Making a cover letter for proof of meeting and relationship

[mikeandjoana 1]

Hi, have any of you out there had to create a separate cover letter for your evidence of proof of meeting and having a relationship. I have so much stuff from my 2 trips, it's overwhelming me and I'm having some serious difficulty putting this together. I have boarding passes from both trips, my stamped passports, both itinireries, hotel receipts from both trips, luggage tags, emails, letters, plane tickets together, 5x7 photos, etc.

We met on match.com and I mentioned that in the first sentence of how we met. Is that a problem?

[yankee 0]

Hi, have any of you out there had to create a separate cover letter for your evidence of proof of meeting and having a relationship. I have so much stuff from my 2 trips, it's overwhelming me and I'm having some serious difficulty putting this together. I have boarding passes from both trips, my stamped passports, both itinireries, hotel receipts from both trips, luggage tags, emails, letters, plane tickets together, 5x7 photos, etc.

We met on match.com and I mentioned that in the first sentence of how we met. Is that a problem?

Hi I can give you some guidelines how to make your cover letter:

1. where did you met her?

2. when the chat started?

3. when the serious relationship started?

4. what made this thing to you?did you have sleepless night?sounds corny but it will help.

5. when did you plan for your trip, how was it?meeting the families, the place, the feeling while you're with her.

6. mention the phone bill that you never had before.

7. if you send money, why you did that?

8. the feeling when you get back to US.

9. the future plans if K1 visa granted.

plus if there is engagement already, why you did that?

having these in your letter make sure you have corresponding supporting documents like pictures, reciepts of money order, phobe bills, airline tickets, luggage stubs,hotel receipts,etc etc..and make sure your fiance can answer with confidence incase it will ask during the interview.. you will be approve 100%.

goodluck..

[Dakine 26]

Hi, have any of you out there had to create a separate cover letter for your evidence of proof of meeting and having a relationship. I have so much stuff from my 2 trips, it's overwhelming me and I'm having some serious difficulty putting this together. I have boarding passes from both trips, my stamped passports, both itinireries, hotel receipts from both trips, luggage tags, emails, letters, plane tickets together, 5x7 photos, etc.

We met on match.com and I mentioned that in the first sentence of how we met. Is that a problem?

No problem on disclosing how you met. Just be honest thruout the entire process. If you have something to hide get a immigration lawyer.

The initial petition is normally easy as all you have to do is prove you've met in the past 2 years.

Having already made 2 trips is a biggy when it comes to the embassy interview where you have to show you have a ONGOING bona fide relationship and are in love.

More trips the better.

[pushbrk 12,877]

Hi, have any of you out there had to create a separate cover letter for your evidence of proof of meeting and having a relationship. I have so much stuff from my 2 trips, it's overwhelming me and I'm having some serious difficulty putting this together. I have boarding passes from both trips, my stamped passports, both itinireries, hotel receipts from both trips, luggage tags, emails, letters, plane tickets together, 5x7 photos, etc.

We met on match.com and I mentioned that in the first sentence of how we met. Is that a problem?

Most folks can write a brief enough explanation to fit on the form. You only need one or two pieces of primary evidence to show you met in the past two years. No need to go overboard. If you've got boarding passes and a passport stamp, you're good to go. Save the rest for the interview.

[Laura+Tom 2]

Hi, have any of you out there had to create a separate cover letter for your evidence of proof of meeting and having a relationship. I have so much stuff from my 2 trips, it's overwhelming me and I'm having some serious difficulty putting this together. I have boarding passes from both trips, my stamped passports, both itinireries, hotel receipts from both trips, luggage tags, emails, letters, plane tickets together, 5x7 photos, etc.

We met on match.com and I mentioned that in the first sentence of how we met. Is that a problem?

I did a kind of cover letter, I just listed the evidence, giving a brief description.

[KimandRuss 0]

You're overthinking this.

pushbrk is right... do not overwhelm them with evidence...they dont care about your love story, they care that you've met in the last two years and that you are both free to marry. Also, it was mentioned above to note if you sent money and why.... I would strongly suggest you DO NOT do this. Sending money to a foreign fiance can be taken many ways. At a higher fraud Consulate it is very likely to be used against you.

We have 10 years of relationship and travel all over the world together. Our cover letter noted all documents in the packet. To describe our relationship I created a timeline noting the times we have been together and I sent proof of our travel and the supporting evidence to go with it. Not too much, just the proof from each trip and a few pictures.

Save most of the supporting evidence for interview stage.

[jamster 31]

My fiance did not attach any explanation letter about our meeting. He only wrote one paragraph that will fit on the space of Question 18 of I-129F form

[Zee Bee 61]

Save the bulk of your proof of relationship for the interview. At the petitioning stage you just need to prove that you have met once in the past 2 years. They are not looking for ongoing proof of relationship.

Our explanation fit in the space provided: When, where, how we met and how long we spent together. Short and sweet

I added my boarding passes and itinerary and we had no problems.

[classicrock68 0]

My fiance did not attach any explanation letter about our meeting. He only wrote one paragraph that will fit on the space of Question 18 of I-129F form

While I don't disagree with KimandRuss and pushbrk, I think sending some more would not hurt (I hope at least..). I just mailed my I-129 packet yesterday to VSC and it was delivered this morning (signed by .. you guessed it.. A.Stanley). I sent more than what is required. For how we met, I said we were introduced by our families via telephone and that we kept it going for a few months via phone, pc to pc calling, etc..and I made a trip to meet her in person. I stated the date we first met and when we officially got engaged in the supplemental sheet for Q18 on I-129F). I provided all the usual supporting evidence and some pictures, emails, birthday cards, etc.

Here's my take ..the USCIS service center will send the entire packet to the Consulate in the end anyways and you need to show proof of ongoing relationship/supporting documentation then. So, it's not like you can get away from furnishing all those details. You just postpone it. So, doing it later gives you more time but it makes your packet that much thicker since I would imagine you would want to give some history. And maybe, just maybe, they may not ask for too much at the interview stage, if they see some included in the K1 packet itself...

my 2 cents !!! B)

[KimandRuss 0]

You are quite right when it comes to the higher fraud Consulates. It's often best to send more evidence initially so the CO's have it in front of them before they even see you. The uscis still wont care.

However, a letter explaining your feelings is probably just a waste of time.

[JonasMichaels 0]

My fiance did not attach any explanation letter about our meeting. He only wrote one paragraph that will fit on the space of Question 18 of I-129F form

While I don't disagree with KimandRuss and pushbrk, I think sending some more would not hurt (I hope at least..). I just mailed my I-129 packet yesterday to VSC and it was delivered this morning (signed by .. you guessed it.. A.Stanley). I sent more than what is required. For how we met, I said we were introduced by our families via telephone and that we kept it going for a few months via phone, pc to pc calling, etc..and I made a trip to meet her in person. I stated the date we first met and when we officially got engaged in the supplemental sheet for Q18 on I-129F). I provided all the usual supporting evidence and some pictures, emails, birthday cards, etc.

Here's my take ..the USCIS service center will send the entire packet to the Consulate in the end anyways and you need to show proof of ongoing relationship/supporting documentation then. So, it's not like you can get away from furnishing all those details. You just postpone it. So, doing it later gives you more time but it makes your packet that much thicker since I would imagine you would want to give some history. And maybe, just maybe, they may not ask for too much at the interview stage, if they see some included in the K1 packet itself...

my 2 cents !!! B)

Hi, how long was your letter about how you guys met and got engaged? Phuong and I didn't have an official engagement date, although we did have an engagement party. In fact, my asking her to marry me wasn't all that romantic. Drunk at a bar I said: I want to be with you forever. She slurred: Okeyyyyy.

Jonas

[classicrock68 0]

Jonas:

I did not include a separate letter. I just used a supplemental sheet for Q18 to describe the circumstances under which we met. Not long just 5-7 lines. Not verbatim, but at a high level, this is what I put there...We were introduced by our families in <date> via telephone and we then spent a few months talking on phone, skype, etc. to get to know each other. I then made a trip to India (dates of travel) and met my fiancee for the first time on <date> and after a few days decided to get engaged. The official engagement date was <date> and attended by family and friends.

[arianos7378 0]

QUESTION!

In my I-129 packet I only included evidence that we live together.

I filed in June 2008 and our processing time is now in Nov 2008 .

I want to show Vermont SC that we have been together since 2005, I have emails dating that far back and have pictures of when my fiance and I visited our parents in Florida as well as plane tickets.

MY QUESTION IS... Should I send it now to be added to my case or will it delay the process?

Does anyone know...

Thanks

MP

[Laura+Tom 2]

They may send you an RFE. I would wait as if you send anything now it will just be stuck in with all other peoples cases at USCIS

[Happy43 2]

On 9/12/2008 at 1:07 AM, yankee said:

Hi I can give you some guidelines how to make your cover letter:

1. where did you met her?

2. when the chat started?

3. when the serious relationship started?

4. what made this thing to you?did you have sleepless night?sounds corny but it will help.

5. when did you plan for your trip, how was it?meeting the families, the place, the feeling while you're with her.

6. mention the phone bill that you never had before.

7. if you send money, why you did that?

8. the feeling when you get back to US.

9. the future plans if K1 visa granted.

plus if there is engagement already, why you did that?

having these in your letter make sure you have corresponding supporting documents like pictures, reciepts of money order, phobe bills, airline tickets, luggage stubs,hotel receipts,etc etc..and make sure your fiance can answer with confidence incase it will ask during the interview.. you will be approve 100%.

goodluck..

Can the cover sheet be more then one page