Question regarding I-129F

[Kristina/David 0]

Hey guys,

I would appreciate if someone could help my fiancé and me with question 18 on the I-129F form: "Has your fiancé(e) met and seen you within the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of this petition?". We just wrote a short story about us first meeting in Sweden in 2008 and that I then studied at the same college as him in the US and thereafter we've seen each other pretty frequently on visits made either by myself or my fiancé. Maybe not that exact wording, but you get the picture. It all fit in that little box on the I-129F, and it is kind of worrying me that it might not be enough details. Did you guys write a very specific list of how and when you met, dates for every time you've met and so on? And did you have to add an additional sheet with description or did you also fit it all in the little box? I guess it only states the last 2 years but I figured it would be equally as good to write every time we've met... Any help would be very much appreciated!

I'm so nervous about this whole process, and so scared that I will do something wrong which might delay the process even further, so I would really appreciate some help from someone who has already been through this!

Thanks again!

//Kristina

[Ironman140 45]

No expert but believe they just want to know if you seen each other durning the past 2 years. They will verify that you did later with your passport info . They will check things sounds like you have nothing to worry about

[san diego 407]

I am not sure if this is necessary but my lawyer did draft a cover page describing our story from first meeting all the way to I129F submission with all the circumstances, including engagement. At the end of the cover-page she had table of content. I had no RFE or problems. Hope this helps.

[baron555 934]

The size of the box is indicative of how long of a statement they expect. We took two sentences and had no issues.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Hey guys,

I would appreciate if someone could help my fiancé and me with question 18 on the I-129F form: "Has your fiancé(e) met and seen you within the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of this petition?". We just wrote a short story about us first meeting in Sweden in 2008 and that I then studied at the same college as him in the US and thereafter we've seen each other pretty frequently on visits made either by myself or my fiancé. Maybe not that exact wording, but you get the picture. It all fit in that little box on the I-129F, and it is kind of worrying me that it might not be enough details. Did you guys write a very specific list of how and when you met, dates for every time you've met and so on? And did you have to add an additional sheet with description or did you also fit it all in the little box? I guess it only states the last 2 years but I figured it would be equally as good to write every time we've met... Any help would be very much appreciated!

I'm so nervous about this whole process, and so scared that I will do something wrong which might delay the process even further, so I would really appreciate some help from someone who has already been through this!

Thanks again!

//Kristina

If it fits in the box, that is fine. Saying you made frequent trips, and perhaps listing the date range like "frequent trips between DATE - DATE", or just listing the date of the last one. You can show all the trips through your copies of boarding passes and passport stamps, so no reason to write out a long love story or itemized report of visits.

[Kristina/David 0]

Thank you all for your replies!!!

I ended up including everything and now the I-129F packages has been sent off and it was delivered to the Texas PO box on Friday! So now we are waiting for our NOA1 and then I guess it's time to wait, wait, and probably wait a little more for NOA2 (and hopefully no RFEs)!

Edited June 25, 2011 by Kristina/David

[I_Am_That_I_Am 46]

OMG! I thought i was the only one here being tortured by this thing. honestly, i have been so worried about this particular question for over a month now but never dared to ask cause i was so afraid of the answer. hahaha! but now i feel a lot better. whew! Thanks everyone!

Hey guys,

I would appreciate if someone could help my fiancé and me with question 18 on the I-129F form: "Has your fiancé(e) met and seen you within the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of this petition?". We just wrote a short story about us first meeting in Sweden in 2008 and that I then studied at the same college as him in the US and thereafter we've seen each other pretty frequently on visits made either by myself or my fiancé. Maybe not that exact wording, but you get the picture. It all fit in that little box on the I-129F, and it is kind of worrying me that it might not be enough details. Did you guys write a very specific list of how and when you met, dates for every time you've met and so on? And did you have to add an additional sheet with description or did you also fit it all in the little box? I guess it only states the last 2 years but I figured it would be equally as good to write every time we've met... Any help would be very much appreciated!

I'm so nervous about this whole process, and so scared that I will do something wrong which might delay the process even further, so I would really appreciate some help from someone who has already been through this!

Thanks again!

//Kristina

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Out of interest mine was "I met Vanessa in person in 2008 when she came to the US and stayed for 2 months" or words to that effect. That was it. Passport stamps and ticket stubs proved the visit. That's just the met in the last 2 years part, not length of relationship so it's simple. No RFE's.

[TBoneTX 45,284]

A box-sized answer may satisfy USCIS, but remember that the consulate will later receive what you've sent to USCIS. In some countries and consulates, a far higher level of detail that you provide USCIS now may ward off disaster during the visa interview. If you're not in a VWP country or a country with a consistently "easy" consulate, write a more detailed "evolution of relationship" statement and include it in the USCIS filing.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

A box-sized answer may satisfy USCIS, but remember that the consulate will later receive what you've sent to USCIS. In some countries and consulates, a far higher level of detail that you provide USCIS now may ward off disaster during the visa interview. If you're not in a VWP country or a country with a consistently "easy" consulate, write a more detailed "evolution of relationship" statement and include it in the USCIS filing.

Agree and disagree. High-fraud consulates should DEFINITELY do an evolution of relationship letter BUT that box is dealing specifically with when you met in person. It need not be a book, they just need to know when you met in person (to prove it's within the 2 years).