my pictures didn't have dates!

[philels 0]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

[Old Dominion 26]

Mine weren't dated either. The question never arose, because of other "primary" evidence of meeting in the last two years. Photos are not "primary" for some reason.

[Clay & Mila 0]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

I didn't have dates on my pictures either. I just wrote on the back of the picture the date and where we were at. We had no problems at all.

[Otto 83]

Not to worry, I think most folks don't submit pictures with digital dates on them.

Pictures with or without dates are fine - they are considered secondary evidence any way - in other words they don't provide much in the way of proof any ways.

[rwenstrom 0]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

a lot of us are in the same situation. i didn't think 2 years ago that i would be needed pictures with dates on them. they will understand. just make sure that any information you place in "your story" of how you met or of the relationship match up with the photos. For example if you have a picture that is the day you met, make sure it matches or the day you got proposed, make sure it matches. common sense, but don't make up dates!

[CoffeeMuse 5]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

Well, my digital photo's don't have dates printed on them either. My camera has a date and time set in it, but it doesn't show up on the prints. I did go to my computer and held the mouse over the picture file and it showed me the date the photo was taken and it looked correct based on the dates we saw each other. I think its difficult to use pictures (if you think about it) to conclusively prove the dates you were together; after all you can set the date on the camera to anything you like if you wanted to "forge" the date. That is why I used pictures together with photocopies of my airline boarding pass, my passport stamp at customs and my airline itinerary to show that I actually flew to England on such and such dates and was stamped in there etc.

I did label my picture of our first meeting trip, but its just what I wrote on it. I can see why that wouldn't be called "primary" evidence. Probably the airline boarding passes together with passport customs stamps etc would be considered primary evidence. As my brother in law put it, they want to be pretty sure this isn't a sham relationship and you really did meet. Pictures of you together show you met, other things together with it show dates (ie within last 2 years). And ongoing relationship if more trips have been made (like in my case).

Edited October 19, 2009 by CoffeeMuse

[philels 0]

thanks guys. that's one less of my worries. i'm just paranoid that i might have done something wrong with my k-1 application or that i might have forgotten something.

[SnS 0]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

that should not be a problem. we did not have the dates on the pictures we submitted. we just wrote down on the back of the pics the place we were in and the dates. good luck!

[rsn 135]

The "digital date" imprinted by your camera on the photo proves nothing and can be easily fabricated. No need for this at all.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

Neither did my PICTURE (singular) Nor was there any description on the back or veen our names, but we looked just like the passport photos we sent. Approved in 58 days, no RFE and to top it off the description of our meeting was two sentences.

Now a word of advice. You have already sent the package...stop worrying! The time for these questions was BEFORE you sent it, now there is nothing you an do unless you get an RFE, so stop worrying and take a few breaths.

Good luck.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

thanks guys. that's one less of my worries. i'm just paranoid that i might have done something wrong with my k-1 application or that i might have forgotten something.

Let me help if I may. You are correct, you MIGHT have doen something wrong, and you MIGHT have forgotten something. There, stop worrying, now you know the truth and the truth will set you free. Relax. IF you forgot something or IF you did something wrong, you will get an RFE and then you will correct what you did wrong or send what you forgot and all will be OK.

Now you need to be working on other things, collect all the documents you need for the interview, download packet three, study the interview process, study the AOS process. What's done is done, start looking and studying where you are going, not where you have been. USCIS will let you if there is a problem.

[philels 0]

i know u guys are right. i need to stop worrying. by the way what exactly is an RFE??

[CA dreamer 3]

no more thoughts,leave it unleashed and the approval will be obtained soon,rfe (request for evidence) if you lack any of their requirements,and u will be informed,but sure if you follow the guides here on vj you are fine.

[baron555 934]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

You'll be fine, as others have suggested. Your evidence submitted should all together, tell the story.

For us, we met in Kiev. We had passport stamps and train and airplane passes with the Ukraine stamp. We had an apartment lease in my name and we had pictures of us in Kiev. I submitted copies of the photo and information pages of our passports to place the name with the faces in the pictures. We had a pizza delivery receipt in her name. I had currency exchange receipts. All together, it was obvious that we met in Kiev.

Now for your proof of an ongoing relationship for the interview, submit similar evidence. How do you correspond, what do you talk about, what photos do you exchange, gifts sents and receipts and photos of the other one with the gift.......again, everything put together should "tell the story".

[CoffeeMuse 5]

i have another concern with my K1 application. i'm worried that they might think my pictures were not taken within 2 yrs of meeting my fiance. what happened was i was so happy to be with my fiance that i didn't even think of setting my digital cam to have dates on the pictures we were taking. it totally slipped my mind. and now i'm concerned that this might be a problem. all i did was i wrote the dates on the back of the pictures. is anyone in the same situation as i am or has someone gone through the same situation? help =(

You'll be fine, as others have suggested. Your evidence submitted should all together, tell the story.

For us, we met in Kiev. We had passport stamps and train and airplane passes with the Ukraine stamp. We had an apartment lease in my name and we had pictures of us in Kiev. I submitted copies of the photo and information pages of our passports to place the name with the faces in the pictures. We had a pizza delivery receipt in her name. I had currency exchange receipts. All together, it was obvious that we met in Kiev.

Now for your proof of an ongoing relationship for the interview, submit similar evidence. How do you correspond, what do you talk about, what photos do you exchange, gifts sents and receipts and photos of the other one with the gift.......again, everything put together should "tell the story".

Agree'd, although I didn't keep much documentation such as receipts etc. I did fly through London and on to northern England last December but didn't keep any of that minutea (I probably should have). Just passport customs stamp, airline boarding passes and a photo of us together. Minimal but hopefully sufficient. Pretty much the same for later visits, airline boarding passes when she came to visit me, visa waiver, pictures together in front of prominent recognizable places such as the Washington Monument and the Capitol Reflecting Pond with the Capitol building in the background. For ongoing, just email logs.

These days with instant messaging, voice over internet, the traditional letters and stuff we don't have. I explained that in my statement sent with my K1 package today, that I have an email log (list of all emails sent and received) but even that got sparse in the past 5 months since we rely on other, undocumented means of communications.