Letter From Parents

[JAPrincess 27]

Thanks for all the replies

Every little bit helps, so I did get the letter from my Father.

I am mostly thankful to have his support in this journey.

That he wrote a letter yesterday stating such, gives me joy even if the interviewer disregards it.

Is it Friday yet??

[Ed+Cindy 1]

I was reading somewhere that it can be helpful to have a letter from your family members supporting and acknowledging your relationship.

Is there perhaps a sample letter for this? If not, what specific information should such a letter include?

We included 3 or 4 letters with our petition, at the advice of our lawyer. They were notarized affidavits from (if I remember correctly), my mother, father, sister and uncle. All of them have been involved in our lives.

[Zee Bee 61]

When we filed our K1 petition I had my sisters write letters about how they met my fiance and things that all of us did together. There was no format to their letters, they just wrote what they wanted, signed and dated them.

If you can get them I would include them. It can only add to the other evidence that you include along with the petition.

Good luck

[caybee 21]

Thanks for all the replies

Every little bit helps, so I did get the letter from my Father.

I am mostly thankful to have his support in this journey.

That he wrote a letter yesterday stating such, gives me joy even if the interviewer disregards it.

Is it Friday yet??

In which case, you still have it for your scrapbook All the best.

[GueraKristina 1]

At the interview they will want to see "evidence of ongoing relationship of a type that leads to marriage". Letters from parents and family are not "evidence". Phone records, letters, emails, travel documents are "evidence" Letters from family will generally be disregarded unless they are supported by other evidence, in which case they are not needed. But, they are free and easy to do, so why not? I hope you are keeping copies of other evidence your realtionship generates, that is what you will really need.

I had letters written stating that my parents had met my (fiance at the time) and that they liked him and were aware of the marriage plans, and supported him, and we had pictures to prove that my parents had met him, thanksgiving pics... and the alike. We also had proof that my fiance was living with my parents at the time with recipets for paying rent and that kind of stuff. The letters were never actually asked for but, it was nice to feel that we had it just in case we needed it. I would say go for it. It will never hurt to have TOO much, but it can if you have TOO little. good luck.

[SuperDuper! 230]

I was reading somewhere that it can be helpful to have a letter from your family members supporting and acknowledging your relationship.

Is there perhaps a sample letter for this? If not, what specific information should such a letter include?

Thanks in advance for any information or ideas.

You were reading "somewhere". Where? On this site? I've never seen such a thing.

Then again, perhaps it could be helpful if we knew what you wanted to achieve.

You don't indicate what visa you are trying to get, or if you are adjusting status or removing conditions, or what???

You have no timeline. You don't indicate anything about yourself or your goals, only a very vague question.

Assuming that what you want is to demonstrate proof of bona fide relationship in the quest for a relationship based visa petition or AOS, then I've never heard of an outsider's letter (parent, boss, teacher, priest, whatever) as being relevant. I don't think it can hurt, but that's about all that can be said.

Rather than waste time on that, read the Guides, and follow the instructions therein.

No reason to be harsh here. Try reading between the lines sometimes

OP is referring to parent's approval letter, which can be an additional support to getting a petition approved, particularly when the beneficiary is 20 years of age or younger. Did you know if she is of this age, the American embassy requires one parent to be in attendance at the embassy interview.

It cant hurt to have the parents sign a letter approving their daughterz marriage to the petitioner.

Peace.

[b_fowler 0]

I know that when I applied for my fiance, in the initial stage (I-129F) I did not include letters from my parents. I think in retrospect it would have supported the realtionship, and shown that my parents, and hers for that matter, knew of the relationship and supported our decision. I think it would also shwed light on the magnitude of people who know about the relationship, providing support for your relationship!! I did, however, send a letter to my fiancee from my parents for her interview at the consulate, they did not ask for any further evidence at that time, but I just wanted to support the validity of my relationship. As others have posted it is not required, the question is what can it hurt! In my opinion any support you can give for your relationship would be beneficial!!

[sera77 35]

I had my parents and 3 of my friends write handwritten letters attesting to his having been here and that they viewed our relationship as genuine. My friends all included statements in their letters (all only 1 page long) that I had spoken of my fiance as a close friend and romantic attachment for years and that they had met him socially when we went out as a group while he was here. I can't see how it could hurt and this way it's all in the record. Everyone made 2 handwritten letters so I'll include the second letter in our interview package.

Haven't gotten my noa2 back yet, but it's only been a few weeks.

good luck to everyone,

S.

[Badgerella 5]

We sent no such letter along with our I129F, but were thinking about bringing them to the interview. I suppose we must have forgotten about them eventually, as I don't remember deciding not to have them. We came to the interview with over 200 pages of printed chats and emails, then years worth of phone records, two huge stacks of photos, postcards, package covers... but the interviewer did not want to see any single thing.

However, we're still glad we had all those things with us because one can never tell or be sure things will go smoothly. What doesn't hurt you can really only help if need be, so go for it!

Good luck!