Pictures supporting the relationship

[can_usa_97]

oh i love what you did! just like a scrapbook! wouldve been great of if they sent it back to you

I kept the document so I can print it off again Would be fun to keep up with it perhaps, over the years.

 

[can_usa_97]

I'm using roughly the same amount of pictures for a 2year relationship. Is that too much? :
As Shamsia did, I'm always using about 12 pictures per event/trip. I guess that should be OK 8)

I think the situations are different, you have 2 years to prove and I have a green card holding husband who has been here 14 years and we have 4 year old twins... are you married ? or is it common law? I think if you are married you may not need as many.

 

[greenish]

We are in a 2 year old common-law relationship. But either way, it's probably better to have too many than too little pictures

 

[emmagail]

I am married 7 years last month

I am sending 32 pictures, including all Christmas family photos to Santa of me. my wife (sponsor) and 2 children (who have Canadian Citizen Certs)

I printed out on A4 sheet, and stapled a caption on the back (another A4 sheet)

Alot of the pictures are of just me, or just her as we spend (spent, we have 2 children now) on drives together. It is obvious that the photos are taken at the same time/day

 

[can_usa_97]

It is my opinion that for a common-law you have much more to prove, especially a 2 year common law. Don't get me wrong -I dont' think you'll have issues. I only mean that clearly it's not apple to apple any situation ever. Good luck! I think what you have will be great and looking at a photo is not a long process... so it isn't as though it affects the processing of the file that horribly.

 

[newlife23]

I pasted original pictures( 2 pics a sheet on a A4 paper) then photocopied it. In total I only sent 20 sheets of 40 pictures. Thats all I have Both my partner and me are not big on taking pictures of ourselves but we have tons of pictures of places we visited. But the pictures are a compilation from 2 years of us being together from various places we have travelled together and also of family gatherings in Canada. I hope it is sufficient to convince the officers. I am applying through common-law.

 

[shiftpro]

I read a lot of stress over the photos and I can't blame anyone for that. I was stressed too because I felt I didn't have enough.
I submitted only about a dozen photos, poorly copied on to cheap paper.
Anyway folks, my wife in Brazil had her visa issued in less than four months with very weak IMO proof of relationship,
and also she was not called in for an interview!

 

[newlife23]

Good for you shiftpro. I am happy for you and your wife

 

[QCSunshine]

I used Publisher and put a number of pictures on each page with dates, names, locations, explanations, etc. I printed in color on regular printer paper and arranged the photos chronologically. I sent about 100 photos from various times in various places, some just with us, some of us and family or friends.

 

[sidkrose]

My partner and I have a not-quite-2-year common law relationship, and we sent a word document with a history of our relationship from day 1 until our app was filed with photos of any and every event we had photos of. I think there were somewhere between 60-70. I'm not anticipating any problems, but I wouldn't say that photos are even half of our proof of genuine relationship. For us, emails, skype history, phone records, letters/cards to each other and support letters from friends and family are more of the bulk. I have also heard on this forum of people who have been married for years and years and only sent 10-20 photos and were approved no problem. I really think it is individual to the situation and if you have a strong case overall, you should have no problems.

 

[Admirable]

What is considered a strong case?

Everyone's case is different in some way or the other.

 

[sidkrose]

Of course, everyone's case is very different. By "strong case" I simply meant having a variety of quality proof of genuine relationship and common-law status (or whatever the category may be) and a complete and thorough record of your relationship was provided.

 

[kuku]

I really believe that quantity of photos does not matter...what maters here is how you prove your genuine relationship.

Longer the duration of marriage - stronger the case ..you might have more proofs and all you need to send is few pics of important occasions which took place in your marriage life..like baby birth, any get to gather, marriage anniversaries, birthdays ( only few pics -- no need to send all 10 anniversaries and all 10 + 10 birthdays photographs) you can have a more than 1000 photos taken in 10 years of marriage life.. but send relevant pics especially with friends and relatives which shows that your relationship is genuine.

Shorter the duration of marriage-- more stress towards gathering the proofs. In that case too you can send important marriage pics showing tradition and rituals, honeymoon trip, ring ceremony etc...just a few pics enough..

common law relationships - burden of proof is the highest.. you need to prove the relationship..in those cases it is more advisable to send as many pics as possible.

 

[sidkrose]

I disagree with Kuku a bit. I don't think that the genuine relationship proof for common-law is harder to prove than for marriage. It is just harder to prove that you are in a qualifying relationship, that is, that you have in fact lived together for 12 consecutive months or more. THAT is what you have to prove "more" of. People who are married have to prove genuine relationship just as much as common-law partners. And if you are common-law, and successfully prove that, I think that says rather a lot about the state of your relationship, because you have lived together successfully.

 

[Kedeisha]

I disagree with Kuku a bit. I don't think that the genuine relationship proof for common-law is harder to prove than for marriage. It is just harder to prove that you are in a qualifying relationship, that is, that you have in fact lived together for 12 consecutive months or more. THAT is what you have to prove "more" of. People who are married have to prove genuine relationship just as much as common-law partners. And if you are common-law, and successfully prove that, I think that says rather a lot about the state of your relationship, because you have lived together successfully.

I agree the proof are the same at the end of the day you just have to show you have been living together for a year which can easily be done if you both were joint on a lease.... Conjugal where there are no barriers is hard to prove and yet that also have been done in the past so that means just submit your best application and hope for the best