Is it really necessary to label the guests in wedding photos?

[flx2015]

I had a proper Pakistani wedding that was spread over three days with a lot of guests attending, and as a result, I've got nearly 400 photos. I've managed to slim it down to around 200 by excluding any redundant photos with too few guests visible in them. I was told by a friend that I'll need to label the photos by indicating the names of the people visible, but for me, this is easier said than done. I only know the names of a handful of people, and the rest were all friends of my parents, friends of my in-laws, relatives of my in-laws, etc.

Is it really necessary to indicate the names of the people in the photos? It's not like CIC is actually going to track each one of them down, and to my knowledge, they never really put this down as a requirement in any of the forms.

 

[sashali78]

I had a proper Pakistani wedding that was spread over three days with a lot of guests attending, and as a result, I've got nearly 400 photos. I've managed to slim it down to around 200 by excluding any redundant photos with too few guests visible in them. I was told by a friend that I'll need to label the photos by indicating the names of the people visible, but for me, this is easier said than done. I only know the names of a handful of people, and the rest were all friends of my parents, friends of my in-laws, relatives of my in-laws, etc.

Is it really necessary to indicate the names of the people in the photos? It's not like CIC is actually going to track each one of them down, and to my knowledge, they never really put this down as a requirement in any of the forms.

I believe labeling your immediate family members would be enough... Also I am not sure that sending 200 wedding photos is really required, send just enough to prove your point, I.e. that you had a proper wedding ceremony

 

[flx2015]

Ok, so I'll just label my parents, grandparents, and my in-laws. And yes I know 200 photos seems excessive, but I just want to make sure that they realize how many guests were at the wedding.

 

[needhimback]

Ok, so I'll just label my parents, grandparents, and my in-laws. And yes I know 200 photos seems excessive, but I just want to make sure that they realize how many guests were at the wedding.

I labelled all my pics, I don't see anything wrong with it

Good luck

 

[canadianwoman]

I agree you don't need to label everyone, but you could also label other relatives and close friends.
If there is an interview, the visa officer sometimes expects the applicant to be able to name the people in the photos. If this happens, the applicant can say that the people he or she cannot name are friends of the in-laws, as you mentioned.
It is a good idea to have proof of the number of guests you claim to have had at the wedding. For example, if you say there were 400 guests at the wedding, but show only a few people at the reception, the visa officer will probably have suspicions. That said, you don't have to send in 200 wedding photos. Enough to show that there was a large number of people present is OK. At the same time, it is your application, and quickly flipping through photos does not take up a lot of the visa officer's time. The visa officer looked through my photos (about 60) in less than a minute, as far as I could tell. So if you feel more comfortable with lots of photographic proof of the wedding, send it in.

 

[AsWeWait]

Yeah it's more important to show the progression of the days, rather than just the wedding.
For example, I sent in around 50 pics, which showed the proposal, engagement dinner, shaadi, rukhsathi, dinners and outings in the following weeks.
I labelled the backs of all the pics as per their instructions, the date, event and the people in the pics.
For large group shots, I labelled the immediate family and just wrote "various guests"

Goodluck

 

[jmanuelcahill]

We sent 70 photos with no labels at all...

 

[sulemanmirza]

I had a proper Pakistani wedding that was spread over three days with a lot of guests attending, and as a result, I've got nearly 400 photos. I've managed to slim it down to around 200 by excluding any redundant photos with too few guests visible in them. I was told by a friend that I'll need to label the photos by indicating the names of the people visible, but for me, this is easier said than done. I only know the names of a handful of people, and the rest were all friends of my parents, friends of my in-laws, relatives of my in-laws, etc.

Is it really necessary to indicate the names of the people in the photos? It's not like CIC is actually going to track each one of them down, and to my knowledge, they never really put this down as a requirement in any of the forms.

I labelled all my photos. Just send total of 70 to 80 pics, including all the events, pictures from photoshoots, pre wedding rituals (sehra pehnai etc), your relatives family groups, your in laws family groups (chacha, phophi, etc are enough man ) , your friend groups, Nikkah signing (groom, bride), Rukhsati with Quran on head, post wedding rituals in your house or hotel, honeymoon, any party(dawat like choutah pherah etc). Just show a progression of events.

For labelling just use a simple Word doc and make a generic table, and add data accordingly in it. What I used:

Abcd b d d Abcd dded Abcd dededk
Uncle groom bride cousin cousin
Date 6/12/2014
Event Rukhsati

Print the page cut the tables, and paste . Bro doing hardwork now can save you a lot of time by not going for the interview.

 

[flx2015]

I labelled all my photos. Just send total of 70 to 80 pics, including all the events, pictures from photoshoots, pre wedding rituals (sehra pehnai etc), your relatives family groups, your in laws family groups (chacha, phophi, etc are enough man ) , your friend groups, Nikkah signing (groom, bride), Rukhsati with Quran on head, post wedding rituals in your house or hotel, honeymoon, any party(dawat like choutah pherah etc). Just show a progression of events.

For labelling just use a simple Word doc and make a generic table, and add data accordingly in it. What I used:

Abcd b d d Abcd dded Abcd dededk
Uncle groom bride cousin cousin
Date 6/12/2014
Event Rukhsati

Print the page cut the tables, and paste . Bro doing hardwork now can save you a lot of time by not going for the interview.

we did rukhsati but did not have quran on head...

does that mean they won't count those pics as rukhsati? i even have a hotel receipt with the check in date same as the nikkah date, plus pics of my wife and i leaving together in a car. we do NOT have pics of my wife and i together in the hotel because both of us were sick of having our photos taken at the wedding and wanted to spend that time alone and in peace.

 

[canadianwoman]

I wouldn't worry about that. Just include the photos and receipt and describe the ceremonies you did. I doubt the visa officer will question the lack of a photo with the quran on your head, nor will he or she question the lack of photos of the two of you at the hotel. If you are asked, the explanation about the hotel is fine.

 

[AsWeWait]

I wouldn't worry about that. Just include the photos and receipt and describe the ceremonies you did. I doubt the visa officer will question the lack of a photo with the quran on your head, nor will he or she question the lack of photos of the two of you at the hotel. If you are asked, the explanation about the hotel is fine.

They mention the quran part but a lot of people in Pakistan don't actually follow that ritual. So don't worry about have that specific picture.

 

[sulemanmirza]

we did rukhsati but did not have quran on head...

does that mean they won't count those pics as rukhsati? i even have a hotel receipt with the check in date same as the nikkah date, plus pics of my wife and i leaving together in a car. we do NOT have pics of my wife and i together in the hotel because both of us were sick of having our photos taken at the wedding and wanted to spend that time alone and in peace.

Bottom line is show them a progression of images which makes those weird VOs understand that marriage is genuine.

Coz they are sometimes very skeptical of these details. Like I read on this forum one VO had a concern and sent his case for interview coz "couple was not wearing those traditional wedding dress " , on my own case they said "the couple studied in university together and had a relation for 4 years before marriage and their marriage was love marriage which is pretty unusual for that part of the world" .

 

[Peh]

Hi, I have a question about wedding photos! I’m sponsor My husband he got invited for a interview with Canada embassy and they require him to bring the wedding photos with him and my question is does he need to bring more wedding photos or only those that we submit with the application?

 

[armoured]

Hi, I have a question about wedding photos! I’m sponsor My husband he got invited for a interview with Canada embassy and they require him to bring the wedding photos with him and my question is does he need to bring more wedding photos or only those that we submit with the application?

He can bring more if he wishes. Common sense, bring the ones that add something to the application/story.