Submitting i-129f TODAY. Terrified I don't have enough evidence.

[CaptainBritish 3]

I've been stressing out like crazy the last few days trying to gather enough "ongoing relationship" evidence to support my i-129f application. Chat logs are very few and far between as neither my fianceé or I have logs from back when we first started talking or got together on Skype, and even after that the majority of our conversations happened in calls not in text. So I've tried to find as much evidence to support our being together as possible, but I'm seriously so afraid that I don't have enough.

Here's what I DO have (please forgive the poor grammar, I hastily edited out names from the list):

• Copies of plane tickets from Fianceé’s initial trip to England.
• Copies of plane tickets from my trip to the US.
• Receipts showing the purchases of flights on September 4^th to the UK for fianceé and March 10^th to the US for she and I.
• A receipt for Fiancée’s engagement ring.
• Fiancée and my passports along with the pages showing stamps from immigration as well as the backs with the stickers applied during the trip.
• A copy of my UK birth certificate.
• A copy of fianceé’s US birth certificate.
• Facebook screenshots from fianceé starting August 1st talking about her visit to the UK and her relationship with me. (5 pages)
• Facebook statuses and updates from fianceé's Mother talking about fianceé and me returning to the US on March 10^th. (2 pages)
• Signed letter of support from fianceé's Mother.
• Two Cards from my Mother to fianceé and I, one given on our engagement and one sent while I was in the US.
• The envelope that contained one of the aforementioned cards, sent from the UK to the US.
• A postcard given to fianceé with a gift for she and and I by her great aunt prior to her trip to the UK.
• Screenshots from fianceé’s blog talking about her visit to the UK and her relationship with me. (5 pages)
• Screenshots from my blog talking about his relationship with fianceé and her visit to the UK as well as his visit to the US. (9 pages)
• Google Chat conversations from the days leading up to fianceé’s visit to the UK. (7 pages)
• Skype Conversation (June 18^th) showing fianceé and I discussing being together and meeting up. (2 pages)
• Skype Conversation (August 3^rd) showing a conversation a few days after she and I officially became a couple. (3 pages)
• 18 colour photographs showing fianceé and I together and with each other’s family members in various locations in the UK and US. Labelled with dates and locations on the back. Includes 2x2 headshots of fianceé and I.

Do I have enough? Am I worrying over nothing? I feel like my lack of chat logs is going to cause some sort of major problem and get the application turned down.

Edited May 21, 2014 by CaptainBritish

[Lainie B 465]

You are worrying over nothing. You only need to prove you met in person at least once within the last two years. The plane tickets and passport stamps will prove that.

Chat logs, screen shots, Skype conversations etc etc don't prove you met in person.

[Harpa Timsah 13,260]

You are worrying over nothing. You have plenty. Good luck.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

OMG. You don't think that's enough?

[CaptainBritish 3]

Gaah, I just read so many stories from people who didn't send enough and ended up declined. I've been staying up the last few nights desperately gathering evidence to make sure that didn't happen. I guess it's better that I over-prepared rather than under-prepared though, right? Ahaha.

Thanks for the re-assurance.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I've been stressing out like crazy the last few days trying to gather enough "ongoing relationship" evidence to support my i-129f application. Chat logs are very few and far between as neither my fianceé or I have logs from back when we first started talking or got together on Skype, and even after that the majority of our conversations happened in calls not in text. So I've tried to find as much evidence to support our being together as possible, but I'm seriously so afraid that I don't have enough.

Here's what I DO have (please forgive the poor grammar, I hastily edited out names from the list):

• Copies of plane tickets from Fianceés initial trip to England.
• Copies of plane tickets from my trip to the US.
• Receipts showing the purchases of flights on September 4^th to the UK for fianceé and March 10^th to the US for she and I.
• A receipt for Fiancées engagement ring.
• Fiancée and my passports along with the pages showing stamps from immigration as well as the backs with the stickers applied during the trip.
• A copy of my UK birth certificate.
• A copy of fianceés US birth certificate.
• Facebook screenshots from fianceé starting August 1st talking about her visit to the UK and her relationship with me. (5 pages)
• Facebook statuses and updates from fianceé's Mother talking about fianceé and me returning to the US on March 10^th. (2 pages)
• Signed letter of support from fianceé's Mother.
• Two Cards from my Mother to fianceé and I, one given on our engagement and one sent while I was in the US.
• The envelope that contained one of the aforementioned cards, sent from the UK to the US.
• A postcard given to fianceé with a gift for she and and I by her great aunt prior to her trip to the UK.
• Screenshots from fianceés blog talking about her visit to the UK and her relationship with me. (5 pages)
• Screenshots from my blog talking about his relationship with fianceé and her visit to the UK as well as his visit to the US. (9 pages)
• Google Chat conversations from the days leading up to fianceés visit to the UK. (7 pages)
• Skype Conversation (June 18^th) showing fianceé and I discussing being together and meeting up. (2 pages)
• Skype Conversation (August 3^rd) showing a conversation a few days after she and I officially became a couple. (3 pages)
• 18 colour photographs showing fianceé and I together and with each others family members in various locations in the UK and US. Labelled with dates and locations on the back. Includes 2x2 headshots of fianceé and I.

Do I have enough? Am I worrying over nothing? I feel like my lack of chat logs is going to cause some sort of major problem and get the application turned down.

Those are on the list more than enough. My then-fiancé ( my now husband) and I only sent a few emails, messages from YouTube, Skype chat logs, Skype subscription, video calls screen shots, 10 pictures, and we did not get any RFE and got approved in 38 days for I-129F.

[Lainie B 465]

Very few people get declined for the petition. You only need to prove you met in person, you need to be free to marry and the petitioner needs to be a US citizen. You don't need any evidence of ongoing relationship (such as chat logs, letters etc).

You might be thinking about the visa application itself. That is an entirely separate process that you haven't started yet - you will start this process once your petition is approved. For this, the amount of evidence required is embassy-specific. Yours is a low-fraud country so you shouldn't have any issues.

[CaptainBritish 3]

Very few people get declined for the petition. You only need to prove you met in person, you need to be free to marry and the petitioner needs to be a US citizen. You don't need any evidence of ongoing relationship (such as chat logs, letters etc).

You might be thinking about the visa application itself. That is an entirely separate process that you haven't started yet - you will start this process once your petition is approved. For this, the amount of evidence required is embassy-specific. Yours is a low-fraud country so you shouldn't have any issues.

It won't do any harm to send the whole package of evidence though, will it?

[Lainie B 465]

It won't do any harm to send the whole package of evidence though, will it?

If it will help you sleep then sure, you might as well.

My approach was to send only the minimum, that way there is no way they will overlook the important stuff by having to look through a bunch of unnecessary stuff. Some people send boxloads. I feel bad for the reviewer who has to sift through and scan it all to get to the evidence that they really need for the petition.

This is entirely embassy-specific. Some embassies need all that chat logs etc, and the only way to make sure they receive it is to send it all with the initial petition package. But like I said, this is not needed for your embassy.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Lainie B

[CaptainBritish 3]

Right then. I'm off to send out the package. Thanks for the help all, wish us luck!

[edavis12 5]

_{I WOULD SAY YOU ARE IN THE CLEAR!!}

[Lainie B 465]

Right then. I'm off to send out the package. Thanks for the help all, wish us luck!

Good luck! You'll be fine

[Adrian-Gloria 43]

Good luck to both of you!

[abby12 13]

I think you have more than plenty. Personally, we only send like 4 photos, copies of my plane tickets, 2 bills, and like 100 pages of whatsapp lol and everything have gone without issues, we thought we were going to send more evidence but they didn't requested.

Hey good luck!

[sweetgal8 4]

I agree that's a lot! For the petition, we sent pictures, passport stamps, airline tickets. We didn't even send chat logs and skype calls. We've been dating for almost 4 years, can you imagine how many pages that would amount to lol. Chat logs and skype calls will be useful at the interview stage.