CO asked if we were already married because

[kayleexdavid 6]

At one point during my interview the CO brought up a copy of my I-129F (printed in black and white) and pointed out a photo where I was kissing my fiance at my friend's wedding and said seriously 'This photo looks like wedding, you didn't get married right?'

In the photo, I was holding bridesmaid flowers and my fiancé was wearing a suit. I was wearing a light blue bridesmaid dress and so were the rest of the bridesmaids in the background on the chapel seats, but because it was printed in black and white, the dress looked white so I could totally see where the CO was coming from.

Of course I said 'no I was a bridesmaid at my friend's wedding and said I had the original I-129F in colour'. But the CO didn't want to see it and moved on to other questions. ( I had front loaded and sideloaded and brought everything I could possibly think of being relevant to the interview. I didn't get to show any of it lol but I'm still glad I came prepared)

 

It went well and I got approved verbally after the interview, but wanted to let people know how certain photos might look in black and white ><

[TBoneTX 45,244]

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2 hours ago, kayleexdavid said:

wanted to let people know how certain photos might look in black and white

This is a thoughtful reminder to people to use their heads when submitting I-129F photos.  Another example is when e-mails or chat logs are included in which the engaged couple playfully refer to each other as "wifey" or "hubby."  When this is discovered, good luck trying to disprove a negative ("but no -- we're NOT married!").

2 hours ago, kayleexdavid said:

It went well and I got approved verbally after the interview

There are many other consulates where such photos would be the kiss of death to the petition.  You're very fortunate.

[TBoneTX 45,244]

By the way, welcome to the forum, and thanks for having so completely described your interview experience in your timeline.   

[kayleexdavid 6]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

There are many other consulates where such photos would be the kiss of death to the petition.  You're very fortunate.

Yes, I feel really lucky, thinking about how things could've gone..
 

 

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

By the way, welcome to the forum, and thanks for having so completely described your interview experience in your timeline.   

Thank you! It helped me a lot to read other people's reviews so I wanted to give back

[Dashinka 24,478]

7 hours ago, kayleexdavid said:

 

No, I sent the original I-129F packet with photos all in colour. The copy the consulate received was in black and white for some reason

Chalk it up to laziness by the bureaucrats that scan and copy packages.

[mam521 2,056]

Side, unrelated note: B&W photos are typically for 2 reasons: 

 

1. if a photographer actually shoots in B&W on film, it gives a beautiful, grainy vintage look.  Less common these days and typically takes a high end photographer and some film processing and development that people don't want to pay for these days. 

 

or (and more commonly)

 

2. B&W is a way to salvage a badly shot photo.  Can't get the colours correct?  Convert to B&W.  Shot on the wrong settings?  Adjust and convert to B&W.  

 

So, B&W isn't "going back 100 years" and can be a preferred option.  

 

But, then there's the OP's situation where the scan was in B&W