Small confusion because of RFE Master List

[spomenik 0]

Hi everyone! I'm an Australian living in Canada and my fiance and I are applying for a K1 visa with pretty straightforward circumstances. No kids, no prior marriages, both natively speak English. Obviously then, there's a lot of the i129f form that doesn't apply to us and so we've left those parts blank. Our package is almost complete but then today I looked at the RFE Master List on this forum. It's really interesting to be able to see (so thanks so much to whoever has been compiling that), but I got confused by a little thing on it.

Many people seemed to have gotten requests because of Left various questions blank on I-129F form. Their fix apparently was to answer the missing questions, and in some cases it says on the spreadsheet they wrote NONE for the questions they didn't originally answer. The reason I'm confused by this is because on the government's instructions for filling out the form it clearly says to leave blank anything that doesn't apply to you. But here it seems people have been hit up with an RFE because of doing just that?

If I could get some clarification on this at all, that would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

[YecaCruz 379]

For myself, I wrote none where it made sense because I saw that the contrasting information too and was also confused. "Kids?" None. "Previous marriage" None. Haven't received an RFE for that yet. Of course I left blank parts when it asked for my fiancé's A number or anything that asked for stuff that he wouldn't have.

"None" seems like an answer, at least that's how it made sense to me

[baron555 934]

I followed the Example Form, link at top of this page.

[baron555 934]

For myself, I wrote none where it made sense because I saw that the contrasting information too and was also confused. "Kids?" None. "Previous marriage" None. Haven't received an RFE for that yet. Of course I left blank parts when it asked for my fiancé's A number or anything that asked for stuff that he wouldn't have.

"None" seems like an answer, at least that's how it made sense to me

This is the best description. You see everyone has an answer to the question, for example, of Previous Marriages? You either can say Yes or None (meaning No). Same to children.

For A number you either had one or not. Writing None would imply your A Number was NONE. Same for middle name.....If you write None then you are telling them your middle name is NONE.

[MADDEN 40]

I'm sure you will be fine but in future its always a good idea to write either none or N/A (Not Applicable)rather then leave blank spaces.

Just remember also that Australia is a low fraud country so some of the things you read in the RFE master list wont always apply to Australians or others from low fraud countries. I was convinced id be getting an RFE because my fiancé never added detail on how we met just simply that we met on line through a dating site, after reading the Master List and seeing so many people say they recieved RFE's for not supplying more detail or that it wasn't a IMB I was convinced we would get an RFE but we didn't.

Hope all goes well for you.

[spomenik 0]

Thanks so much everyone! It's good to be able to hear tips from people who've been through this whole thing, really appreciated

Writing None would imply your A Number was NONE. Same for middle name.....If you write None then you are telling them your middle name is NONE.

hahaha it's so funny that you wrote this comment - I in fact do not have a middle name, so I'd been concerned about that EXACT thing happening. Puts the logic (or lack thereof) of my concern into perspective.

[Kat&Jon 85]

Spomenik,

I am so sorry I didn't see your post until now. I am the person who compiled the list and I had to keep the information short to make the large document less cluttered. I kept for my own record a list of the longer answers when needed so that if someone needed to clarify something on the list they could IM me their question.

The instructions are correct in saying NONE for various things that don't apply to you or leaving those blank. The questions that people got an RFE for leaving blank for the various Yes or No questions regarding the IMBRA questionnaire that was added to the Petition. You CAN NOT leave ANY of the Yes or No questions blank. A lot of people miss them since they are after the questions regarding did you meet your Fiance through a marriage broker, but they include the questions such as: Have you ever been convicted of a domestic abuse. These questions MUST be answered and can't be left blank.

I hope this helps clarify further for you, and again so sorry for the delay in my response. I follow the RFE list I created and focus on answering most questions posted in the actual thread.

Good luck with your petition!