Has anyone used Facebook for evidence of your relationship on your application?

[aerogurl87]

Facebook is evidence but not a good one. If you live together, you are much better off if you bring up evidence such as joint bank account, bills with both of your names on it, joint insurance, travel tickets (e.g. flight ticket) with name on it, etc.
even affidavits/formal letters from friends (or neutral people such as a pastor) that state that these people know you for some time and know that you're a couple are much stronger than facebook...

I have to disagree because although facebook may not be as strong as an affidavit or some other type of legal paper, it still carries weight in that it shows that your family and friends are aware of your relationship. Also facebook can show that your relationship has progressed over time by showing dates of your postings about each other.

 

[canadianwoman]

I just feel like it would help because we've lived in our apartment for about a year and a half, but we took care of the bills separately. Electricity is in my name, Internet is in his, Netflix is in mine...

This still shows you shared the bills. The sharing does not have to be each pays half of each bill. Just explain how you paid: showing that the electricity and netflix bills are in your name, the internet and ... are in his, and that all are coming to the same address shows you share the bills.

And in my opinion, showing facebook evidence is fine. At the very least, it shows that others know about your relationship.

 

[Zouk Princesse]

I agree with the affirming comments. My husband and I are submitting our application and about 50% of our supporting documents are from fb. We used our message log (it's over 2 yrs long), our friendship page with thumbnails of all our pics together, our wall-to-wall, comments on our engagement and marriage, posts from family and friends....all of it. As others have said, it shows that your relationship is known to your friends and family and that it's genuine. If you were up to somethibg shady, you wouldn't be broadcasting it online, so it can be some of the best proof. Use print screens wherever possible or print directly from the site showing the url. What is particularly strong is printouts from other people's walls or albums showing the two of you (e.g. you sister posted pics of the two of u at her house for the holidays or something). It shows that you guys n your relationship is integrated into your families and that is pretty solid.

 

[clubcanada]

I have to disagree because although facebook may not be as strong as an affidavit or some other type of legal paper, it still carries weight in that it shows that your family and friends are aware of your relationship. Also facebook can show that your relationship has progressed over time by showing dates of your postings about each other.

just to make it clear: CIC is not going to visit your facebook website or any other website. all evidence needs to be in the envelope as it will be filed and archived. As mentioned, fb can be evidence but it's a comparably weak one.

why wouldn't you send 3-4 affidavits (formal or informal but including phone, address, signature; optional picture that shows couple and friends) from friends that supports your application instead?
If you're unsure, you'd better put all evidence in the envelop that you have...

our application was very light (compared to others) as we focused on strong supporting material. we had around 25 pics, 4 affidavits and flight tickets from 2-3 trips. even though we've been together for about 1 years and married only for 2 months at the time, lived in apart in different countries for about 50% of the time, come from complete different cultural backgrounds the application went through very smoothly within 2.5 months. however, at the end of the day, it's the overall picture that counts.

I just feel like it would help because we've lived in our apartment for about a year and a half, but we took care of the bills separately. Electricity is in my name, Internet is in his, Netflix is in mine...

same building, same apartment number? where's the problem? it's equivalent to a joint address. if you have a joint bank account, include it. life insurance with your partner as main beneficiary is also a good indicator....
you got to be critical and see your evidence from an external/neutral position. Would you be convinced if this was someone else's application? if you're not sure you might also have someone else go through it...

 

[aerogurl87]

just to make it clear: CIC is not going to visit your facebook website or any other website. all evidence needs to be in the envelope as it will be filed and archived. As mentioned, fb can be evidence but it's a comparably weak one.

What does that have to do with printing it out and using it in your application? CIC requests you send pictures, so if I print out lots of pictures that include commentary from my family and friends (some of which I get letters from) that's gonna be better than just a random picture with no date on it that I could've taken yesterday for all they know. At least the facebook pictures will show 1) the date at which it was taken which will show that your relationship has some history to it and started awhile back and 2) the fact that other people you both know are aware that you are in a relationship. And no they won't go looking up your page, but that doesn't matter. The information you present to them and what it conveys is what matters.

 

[Zouk Princesse]

What does that have to do with printing it out and using it in your application? CIC requests you send pictures, so if I print out lots of pictures that include commentary from my family and friends (some of which I get letters from) that's gonna be better than just a random picture with no date on it that I could've taken yesterday for all they know. At least the facebook pictures will show 1) the date at which it was taken which will show that your relationship has some history to it and started awhile back and 2) the fact that other people you both know are aware that you are in a relationship. And no they won't go looking up your page, but that doesn't matter. The information you present to them and what it conveys is what matters.

Agreed!

 

[livin]

Since my common law partner and I live together we never communicated much through email. And since there is no way to print out and forward our text messages, our Facebook walls are where we communicated the most in writing.

Would a printout of our Facebook interactions be good evidence? Has anyone done this before?

sure why not...I printed off some print screens to include for my husband's inerview next month just for extra proof...it showed comments made about our wedding pictures etc.., it even went back to when we first started communicating on FB..

 

[smokijoe]

What about when using VOIP such as MAJICJACK? Would the VO accept that or is there a way that one can get some sort of printout from the Majicjack account?

 

[clubcanada]

What does that have to do with printing it out and using it in your application? CIC requests you send pictures, so if I print out lots of pictures that include commentary from my family and friends (some of which I get letters from) that's gonna be better than just a random picture with no date on it that I could've taken yesterday for all they know. At least the facebook pictures will show 1) the date at which it was taken which will show that your relationship has some history to it and started awhile back and 2) the fact that other people you both know are aware that you are in a relationship. And no they won't go looking up your page, but that doesn't matter. The information you present to them and what it conveys is what matters.

this conversation leads to nowhere as we probably all agree that there's better evidence than fb - therefore very brief: of course you can fake pictures (and all other material). my point is, there is weak evidence and there is strong evidence. I'm not an immigration advisor but went through a number of applications over the last 3-4 years including my own PR (exp class), my wife's PR (fam. class) and two visitor visas (one rejected, one successful). In addition, I helped a number of people going through the PR application process. Based on my experience and what I've seen so far you should provide the best evidence you have - if you need to go the extra mile, go it! Provide all evidence that you have. However, if fb plays a major role in your application - I wish you good luck as you will need it!!!
Just as a hint: CIC is not just interested in your history, they are even more interested in the current state of you relationship and future potential. So do not feel too save with having hundreds of pages documenting your past...

 

[suva]

this conversation leads to nowhere as we probably all agree that there's better evidence than fb - therefore very brief: of course you can fake pictures (and all other material). my point is, there is weak evidence and there is strong evidence. I'm not an immigration advisor but went through a number of applications over the last 3-4 years including my own PR (exp class), my wife's PR (fam. class) and two visitor visas (one rejected, one successful). In addition, I helped a number of people going through the PR application process. Based on my experience and what I've seen so far you should provide the best evidence you have - if you need to go the extra mile, go it! Provide all evidence that you have. However, if fb plays a major role in your application - I wish you good luck as you will need it!!!
Just as a hint: CIC is not just interested in your history, they are even more interested in the current state of you relationship and future potential. So do not feel too save with having hundreds of pages documenting your past...

it shows that the relation is known to friends and family members... and this is the main reason submitting facebook pages as proofs. easy but handy.

 

[Bargeld]

I used Facebook as evidence. I especially screenshotted when my wife and I changed our relationship status to married and all the comments we got, as well as the FB "friends" we had in common that were the other's friends or family, also showing communication between ourselves and in-law's. I don't think those were as powerful of evidence as, say, phone logs and pictures of each other with in-laws, OTOH.

 

[Zouk Princesse]

I think we all agree that FB is not the be all end all, but I also think no one can argue that it can be a great complement to traditional evidence. It will not make your case, but it can certainly make it stronger. Nuff said

 

[aerogurl87]

I think we all agree that FB is not the be all end all, but I also think no one can argue that it can be a great complement to traditional evidence. It will not make your case, but it can certainly make it stronger. Nuff said

This ^^^

 

[Crillz]

We used a lot of fb stuff. Especially helpful is the "See friendship" section. There we could show when we became "in a relationship" on fb and comments over time. We also showed each other's "See friendship" pages with family and friends of each other. Eg. my girlfriend being adde by my aunt and making plans together, me becoming friends with my girlfriend's mother and exchanging comments.

This a long with msn convos,texts, declarations and letters from family and friends, lease, shared bank account, photos of occasions and holidays and plane ticket, train tickets and bus tickets together.

 

[bajeinwaiting]

What about when using VOIP such as MAJICJACK? Would the VO accept that or is there a way that one can get some sort of printout from the Majicjack account?

Good day forum members..@Smokijoe, i just saw your question and I used my magicjack call log.. I exported it from my magicjack account and just printed it..
Glad to find another Bajan on this forum...Let me know what experience you have gone through so far with the process. My app went in Sept..I'm going through POS..waiting for sponsorship approval. After that have to get sponsorship approval and CSQ from Quebec..my husband lives in Montreal