hello! i would just like to know if anyone here on visajourney has ever used phone cards like the pldt budget cards or phone cards in the US as proof of relationship? my fiance and i call each other on the phone using the phone cards since it is more economical. making long-distance calls is so expensive. my fiance and i communicate through snail mail, cards, and phone calls. he doesnt know how to use the internet nor does he have a cellphone. do you think the consul would accept phone cards as proof of our relationship? hope i can get your opinon on this matter guys. thanks!

Unless you have receipts for the phone cards in your name they don't hold much weight as people can get them from anywhere and also they don't show who you called.

Best to open a international phone account and make short calls on it for the record and use the cards for long conversations.

Let me BUMP your question...

Since we kinda have the same situation.. But I am on IR-1 Visa though.

My wife is not good with computers, We talk on the phone alot but using phone cards, I duplicated my Banking card to send to her so I don't have to remit money and pay remittance fee she can just take money from my card whenever she needs em.

How should we do on this?

This is all we have for our proof when she goes on her interview

*Well she has a Bank Account that's on her marriage Name which is my last name.
*We bought a motor bike and we have the loan on Joint me and her.
*Pictures of us with our daughter
*Greeting Cards, letters..
*Our Daughter's US Passport, and Consular Birth Certificate.

See if you would be interested with this phone company:

http://www.owtel.com/

they offer call logs for every call made.

Pretty "heavy evidence"!
Get a life insurance policy for them. You can always cancel it later.

I use to be a member with them.. They screwed up my bill. So i canceled.

Let me check my closet if I can still find my bills from them..

I hope I haven't shred them..

What is an international phone account? who will open, my fiance in the US or me in the Philippines?

I used this phone service. http://www.talkloop.com/ it's a relatively inexpensive service, but as I recall the service hasn't that great. I used it because I could print out a call log of my phone calls to my wife. the interviewer at the Embassy seemed impressed by the several pages of almost daily phone calls.

i hope you can share with me your experience with owtel. are there any other options i have to prove our long distance relationship?

Fiance in the US. I used AT+T international. !8 cents a min to landline and 22 to CP.

does he need to register to use the AT+T phone line?

Yep! It costed me "about" $35 dollars a month. I shut it down after my wife arrived here tho.

would need to have an ATT Domestic calling plan
http://www.consumer.att.com/global/english...comparison.html

Yeah I still recommend OWTEL even if I'm not with them no more..

The reason for my cancellation was at one time it was late @ night and I needed to call my wife but I had reach my max usage. I wanted to pay it off, but they told me I can't use it till tomorrow morning which made me upset and canceled my service. I know it was foolish of me, but I was desperate to get in touch with my wife that time..

What's good about their service is you can put limitation on your max usage. So you don't go haywire using their service.

Plus you can add to use your mobile phone to call Philippines.

Filipino customer service..

here is the link.. www.owtel.com

True! I had that also and it was a good plan. Call anywhere in the US anytime for the monthly service fee. I doubt very much if they still have it at the price I had then.

www.startec.com

This one is nice too.. I tried them for couple a months..

And guess what.. They still have my detailed bill on their site in PDF format..

I can print them out tomorrow!!

Using a phone does not prove anything. There is no way to prove who you were calling. Here is a way you can save a lot of money and be able to prove who you are calling. Check out this site;
http://www.aspen-communication.com/PinoyCalls/
Good Luck.

Don't you guys think its too late now?

Cause what if the interview is next month and your just doing this now?

Its like trying to convince them that you did it.. but the dates doesn't sound amusing..

I mean I am going to put myself on the Consul's shoe... I would ask.. Why are your call logs so recent? Anything older?

I agree on her , this phone logs is kind of too late already if ur interview is on the way , my advice just bring all kinds of proof u have snail mails, cards , watever even the phone card and if they ask then explain the reason why u used that only , im sure if ur using that since then and save every card they somewhere will agree on u . GOODLUCK , just a tip just be honest and relax and answer as cool as u can coz most of the consul are looking on the way u react with every question .

Thanks a lot guys for all your great tips. But i do think roserick and irene do have a point there. my fiance filed the I-129F last September 2007. We received the NOA1 so now we are waiting for a reply from the embassy. We have been communicating through the phone via phone cards ever since we met last April 2007. I will take your advice and just be honest with the consul. we are really trying to be more practical with our expenses thats why we use the phone cards. I just hope and pray that the consul we get is someone really understanding. thanks to everyone for all their advices!!!

Oh gees, this thread made me think.. We also used phone cards but he bought his phone card thru the net when he run out of cards or calling time. but we also communicate thru snail mail, and emial as well. On my part i think its late for us to open international account since the NVC already sent our paper to the USEM im just waiting for the date of my medical and interview date.

Snail mails are good, So as emails.. Start printing does emails..

Tell your partner to pull the transaction from the website on where he bought em.. Print the transaction receipt..

Or His bank statements.. Proof that he's been buying phonecards online..

Thanks Roserick...
Im preparing al lthe necessary documents i needed based on the threads of those people who've been interviewed last month and this month since i dont have my pocket yet.

Me too.. Even if I am expecting my wife's interview probably in February.. (I hope)

I don't think there is anything wrong with being prepared..

For now I'm just waiting for my Packet 3.

Good Luck to you..