Questions Concerning 1-129F and g-325a forms

[Pennsylvania 0]

Hello everybody,

We have a few questions about the process for an I-129F and g-325a form.

1. My fiancee lives in Odessa, Ukraine. On both forms, it asks for the city, province/state, and country. Should we list the oblast in this space (in this case, Odeska oblast), leave it blank, write "NONE" or ???

2. For the middle name, should we list her Ukrainian patronym (father's name), leave it blank, write NONE, or ???

3. Her father left her family at an early age. We know his name and the place where he lives now, although there is no contact. We don't know his date or place of birth. Should we write "UNKNOWN," leave it blank, or ???

4. When I send the materials in my I-129f packet, such as the letter of Intent to Marry and her g-325a, I assume that these should be physical, actual copies sent to me via US mail, and that a scan of the documents sent to me by her would not be sufficient. Am I right?

5. Since she is a Ukrainian citizen, she should not put anything in the US Social Security Number field, right? Should she leave it blank, write "NONE," or ??? She has the Ukrainian equivalent (a 10 digit number but I assume that we do not include that on any of these documents).

Thanks for your time and consideration.

[BlueBonnet 84]

Hello everybody,

3. Her father left her family at an early age. We know his name and the place where he lives now, although there is no contact. We don't know his date or place of birth. Should we write "UNKNOWN," leave it blank, or ???

I had to answer this one too. My answer was " Unknown ". It was the truth. Never lie, if you dont know an answer, then tell them you dont. Ive also been looking at the next step of forms, and again it will ask me if my father is alive/dead or where he is. Again, my answers are "unknown" again, its the truth.

[Jared and May 16]

Might be worthwhile posting this question in the regional threads.. SuperMod, can you super move it? :dance:

[dakay ♥ 10]

Hello everybody,

We have a few questions about the process for an I-129F and g-325a form.

1. My fiancee lives in Odessa, Ukraine. On both forms, it asks for the city, province/state, and country. Should we list the oblast in this space (in this case, Odeska oblast), leave it blank, write "NONE" or ???

If I understand, Odessa is the city and Odessa Oblast the province, so it would be: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

3. Her father left her family at an early age. We know his name and the place where he lives now, although there is no contact. We don't know his date or place of birth. Should we write "UNKNOWN," leave it blank, or ???

write Unknown

4. When I send the materials in my I-129f packet, such as the letter of Intent to Marry and her g-325a, I assume that these should be physical, actual copies sent to me via US mail, and that a scan of the documents sent to me by her would not be sufficient. Am I right?

Well, we submitted the letter of intent and the g-325A form in original, I used an international courier

5. Since she is a Ukrainian citizen, she should not put anything in the US Social Security Number field, right? Should she leave it blank, write "NONE," or ??? She has the Ukrainian equivalent (a 10 digit number but I assume that we do not include that on any of these documents).

in my case, my fiance wrote NONE

[Brad and Vika 129]

Hello everybody,

We have a few questions about the process for an I-129F and g-325a form.

1. My fiancee lives in Odessa, Ukraine. On both forms, it asks for the city, province/state, and country. Should we list the oblast in this space (in this case, Odeska oblast), leave it blank, write "NONE" or ???

Province/state should be the oblast

2. For the middle name, should we list her Ukrainian patronym (father's name), leave it blank, write NONE, or ???

Yes, use the patronymic for middle name

3. Her father left her family at an early age. We know his name and the place where he lives now, although there is no contact. We don't know his date or place of birth. Should we write "UNKNOWN," leave it blank, or ???

I think unknown would be OK, and you can attach an explanation at the end if you feel the need. Identify the explanation by number of the question.

4. When I send the materials in my I-129f packet, such as the letter of Intent to Marry and her g-325a, I assume that these should be physical, actual copies sent to me via US mail, and that a scan of the documents sent to me by her would not be sufficient. Am I right?

We sent originals, but then we did the forms together. I haven't read back, but if the form instructions say so, then send originals. The form in the guides 325a form, it says to sign in ink. We also used the multi-copy forms, but I understand that isn't necessary any more.

5. Since she is a Ukrainian citizen, she should not put anything in the US Social Security Number field, right? Should she leave it blank, write "NONE," or ??? She has the Ukrainian equivalent (a 10 digit number but I assume that we do not include that on any of these documents).

We put N/A on that line - squaring with the fact that she never lived/worked here before.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Good Luck!

Edited April 18, 2010 by Brad and Vika