RFE - Intent to Marry

[its-amy 0]

Hi,

So i just received an RFE 2 days ago and it says exactly this:

Intent to Marry: Submit evidence that the petitioner and beneficiary plan to marry each other within 90 days of the beneficiary's admission to the United States. Evidence of intention to marry may include a statement of intent to marry.

I though this meant that I need to send a letter to say I am planning on marrying in 90 days at city hall, since my immigration lawyer only told me to write one and said we dont need one from my fiance. I contacted my lawyer and she said that no they dont just want a letter, they want actual proof of your plans like wedding dress receipts, rings, chapel reservatons, invitions. I am not planning a wedding, I mentioned this in my letter of intent. I am just going to city hall and then when we save up, we want to go back to his country and have a wedding there.

Do you guys know if this RFE is just asking for both our letters of intent, signed, translated, and notarized? or do they want the actual proof of us planning things? Have any of you gone through this same RFE?

Also, I contacted my city hall before all of this, and they said that i cant schedule an appointment for a civil ceremony without the marriage license. My fiance isnt here for me to get the license, so i have absolutely no clue how to provide what my lawyer wants if that is actually what the RFE is asking.

[lost_at_sea 995]

The lawyer isn't right. You don't need to have actual plans to marry in action (in terms of booking stuff etc.).

Both you and your fiancé needed to submit letters of intent to marry. They just need to be signed. You got the RFE because you were missing a letter.

See the K1 guide: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

Item 5 in the checklist of documents (there's a link to an example, too).

Edited August 10, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[FloranteNlaura 2]

Get rid of the lawyer. Check the guides for K1. A simple 1 page Intent to marry from both of you. Best of luck.

[Anonymous885 44]

Both of fiance and fiancee need to submit letter of intent to marry ( 1 from you and other is from your fiance(e) so total is 2). if you read the instruction of I-129F it does say both letter from fiance and fiancee. Note the letter format is here http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Fiance_Letter_of_Intent.doc

Letters have to be English and signed (dont need to notarize) .

Note that the letter above is only written one direction that is befiniciary will marry petitioner. You will need to change the wording a little bit so that you have second letter( petitioner will marry benificiary).