Using flight receipt in place of boarding pass?

[Frank y Janeth 1]

Hi all,

I'm currently getting stuff together for my I-129f packet, and one of the things I'm working on is getting together evidence of our meeting in person when I went to visit Janeth in July of this year. I see a lot of mention of boarding passes as primary evidence, since that shows beyond a reasonable doubt that I was there. However, I in my short-sightedness do not have those boarding passes on me anymore. I DO have passport stamps from my visit with dates, however -- I passes through Panama on my way to San Andres and on my way back, but the dates on the stamps establish that I was in San Andres.

I think I can go on the airline's website and print out a flight receipt from my trip... however, I imagine that isn't the same as a boarding pass and won't count as primary evidence. So my question is... will my passport stamps as primary evidence plus the itinerary as secondary evidence suffice (plus photos and whatever else I can get together) considering that I doubt I'll be able to access boarding passes? I also have a receipt from when I bought my hotel room, but I don't have anything necessarily proving I was THERE.

Thanks in advance for any help that you guys can give me!

Frank

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Hi all,

I'm currently getting stuff together for my I-129f packet, and one of the things I'm working on is getting together evidence of our meeting in person when I went to visit Janeth in July of this year. I see a lot of mention of boarding passes as primary evidence, since that shows beyond a reasonable doubt that I was there. However, I in my short-sightedness do not have those boarding passes on me anymore. I DO have passport stamps from my visit with dates, however -- I passes through Panama on my way to San Andres and on my way back, but the dates on the stamps establish that I was in San Andres.

I think I can go on the airline's website and print out a flight receipt from my trip... however, I imagine that isn't the same as a boarding pass and won't count as primary evidence. So my question is... will my passport stamps as primary evidence plus the itinerary as secondary evidence suffice (plus photos and whatever else I can get together) considering that I doubt I'll be able to access boarding passes? I also have a receipt from when I bought my hotel room, but I don't have anything necessarily proving I was THERE.

Thanks in advance for any help that you guys can give me!

Frank

The passport stamps are primary evidence. Yes, it would be great to have kept the boarding passes, but what can you do now? Yes, you may include a receipt of the flight or maybe even include a copy of the credit or debit card statement that you used to buy the tickets. Do include pictures, too. Yet, the primary evidence will be the passport stamps, so it is most important that you include them

Best wishes!

[Yellowhead 12]

Hi all,

I'm currently getting stuff together for my I-129f packet, and one of the things I'm working on is getting together evidence of our meeting in person when I went to visit Janeth in July of this year. I see a lot of mention of boarding passes as primary evidence, since that shows beyond a reasonable doubt that I was there. However, I in my short-sightedness do not have those boarding passes on me anymore. I DO have passport stamps from my visit with dates, however -- I passes through Panama on my way to San Andres and on my way back, but the dates on the stamps establish that I was in San Andres.

I think I can go on the airline's website and print out a flight receipt from my trip... however, I imagine that isn't the same as a boarding pass and won't count as primary evidence. So my question is... will my passport stamps as primary evidence plus the itinerary as secondary evidence suffice (plus photos and whatever else I can get together) considering that I doubt I'll be able to access boarding passes? I also have a receipt from when I bought my hotel room, but I don't have anything necessarily proving I was THERE.

Thanks in advance for any help that you guys can give me!

Frank

Passport stamps should help. We included those in our petition. We also did a printout of mileage activity from the airlines website that states all of the flights taken by both of us (separate sheets for each), the dates, and that mileage has been granted - meaning we did in fact fly on those flights. This is all you can get if you don't have the bording passes. Flight receipts in email form or online help as well, but anyone can purchase a flight and then not take it, so try to find evidence that the flight was actually taken if possible. Other evidence will also help, such as photographs of both of you together, in different locations. We included a picture of us at disneyland for ex, and then added the hotel receipt from email, and the flight confirmation from email which had both of our names on it.

Include 6-10 photos, anything else you can scrounge up that proves you have met in the last 2 yrs in person, and if you want, evidence of your relationship (phone records, etc).

The passport stamps are primary evidence. Yes, it would be great to have kept the boarding passes, but what can you do now? Yes, you may include a receipt of the flight or maybe even include a copy of the credit or debit card statement that you used to buy the tickets. Do include pictures, too. Yet, the primary evidence will be the passport stamps, so it is most important that you include them

Best wishes!

For other filers, we should note that you might not get a passport stamp every time you cross the border (especially coming from Canada), so try to hold onto any proof possible from the flights. It is hard to do this at first when you do not know that you need them for immigration, but try to be proactive. Any documentation from here on out should be collected and retained for the interview.

[Anh map 2,098]

Passport stamp and hotel receipt are proof that you were there in country.