Evidence of Ongoing Relationship - Chat Logs

[GA08 9]

My husband and I messaged each other for more than two years, so there's gonna be a lot of chat logs. 
How much chat logs do we need to send? Do we need to send the most current one? Or just a selection of our chat logs?
I am also worried on the paper size because some of our documents are on Legal size, not on a letter size. Is it going to be alright?

 

We are going to send our i-130 this week.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Michelle13 39]

For me, personally, I just did clips from every month that showed consistent talking.  I focused more on the dates rather than content to show the length and consistency of chat logs.  

I also took screen shots of our call time(s)/date that showed the length of time/consistency.  I took one screen shot from every month. 

 

While chat logs are great and important.  I believe the primary evidence they look at is flight stubs/boarding passes/receipts from being together/anything with your name and date attached to it etc.  

I would suggest focusing more on that then photos/logs which I believe are considered "secondary evidence" 

 

Best of luck

[geowrian 22,337]

I would just send a good sample of chats over the length of the relationship. Please don't make a poor IO sit there with a pile of papers with chat messages. They won't read it anyway. I personally sent 1 page per month together as well, and even that seemed overkill IMHO.

 

The paper size is a non-issue.

 

11 minutes ago, Michelle13 said:

I believe the primary evidence they look at is flight stubs/boarding passes/receipts from being together/anything with your name and date attached to it etc.  

I would suggest focusing more on that then photos/logs which I believe are considered "secondary evidence" 

This case is an I-130 for a spouse. Unlike the I-129F for a K-1, there is no need to show that you have met in person at least once within the past 2 years, which is where the photos & chat logs and such are "secondary evidence".

That said, yes, I would absolutely also suggest showing evidence of time you spent physically together...they do love to see that.

[GA08 9]

29 minutes ago, Michelle13 said:

For me, personally, I just did clips from every month that showed consistent talking.  I focused more on the dates rather than content to show the length and consistency of chat logs.  

I also took screen shots of our call time(s)/date that showed the length of time/consistency.  I took one screen shot from every month. 

 

While chat logs are great and important.  I believe the primary evidence they look at is flight stubs/boarding passes/receipts from being together/anything with your name and date attached to it etc.  

I would suggest focusing more on that then photos/logs which I believe are considered "secondary evidence" 

 

Best of luck

Thanks a lot! We're all good with our other evidences. It's just that we don't know what to do with our chat logs. 

[Longingfor 195]

I suggest doing a sample from each month. I did that and when i got to interview they never asked to see any evidence of ongoing relationship even though I had more to show. 

 

The front loading method works. So the more evidence you submit of time spent together such as chat logs, trips, hotel receipts, out to events, the better in the end but always be prepared.

[GA08 9]

15 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I would just send a good sample of chats over the length of the relationship. Please don't make a poor IO sit there with a pile of papers with chat messages. They won't read it anyway. I personally sent 1 page per month together as well, and even that seemed overkill IMHO.

 

The paper size is a non-issue.

 

This case is an I-130 for a spouse. Unlike the I-129F for a K-1, there is no need to show that you have met in person at least once within the past 2 years, which is where the photos & chat logs and such are "secondary evidence".

That said, yes, I would absolutely also suggest showing evidence of time you spent physically together...they do love to see that.

I will keep that in mind. Thanks!
I also made a timeline of our relationship from the time we started dating til we got married. It has our pictures w/captions.  

I met my husband during my internship in the US 2 years ago. Is it alright to put my J1 visa as well? Just to support that I went to the US before and I met him there. 

[geowrian 22,337]

10 minutes ago, G&A08 said:

I will keep that in mind. Thanks!
I also made a timeline of our relationship from the time we started dating til we got married. It has our pictures w/captions.  

I met my husband during my internship in the US 2 years ago. Is it alright to put my J1 visa as well? Just to support that I went to the US before and I met him there. 

That's fine. Good luck!