hey guys,
ur thread is great very useful with a lot of info...hope u can help me preparing our application
i was going through the regional guides for Middle East and i noticed that only for these residents + Pakistan + Cuba they ask for either all the documents to be original or all the relationship with the sponsor documents to be original (i don't talk abt the marriage certificate, just the additional ones)...
many of what we have is not original per say (it needs to be printed from the computer anyway) and the cards for example have too much sentimental value for me to send them originals and get them back in 1-2 years or maybe never
what we have originals r the photos and maybe some receipts; for the rest: phone bills (i have online history from where i print as pdf), common bank account i give photocopy, skype record (it's a whole excel file sent by skype), sms, chat or emails (i have screenshots of logs and some conversations), same for contact with his family or his contact with my family, for the gifts i send pictures/receipt/description, etc, etc
did u guys send everything originals? if u send photocopies do u feel the process was slower?
thanks so much for ur time, help and feedback....good luck to all!!!