affidavit regarding sincere relationship

[mydogjake 0]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

[payxibka 10,045]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

just write it... your story is your story....

[Ladylethal 12]

Is this the Intention to Marry letter? Or did you have that in your documents? If not, check the FAQs, Example Forms and Guides. You can do a search of the forums for examples as well. And yes, it's not a formal letter, just write your story.

[baron555 934]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

Who asked you to produce this?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

You were asked this by an attorney who is trying to justify his high price for doing nothing by using fancy words. There is no such thing as an "affidavit of sincere relationship". You ARE required to submit "letters of intent" with original signatures of BOTH parties. VJ has an excellent letter of intent sample which we used exactly verbatim (change the names of course) one for you, one for her.

Fire the lawyer if you can and get your money back. If not, write it off to education and try to minimize contact with him.

[daboyz 36]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

You were asked this by an attorney who is trying to justify his high price for doing nothing by using fancy words. There is no such thing as an "affidavit of sincere relationship". You ARE required to submit "letters of intent" with original signatures of BOTH parties. VJ has an excellent letter of intent sample which we used exactly verbatim (change the names of course) one for you, one for her.

Fire the lawyer if you can and get your money back. If not, write it off to education and try to minimize contact with him.

Keep up the good fight!

[mox 298]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

You were asked this by an attorney who is trying to justify his high price for doing nothing by using fancy words. There is no such thing as an "affidavit of sincere relationship". You ARE required to submit "letters of intent" with original signatures of BOTH parties. VJ has an excellent letter of intent sample which we used exactly verbatim (change the names of course) one for you, one for her.

Fire the lawyer if you can and get your money back. If not, write it off to education and try to minimize contact with him.

There's no reason to fire the attorney if indeed they have an attorney. In fact, if there really is an attorney, then it sounds like they're doing a pretty good job. They are collecting raw data to use in the case of any eventuality. They'll use it as a basis for the letter of intent and the attachment for the I-129F, and they also would likely use such a letter to spot any kind of issues that may affect the case. I.e., "we met after she had overstayed her tourist visa by 30 days..."

If, however, the OP believes that this letter is a requirement of the I-129F packet, then yes, there's no requirement for such a letter, and the OP should clarify please.

[mydogjake 0]

interesting --- that is why I asked... I saw letter of intent on forum -- but nothing as to the "sincere relationship" does the initial filing and then the follow up documents come into play at a later time? Or am I just being taken by an attorney because I am too lazy to do the work myself? Not neccessarily lazy, but quite busy.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

You were asked this by an attorney who is trying to justify his high price for doing nothing by using fancy words. There is no such thing as an "affidavit of sincere relationship". You ARE required to submit "letters of intent" with original signatures of BOTH parties. VJ has an excellent letter of intent sample which we used exactly verbatim (change the names of course) one for you, one for her.

Fire the lawyer if you can and get your money back. If not, write it off to education and try to minimize contact with him.

There's no reason to fire the attorney if indeed they have an attorney. In fact, if there really is an attorney, then it sounds like they're doing a pretty good job. They are collecting raw data to use in the case of any eventuality. They'll use it as a basis for the letter of intent and the attachment for the I-129F, and they also would likely use such a letter to spot any kind of issues that may affect the case. I.e., "we met after she had overstayed her tourist visa by 30 days..."

If, however, the OP believes that this letter is a requirement of the I-129F packet, then yes, there's no requirement for such a letter, and the OP should clarify please.

No question in my mind there is an attorney involved

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

interesting --- that is why I asked... I saw letter of intent on forum -- but nothing as to the "sincere relationship" does the initial filing and then the follow up documents come into play at a later time? Or am I just being taken by an attorney because I am too lazy to do the work myself? Not neccessarily lazy, but quite busy.

Uh huh. Big surprise. The only place you can hear the term "affidavit of sincere relationship" is from an attorney as it does not exist in the law or rules. So how do you feel about an attorney that invents things for you to do that you do not need to do to make himself look more important? Think he is saving you "time" in your busy life?

Attorneys can do very little in this process, fill in forms with information you give them, make copies of documents you give them, etc. If you KNOW how little they do, you would never hire them. So they create fancy names for un-needed documents...or maybe I should say fancy names for simple, needed documents. Such as the letter of intent...now transformed into an "affidavit of sincere relationship"...whatever. As long as you EACH sign one and as long as somewhere in that "affidavit" it says you intend to marry each other within 90 days of her arrival, you are good to go. You may feel better knowing you paid a lot of money for an "affidavit" than downloading the intent letters on this site...plug in your name and her name and sign them, but it is all you need.

As far as saving you time, an attorney will not do much for you there either. He doesn't have anything he needs for this process, YOU have to give it all to him. Filling out his "questionaire" which is just an I-129f in a different format, will take you as long as filling out the I-129f and G-325a. THEN you will have to commute to his office and deliver it.

Attorneys do NOT save you time, they CANNOT speed the process and for a normal case there is really nothing at all they can do without you. Oh, and you will get more honest, accurate answers here on VJ than with an attorney...free and fast.

By the way Alla does translations if you need any help with that...your attorney will not be able to help you there.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

You were asked this by an attorney who is trying to justify his high price for doing nothing by using fancy words. There is no such thing as an "affidavit of sincere relationship". You ARE required to submit "letters of intent" with original signatures of BOTH parties. VJ has an excellent letter of intent sample which we used exactly verbatim (change the names of course) one for you, one for her.

Fire the lawyer if you can and get your money back. If not, write it off to education and try to minimize contact with him.

There's no reason to fire the attorney if indeed they have an attorney. In fact, if there really is an attorney, then it sounds like they're doing a pretty good job. They are collecting raw data to use in the case of any eventuality. They'll use it as a basis for the letter of intent and the attachment for the I-129F, and they also would likely use such a letter to spot any kind of issues that may affect the case. I.e., "we met after she had overstayed her tourist visa by 30 days..."

If, however, the OP believes that this letter is a requirement of the I-129F packet, then yes, there's no requirement for such a letter, and the OP should clarify please.

Mox, an attorney collecting information because he has to (he doesn't have the information he needs to fill out an I-129f, only the petitioner does) is not doing a "good job" when his victim could simply enter the information he has to give the attorney onto the FREE online I-129f and G-325a and print it. Information gathering is required by the attorney because he can do nothing otherwise. Kinda of like giving someone credit for putting out a fire that they themselves started.

Everything you give an attorney could simply be given to USCIS and you are done. This is nothing but smoke and mirrors to make it look confusing, complicated and needing a high priced attorney when it isn't. People all over the world, in third world countries with 2nd grade educations fill out visa applications. It is only in the USA where this becomes a job for an attorney, because we have so many of them they have to create work where there is none.

[mox 298]

I'll leave it to others to argue the merits of attorneys in this process, as it's been beat to death.

My point is that if the decision is made to hire an attorney, then a good attorney is going to do more than just file for the petitioner. He or she is going to look out for potential problems that could come back to bite the filer, as well as look forward to the entire process, not just the initial filing. If the lawyer wants to call his questionnaire an "affidavit of relationship" or "Timmy the gimpy bunny" doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be an "official" document, it just has to help the attorney help his client.

I don't know the OP or his attorney. Maybe his attorney sucks, or maybe the OP just doesn't understand what his attorney is doing. But your diagnosis that he's being "victimized" is pretty broad based on such little information.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I'll leave it to others to argue the merits of attorneys in this process, as it's been beat to death.

My point is that if the decision is made to hire an attorney, then a good attorney is going to do more than just file for the petitioner. He or she is going to look out for potential problems that could come back to bite the filer, as well as look forward to the entire process, not just the initial filing. If the lawyer wants to call his questionnaire an "affidavit of relationship" or "Timmy the gimpy bunny" doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be an "official" document, it just has to help the attorney help his client.

I don't know the OP or his attorney. Maybe his attorney sucks, or maybe the OP just doesn't understand what his attorney is doing. But your diagnosis that he's being "victimized" is pretty broad based on such little information.

I tend to make broad diagnosis regarding K-1 attorneys, it is true. Guilty as charged.

[Starlight95 1]

Hello, I was asked to produce a 'letter'. An affidavit regarding sincere relationship. Basically "tell your love story". One page. Does anyone have any idea about this? Format, subject matter and substance? I have just a few hours. I know I am pushing it but if anyone has any idea of what this means or how to write such a document (word format) let me know. Thanks.

Yes, I have heard of this. But, there is no such thing as "affidavit of sincere relationship" letter. I have heard that in addition to your letters of intent, it is a good idea to attach another letter stating how you met your fiance, and what are the reasons you want to get married to him/her. It just convinces the person reviewing your case, more sincereity in your relationship. I had included another letter with my K-1 packet. I really advice it to any new filers. It's not a bad idea at all.

[thongd4me 69]

I'll leave it to others to argue the merits of attorneys in this process, as it's been beat to death.

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I tend to make broad diagnosis regarding K-1 attorneys, it is true. Guilty as charged.

I second that emotion as to the usefulness of attorneys. I just am winding up my divorce which took since early 2005 to get this far.

It's on the judge's desk since 2-3 weeks ago, everything signed, but he is on vacation for X? weeks.

Once that is final, the I-129F will go out immediately.

I had one attorney which was a royal waste of time.

Anytime your attorney answers a question with "I don't know what the opposing attorney will do" - run for the hills.

Luckily I got another attorney who only took a few months to conclude my case and responded to the things that I wanted pushed through and performed.

In the case of the fiancee visa I won't be using an attorney because I won't need one as a proxy (to make appearances when I can't) or as an interpreter

of the law because of some assumption that they could speed up the case. Even an attorney who is working on your behalf 100% will use stalling tactics

that work against your advantage. I never knew of an attorney, even the good one, who would answer ALL of my questions at once. They often ignore

the ones that you feel most anxious about in order to pack and pad the number of "billable hours" they can charge for. It's like nickel & diming you because

it forces you to make further calls or emails and each one is listed on the itemized bill.

I also won't be using an attorney because:

We have an overabundance of proof of relationship.

She is established, university educated, owns real estate and has numerous citations from the king in gold leaf for excellence in her job.

We are age-compatible so nobody can say the relationship is unreal because of an age difference.

I've had a long steady employment record and I'm well above the "poverty level" required for the affidavit of support.

We can call on numerous people to vouch for the relationship if called for.

I almost think using an attorney would put us at a disadvantage because my feeling is that if you think your case may be weak and you need an attorney,

that may make it look like having an attorney means you have a weak case.

We both know enough English and Thai to get through the paperwork on either side (she has been asked by Chulonkorn U. to evaluate PhD students in Thai language).

We have Visajourney friends to help us learn about the possible glitches at every stage of the game.