My journey is about to start!!!

[Kayz 0]

Finally! After so many delays, my K1 application packet is almost good to be send out...It's just so hard and scary to let it all go after so many weeks of looking through it over and over again,making sure that everything is correct and signed properly..Here's the list of everything that I'm going to mail tomorrow.(in order of how I stacked it.).Please let me know what you all think and if there's anything else that needs to be modified

Cover Letter (signed by me)

Payment fee of $170

Form I-129F and signed supplement page for Question#18

Sworn statement of mutual intent (signed indivudually by me & my fiance)

G325's and a supplement page of my employment information ( I have a full time & a part time job)

Front & back copies of naturalization certificate

Copy of US Passport

Copies of my valid identification card

Copy of my birth certificate

Copy of my fiance's foreign passport

Copy of my fiance's birth certificate

Copy of my fiance's valid indentification card

Copies of stamped passport pages( I included the one from my 1999 trip and I had a Philippine

passport at the time..to show that we have met way back...is this OK?)

Copies of my flight itineraries

Copies of my boarding passes

Photographs (24 photos with descriptions at the back)

Additional proofs: receipts,credit card statements,phone & text messaging bills,stamped letter envelopes,emails and chat logs.

I have used a total of 10 Manila folders and jumbo paper clips and labeled each folder with what's inside of it.I'm going to use a USPS priority flat rate box because I'm not sure if my packet will fit in a regular USPS letter envelope...

I hope everything goes OK with my package.Please let me know if you have any suggestions..Thanks alot for all your help!!

[Jasman0717 9]

Good luck with the petition

[1HappyGuy 45]

Does your evidence show meeting within last two years? You mentioned a 1999 passport as evidence but that's more than two years ago. Otherwise, I'd say you pretty much covered it. Too many photos, I hope you have copies for your memories.

[Kayz 0]

Does your evidence show meeting within last two years? You mentioned a 1999 passport as evidence but that's more than two years ago. Otherwise, I'd say you pretty much covered it. Too many photos, I hope you have copies for your memories.

I've included the stamp that I got from my 1999 trip as well as the stamps from the other two trips that I made this year. (February & September 2006).Is that gonna be good enough or do I need more proofs than that? I'm doing another check on my paperworks tonight and tomorrow before I mail it,to make sure that all stuffs are Ok..

Thanks

[Alanlvsjudy 0]

Did you make two copies of everything?

Get rid of the extra folders, they'll go in the trash...put it all neatly stacked in order in one folder, save yourself some postage and send it.

[ramos96 1]

hi,

As the others have stated before you need to only send proof of you both having met with in the last 2 years, the 1999 trip will not have any bearing on the process. As for the 24 pictures, that might be a little bit over kill.

This is what you need to consider:

Remember the more stuff you send the more this investigator has to look thru, a slim and trim application that hits all the marks with all of its "i"'s dotted and "t" crossed will go thru much faster than an application that is over stuff with data. If you followed the guide here on VJ you will be fine. Again I can not stress the importance of making sure everything that is asked for is included, giving more info than what is necessary opens you up to more questions.

Sincerely and Humbly,

Ramos

Edited November 14, 2006 by ramos96

[Kayz 0]

Did you make two copies of everything?

Get rid of the extra folders, they'll go in the trash...put it all neatly stacked in order in one folder, save yourself some postage and send it.

Thank you for the tip about the folders! Yes, I've made copies (3 each) of everything and I also have a back up of it saved in my computer.I get paranoid and worries too much about our case because we had a 6 year period that we didn't saw each other in person (but our communication is continous during that time). I hope everything goes well with ours and thank you again for all your help.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Lot's of documentation there, hopefully not too much. If I were you, I would create a table of contents page and carefully number each of your documents, but send it as one bundle, perhaps bound by an ACCO fastener instead of separated by so many envelopes. The person processing it will have to open each individually, perhaps in a state of annoyance. Just my thought on the matter.

Make two copies of the whole thing, and if possible scan it electronically as well.

Beyond that, best of luck on your journey!

[Robert818 0]

Good luck with your k1 journey.

[rosyanne 0]

Best wishes... sounds like you have a good start...

[Kayz 0]

Best wishes... sounds like you have a good start...

Thank you so much to all of you ! I probabbly checked my application at least 50 times between last night and as of this update. I was able to cut it down to just two folders. One that holds the main application and forms and the other folder for all our evidence. As much as I wanted to remove some of the stuffs due to possible too much information case, I couldn't because every little thing of those items tells how we were able to hold onto each other for 8 years and counting!.I didn't include our chat logs because I figured our emails and snail letter correspondences are enough to get us going.I'm off to Post office in an hour to mail our K1 packet and I'm keeping my fingers crossed beginning today..Thanks again to all of you!