evidence of relationship - what to bring to interview

[Mrs Alford 0]

My visa interview at the Vancouver Consulate is next Friday, October 13th. I have plenty of photographs of me & my fiance together which I plan on bringing - along with a substantial amount of correspondence (letters & cards) that we've mailed to each other over the past 2 years. Wondering now if I need to bother photocopying/printing two years worth of phone records and emails (that involves the use of a lot of paper & ink cartridge - which I don't necessarily want to waste)?! Can anyone out there give me their advice?

Also, because my fiance included copies of our travel itineraries & boarding passes for evidence of having met in his fiance visa petition - do I still need to bring those to the interview with me - even after the petition was approved?

Any answers will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!!

[ForeverAmen 0]

It looks like you've covered every thing. As for bringing a copy of your travel itineraries ... it can't hurt.

I wish you well!

[Cristy 4]

Honestly I was over packed lol. I brought everything I could think of. All he wanted to see was pictures. I offered cards, phone records, emails....etc. Nope he wanted none of it.

[Karly-n-Bruce 0]

Honestly I was over packed lol. I brought everything I could think of. All he wanted to see was pictures. I offered cards, phone records, emails....etc. Nope he wanted none of it.

Ah this sucks. We haven't exactly been "camera happy" since Christmas so we have no pictures of us together. I hope phone records and snail mail/cards are enough to prove our "ongoing relationship".

Karly

[Jersey Girl 2]

You don't want to waste paper and ink?! Get a grip! This is your future together and worth printing a few items, just in case. While they may not be necessary, you can never predict. So it's better to be overly prepared.

I think there was someone in another thread who received one form for Affidavit of Support but took it upon themselves to do both, I-134 AND I-864. How paranoid is THAT? But sure enough, the Embassy had sent the wrong form and the couple was able to whip out the other, filled out and ready to go.

I say this because no one should take any chances when they're in the home stretch, because things can and have gone wrong. Was it BC_Ed who got to the inteview to find Canadian-based assets could not be counted as evidence for support? It added unexpected time to his process.

Get printing.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Agree better to have too much than too little. Even from reading all the cr-1 experiences in MTL and from what I read no one had ever been asked for any proof, I still brought along oodles of stuff. Its not like one didnt have enough time to put stuff together. You don't require a whole photo album a few pics should suffice. I even went so far to have duplicates of all my original documents, wasnt that pricey, not necessary, but I wasn't taking any chances.

[SENKA 0]

I had so much evidence that the guard asked us if we brought all of our worldly possessions. They didn't ask to see anything as they had photos we sent with the petition. But I agree, it is better to have too much than not enough. Good luck

[Gina & Johann 0]

I agree ... better to have them laugh at your for being overloaded than crying in the end for not having enough. I plan on bringing EVERYTHING that I can!!! Good luck! You will be good I am sure ... keep praying!

[girl 37 7]

You don't want to waste paper and ink?! Get a grip! This is your future together and worth printing a few items, just in case. While they may not be necessary, you can never predict. So it's better to be overly prepared.

I wouldn't bother if it was me. I didn't have all of the *required* documents (didn't have my husband's former marriage certificate, didn't have a certified copy of his divorce document), and they didn't care. When I told the woman who made sure everything's in order that I'd screwed up, she said those documents aren't such a big deal. The interviewer didn't mention them at all. (Can't say enough about how terrific the Vancouver consular staff are!)

I *did* meet a guy who'd had his interview a couple of days before and needed a co-sponsor. He said they told him to come back with the documents ASAP, and they'd issue the visa. They were very friendly toward him, and issued it a few minutes after he handed them the papers.

So... Maybe bring a sample of phone records / correspondence, and a disk with the rest in the off-chance that you need them?

Edited October 9, 2006 by girl 37

[neiks 19]

I'm bringing one thing..... our baby.... If that isn't adequate "proof of an relationship" than they can stuff it