Proof of Communication - Used Calling Cards Oops

[Unity4Life 1]

My US Citizen cousin residing in the US is sponsoring his fiancé and I'm helping him out somewhat.

How crucial is proof of phone call communication? I remember back then calling cards were sufficient. I'm being told now that they are no longer acceptable. Fortunately, he did make some calls from his home phone when a calling card wasn't available. But there are only about 4 or 5 calls made per each month from the home phone.

The other communication proof are:

- A few e-mail correspondence. Not too much since the beneficiary is not computer literate and the electricity and internet access in her country is rarely available. There are about 10 - 15 back-and-forth email correspondence up to date.

- He has proof he sent her $250 US funds via Western union. He plans on sending her some more funds in the upcoming days.

- He sent her a post card and she still has that envelope for proof.

So right now I feel I may have misled him and may have made a huge mistake. I told him calling cards were okay as long as he saved them after he used them to show as proof. Will the small amount of calls he made from his house phone (can be verified on his phone bill) be an issue?

[clairegie 265]

what country is she from? if you can verify through his phone bill, that should be good too. it would be cool too if the calling card specifies that it is for calling the country where she is. this can prove their regular communication. i dont think its a big deal though. you have to focus more on proving the 2 year of physically seeing each other, that you can support her, and that you are free to marry. if you cant provide much phone records or chat transcripts, you can provide letters, photos of them together, receipts of when they were together, plane stubs, travel/ticket copies etc. the phone logs aren't all that important, they help though. find ways to prove that they are constantly in contact if you can. gl

Edited September 13, 2013 by iammrsregi

[clairegie 265]

the calling cards are useless if you cant really prove its her number that you called. you need to start finding other ways to use as evidence. if he's not computer literate, theres always snail mail. im sure he is capable of that. you can also try calling the company that you bought the cards from. maybe you can request for records on the number those cards called.

[Unity4Life 1]

He visited her one time and can't go to her country again due to the high risk of danger to him. She resides in Afghanistan.

He will call her more often from his home phone now, but our worry is that it may be a little too late. Her interview will probably be in about 1 - 2 months.

Can anyone chime in as well? Can his lack of phone calls from his home phone (verifiable calls) to her pose an issue?

[JessJoe 9]

My US Citizen cousin residing in the US is sponsoring his fiancé and I'm helping him out somewhat.

How crucial is proof of phone call communication? I remember back then calling cards were sufficient. I'm being told now that they are no longer acceptable. Fortunately, he did make some calls from his home phone when a calling card wasn't available. But there are only about 4 or 5 calls made per each month from the home phone.

The other communication proof are:

- A few e-mail correspondence. Not too much since the beneficiary is not computer literate and the electricity and internet access in her country is rarely available. There are about 10 - 15 back-and-forth email correspondence up to date.

- He has proof he sent her $250 US funds via Western union. He plans on sending her some more funds in the upcoming days.

- He sent her a post card and she still has that envelope for proof.

So right now I feel I may have misled him and may have made a huge mistake. I told him calling cards were okay as long as he saved them after he used them to show as proof. Will the small amount of calls he made from his house phone (can be verified on his phone bill) be an issue?

There is a website called "Habla Mexico" (you can go to the English version) that is a virtual calling card. You open an account, buy the quantity you need, talk and it registers, you have the option to check your calls and print them.

I used this service to call my fiancee, I printed my calls and highlighted the numbers to Philippines and sent them along with my I-129 application to USCIS.

Good luck and regards!

[Unity4Life 1]

Thanks Jess.

If original documents were sent with the application I-129, then how do people manage to bring original documents with them again for the interview?

[Laila.Jawad 12]

Thanks Jess.

If original documents were sent with the application I-129, then how do people manage to bring original documents with them again for the interview?

You should have made copies of all the application along those forms before sending to uscis

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Nigeria ( Laogs) stopped allowing calling card about 2 years ago. They say there is no proof who was called , that he could have picked card up off the street and brought them. You need records showing the numbers called.

[MK&MN 0]

Hello,

There is nothing to worry about not having phone bill. Yes they do accept calling cards. If he is calling from his cell phone it will show under his phone bill #'s that he has called and that calling card # should be there too. I was also using calling card the whole time and it was totally fine. As long as she is confident at her interview embassy doesn't ask for all the proof but good to have it. He needs to be very honest and confident during her interview. Also they don't give girls hard time so she should be fine.

Good Luck and I hope this helped.

[Al422 221]

The website of the issuer of the calling cards should have a log of numbers called and date/time. For direct calls from home, the website of the phone service provider should have that.