looking for another set of eyes

[stringged 1]

Hi everyone! I'm new here, but so thankful you all exist. I decided against using a third-party service for filling out paperwork to bring my fiancee to the US, I just figured it was work I would have to do to give to them when I could be 100 times more meticulous on the whole thing.

Anyway, my first-draft packet is ready! Here are the contents as described on my cover letter

Contents include:

-Payment in the amount of $455.

-Form I-129F (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Copy of Certificate of Naturalization (Petitioner)

-Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years

--American Airlines E-Ticket Confirmation of last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--Copy of pages 12-13 of US passport showing entries/departures from my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--5 pictures taken during my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of ongoing relationship

--T-Mobile phone records as of Sep 29, 2010 and as of Oct 14, 2010

---See phone calls to calling card bridge 301-591-xxxx. This is a number bridge from uniontelecard.com that allows purchasing of calling card credit for calling Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

---See text messages to mxxxxxxx_xx16@

---See various text messages to E-Notes

--T-Mobile phone record as of Nov 12, 2010

---See phone calls to MagicJack number 240-3xx-xxxx. This MagicJack number is a Voice Over IP phone line given to my fiancée in Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

And of course, so you know the story as well as the answer to question 18 on form I-129F, this is what I have:

I met my fiancee during a mission trip I took to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She is a member of the church that I was serving at during the trip. We fell in love and kept a long distance relationship after I came back to the US. I asked her to marry me during a follow-up trip I took to Bolivia in mid October 2010.

Too much? Too little? Missing something? More proof? More detail? Thank you for your time!

Jorge

Edited November 13, 2010 by stringged

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Hi everyone! I'm new here, but so thankful you all exist. I decided against using a third-party service for filling out paperwork to bring my fiancee to the US, I just figured it was work I would have to do to give to them when I could be 100 times more meticulous on the whole thing.

Anyway, my first-draft packet is ready! Here are the contents as described on my cover letter

Contents include:

-Payment in the amount of $455.

-Form I-129F (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Copy of Certificate of Naturalization (Petitioner)

-Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years

--American Airlines E-Ticket Confirmation of last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--Copy of pages 12-13 of US passport showing entries/departures from my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--5 pictures taken during my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of ongoing relationship

--T-Mobile phone records as of Sep 29, 2010 and as of Oct 14, 2010

---See phone calls to calling card bridge 301-591-xxxx. This is a number bridge from uniontelecard.com that allows purchasing of calling card credit for calling Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

---See text messages to mxxxxxxx_xx16@

---See various text messages to E-Notes

--T-Mobile phone record as of Nov 12, 2010

---See phone calls to MagicJack number 240-3xx-xxxx. This MagicJack number is a Voice Over IP phone line given to my fiancée in Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

And of course, so you know the story as well as the answer to question 18 on form I-129F, this is what I have:

I met my fiancee during a mission trip I took to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She is a member of the church that I was serving at during the trip. We fell in love and kept a long distance relationship after I came back to the US. I asked her to marry me during a follow-up trip I took to Bolivia in mid October 2010.

Too much? Too little? Missing something? More proof? More detail? Thank you for your time!

Jorge

Jorge,

You may want to add the e-mail/text message notification form (free of charge). Also, it is getting so close to the fee change date now... Wouldn't you care to hold on to the packet for about 10 days and save some money? The rate things are moving I highly doubt that 10 days would make much of a difference in terms of your petition being approved any sooner, yet it would make a difference in the fee that you would have to pay.

I know you are sending a copy of your Naturalization Certificate as your proof of citizenship, but since you are also submitting some copies of your American passport, why not submit ALL pages? (or maybe I was being overly OCD when I sent both copies of all pages of my passport AND naturalization certificate). Are you sending a cover letter listing your submission materials? It would be helpful to add it. Assuming that neither one of you have been married and that you are not forgetting a copy of your divorce decree, it sounds good!

Best wishes!

[CoffeeMuse 5]

Yes the cost of the I129F application is dropping. Naturally I've paid the higher pice and now they are raising the price of the AOS - luck me!

gumble grumble

[amykathleen2005 441]

Looks good to me. Our sheet talking about how we met was about a page long, but there really is no set length as long as you state the facts. Although for our AOS (which you will get to later) the interviewing officer had read the document that I had sent a whole year earlier with the original K-1 application and already knew the whole story of our relationship which was helpful.

Edited November 13, 2010 by amykathleen2005

[HondurasGirlMeli 0]

Jorge:

I am very detail oriented myself. I put our entire packet together and then had an experienced lawyer look through everything (which still caught a couple very minor things we changed). Here is what my cover letter looked like. (Hopefully the formatting sticks when I post.)

Contents include:

1. Filing fee: payment in the amount of $455.

2. I-129F

a. I-129F Attachment: (Question 14, 15, 18)

3. G-325A (Petitioner)

a. G-325 Attachment

b. Passport style photo

4. G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary)

a. G-325 Attachment

b. Passport style photo

5. Petitioner Identification

a. Birth certificate

b. US Passport

c. Drivers license

6. Beneficiary Identification (including translations)

a. Birth certificate

b. Passport

c. National ID

7. Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

8. Proof of having met in person in the past two years & an ongoing relationship

a. Email

b. Evidence of having lived in Honduras:

c. Facebook

d. Phone/Text message records

e. Pictures

f. Plane tickets

g. Reference Letters

h. Skype

i. Snail Mail

j. YouTube

9. Certificate of Accuracy

Then, I created a 'cover sheet' for each piece of evidence which stated: Evidence - Snail Mail; Petitioner: xxxx zzzz; Contents: with a list of what followed next. If I needed to put down specific information, i.e. here is my cell number, here is the beneficiary's cell number (with the 3 numbers he has had listed since we've dated) then I put that info on the evidence cover sheet. Hope this helps!

Edited November 13, 2010 by HondurasGirlMeli

[staceluvyou 6]

plz remember both ur signatures on the letter of intent and g-325, (yea thats the one , i think)

[stringged 1]

plz remember both ur signatures on the letter of intent and g-325, (yea thats the one , i think)

Thank you ALL for your help. You all are wonderful!

[bolin786 21]

I would add a cover letter. In addressing question 18 on I-129F form I entered see attachment and in a separate piece of paper I wrote Attachment to form I-129F, Question 18 and describe in detail how we met and how the

relationship grew to the point that we decided to pursue being together for the rest of our lives. Remember boarding passes of initial trip as well as follow-up trip, photos of engagement and receipt of down payment for engagement ring if you have.

Hi everyone! I'm new here, but so thankful you all exist. I decided against using a third-party service for filling out paperwork to bring my fiancee to the US, I just figured it was work I would have to do to give to them when I could be 100 times more meticulous on the whole thing.

Anyway, my first-draft packet is ready! Here are the contents as described on my cover letter

Contents include:

-Payment in the amount of $455.

-Form I-129F (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Copy of Certificate of Naturalization (Petitioner)

-Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years

--American Airlines E-Ticket Confirmation of last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--Copy of pages 12-13 of US passport showing entries/departures from my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--5 pictures taken during my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of ongoing relationship

--T-Mobile phone records as of Sep 29, 2010 and as of Oct 14, 2010

---See phone calls to calling card bridge 301-591-xxxx. This is a number bridge from uniontelecard.com that allows purchasing of calling card credit for calling Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

---See text messages to mxxxxxxx_xx16@

---See various text messages to E-Notes

--T-Mobile phone record as of Nov 12, 2010

---See phone calls to MagicJack number 240-3xx-xxxx. This MagicJack number is a Voice Over IP phone line given to my fiancée in Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

And of course, so you know the story as well as the answer to question 18 on form I-129F, this is what I have:

I met my fiancee during a mission trip I took to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She is a member of the church that I was serving at during the trip. We fell in love and kept a long distance relationship after I came back to the US. I asked her to marry me during a follow-up trip I took to Bolivia in mid October 2010.

Too much? Too little? Missing something? More proof? More detail? Thank you for your time!

Jorge

[C and Lore 3]

The only thing I might add is one or two pictures of the two of you in Bolivia. Pictures are considered to be secondary evidence, however a boarding pass simply shows you went there. It doesn't necessarily show you met up together while you are there. For them to think such would be a presumption not necessarily shown. If you have credit card statements showing purchases where she lives this might be a bit more indicative of your meeting or receipts of bus travel together as well. Otherwise I'd say everything else is extremely strong.

[baron555 934]

-Payment in the amount of $455. Adressed to United States Department of Homeland Security

-Form I-129F (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)

-Form G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) (with Fiancee Address attachment)

-Copy of Certificate of Naturalization (Petitioner)

-Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years

--American Airlines E-Ticket Confirmation of last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--Copy of pages 12-13 of US passport showing entries/departures from my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner)

--5 pictures taken during my last trip to Bolivia (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

Do you have anything official that shows she was in the same place as you, besides photos? Hotel receipt? Restaraunt?

Mail addressed to her at her address? Just something official that places her in the same location as you? If not then I think you are fine. Do you have anything other than passport stamps? The eticket is useless and the photos are secondary since they can be photoshopped.

-Proof of ongoing relationship

--T-Mobile phone records as of Sep 29, 2010 and as of Oct 14, 2010

---See phone calls to calling card bridge 301-591-xxxx. This is a number bridge from uniontelecard.com that allows purchasing of calling card credit for calling Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

---See text messages to mxxxxxxx_xx16@

---See various text messages to E-Notes

--T-Mobile phone record as of Nov 12, 2010

---See phone calls to MagicJack number 240-3xx-xxxx. This MagicJack number is a Voice Over IP phone line given to my fiancée in Bolivia. I use this as a method to call my fiancée.

And of course, so you know the story as well as the answer to question 18 on form I-129F, this is what I have:

I met my fiancee during a mission trip I took to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Include the dates, you need to link this to the passport stamps and other How we Met evidence. She is a member of the church that I was serving at during the trip. We fell in love and kept a long distance relationship after I came back to the US. I asked her to marry me during a follow-up trip I took to Bolivia in mid October 2010. How about evidence from this trip also

Too much? Too little? Missing something? More proof? More detail? Thank you for your time!

I don't know about this country's Embassy but if the regional forum recommends front-loading then you should do that. Mere phone call receipts or records do nothing to show the "content" of the relatonishp. They only show that you called; they don't show what you talked about. How about copies of the phone conversation? If none, the print outs of the emails and other letters that you've sent. If nothing, then you ought to consider to start generating this evidence. Again, by the interview you have to prove your relationship, not that you call a lot of time.

Jorge