I-129 filing

[Paul S 0]

Hi...how is everybody doin? I need help in my filling out my I-129 to petition for my fiance from India to come to the USA so we can get married. I recently visited india with my parents in februry 2008 Through my parents i was introduced to my fiance in india where we met only twice and spent some time together, but we did not get engaged in india and did not take any photographs with each other. We got engaged once I came back to the united states, and our only contact has been through the phone since we have been back in the united states. I do have my boarding pass and passport which shows my visit to india. Will they require pictures of us both together when i send the petition in? and what is a letter of intent they are askin for from me and my fiance? any examples ? do i need to also add a cover letter? also any examples. I currently am stayin in touch with my fiance over the phone, but i usually make the calls with calling cards due to the fact of how expensive itnernational calls over regular cell phones or land lines... or do i need to start using my own phone to prove our conversations?

Will it help my case if i applied for my petition now and maybe made a trip back to india and spent some more time with my fiance and had pictures taken after i already sent the petition in?

would greatly appreciate the quick response because i woudl not like to delay my petition application, due to the fact the logner i wait the longer its goin to take.

good luck and thanks to everybody :-)

[Munesh and Suz 0]

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[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Hey Paul and welcome to VJ!

Congrats on your engagement!

This is an exciting and crazy time, work together through the process, you'll be fine!

First, Pictures are secondary evidence, they don't prove anything. Pictures can be faked.

You have the best proof in your possession. Your boarding pass and stamp in your passport showing you went to India. Photocopy those and put them in your petition.

Any examples are in the K1 Guide here at VJ.

They show examples of the Letter of Intent and all the other forms needed to file.

Phone conversations are also secondary evidence at this point, save those for the interview. Sending a few won't hurt your petition but what you really need to prove is that you have met at least once in the last 2 years prior to filing.

Any visits will help your case....visit as much as you can!

Best of luck!

~Laura

[Zee Bee 61]

Hi

We were basically in the same situation when we filed our K1.

-We only met for 4 days (by accident) and did not decide to pursue a relationship until I had been back in the US for a few weeks.

-We didn't get officially engaged until after we had filed the K1 when I went back to visit.

-We had no pictures together and so I could not include that in our petition.

-By some divine intervention I had my boarding passes.

-I didn't have my passport stamps because my passport was being renewed.

-I did have my sisters write affidavits stating that we had met and that they saw us together.

-I had some phone records (try and use a phone service that will give you easy access to call logs) and text message logs and a couple of e-mails that I sent to prove that we had talked since I had come back.

It looks like you have more than I did

All in all some pretty scrappy evidence but it met the requirements. No pictures, just boarding passes, and with the help from VJ, no RFEs

Good luck

Edited March 12, 2008 by ZeeNusah

[Paul S 0]

Thanks everybody for the valuable information. Made me feel a little more confident about goin forward about filing my petition. I just wanted to be sure before applying so i dont get too much of a run around. Information greatly appreciated :-)