [Day 2]

Electronic NOA1: 3/08 [Day 5]  NOA1 Hardcopy rcv'd in mail: 3/12 [Day 9]; Biometric Notification rcv'd in mail: 3/26 [Day 23]; Biometrics Appt: 4/06 in Fargo, ND [Day 33]

Notification(s): "Your new card is being produced" 4/23 [Day 48] ; "Your case was approved" 4/26 [Day 51]; "Your card was mailed on 4/27" 4/28 [Day 53]

Green Card in Hand: 4/30 [Day 55]

D-day ("Dress day"/I do...again Day/wedding reception): 9/10/16

ROC - 390 days 

Spoiler

Window opens: 1/24/2018

Package sent: 1/26, Delivered on 1/29 at 11:17am to CSC - [Day 1]

Check cashed: 1/31 [Day 3]

NOA1: 1/29 [Day 1]; NOA rcv'd in mail: 2/02 [Day 4]

Biometrics  Sent 5/5, rcv'd in mail 5/12 [Day 107]

Biometrics appt: Not required

18 Month extension letter received, dated 8/18: 8/24/18 [Day 211]

"New Card Being Produced" - 2/11/19 [Day 382], email "we mailed your card on 2/14" - 2/15

Card arrived: 2/19/19 [Day 390]

Citizenship - 643 Days

Spoiler

Window opens: 01/24/2019

E-file: 01/28/2019 [Day 1]

Biometrics = scheduled: 02/01 [Day 4], view uploaded document: 02/05 [Day 8], appointment day: 02/19 [Day 22] In Fargo, ND

Interview scheduled notification online: 9/3/20 [Day 585]

Interview in Minneapolis, MN: 10/20/20 [Day 632] at 12:15 PM: passed/approved

Oath Ceremony: scheduled 10/20, view letter online 10/21

Oath : Fargo, ND 2:15pm at sanctuary events center. No guests allowed

 

1808 total days of thinking about/waiting for immigrations!

Applied for US Passport 11/4/2020, application approved 1/26/21, passport and naturalization cert received in mailbox: 1/28/21 📘

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Aus2US Rookie

Aus2US   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Australia
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We only submitted the call history from Skype, they were happy with that

09 Nov 2015 - I-129F Sent

19 Nov 2015 - NOA1 Received

22 Dec 2015 - NOA2 Received

21 Jan 2016 - Petition received by US Consulate Sydney

18 Apr 2016 - Interview instructions received - given interview date of 31st May 2016 (we cancelled this date)

14 Jun 2016 - Requested new interview date

16 Jun 2016 - Email received - new date given - 30th August 2016

26 Aug 2016 - Visa medical Sydney

30 Aug 2016 - Consulate interview day - (approved pending medical report)

03 Sep 2016 - Medical report received by Consulate

07 Sep 2016 - Email request for more information from Consulate

08 Sep 2016 - New information sent to Consulate via email

15 Sep 2016 - Case status updated still processing

 
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