G-325A questions - clarification please!

[mixxerr0se 0]

Hi all! First post here, so I apologise if I am asking dumb questions, using the wrong terms, or over-thinking my answers to the form haha.

Quick background: I am from (and currently residing in) NZ and engaged to a US man. We are applying for a K-1 visa. He is currently working on the I-129f for us, and I am working on my parts to send to him to include when he sends it in, such as my copy of the G-325A etc. I have a few questions about that form, which probably arise from me over-thinking it haha, but please humour me (:

Firstly - the previous addresses section. Over the last 5 years I've had LOTS of addresses. Being 22, near the start of those 5 years I lived at home with my parents. Then I moved out for some time, spanning lots of addresses (flatting etc). Then returned home to the original address. Moved WITH the family to a new address. Went to the US for 3 months to meet my then-boyfriend (now fiancee). We met online, and had been together for approx 18 months prior to this first meeting. During this time (my time with him in the US) he proposed. I have now returned home to the same address in NZ as before I left to file all this stuff.

My questions:

1. For those addresses that I have returned to more than once - do I list them more than once? I'm assuming yes, as the other option (listing from when I FIRST lived there to LAST left, assuming it would be obvious by the other dates where I lived before returning there) could get muddly. Pretty sure relisting them would be the best option, but just wanted to check. Plus I have lots of addresses, def. going to have to continue on a another sheet.

2. On that note - when continuing on another sheet, what exact words do I write to indicate this? Something like "Continued, see attached." ? Also, where do I write this? In the last available line of the addresses chart, forgoing using that for one of the addresses? Or should I hand-write this underneath the little chart after I have printed it?

3. On the attached continuation page, it won't (obviously) have the little table they give you. Should I just leave gaps to simulate the format of the table? (Like between street number, city, date, etc?) Or should I try to make my own little table like the form has on Word or something? Or just handwrite them? (I know, I totally worry too much...)

4. What exactly do I put for 'country' when I was with my man? I figured 'United States of America' but that doesn't fit... ok to just put USA? In general (in case I come across this again), is it acceptable to shorten to abbreviations (in situations where it would be obvious what they mean) where they would not fit otherwise?

5. Lucky last haha, in regards to the "this form is submitted in connection with an application for:"

Do I put "other", and specify K1 Visa? Since that is the current process? Or "permanent resident", since eventually I will end up being one?

PHEW. Sorry for the long-windedness. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need me to explain anything better.

-Mixx

[Ryan H 3,812]

2. On that note - when continuing on another sheet, what exact words do I write to indicate this? Something like "Continued, see attached." ? Also, where do I write this? In the last available line of the addresses chart, forgoing using that for one of the addresses? Or should I hand-write this underneath the little chart after I have printed it?

Write see attached on one of the lines of the form.

3. On the attached continuation page, it won't (obviously) have the little table they give you. Should I just leave gaps to simulate the format of the table? (Like between street number, city, date, etc?) Or should I try to make my own little table like the form has on Word or something? Or just handwrite them? (I know, I totally worry too much...)

Format it however you wish on the supplemental. Just indicate the section from the main form.

4. What exactly do I put for 'country' when I was with my man? I figured 'United States of America' but that doesn't fit... ok to just put USA? In general (in case I come across this again), is it acceptable to shorten to abbreviations (in situations where it would be obvious what they mean) where they would not fit otherwise?

USA is fine.

5. Lucky last haha, in regards to the "this form is submitted in connection with an application for:"

Do I put "other", and specify K1 Visa? Since that is the current process? Or "permanent resident", since eventually I will end up being one?

You would write "Form I-129F"

[JoannaV 174]

An answer to a little part of your question: some of your addresses you need not count. The visit to America definitely does not count as an address. Your NZ address before and after the trip is also your address for when you were in the US. They will ask about your trips to the US separately.

Some of the other addresses you may also not need to list, for example if you were just temporarily staying in a friend's flat. But if you need an extra sheet anyway then may as well include it all.

Personally I only listed my parents' address as that was still my "home" address when I was living elsewhere during the university terms. If there is an address that you returned to more than once and you did still consider an address whilst you were away (such as your parents') then you could potentially list that address once and allow the dates to overlap with your other addresses. Rich people do, after all, have multiple homes and they get their visas all right (Although would like it if someone could confirm they did this on their G325A with no problem?) (And useful perhaps to compare it to employment: perfectly possible to list multiple employments with overlapping dates!)

With regards to additional sheets, I would follow the instructions given for the I-130: "If extra space is needed to complete any item, attach a continuation sheet, indicate the item number, and date and sign each sheet." There isn't really any need to indicate on the form that there is a continuation sheet, they should see it so long as it is mailed with the continuation sheet directly behind the relevant form. Personally I found it easier to handwrite everything, but up to you. If you use Word you could create a table (not necessarily with visible lines, just to make everything line up) and include the column headings. And hmm if you really have a lot of addresses it could be fun to fill that page with every address and not bother trying to reduce the number of items you need to list

You won't be writing the US address, as I said before. However, in general you can indeed write USA instead of writing it out in full. Other countries write out in full to avoid confusion, where there is room to do so.

I think you specify K1 Visa. Even when one of the other boxes applies to someone there is no negative consequence of checking the "other" box by mistake and writing the specific visa type anyway :-)

Edited to add: so yes, I-129F as Ryan H says. Gah you and I can be long-winded together )

Edited April 4, 2011 by JoannaV

[lovers2010 4]

In my case, my addresses for the past 5 years are so many and long as well

as my employment. So what I did was - I only wrote "See attachement"

on the G-325A form and at the back, I added an additional sheet

with my addresses and name+address of my employer.

I only typed them, no tables or anything.

On the additional sheet, I wrote:

Form G325A, Q: Applicant's residence last five years

address 1

address 2

address 3

For #5 question, I checked "others" and wrote k1 visa application.

while my fiance in the US checked "others" and wrote I-129F Petition.

I believe that we're gonna have to do this application again once we apply forresidency I hope that can help you somehow

Hi all! First post here, so I apologise if I am asking dumb questions, using the wrong terms, or over-thinking my answers to the form haha.

Quick background: I am from (and currently residing in) NZ and engaged to a US man. We are applying for a K-1 visa. He is currently working on the I-129f for us, and I am working on my parts to send to him to include when he sends it in, such as my copy of the G-325A etc. I have a few questions about that form, which probably arise from me over-thinking it haha, but please humour me (:

Firstly - the previous addresses section. Over the last 5 years I've had LOTS of addresses. Being 22, near the start of those 5 years I lived at home with my parents. Then I moved out for some time, spanning lots of addresses (flatting etc). Then returned home to the original address. Moved WITH the family to a new address. Went to the US for 3 months to meet my then-boyfriend (now fiancee). We met online, and had been together for approx 18 months prior to this first meeting. During this time (my time with him in the US) he proposed. I have now returned home to the same address in NZ as before I left to file all this stuff.

My questions:

1. For those addresses that I have returned to more than once - do I list them more than once? I'm assuming yes, as the other option (listing from when I FIRST lived there to LAST left, assuming it would be obvious by the other dates where I lived before returning there) could get muddly. Pretty sure relisting them would be the best option, but just wanted to check. Plus I have lots of addresses, def. going to have to continue on a another sheet.

2. On that note - when continuing on another sheet, what exact words do I write to indicate this? Something like "Continued, see attached." ? Also, where do I write this? In the last available line of the addresses chart, forgoing using that for one of the addresses? Or should I hand-write this underneath the little chart after I have printed it?

3. On the attached continuation page, it won't (obviously) have the little table they give you. Should I just leave gaps to simulate the format of the table? (Like between street number, city, date, etc?) Or should I try to make my own little table like the form has on Word or something? Or just handwrite them? (I know, I totally worry too much...)

4. What exactly do I put for 'country' when I was with my man? I figured 'United States of America' but that doesn't fit... ok to just put USA? In general (in case I come across this again), is it acceptable to shorten to abbreviations (in situations where it would be obvious what they mean) where they would not fit otherwise?

5. Lucky last haha, in regards to the "this form is submitted in connection with an application for:"

Do I put "other", and specify K1 Visa? Since that is the current process? Or "permanent resident", since eventually I will end up being one?

PHEW. Sorry for the long-windedness. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need me to explain anything better.

-Mixx

[mixxerr0se 0]

Oh wow, super fast answers!

Ryan H - Thank you so much!!

JoannaV - Thank you! That's good to know I don't have to be too pedantic with all the addresses! That's interesting, I thought I would def. have to list the boy's address to show we had met within two years or whatever that rule is. But then again I guess this is just an info form more than a proof one and like you said will obviously come up elsewhere later anyway.

Still haven't decided whether to list my "out of home" addresses or not... perhaps just the ones I stayed at for any length of time. I think I should at least list those, since most of the jobs I will list will have been in another city - therefore not stacking up with the 'home' addresses you know? My only worry with only listing the places I had been at any decent length of time is that it is essentially lying about how long I had stayed at the places I DO list, you know what I mean? Like in order to cover the places I only stayed at a little while, I will essentially be 'fudging' the dates of the ones I do list, ie extending the months I was there... what if they check that out somehow? Then again, some of the places I can't even remember the address of anyway haha, or the exact dates I was in each, will be a bit of guesswork anyway, so I guess missing out places I was for less than a few months or something and have no record of wouldn't matter too much.

Thank you for your kinship in longwindedness haha (:

lovers2010 - Thank you! I guess with that last question the main thing is that the boy & I makes sure whatever we do specify under "other" matches each others. I'll double check what he put, he sent me his I-129F to check over for consistency but not the G-325A, but yes, something along the lines of "Form I-129F" or "I-129F petition" etc sounds like the best plan.

My employment history is longish too haha. There are also a few gaps of unemployment. I know I have to put that regardless, but do they judge you badly for having unemployed periods &/or quite a few employers? In my case it was nothing bad, just in the process of figuring out my direction etc (plus I moved round a lot) so never stuck with anything for that long.

Thank you again all! Can not wait to just be back in his arms.