Fiance or Spouse Visa - Our journey to marriage

Howdy folks!

It's been a while since i have posted, but that was due to myself and my fiance legally getting married in the States!

So, so far, thank you all for your advice and to head down the Spouse visa route. Now the hard work begins!

She is currently getting her passport changed to get her name changed to mine, whilst I am gathering my end of things:

1. Payslips with letter from employer
2. Bank statements with verification from bank
3. Letting agreement and letter from landlord.

edit: I brought over all the previous letters she sent me, as well as all my aeroplane tickets, apart from the one i was on the trip for.

I am also going to be sending our call records from Facetime. Apple doesn't easily let you send export your call history, so I had to use a third party application.

I can either:

1. Print the example screenshot - it will show my iphone and maybe a bit more real?
2. Or export the records as csv - cleaner

Here is an example below. Do you think having screenshots of this will be fine? (I have just blacked out my contacts, her name and mobile number for this example)

1.  Yes, add the boarding passes

If me and my wife don't have the boarding passes for all of the trips we've taken would a printed e-ticket receipt/itinerary be good enough?

If me and my wife don't have the boarding passes for all of the trips we've taken would a printed e-ticket receipt/itinerary be good enough?

Yup. 

If me and my wife don't have the boarding passes for all of the trips we've taken would a printed e-ticket receipt/itinerary be good enough?

Yup. 

Mini hijack of the thread?

How does that screenshot feel or will the csv be better?

Howdy folks!

It's been a while since i have posted, but that was due to myself and my fiance legally getting married in the States!

So, so far, thank you all for your advice and to head down the Spouse visa route. Now the hard work begins!

She is currently getting her passport changed to get her name changed to mine, whilst I am gathering my end of things:

1. Payslips with letter from employer
2. Bank statements with verification from bank
3. Letting agreement and letter from landlord.

edit: I brought over all the previous letters she sent me, as well as all my aeroplane tickets, apart from the one i was on the trip for.

I am also going to be sending our call records from Facetime. Apple doesn't easily let you send export your call history, so I had to use a third party application.

I can either:

1. Print the example screenshot - it will show my iphone and maybe a bit more real?
2. Or export the records as csv - cleaner

Here is an example below. Do you think having screenshots of this will be fine? (I have just blacked out my contacts, her name and mobile number for this example)

Yes, that's perfect. 

Yes, that's perfect. 

Awesome thank you!

How would showing chat transcripts work if at one point they were using a username that isn't their actual name? Would those particular messages be unusable?

How would showing chat transcripts work if at one point they were using a username that isn't their actual name? Would those particular messages be unusable?

If you have nothing else for that time period, you would just have to explain the username. It would be better though if you used something that does show the name.

Awesome thank you!

If you have nothing else for that time period, you would just have to explain the username. It would be better though if you used something that does show the name.

Whilst I am in this head space

My fiance and use facebook for all our messaging to each other. I know I saw an example somewhere here, where it just shows:

1. the username
2. the date.

All on a few A4 pages to indicate messaging rather than a direct output of every message sent, or at least messages that were sent at say the beginning and end of the messages.This was the case for a couple we knew who showed us their file and how they did it.

This is what the output would look like, with a message from her.

Would this be okay? And sending it as below: blacking out the message?

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That’s actually too much. I would crop out all of the message content and ONLY include the date, time and name.

You should be able to get about 15-20 messages on 1 sheet of A4.

For example:


Or you don’t even need the ‘conversation with’ part on the messages.


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That’s actually too much. I would crop out all of the message content and ONLY include the date, time and name.

You should be able to get about 15-20 messages on 1 sheet of A4.

For example:


Or you don’t even need the ‘conversation with’ part on the messages.


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Ahh amazing thanks!

Are those screenshots directly from messenger or the csv output?

The current format of the messenger interface doesn't show her name is the only issue.

They’re from the download of my entire profile from Facebook:




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They’re from the download of my entire profile from Facebook:




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ahh amazing thank you!

in terms of spread of messages:

1. should it be from the moment we were doing long distance? or when we started dating - as this date will match up on my spouse letter?
2. should the dates on the messages be every other week? e.g. 4th september, 18th september, 2nd october...etc.?

ahh amazing thank you!

in terms of spread of messages:

1. should it be from the moment we were doing long distance? or when we started dating - as this date will match up on my spouse letter?
2. should the dates on the messages be every other week? e.g. 4th september, 18th september, 2nd october...etc.?

The messages need to cover the entire length of your relationship (the times when you were apart - I.e. you don’t need to show them during times you were together in person).

The dates on the messages will depend on your personal situation... you’ll want to include about 40-60 messages, spread across the length of the relationship.

So, for example:

- if you have only been together 6 months, you might send 2 messages per week (about 50 over 6 months).

- if you have been together 1 year, you might send 1 message per week (about 52 in total)

- for 2 years, maybe go with 2 per month (48 in total)

- for 5 years, perhaps 1 message every month (60 in total)

- for 10 years, maybe 6 messages per year (60 in total)


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