Should we get a website?

[jrocketo 0]

My fiancée and I are getting ready to just start the process. Our attorney said that we will need photos of us together and affidavits from friends as proof that it is not a sham marriage. Would it make sense to also setup a wedding website too?

We looked at http://weddingbeacon.com. They have Facebook and Twitter comments. I am thinking the comments can be used to verify that the wedding is real and that our friends and family are involved. What do you think?

~JR

[Harpa Timsah 13,260]

USCIS will not look at your website.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

My fiancée and I are getting ready to just start the process. Our attorney said that we will need photos of us together and affidavits from friends as proof that it is not a sham marriage. Would it make sense to also setup a wedding website too?

We looked at http://weddingbeacon.com. They have Facebook and Twitter comments. I am thinking the comments can be used to verify that the wedding is real and that our friends and family are involved. What do you think?

~JR

A website does not show your bona fide relationship. Don't bother to make one.

[Zedayn 486]

A website is not required. USCIS and the embassy do not look at electronic media, and would not look at your website. Depending which country your fiancé is from, your lawyer may be partially correct about the photos and affidavits (for showing proof of relationship). For the initial petition, the only proof you need is a letter of intent. At the embassy stage you will need evidence of an engagement (which an updated letter of intent usually works), and proof of a relationship. Some consulates don't require a lot of proof, and other consulates require a ton. You would receive a bit better advice if you updated your timeline and stated which country your fiancé is from.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Zedayn

[kehills 217]

Use a website if you need one for family. (We used one so family and friends who hadn't met our significant other would have a clue as to what's going on, given the whole "living on separate continents" thing.)

We didn't use our website for VISA purposes, but we did use things on Facebook and Twitter as supplementary; people responding to engagement news, etc.

IMO (and please note that the "my opinion" part there is the important part), it's not a good idea to set up things for immigration, but to let your proof of relationship to immigration be a natural outgrowth of your relationship and the needs of that relationship, within all appropriate cultural contexts.

[Zedayn 486]

let your proof of relationship to immigration be a natural outgrowth of your relationship and the needs of that relationship, within all appropriate cultural contexts.

This is good advice here.

[_Paul&Jesica_ 70]

Use a website if you need one for family. (We used one so family and friends who hadn't met our significant other would have a clue as to what's going on, given the whole "living on separate continents" thing.)

We didn't use our website for VISA purposes, but we did use things on Facebook and Twitter as supplementary; people responding to engagement news, etc.

IMO (and please note that the "my opinion" part there is the important part), it's not a good idea to set up things for immigration, but to let your proof of relationship to immigration be a natural outgrowth of your relationship and the needs of that relationship, within all appropriate cultural contexts.

My fiancee and I use FB for so much. They have the feature where you can combine timelines into a joint timeline (go to your friends list, hover over your SO and look for the link "See friendship"), which we printed out and will bring to the interview next week. This joint timeline shows our posts to each other's walls, our engagement post, etc. Stuff about our lives together.

[baron555 934]

My fiancée and I are getting ready to just start the process. Our attorney said that we will need photos of us together and affidavits from friends as proof that it is not a sham marriage

The K-1 is for fiancé visas, you need a CR-1 if you are already married.

. Would it make sense to also setup a wedding website too?

We looked at http://weddingbeacon.com. They have Facebook and Twitter comments. I am thinking the comments can be used to verify that the wedding is real and that our friends and family are involved. What do you think?

~JR

[Lights 56]

If you're just starting your petition you should provide photos and proof that you have met in the last 2 years. Passport stamps, boarding passes are all good evidence. I don't think my fiance and I even included chats in ours. We travel to each other so often and travel to other places together, we were able to give a lot of evidence that we were together (in my city, his city and other parts of the world).

For our interview, I took a tonne of pictures, chat logs and even things for our wedding (our invitation, our own wedding website, contracts in both our names from vendors, and cards addressed to both of us from family members to congratulate us on our engagement). None of these things were looked at (maybe except for 1 or 2 pictures) at the interview. They asked a series of questions and they were very easy, it's things you should know about your fiance and no trick questions.

Edited June 13, 2014 by Lights

[Simeon 25]

I would only provide a few pictures from each category within the last 2 years showing:

• you together with your significant other
• you two with family
• you two with mutual friends

...and provide the names of all of them, as well as dates. Also, provide your travel documents. I submitted reams of Skype chat logs for my K-1 evidence, and I think it actually delayed my case.

Edited June 13, 2014 by Simeon

[TBoneTX 47,571]

You would receive a bit better advice if you updated your timeline and stated which country your fiancé is from.

This is crucial.

[KayDeeCee 4,902]

If you want to have a wedding website, then have one. Don't create one thinking it will be a deciding factor for your immigration process though.

[jan22 3,174]

IMO (and please note that the "my opinion" part there is the important part), it's not a good idea to set up things for immigration, but to let your proof of relationship to immigration be a natural outgrowth of your relationship and the needs of that relationship, within all appropriate cultural contexts.

Some of the best advice I've seen in a long time!