is 2weeks meeting in person enough?

[LINGIWE 1]

hi every one, am very new to this site and this is my sitution:

my fiance and i will soon be filling for the k1 visa petition, right now we are just gathering as much information as possible, we met on line and we have only seen each other once and it was for 2weeks. my question is: the fact that

we only spent time together for 2weeks, can the consulate think its not enough time to have met in person? also the fact that we met in south africa and not my home country can this be a problem?

any response will be highly aprecated.

thank you.

[Otto 83]

hi every one, am very new to this site and this is my sitution:

my fiance and i will soon be filling for the k1 visa petition, right now we are just gathering as much information as possible, we met on line and we have only seen each other once and it was for 2weeks. my question is: the fact that

we only spent time together for 2weeks, can the consulate think its not enough time to have met in person? also the fact that we met in south africa and not my home country can this be a problem?

any response will be highly aprecated.

thank you.

As long as your meeting was within the last 2 years, yes - meeting in a third country should not be an issue.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

As long as you have met in person within 2 years prior to filing, you are fine.

Best of luck

[brnidokiegurl 0]

IT just says aslong as you have met, but two weeks isnt all that long and i think some embassys do expect more its just kinda hard to know how they will feel. Maybe talk to others that will be going thru that embassy and see how they handle things there, i doubt the place of meeting would matter except for some also again they like to know that you met with the family etc

[Zee Bee 61]

As long as you met sometime in the last 2 years you are good

My fiance and I were only physically together for about a total of 24 hours when we filed.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

IT just says aslong as you have met, but two weeks isnt all that long and i think some embassys do expect more its just kinda hard to know how they will feel. Maybe talk to others that will be going thru that embassy and see how they handle things there, i doubt the place of meeting would matter except for some also again they like to know that you met with the family etc

True.

2 weeks isn't a lot but perhaps if you show enough evidence of a bona fide relationship, it will be enough.

People have been approved and gotten visas with just a one time meeting.

I would post in your regional forum and talk to others who have gone through the same consulate.

[sanfranguy 0]

do you plan on going back before the interview? keep gathering more proof till that day. more fotos and so on.

[vichygurl 1]

Gosh! upon reading this it gotten me nervous... We were just physically together for 8 days!!!! and we had filed our petition in Vermont last 02/11/08 and after the Noa1 no news of approval up to the present. You and your fiance were even lucky for having 2 weeks together. However, my fiance is plannig to get back in PI by august hopefully after my interview if ever, coz we are planning to fly together back to his place. Gods Will. Think we'll just wait and see.. if they will approve us ( which I am praying for it) then you have nothing to worry about. YOu'll be safe by then..mind if I ask you to lets get in touch? BTW, my fiance and I are talking 2 times a day everyday from day 1st up to the present and if I will get to print all the chatlogs that we had from the start, dunno how many rims of bond paper I will be using, you think guys its enough proof of evidence of an authentic relationship? excluding the exchange emails of him and his mom. Anybody here could help me ease my worries pls...was really terrify after reading this post. huhuhuhu

LINGIWE thanks for asking this btw.

God Bless us all!

[sara..... 371]

two weeks is enough just dont forget to show u were both at the same place as in ticket stubs or hotel receipts.......stamps in both or passports showing u were in the same country at the same time.........as well as the pics

[Muuuuah 0]

Because you have met within the last two years you should have no problems

[pushbrk 12,883]

IT just says aslong as you have met, but two weeks isnt all that long and i think some embassys do expect more its just kinda hard to know how they will feel. Maybe talk to others that will be going thru that embassy and see how they handle things there, i doubt the place of meeting would matter except for some also again they like to know that you met with the family etc

True.

2 weeks isn't a lot but perhaps if you show enough evidence of a bona fide relationship, it will be enough.

People have been approved and gotten visas with just a one time meeting.

I would post in your regional forum and talk to others who have gone through the same consulate.

Right, there are two separate issues, meeting in person and evidence of a bona fide relationship. Your meeting is sufficient for USCIS to approve your petition but you'll need to show evidence of bona fide ongoing relationship at the interview. This does not absolutely require more time together in person. Many show evidence of ongoing frequent communication, whether with chat logs and examples, emails, pictures, letters, visits or a combination of those.

Those who have told you you'll be fine are addressing only the petition approval portion of the process. You'll need the bona fides evidence to actually get the visa.

Edited April 14, 2008 by pushbrk

[brnidokiegurl 0]

This is very true, dont let anyone tell you you will be fine, no problems. Each embassy has its own hangup, your papers may sail thru with no problems but you have alot to prove here. Ask others going thru this locations to get some idea, its just not that cut and dry that you meet and you will be fine. The more evidences you have the better you will be, some interviewers wont consider the chat as much evidences, some may not even look at the phone records, the more you can have the better you will be and if you could get another trip in would be even better, meet the family, take lots of pictures etc

[LovinLiberia 0]

IT just says aslong as you have met, but two weeks isnt all that long and i think some embassys do expect more its just kinda hard to know how they will feel. Maybe talk to others that will be going thru that embassy and see how they handle things there, i doubt the place of meeting would matter except for some also again they like to know that you met with the family etc

True.

2 weeks isn't a lot but perhaps if you show enough evidence of a bona fide relationship, it will be enough.

People have been approved and gotten visas with just a one time meeting.

I would post in your regional forum and talk to others who have gone through the same consulate.

Right, there are two separate issues, meeting in person and evidence of a bona fide relationship. Your meeting is sufficient for USCIS to approve your petition but you'll need to show evidence of bona fide ongoing relationship at the interview. This does not absolutely require more time together in person. Many show evidence of ongoing frequent communication, whether with chat logs and examples, emails, pictures, letters, visits or a combination of those.

Those who have told you you'll be fine are addressing only the petition approval portion of the process. You'll need the bona fides evidence to actually get the visa.

You are right about this. Many of us in the African Forum have had successful visa approvals with only having met our fiances one time. Two weeks may seem like a short time to some COs, but you need to make up for it with tons of evidence. My fiance and I only met once for two weeks, but I made sure to send every piece of evidence I could think of in order to prove a valid relationship. Just remember, you aren't the only person who has done that (especially if the country isn't particularly easy to get to often- like Zambia). The consular officer has encountered this same scenario many times, but it's the evidence that counts.

[pushbrk 12,883]

IT just says aslong as you have met, but two weeks isnt all that long and i think some embassys do expect more its just kinda hard to know how they will feel. Maybe talk to others that will be going thru that embassy and see how they handle things there, i doubt the place of meeting would matter except for some also again they like to know that you met with the family etc

True.

2 weeks isn't a lot but perhaps if you show enough evidence of a bona fide relationship, it will be enough.

People have been approved and gotten visas with just a one time meeting.

I would post in your regional forum and talk to others who have gone through the same consulate.

Right, there are two separate issues, meeting in person and evidence of a bona fide relationship. Your meeting is sufficient for USCIS to approve your petition but you'll need to show evidence of bona fide ongoing relationship at the interview. This does not absolutely require more time together in person. Many show evidence of ongoing frequent communication, whether with chat logs and examples, emails, pictures, letters, visits or a combination of those.

Those who have told you you'll be fine are addressing only the petition approval portion of the process. You'll need the bona fides evidence to actually get the visa.

You are right about this. Many of us in the African Forum have had successful visa approvals with only having met our fiances one time. Two weeks may seem like a short time to some COs, but you need to make up for it with tons of evidence. My fiance and I only met once for two weeks, but I made sure to send every piece of evidence I could think of in order to prove a valid relationship. Just remember, you aren't the only person who has done that (especially if the country isn't particularly easy to get to often- like Zambia). The consular officer has encountered this same scenario many times, but it's the evidence that counts.

Evidence includes answers to interview questions, so the intending immigrant needs to show they know and know about their fiance or spouse and that they know about their life and family, just like any other fiance or spouse would.