Sending Skype records.

[Ownerjfa 4]

Hi.

I'm still building the I-129F package. My fiancee and I have known each other for seven years. During that time we communicated via Second Life, then MSN IM and finally, Skype.

Presently I have a the log of Skype communications going back to April, 2011. I am fairly certain I can get the logs of earlier than that, including MSN IM and Second Life.

Now we're talking seven years of logs. I'm looking at the Skype log file I have, which is only two years, and it's a HUGE file. I'm in the process of editing it so I don't have to give them 30 plus pages of this log alone (not to mention keeping some stuff private), and I'd like to show the logs of prior to and after her trip here and my trip there, but I need some advice.

What else, exactly, should I keep? Should I edit it down to show the times we called? Should I show some random conversation we had? Would I even need logs going back to when we first met in 2006? And I'm looking at a mountain of text files here, and since text files can be created, I can't help myself from asking Is it really worth it?

Thank you in advance for you advice. :-)

Frank

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Hi.

I'm still building the I-129F package. My fiancee and I have known each other for seven years. During that time we communicated via Second Life, then MSN IM and finally, Skype.

Presently I have a the log of Skype communications going back to April, 2011. I am fairly certain I can get the logs of earlier than that, including MSN IM and Second Life.

Now we're talking seven years of logs. I'm looking at the Skype log file I have, which is only two years, and it's a HUGE file. I'm in the process of editing it so I don't have to give them 30 plus pages of this log alone (not to mention keeping some stuff private), and I'd like to show the logs of prior to and after her trip here and my trip there, but I need some advice.

What else, exactly, should I keep? Should I edit it down to show the times we called? Should I show some random conversation we had? Would I even need logs going back to when we first met in 2006? And I'm looking at a mountain of text files here, and since text files can be created, I can't help myself from asking Is it really worth it?

Thank you in advance for you advice. :-)

Frank

The main items for the I-129F petition is to prove you've met within two years prior to filing and that you're both free to marry, so be sure you have that covered before printing out hundreds of pages of logs, emails, etc. From what you have on your timeline, your partner is in Germany, correct? I doubt that's a place where front-loading (which is what sending proof of relationship is called because it isn't considered for the petition, but may help at the interview stage) is required.

[Ryan H 3,795]

Should I edit it down to show the times we called? Should I show some random conversation we had? Would I even need logs going back to when we first met in 2006?

Yes, yes, and not necessarily. While it's good to submit evidence of your relationship over time, you don't need to submit mountains and mountains of chat logs.