Almost no photographs -what to do?

[sciencelover]

I am Canadian citizen in Canada, my fiance is Portuguese (living there). Although we have regular visits had since 2009, we have almost no pictures of us together, only pictures we have taken of each other in various places we've gone together, and not a lot of those either. Being in our mid 40's, we are no longer the social creatures we were a couple of decades ago, and when we are together we don't think about going out with people, we want to be left alone with each other for the few weeks we have together. We are pretty much homebodies. We do a few of us cuddling in bed that we took ourselves. We never thought of anything in terms of needing to take pictures as our webcams are connected to each others' houses literally 24/7 (yes, we even watch each other sleep). I realize the lack of photos may have a negative impact. How do I deal with this issue?

 

[tink23]

I would write an explanation saying pretty much what you've said here.

Also, you said u have pictures that you have taken of each other... Do u have photos taken in the same place? For example: You in front of a waterfall, followed by a picture of her in front of the same waterfall (date/time stamped showing they were taken right after the other).
If you have a lot of phone bills and skype logs, etc, the lack of photos together hopefully won't make too much of a negative impact. If you have pics taken of each other at the same location/ date, I think this can also help.

 

[Creampop]

My husband and I had been together 13 years when we got married and finally sent in the application for me for PR, I sent in 1 photo for each year we were together and 10 photos from our wedding/honeymoon. I included no chat logs even tho we met online 14 years ago, my husband is deaf so no phone records I included boarding passes from a couple of trips we took together over the years, rental car receipts, hotel receipts as we usually met half way. There was a spot that asked how often you saw your partner I tried to remember dates but I just ended up write "everytime I crossed the border over the last 13 years is in your system, I'm sorry I can't remember that far back" LOL my point is just send what you have, write a letter as tink said include chat logs e-mails anything it doesn't have to just be pictures, if they don't think it is enough they will ask for more before they deny you. Good Luck!

 

[lawgrrl]

I am Canadian citizen in Canada, my fiance is Portuguese (living there). Although we have regular visits had since 2009, we have almost no pictures of us together, only pictures we have taken of each other in various places we've gone together, and not a lot of those either. Being in our mid 40's, we are no longer the social creatures we were a couple of decades ago, and when we are together we don't think about going out with people, we want to be left alone with each other for the few weeks we have together. We are pretty much homebodies. We do a few of us cuddling in bed that we took ourselves. We never thought of anything in terms of needing to take pictures as our webcams are connected to each others' houses literally 24/7 (yes, we even watch each other sleep). I realize the lack of photos may have a negative impact. How do I deal with this issue?

We had few photos of ourselves together for the same reason. On the other hand, we've been married over 18.5 years and have been living together in the States! I submitted the photos we had from our wedding and reception, and others from family events over the years, and included a note with the description/index of the photos that we did not have many of the two of us together and why. Since you've had regular visits, I'd load up your application with confirmation of those trips--boarding passes, e-tickets, email confirmations of itineraries, copies of visas and/or immigration stamps from your passports--you get the idea. There are a couple of threads on these boards describing what folks have put into their applications and how they've packaged them. Take a look, and don't get discouraged! It seems that there are as many varieties of applications as there are applicants! ;D

 

[canadianwoman]

Can you get anything printed from the webcams? Describing that you have webcams so you can watch each other, and then a few shots, might help.

 

[JimM]

We didn't have a lot of photos either so we used photos we took of each other in what's obviously the same place, (like the Botanical Gardens here in Buffalo for example), and for the wedding we included a lot showing one or both of us with as many different guests as possible through the preparation, ceremony and reception to both pad it out and show that plenty of friends and family were there.

 

[sciencelover]

Thanks all of you for your advice!
I think we may have some screen caps we took in the beginning.