More Proof-help

[Grant PDX 183]

Photos are secondary evidence. Don't worry about sending more photos. Proof that you were in Canada within the last 2 years, proof that your fiancée was in the US within the last 2 years are what is needed. Obviously passports won't do it without stamps. Bank statements will, the OP is/was already on the right track. Make sure they are dated in the 24 months prior to your petition date. Note/highlight the charges that demonstrate the location in question. If you both have bank statements that doubly confirm that (i.e. both spent money on cards in the same store at the same time, both reflected on bank statements, for example).

Photos are good to confirm the primary evidence but photos alone don't count. Photos at events don't count, except as confirmation of the primary evidence. Photos with a current newspaper don't count, except as confirmation of the primary evidence. Someone suggested a report from CBP, which would be very strong primary evidence if you can get it.

I think you're already on the right track. Pull everything that you can, that was generated by a third party (passport stamps, which you can't get, are obviously third party, as are bank statements, hotel receipts, etc). Photos aren't third party, even with hard coded dates (my camera has screwed up dates more than once when I failed to set the date initially). They are nice to add, but not strong on their own.

Good luck!

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

All the suggestions of creating evidence now, like photos at the border, or photos with a newspaper are useless. You cannot use evidence of meeting AFTER the petition is filed. You must prove you met within the 2 years prior to filing. That is the only evidence that is acceptable. Harpa Timsah gave the best and correct advise in this thread. Good luck to the OP!

[Greg n Veronica 17]

Did you every stay together at a hotel that you have receipts for? Also on the picture of you together, I submitted some that had an identifiable object in the background that showed where we were. And when labeling them, you need to put names, dates and where the picture was taken on them. I would also get statements from anyone that can confirm a visit and have it notarized and send that too.

All the best and hope you get this worked out.

[Canerican 242]

Hey there,

I don't want to sound mean and I do not mean it to come of mean. For future reference, your fiancee or yourself could ask either border guard for a stamp to show that you were there for such and such time or coming back you could get a stamp to say that you exited the country. For example, I came to visit my USC fiancee and when I went back into Canada I asked the border guard to stamp my passport for immigration reasons and they did.

I do know though that if you ask at the US border there may be a $6 US charge to get a stamp. Not 100% sure about whether you have to pay for the stamp or not.

Hope this helps for the future.

Blessings

[St&Sv 33]

As to the recommendation of getting the CBP travel record of your history, you can request it by:

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/976/~/record-of-my-travel-in-and-out-of-the-united-states,-foia

Hope it helps, and best of luck.

[Cathi 5,610]

1st i'm a bit surprised you got an RFE where your fiance is from a low fraud country like Canada.

If you don't have any new pictures i would suggest you drive to your fiance this weekend and take more pictures especially with friends or during an event. by doing so you trying to rule out the suspicion of having photoshopped pictures. I'm not sure if you need to re-file for sending the recently taken pictures.

Also additional car toll statements (like we have EZ Lane in the northeast) is a good supporting evidence.

Good Luck

It doesn't matter that they are from a so called "low fraud country". they need to prove an ongoing, bona fide relationship, which they did not do when they sent the original package. Immigration fraud happens from every country in the world, being from a so called "low fraud" country doesn't make anyone exempt from proving they have an actual relationship.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

It doesn't matter that they are from a so called "low fraud country". they need to prove an ongoing, bona fide relationship, which they did not do when they sent the original package. Immigration fraud happens from every country in the world, being from a so called "low fraud" country doesn't make anyone exempt from proving they have an actual relationship.

They don't actually have to prove they have an ongoing relationship. They have to prove they met at least once in person within the 2 years prior to filing the I-129F. And no, it does not matter what country you are from. The requirement that you have met face-to-face within those 2 years is the same for everyone.