Organization of Evidence

[Mr Flash 0]

Hello everyone,

Great site with wonderful resources and information. I have spent weeks pouring through all the info here. I'm in the final stages of assembling my K1 packet for submission, and I have a question about organizing the evidence.

Several of you have advocated assembling the evidence so that like items are grouped together. For example, all boarding passes from all trips are grouped together in their own section. And then, the hotel bills would also similarly be grouped together, and so on.

I have visited my fiancee 5 times in the Philippines. From my own perspective, it would seem easier to understand the evidence if it were grouped together by the trip. In other words, group together all boarding passes, hotel bill, etc. for Trip # 1 in their own section, and so on.

Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Thanks for your help.

[L+T 71]

Hello everyone,

Great site with wonderful resources and information. I have spent weeks pouring through all the info here. I'm in the final stages of assembling my K1 packet for submission, and I have a question about organizing the evidence.

Several of you have advocated assembling the evidence so that like items are grouped together. For example, all boarding passes from all trips are grouped together in their own section. And then, the hotel bills would also similarly be grouped together, and so on.

I have visited my fiancee 5 times in the Philippines. From my own perspective, it would seem easier to understand the evidence if it were grouped together by the trip. In other words, group together all boarding passes, hotel bill, etc. for Trip # 1 in their own section, and so on.

Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Thanks for your help.

Shouldn't matter, as long as it's all in there and they can see you meet at least 1 time in person in last 2 years.

[Azteca143 9]

Hello everyone,

Great site with wonderful resources and information. I have spent weeks pouring through all the info here. I'm in the final stages of assembling my K1 packet for submission, and I have a question about organizing the evidence.

Several of you have advocated assembling the evidence so that like items are grouped together. For example, all boarding passes from all trips are grouped together in their own section. And then, the hotel bills would also similarly be grouped together, and so on.

I have visited my fiancee 5 times in the Philippines. From my own perspective, it would seem easier to understand the evidence if it were grouped together by the trip. In other words, group together all boarding passes, hotel bill, etc. for Trip # 1 in their own section, and so on.

Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Thanks for your help.

hello...i did organized my document like what you did but actually they didn't bother to

look at it,if they ask something i had to pull it out from the folder...the only thing

they look is our picture together.keep it simple,easy to locate and label it.good luck!

[JimVaPhuong 4,865]

Hello everyone,

Great site with wonderful resources and information. I have spent weeks pouring through all the info here. I'm in the final stages of assembling my K1 packet for submission, and I have a question about organizing the evidence.

Several of you have advocated assembling the evidence so that like items are grouped together. For example, all boarding passes from all trips are grouped together in their own section. And then, the hotel bills would also similarly be grouped together, and so on.

I have visited my fiancee 5 times in the Philippines. From my own perspective, it would seem easier to understand the evidence if it were grouped together by the trip. In other words, group together all boarding passes, hotel bill, etc. for Trip # 1 in their own section, and so on.

Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Thanks for your help.

There's no reason not to do it that way. It also made sense to me to organize the evidence chronologically, and that's how I did it.

[nomore1596 0]

I know this is a random question but what kinds of photos would suffice as evidence? Ones where we're together? Ones showing our engagement?

[JimVaPhuong 4,865]

I know this is a random question but what kinds of photos would suffice as evidence? Ones where we're together? Ones showing our engagement?

It depends on what you're objective is. Obviously, you have to convince USCIS that you were physically in each others presence sometime in the past two years, so pictures of both of you together are essential. However, if an ulterior motive is to frontload evidence for the consulate (which can be very useful with some consulates) then you might also want to include some pictures that help reenforce your case in the eyes of a consular officer in the beneficiary's country because the consulate is going to receive everything you send to USCIS.

For example, in my wife's country it's practically essential that an engaged couple have a formal ceremony called a "Dam Hoi", followed by a big party. Including photos of these events with the petition helps to ensure that the consular officer will see them, since they may not ask to see your photos at the visa interview. The consulate in my wife's country also gives brownie points if family members of the petitioner make the trek to Vietnam for the engagement ceremony, so I made sure to include photos of my sister and her husband at our ceremony. They also like to see that the petitioner has been accepted into the beneficiary's family, so I included photos of numerous family gatherings where both me and my wife (then fiancee) were present.

This sort of photo evidence is complete overkill at many consulates, but it can be extremely helpful at others. You really need to know what the consulate wants to see.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

Bear in mind that when it arrives they disassemble whatever you do and put it in their folder in the order they choose. I suggest using paper clips to attach associated evidence to each other, such as a divorce certificate and the translation of it. Then put everything in a neat stack and slide it in an envelope. Making sure everything is there.

I never used anything more complex that a paper clip or a binder clip to hold it all together. For the ROC and citizenship I did not even do that.

The important thing is to make sure everything is there, the rest is just an art project for which no one gives a grade or even a "smiley face"

[Azteca143 9]

I know this is a random question but what kinds of photos would suffice as evidence? Ones where we're together? Ones showing our engagement?

[TnJ 131]

Hello everyone,

Great site with wonderful resources and information. I have spent weeks pouring through all the info here. I'm in the final stages of assembling my K1 packet for submission, and I have a question about organizing the evidence.

Several of you have advocated assembling the evidence so that like items are grouped together. For example, all boarding passes from all trips are grouped together in their own section. And then, the hotel bills would also similarly be grouped together, and so on.

I have visited my fiancee 5 times in the Philippines. From my own perspective, it would seem easier to understand the evidence if it were grouped together by the trip. In other words, group together all boarding passes, hotel bill, etc. for Trip # 1 in their own section, and so on.

Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Is there any reason not to do it that way?

Thanks for your help.

That's exactly how I did it, and it makes sense for organization purposes. I included a section "evidence of meeting" with relevant documents by trip and photos at the back.

[Azteca143 9]

I know this is a random question but what kinds of photos would suffice as evidence? Ones where we're together? Ones showing our engagement?

and also print some chat log's...YM,Skype,anything that show's you have on going relationship.

good luck! and God bless!

[afoyoswa 178]

I used my photos (printed several per page on cardstock) as section headers/dividers, labeled "Trip __: [dates]". Behind each section header/divider, I then included all of the evidence for that trip--itineraries, receipts, passport stamps, bus tickets, etc.

(But still waiting to see if this went over well...)