Questions About Preparing Packet

[one...two...tree 2,762]

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

[luvinmb 0]

Under the Guides tab at the top of this page you will find a place to click called :getting a K-1 visa, here it will explain how to assemble your I-129F packet.

[Ladylethal 12]

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

Use ACCO fasteners, never staple your petition.

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

Many have shipped it through SEDEX ´cus it´s faster.

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

I think color copies are not necessary, but feel free to send them if you feel better.

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

Is this the completement of Question 18 of the I-129F? If it is, some people were very brief, some people were more personal. The important thing is to put down how you met, how many times and on which dates.

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

If you want to send chats, just choose 2 or 3 that demonstrate the relationship, this evidence is more important at interview level than now.

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

Same as above, you can black out any parts that are intimate.

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

You don´t have to send those with the petition, you can make a common copy of the inside of a couple, for the same type of proof the letters will have, which is not THAT much at USCIS level, you should send those cards to your fiancee so she can show them at her interview.

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

The tip is to use small office bags, personally, I actually used little white envelopes, with the description outside as to it´s contents.

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

What I did with mine (I had about 8 pictures myself) was put them inside an envelope, wrote what the content was, and attached the envelope to the petition using an ACCO fastener. Appart from it, I printed the pictures two by two on paper, and put the description of what the picture was underneath each of them (which trip it was, date, where we were).

[I'm Gone 60]

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

Two hole punched at the top with some type of two hole fastner and tabbed at the bottom, that were attached to colored pieces of thick paper that separated each section, i.e. forms, documents, additional evidence. Nothing was staple.

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

Have always used the USPS Express Mail with a return receipt.

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

Just regular photo copies of everything

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

Short and sweet. No longer than a paragraph or two. Look at the example on the Website.

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

I converted them to Word documents and them notorized with the statement that"this is an exact copy of the Yahoo Chat between whoever and whoever on whatever date." I think I sent around 10 spread out over a year's time.

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

Not as important as boarding passes, passport stamps and photos of you together, but every little bit helps. Same thing on these no more than 10.

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

Throw in a few Regular photo copies are fine

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

The K-1 petition I used the little zip lock bags you get from jewelry repair. For all the others have used snack size zip lock bags.

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

What I did is put them in a zip lock bag and two punch it so that the zip lock could still be opened and included them with the rest of the packet.

[ccmkoho 0]

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

I kept my petition concise and included only information required for apporval. This would eliminate 5,6 and 7. Concentrate on providing as much pertinent information as possible that the two of you have met in person within the last 2 years. Proof of ongoing relationship is superfluous at this stage regarding the application.

Not sure what you mean in "4" if you mean "Letter of Intent" then there is an example on this site.

[sg6 0]

I'm so glad you asked all these questions! I'm putting my packet together and was wondering if I should staple of user paper clips.

Thank you.

[TracyTN 237]

Click on the 'example forms' link above to see an example of the letter of intent.

Lots of useful info here if you'll just search around for it!

[Larry and Maria 0]

See if this isn't the USCIS site for assembling materials.

http://uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices/scn...nal/index.htm#H

[trey 0]

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

You never said, but I am presuming you are preparing your I-129F packet to mail to USCIS. If so, you are wanting to enclose far too much information at this point. Emails, greeting cards, and chats won't be needed until your fiancee is preparing for her interview. At this point, the only steps you have listed that are necessary are #1 (do not use stapels-use paperclips), #2 (manila envelopes are good, Fed-Ex is good), #3 (I made color copies, but b/w will suffice for the I-129F), #4 (one page is plenty long-just summerize your relationship from when you met to present date), #8 (I used sandwich bags), and #9 (again, sandwich bags-paperclipped to the copies from #3). Number 9 would/could be used in conjunction with supporting evidence that you have met in the previous 2 years. Remember to send copies and retain originals(or certified copies) to send to your fiancee for her interview.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

You never said, but I am presuming you are preparing your I-129F packet to mail to USCIS. If so, you are wanting to enclose far too much information at this point. Emails, greeting cards, and chats won't be needed until your fiancee is preparing for her interview. At this point, the only steps you have listed that are necessary are #1 (do not use stapels-use paperclips), #2 (manila envelopes are good, Fed-Ex is good), #3 (I made color copies, but b/w will suffice for the I-129F), #4 (one page is plenty long-just summerize your relationship from when you met to present date), #8 (I used sandwich bags), and #9 (again, sandwich bags-paperclipped to the copies from #3). Number 9 would/could be used in conjunction with supporting evidence that you have met in the previous 2 years. Remember to send copies and retain originals(or certified copies) to send to your fiancee for her interview.

Thanks to everyone! My fiancee is also in the Philippines, so I'm going to take your advice to heart! Thanks so much! I'm hoping if everything goes well, we'll be together again by November! God willing!

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

You never said, but I am presuming you are preparing your I-129F packet to mail to USCIS. If so, you are wanting to enclose far too much information at this point. Emails, greeting cards, and chats won't be needed until your fiancee is preparing for her interview. At this point, the only steps you have listed that are necessary are #1 (do not use stapels-use paperclips), #2 (manila envelopes are good, Fed-Ex is good), #3 (I made color copies, but b/w will suffice for the I-129F), #4 (one page is plenty long-just summerize your relationship from when you met to present date), #8 (I used sandwich bags), and #9 (again, sandwich bags-paperclipped to the copies from #3). Number 9 would/could be used in conjunction with supporting evidence that you have met in the previous 2 years. Remember to send copies and retain originals(or certified copies) to send to your fiancee for her interview.

Thanks to everyone! My fiancee is also in the Philippines, so I'm going to take your advice to heart! Thanks so much! I'm hoping if everything goes well, we'll be together again by November! God willing!

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

You never said, but I am presuming you are preparing your I-129F packet to mail to USCIS. If so, you are wanting to enclose far too much information at this point. Emails, greeting cards, and chats won't be needed until your fiancee is preparing for her interview. At this point, the only steps you have listed that are necessary are #1 (do not use stapels-use paperclips), #2 (manila envelopes are good, Fed-Ex is good), #3 (I made color copies, but b/w will suffice for the I-129F), #4 (one page is plenty long-just summerize your relationship from when you met to present date), #8 (I used sandwich bags), and #9 (again, sandwich bags-paperclipped to the copies from #3). Number 9 would/could be used in conjunction with supporting evidence that you have met in the previous 2 years. Remember to send copies and retain originals(or certified copies) to send to your fiancee for her interview.

Thanks to everyone! My fiancee is also in the Philippines, so I'm going to take your advice to heart! Thanks so much! I'm hoping if everything goes well, we'll be together again by November! God willing!

As I'm making the final preparations, I have several questions for anyone who's already prepared their packet.

1. How did you organize all the documents? Did you staple anything together?

2. Did you use a manilla envelope? I was planning on mailing mine via Fed Ex, has anyone shipped it this way?

3. Copies of receipts and boarding passes - Did you make color copies of the boarding passes?

4. Declaration Letter of Relationship - How detailed or personal did you make it? Did you keep it to one page?

5. Yahoo Messenger Archives - Should I print out all the chats we've had? If so, this will make the packet enormously thick? How much is too much?

6. Emails - How important are these? What about editing out personal stuff?

7. Greeting Cards - my fiancee has sent me a ton of cards - should I make copies of the both the outside and inside - should I make color copies?

8. Passport style photos in plastic bags - Did you use a small office style bag or would a ziploc bag be ok?

9. Photos of us together - I have about eight, 4 X 8 prints. How should these be attached to the document? Can they just be loose inside the envelope?

Thank you for any help. I know these sound like silly questions, but I just don't want my application to be delayed for any silly reason.

- Steven

You never said, but I am presuming you are preparing your I-129F packet to mail to USCIS. If so, you are wanting to enclose far too much information at this point. Emails, greeting cards, and chats won't be needed until your fiancee is preparing for her interview. At this point, the only steps you have listed that are necessary are #1 (do not use stapels-use paperclips), #2 (manila envelopes are good, Fed-Ex is good), #3 (I made color copies, but b/w will suffice for the I-129F), #4 (one page is plenty long-just summerize your relationship from when you met to present date), #8 (I used sandwich bags), and #9 (again, sandwich bags-paperclipped to the copies from #3). Number 9 would/could be used in conjunction with supporting evidence that you have met in the previous 2 years. Remember to send copies and retain originals(or certified copies) to send to your fiancee for her interview.

Thanks to everyone! My fiancee is also in the Philippines, so I'm going to take your advice to heart! Thanks so much! I'm hoping if everything goes well, we'll be together again by November! God willing!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

A couple more questions. Thanks for all the tips.

Okay, so I'm going to use a 2 hole puncher for all the documents I'm submitting for K1 Visa. Should I have the whole packet pinned together with acco tabs or should I separate the official forms (I-129F, G-325A) from the evidence (copies of boarding passes, photos)?

How thick is the packet? 1 inch? 2 inch?

Sorry to be so ####### about this, but I'm so scared that of them sending it back to me if it's not to their standards.

[aussiewench 9]

A couple more questions. Thanks for all the tips.

Okay, so I'm going to use a 2 hole puncher for all the documents I'm submitting for K1 Visa. Should I have the whole packet pinned together with acco tabs or should I separate the official forms (I-129F, G-325A) from the evidence (copies of boarding passes, photos)?

How thick is the packet? 1 inch? 2 inch?

Sorry to be so ####### about this, but I'm so scared that of them sending it back to me if it's not to their standards.

Just put everything in the order in the assembly instructions.......you will be fine

Thickness is going to vary depending on how much evidence you have. Just remember.....dont give them so much that they are going to get lost in it. Be selective of your evidence....what you are wanting is to create an image in the minds eye of the adjudicator that you meet the requirements of having met which established the relationship. Tie this evidence in with Q18 of the I-129F which is asking you to describe the circumstances of how you met (in person).

If you are wanting to be #######....use tabs on the bottom so it makes it easier for the adjudicator to find what they are looking for.

All the best

Lorelle

Edited May 25, 2006 by aussiewench