Intervening devotion

How exactly do I prove that me and my fiancé are a real couple when we apply for our spousal visa?

I have lots of pictures, and flight details from our flying back and forth to visit one another over the past couple of years.

However, how exactly do I provide emails? Do I just print off a selection of emails spanning our relationship? Or just print the screen of my inbox?

Also, how do I provide phone records? I use someone elses phone-line to call my fiancé. Do I just obtain a copy of their phone bill and highlight which ones are my calls to her?

And if so, how many phone bills do I need to provide? One month? Two months? 12 months?

Thanks!

After going through the process myself, I honestly think this section of the application is actually simpler than we make it out to be.

It sounds like you've got it covered in the things you already listed.

You said you have pictures of the two of you together? Just include a few of those (you can even explain when/where you were at the time if you want), along with the travel stubs and a screen shot of your inbox. I don't think you need to get your friends' phone bill unless you really feel there is a reason they would question the rest of the evidence you provided.

I would also add that in my husband's sponser letter and in my letter we explained how we met and how we'd been carrying out a relationship (ie, via phone, e-mail and occasional visits). You want to make sure you have that information written down somewhere in the application and the letter is the most common place to include it.

My evidence looked like the following:
-4 pictures of us together while dating
-1 wedding photo
-screen shot of our inboxes (just a couple pages)
-1 bill showing the purchase of calling cards
-1 short letter from the pastor who did marriage counseling with us
- explaination in letter of intent of how we met, plus the nature of our relationship

Hope that helps.

However, how exactly do I provide emails? Do I just print off a selection of emails spanning our relationship? Or just print the screen of my inbox?

Well, that's what I did, but I have since been told that it will just bore the ECO. Most people take a screenshot of the inbox.

For photos, I submitted more than most people, probably close to 10 because I tried to use one from each visit (missed a few). On the back of each I put the date and location.

Phone records I'm not sure about. We've used skype for YEARS. So I just took a screenshot of the skype call records. It was only from the last month or two though!

Don't panic too much. It sounds like you have plenty for this portion of the application. We all have a tendancy to overthink our visa applications, because it's such a heavy thing. Just remember to breathe. Good luck!

I vote for screen shot of the inbox.  That is what we did.  We also never, ever, EVER called each other, or used Skype, so that wasn't an option. 

After going through the process myself, I honestly think this section of the application is actually simpler than we make it out to be.

Agreed.  Anyway, if you're married and you haven't been apart for more than a few weeks since your wedding, "intervening devotion" isn't a big deal.  You're married, that's your devotion.  If you've been married five years and haven't communicated in the last four, then maybe you have something to worry about. 

Yeah, I think if you have photos and phone records, those would hold more weight than email inboxes. You only need a few photos, and if you're providing phone records only a couple; there's no set number, I just submitted a couple of mine since all my calls were done on my mobile and they sent me my phone records along with my bill every month. I just went through and highlighted my husband's number, and included a few photos, and a couple screenshots of my inbox.

When you're married, it's slightly different from other visas like fiance or unmarried partner since you have the marriage certificate to prove you've done the deed--and like historyenne said, as long as there isn't some huge amount of time that you've been apart without communication, you'll be fine.