How much is "Enough"?

[Nik+Heather 122]

Keo's right. Don't let your concerns about getting together your 1000's of pages of chat get in the way of fully documenting the clearly REQUIRED evidences.

Now, Keo and I went through a relatively easy consulate. It's low fraud, and based on the stories of the members here, at the end of the journey we are for the most part still together or the relationships died naturally - not because the beneficiary does a runner once the GC arrives, so we deserve that good rep. The point of all that is that your interview experience and what you need to show is HIGHLY dependent on your consulate, and you need to seek out advice which is specific to that. A good resource for that is in the links at the top of the page on the second lighter blue bar (stretch your screen sideways if you need to, the text wraps funny) There's one called Reviews: Embassy. Look up your embassy and read about what other VJ members have experienced. Are there a lot of denials for lack of evidence? Or do a lot sound like Keo's experience? Find the success stories and the failures and learn from them.

Given the above, and that I didn't go through your consulate, consider the following thoughts along with your findings in the reviews: If a bonafide relationship entails frequent communication - I really don't think they care WHAT you talk about, just that you can talk, and do talk to each other - then what you need is to show summaries of your communication. So, call logs which would show dates and durations. They can be from the phone, or from Skype, etc. Or emails. Just show your inbox/folder with all of your emails. You're a real couple, so you probably have about 1 (or maybe more?) per day. Everyone likes getting snail mail, so even though it's not the most efficient, you've probably at least sent birthday cards or something, yes? Include those. Finally, I'd like to say something about including your chats and emails. A K-1 is for UNMARRIED people. If you think it is cute to call each other husband and wife in anticipation of your vows, this has been used against people in the past, and here all they were trying to do was bombard the embassy with paper to prove their relationship, and they ended up shooting themselves in the foot. There are other ways that chats can be harmful. What if you have forgotten some detail which was mentioned in those chats, and they quiz you on it and you get it wrong...etc. So many things, I could probably spend all day. Pick a couple safe ones to demonstrate you share a common language, and leave the rest out is my opinion.