Question about communication proof

[princesultan]

Hello everyone,

I'm putting together communication proof for the spousal PR. I'm just wondering if many of you ordered phone bills and credit card bills?

Basically, in 2007 to early 2008 we were apart. We kept in touch through emails and phone cards. I have some of the later credit card bills showing proof that I purchased several phone cards, but none of the earlier ones. We have tons of emails also throughout that whole time period. So here I'm missing phone communication proof for the 1st 8 months (although I have email proof).

1 - Are the credit card bills something that should be included? They don't show who I called, it simply says something like , "International phone card."
2 - Should I order credit card bills @ 5$ each for those 1st 8 months or are emails sufficient?

Then she came to Canada in 2008 and we kept in touch mostly through cell phone. I only have detailed billing for let's say 2009 & 2010. How much communication proof is really needed for the period that she's in Canada? I can highlight phone calls between 2009 - 2010, but there is no detailed billing after that... I do have emails, but they're not as numerous as the time we were apart as we mostly communicated by cell phone.

Advice? Opinions?

 

[computergeek]

Don't worry about it. This is old enough that if you just explain what you wrote here, using about the same amount of space, it will be fine; I cannot imagine a VO is going to be overly concerned that you cannot document 5 year old telephone credit card communications.

The relationship evidence is a sampling, not a comprehensive listing. Now if they come back and ask for an interview, or request additional data, THEN you pull out all the stops and show them absolutely everything you can.

I had some of the same issues, and I included what I had - samplings of calls and chat logs, but I merely pointed out that we tend to text quite a lot and did not have detailed records of same. It didn't seem to be a problem, and the VO decided our relationship was genuine.

 

[amikety]

I ordered one credit card statement because I somehow lost or deleted my emails related to my spouse's visit to the USA to see me. I had no proof I paid for the plane tickets or hotel. (I paid and we split the costs, aren't we cute?) The statement cost $5.

If you've only lost a few months out of 5 years, I'd say you've done awesome.

Also, in my case, at first neither of us considered the Immigration issue (mostly because we were ignorant of it and we didn't decide we were serious about each other until some months later). So we didn't save a lot of records from that time. To me, that seems normal, so once again, don't worry about that too much. Listen to computergeek. She gives good advice

 

[Peaches14]

I sent my visa bills that showed I purchased overseas prepaid calling cards and we had some cell phone calls and landline calls that showed him calling me and me calling him. I think emails are far too personal but if they are general conversations and you don't mind anybody seeing them it may put you at ease and that's what is most important. I think that each case is looked at differently so it is hard to give advice about what exactly is and isn't being looked at. Me, I sent everything I had with regards to communication that I felt comfortable with someone else looking at. I figure if they want more, they will ask for it. Hope this helps.

 

[princesultan]

Makes sense! I will include an explanation plus all the proof I have.