my calling card

[pushbrk 13,094]

What I'm going to do is bring all 100 of my used calling cards and show them that I do talk to my fiancee everyday (the card is for use for Colombia only). Times are changing and it is so much cheaper using calling cards. You would think the government would wise up and change their rules. As a back up, I'm bringing every post card, letter, and email I have and I know that will suffice.

Bundy

Calling cards that don't show the number called are not "evidence" of calling a specific person or phone number. This isn't some government rule. It's a fact. Consular officers are looking for evidence. If all you have is calling cards with no indication of the number called, you don't have evidence of calling your fiance. No amount of wising up will change the facts.

Phone calls are not the only form of communication that is used to give evidence of bona fide ongoing relationship.

[NonyGuy 0]

i have TONS and TONS of pictures....an engagement ring on her finger (the receipt too)....pictures of me with her family...multiple stamps in my passport from where I have visited Thailand....no emails between me and her though....and I have a chat log that I think I can pull from MSN Messenger, im not sure if MSN auto-saves all convos though

do you think all this is enough without the need for the phone call records??

[NonyGuy 0]

i have TONS and TONS of pictures....an engagement ring on her finger (the receipt too)....pictures of me with her family...multiple stamps in my passport from where I have visited Thailand....no emails between me and her though....and I have a chat log that I think I can pull from MSN Messenger, im not sure if MSN auto-saves all convos though

do you think all this is enough without the need for the phone call records??

i found the message archive in MSN. can I just copy it from the window and paste it into Microsoft Word then print it out?? or will they think I just typed it myself and printed it?

[jc1b 0]

or you can photo copy them.

[Caladan 19]

i have TONS and TONS of pictures....an engagement ring on her finger (the receipt too)....pictures of me with her family...multiple stamps in my passport from where I have visited Thailand....no emails between me and her though....and I have a chat log that I think I can pull from MSN Messenger, im not sure if MSN auto-saves all convos though

do you think all this is enough without the need for the phone call records??

Some phone card companies, if you call, can give you a transcript of the numbers called. I'm not sure which ones they are, but it might not be a bad idea to find one that can give you a transcript and use it sometimes (if it's a more expensive option, maybe use it as your 'short call' calling card and use the cheaper one as your 'long call' card. But a box of phone cards doesn't prove anything, unfortunately, on its own because it doesn't show a record of calls.

As to whether it's enough, without the phone records, check out the experiences of other people going through your consulate. When C. interviewed, I sent him two months of phone records, but they never asked for them. But Vancouver isn't Vietnam.

[pushbrk 13,094]

i have TONS and TONS of pictures....an engagement ring on her finger (the receipt too)....pictures of me with her family...multiple stamps in my passport from where I have visited Thailand....no emails between me and her though....and I have a chat log that I think I can pull from MSN Messenger, im not sure if MSN auto-saves all convos though

do you think all this is enough without the need for the phone call records??

i found the message archive in MSN. can I just copy it from the window and paste it into Microsoft Word then print it out?? or will they think I just typed it myself and printed it?

We can't really know what anybody will think. If you can use the copy and past function, I would do that. For Yahoo Messenger, I had to take a screen shot and past that into word.

You have months to gather information. I would also take some screen shots of your MSN sessions and paste those into Word documents. I chose to do this mostly when there were other people involved in the chats. I only included a few of these scattered over time.

Passport stamps show you've been in the country but if your Navy ship was in port at the time, they mean significantly less than otherwise. The pictures on different dates in different places, in different clothes, and with different family members are a definite plus. Remember, you've already taken care of the proof of meeting. Now is the time to gather evidence of a bona fide ongoing relationship.

[rakkaus 0]

Anyone use a Skype calling log? My fiancee and I both have fast internet, so we use Skype to call each other for free. Skype itself claims they don't have a record of calls (not sure I really believe this, but in any event they don't seem to want to give me one) but I suppose we might be able to get one from the computer.

I've been using 10-10-987 when we can't use Skype, and for some reason I've only been billed for eight or so of perhaps 50 calls I've made to her. I don't mean to complain about this but I need some sort of record. "The phone company forgot to send us a bill" sounds so completely off-the-wall that it could have only happened to, well, us.

Edited August 4, 2007 by rakkaus