Hello I´m new here but my fiancee has been around for a while though (She has filled out our timeline so I will not be doing that, read somewhere that if both did it would be a bad thing for the site). Since our NOA2 has been approved the time of the interview is closing in. According to how long things take NVC and how long I can expect it to take to be appointed an interview at the Reykjavík Embassy it should happen in late August or early September.

Truth be told the last thing on our mind when we have been together is to gather evidence of our relationship
and we only have two pictures of us together, I shot one myself and she shot the other one. I have not saved any boarding passes but I have a passport that has stamps for my three visits there last winter. So does she for her visits to me and she´s coming here with her kids for a visit in three weeks from now so i guess that´s a good time to create some evidence.

I have saved all letters from her in their original envelopes for some reason the latest being mailed last week. Should I make copies to give at the interviews or will they want the originals? I guess in the case of the envelopes no copies are going to be able to show dates of the post stamps.

This evidence thing just freaks me out.

Definetly make more evidence, pictures, letters, e-mails etc. We made copies but they went ahead and took the originals anyway....they gave them back though. CYA = Cover Your ###

Take both originals and copies (if readable) to the interview. The consular office has the right to ask for originals of all documents used for evidence (although they rarely do). Take alot of pictures on her next visit, especially showing you, her and kids together. Take stacks of emails, letters and anything else that remotely shows that you two have been in contact the whole time. Copies of both your passports also are good showing stamps. where did you get your airline tickets. Many times you can go online or call the airlines and they will email you your old flight information. I use expedia and can down load that from over a year ago if I need to.

It is easy to make a copy. Just copy the envelope in color. It should show the postmark very easy. Then copy the letter, and put them together. If the letter is short, you can even do it on the same page. She can give the copy at the interview, but you must also have the original available at the same time. The IO has the right to see originals of any copy presented for evidence.

If they should keep the copies, then you will still have the originals to save for your scrapbook.

Jan Erik and I had the same relization when we started gathering evidence. We lived together in the US for 4 years before we started this process (he was on a student visa), and hadn't even thought about it at all. He also realized recently that the year is never printed on boarding passes, so they aren't such good proof, anyway.

Don't forget long distance phone records, if you use a phone or a calling card that keeps a record. I use Pennytalk (www.pennytalk.com) -- you might want to think about switching to a card like this one if you're just starting to gather evidence. I printed a record of my calls each time I printed my cell bill and attached the two together.

Do you have any friends that could provide affadavits that your relationship is genuine? Some friends going through some sort of spousal greencard process (forget what the actual visa mechanism is called) needed those as evidence.

Using color photocopies of the envelopes sounds like a good idea. I had trouble photocopying my original envelopes, most of which were also sent from Reykjavik. The cancellation stamps were really blurry, and Icelandic stamps in 2000 were rather dark in color (don't know if this will still be a problem?). I didn't send in envelope copies for these reasons, and we had no problems with our evidence at any stage of the process.

However, keep in mind that since we'd been living together in the same city for years, we did have multiple photos with recognizeable landmarks, at different times of the year, and my hair is different in all of them (e.g., demonstrating that significant time had passed). We were more panicked about not having any photos of us showing affection. We're just not all that into PDA... maybe if your photos show you being affectionate it will help?

Good luck!

Thank you guys for your replies. I also have emails since March last year and a friend of mine who we visited last time she came here to Iceland is going to write a letter for me saying she did and brought nice clothes she knitted herself for his newborn baby. We´ll be going to a wedding the day she arrives on her next visit so I suppose that´s where to take picture

Thanks again