How many photos is enough ?

[tazzie 6]

Hi Aussie Dave

When I submitted my application we submitted about 12 photos, emails, chat records, valentine cards, Christmas Cards, phone bills, Boarding passes and travel itinerary. We provided as much evidence as we could and had no dramas. Better too much evidence than not enough and I found when I attended the interview in Sydney it was such an easy interview as all the information was already in my file. Although we did send in more photos and more evidence with our Package 3, pretty well the same just updated evidence.

[tazzie 6]

Ok thanks heaps for clearing all that up guys. The only thing I'm left worrying about now is my petitioner USC fiancé neglected to keep her boarding passes from the previous 2 times she came out here. If we log in to expedia.com it has 'completed' trip information available to print. Would this suffice for proof of the trip as well as passport stamping coinciding with the said dates? Surely that would be ok... ?

If you are in a frequent flyer program you can print out a statement of your points, it normally shows the trips made. Copy of passport dates will help. If you had any emails that discuss travel arrangements, I would send those in.

Good luck.

[TBoneTX 47,494]

As a follow-on tip: Include everything (that you want to send) in the I-129F petition filing. Afterwards, if you have a "whoops -- I forgot something" or "I ought to send them this, too" moment, anything that you send will have close to a zero chance of catching up with your initial petition filing.

The exception is if you get an RFE. Then, when you send precisely what the RFE asks for, you can stick a note behind it that says "This extra material is meant to accompany my petition when it goes to the consulate -- thanks!" In this way, responding to an RFE enables you to enclose more "evidence of bona fide relationship" that you accumulated in the meantime, between the filing of the petition and your having received the RFE.

Brad and others are correct: there's a BIG difference in consulates. The range is from powderpuff to #######, and then there's Lagos. Manila is not London is not Kiev is not Kingston is not Santo Domingo is not Guayaquil is not Casablanca. And nothing compares with Lagos. Read your reviews, si man!

Edited June 13, 2012 by TBoneTX

[Peace.... 281]

In the beginning when I sent off my I-129, I had no clue of Visa Journey until after I sent off everything. My fiance of course was from Morocco a high fraud country, but I only sent one photo attached to the form. Anyways, all went well no REF's and visa approved less than 6 months in 2010. We did however have more pictures for his interview just in case they asked for some more.