Digital Evidence

[trey 0]

I have all of my fiancee's and my chats and emails, including e-greeting cards, saved on disk. Over the past 21 months, I have been printing out all the chats and putting them in 3-ring binders (5 full ones so far!!). My original intent is to select one chat and e-mail from each month and print copies to send her to present as evidence of our ongoing relationship at her interview. Has anyone ever presented a CD of the thousands of chats and emails at their interview, besides the hard copies? What does anyone think of this idea?

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[Mand 1]

I don't think USCIS/any Embassy would put an un-checked CD into their computer. You're goal should be to make the package as easy as possible for USCIS and the Embassy to process. Keep the CD for your own records

[Miranda&James 8]

Wow, if I were you I would print out 5-10 of these emails spanning over time, maybe send a couple cards and some pictures. You don't need to give them massive amounts of information (although I don't know how tough the Phillipines are). If I were you I'd check out the foreign embassy thread for other interview experiences through Manila to see what all people presented

[motu 5]

I have read that they DON'T LIKE CDs. I would suggest taking just a few emails and chat records (my fiance took 5 each - no more). Overkilling with evidence is not necessarily good. Do what makes you comfortable but remember several hundred applicants are interviewed every day and the average time spent on an interview is bwetween 10 minutes to 30 minutes (my fiance's was 5 minutes) - who has time to dig into each and every piece of email and chats - be kind to the interviewer! Good Luck

[sean&gabi 1]

I can't see that it would hurt to have a CD but my feeling is that hard copies are better...

Just my $.02

[YnaYeBa0808 0]

I have all of my fiancee's and my chats and emails, including e-greeting cards, saved on disk. Over the past 21 months, I have been printing out all the chats and putting them in 3-ring binders (5 full ones so far!!). My original intent is to select one chat and e-mail from each month and print copies to send her to present as evidence of our ongoing relationship at her interview. Has anyone ever presented a CD of the thousands of chats and emails at their interview, besides the hard copies? What does anyone think of this idea?

<We were touched again today! >

Ive done the same thing. kept all the logs in my PC or laptop wherever it is easily accessible for me. however i dont think it would be a good idea to send over a CD or 5 3-ring bound folders with all your chat conversations in it. I think what would be the best way to show that you are in constant communication with each other would be to just print out a conversation that transpired at any random day of each month. That's what i submitted in my i-129f petition. I picked a day out of every month, randomly of course then just printed the logs for that day. It may be a good idea also to label in bigger and bolder letters what day or date the conversation had transpired on top of each log. That should be good enough evidence of an ongoing relationship. hope that helps. Good luck!

[*Robert* 2]

I have read that they DON'T LIKE CDs. I would suggest taking just a few emails and chat records (my fiance took 5 each - no more). Overkilling with evidence is not necessarily good. Do what makes you comfortable but remember several hundred applicants are interviewed every day and the average time spent on an interview is bwetween 10 minutes to 30 minutes (my fiance's was 5 minutes) - who has time to dig into each and every piece of email and chats - be kind to the interviewer! Good Luck

From a computer and system security issue, they cannot, and will not, put unknown software or removable media into a government system, as it could contain a virus or other malicious software. Embassies have even tighter restrictions, as they could be vulnerable to espionage or terrorism.

Print out your evidence, but in moderation.

[Kajikit 65]

They only want paper evidence that they can pick up and look at on the spot. You don't need anywhere near that many chats... I chose half a dozen at random from the last two years to take with me.

[April413 0]

Hi..I sent a DVD of my trip to Europe with us together and it did not hurt my case any....Good Luck...April

[GaryC 7]

We only communicate via chats. Not to many emails. I don't think in out case printing out out chat logs would be a good idea. Things get rather uhhh... spicy. Do you all think if I just documentend my 5 (soon to be 6) trips there and showed them the thousands of pictures of us together it would be enough? I also support Luz. She has the bi-weekly westernunion receipts from the last 2 years. I also have kept my phone records showing 3-4 calls to her each day. I would think that would be enough?

[yassmine2878 1]

Ahmed and I do most of our talking via chat, with an occasional email, so that's where most of our evidence comes from too. Talking everyday via chat and email creates quite a large data log, and its hard to decide which conversations best represent your case. I printed 6 random emails and 7 random chat logs for various months and checked them to make sure they didnt contain anything questionable (i.e. comments that were explicit or private, or things that could be misconstrued), and just printed the first couple of pages rather than a 3-hour conversation (in the interest of space). I made sure to circle the time, date, and the to/from portions on the chat logs to make it easier for the adjudicator to read. I felt pretty comfortable with what I sent, since it was a good sample of the big picture. Hope this helps you out a bit.

[flash 0]

I emailed sydney consulate and asked them that very question. They told me that no outside cds are allowed to run on there systems . They said to print off a few random emails.