I-129F Package - Opinions?

[Spoom 8]

Hi folks,

As I mentioned in the February 09 VSC thread, we filed our I-129F package on Saturday (February 21, 2009). I'm just looking for some opinions on its quality and chances to be approved directly as opposed to them sending us an RFE.

It included:

• US personal cheque for $455.00
• Doubly signed cover letter and table of contents
• Signed I-129F form (reviewed a million times by both of us to make sure we didn't leave anything out)
• Attachment for question 18 (about a page long explanation of how we met and our different trips to meet each other, individually linking to photos of said trips, see below)
• Photos in baggy (about 15 photos, printed on a photo printer, all of which are numbered, dated, and described on the back, with names of everyone in the photo, and every one has both of us in frame, many from US locations, two photos have dates from the camera in frame which are from December 28, 2008)
• High quality colour copies of two of my Greyhound itineraries heading from London, ON to Buffalo, NY to meet her (one of which was stamped by USCBP with a dated entry stamp, on February 13, 2009; the only thing I worry about here is that she lives in PA and picks me up from Buffalo because otherwise the Greyhound trip would take nearly 12 more hours, so it may seem weird to them)
• Copy of engagement ring receipt (which made her feel bad once she accidentally saw how much it was )
• High quality colour copy of signed letter from her pastor who will be doing the wedding indicating that we are a real couple and have attended church together, on church letterhead
• High quality colour copy of signed letter from my best friend and the best man of the wedding indicating how he knows us and that we're a real couple, etc. with contact details to call him if they so wish (apparently this is the "toned down" version where he doesn't directly criticize the US government )
• Many pages of cell phone bills totalling 109 hours of calls from me over six months, with post-it notes providing totals and with calls from me highlighted (she couldn't call me as the phone is in her parents' name and they blocked international calling, besides, I have an unlimited Canada / US long distance plan)
• Signed G-325A (from me)
• Signed G-325A (from her)
• Signed attachment for her G-325A for employment, last five years (she's worked a lot of jobs )
• Signed intent to marry letter (from me)
• Signed intent to marry letter (from her)
• Back-labelled passport photo in labelled baggy (from me)
• Back-labelled passport photo in labelled baggy (from her)
• High quality colour copies of all pages (and covers, for completeness) of her US passport (which took about an hour to do )
• No previous marriages or criminal records for either of us

What are your thoughts? I hope that the Greyhound ticket itineraries and USCBP "admitted" stamp will be enough primary documentary evidence that we've met; I'm not too worried about the rest (though please tell me if I should be! )

Edited February 24, 2009 by Spoom

[AG83 0]

Hi folks,

As I mentioned in the February 09 VSC thread, we filed our I-129F package on Saturday (February 21, 2009). I'm just looking for some opinions on its quality and chances to be approved directly as opposed to them sending us an RFE.

It included:

• US personal cheque for $455.00
• Doubly signed cover letter and table of contents
• Signed I-129F form (reviewed a million times by both of us to make sure we didn't leave anything out)
• Attachment for question 18 (about a page long explanation of how we met and our different trips to meet each other, individually linking to photos of said trips, see below)
• Photos in baggy (about 15 photos, printed on a photo printer, all of which are numbered, dated, and described on the back, with names of everyone in the photo, and every one has both of us in frame, many from US locations, two photos have dates from the camera in frame which are from December 28, 2008)
• High quality colour copies of two of my Greyhound itineraries heading from London, ON to Buffalo, NY to meet her (one of which was stamped by USCBP with a dated entry stamp, on February 13, 2009; the only thing I worry about here is that she lives in PA and picks me up from Buffalo because otherwise the Greyhound trip would take nearly 12 more hours, so it may seem weird to them)
• Copy of engagement ring receipt (which made her feel bad once she accidentally saw how much it was )
• High quality colour copy of signed letter from her pastor who will be doing the wedding indicating that we are a real couple and have attended church together, on church letterhead
• High quality colour copy of signed letter from my best friend and the best man of the wedding indicating how he knows us and that we're a real couple, etc. with contact details to call him if they so wish (apparently this is the "toned down" version where he doesn't directly criticize the US government )
• Many pages of cell phone bills totalling 109 hours of calls from me over six months, with post-it notes providing totals and with calls from me highlighted (she couldn't call me as the phone is in her parents' name and they blocked international calling, besides, I have an unlimited Canada / US long distance plan)
• Signed G-325A (from me)
• Signed G-325A (from her)
• Signed attachment for her G-325A for employment, last five years (she's worked a lot of jobs )
• Signed intent to marry letter (from me)
• Signed intent to marry letter (from her)
• Back-labelled passport photo in labelled baggy (from me)
• Back-labelled passport photo in labelled baggy (from her)
• High quality colour copies of all pages (and covers, for completeness) of her US passport (which took about an hour to do )
• No previous marriages or criminal records for either of us

What are your thoughts? I hope that the Greyhound ticket itineraries and USCBP "admitted" stamp will be enough primary documentary evidence that we've met; I'm not too worried about the rest (though please tell me if I should be! )

no RFE for you

[Kwagga 0]

you've covered everything

[Dakine 26]

Hopefully you sent 4 pages each of the G325As?

[Spoom 8]

Hopefully you sent 4 pages each of the G325As?

Yep, and (perhaps just in payback for the detail required) sent the instructions page for each of them. It is technically page 5