K1 Visa Approved - Indonesia (Report)

[AlinaB 43]

HI everyone,

I honestly don't know what we would have done without this forum to help. He has his visa in hand and his ticket was purchased to come to the states!

I want to give back by sharing our experience in the hopes that it can help others. I am a woman and my fiance is a man, from Indonesia.

For our 129-F packet

We used a 2" binder with clear pockets

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. G325 A (one for me and one for my fiance)

2. 129-F application

3. Statement of meeting (I did not address it) & (both of us signed it)

4. Intent to Marry (both of us signed it)

5. 6 photos of us together. All printed on photo paper with the dates and descriptions on the back

6. one blog post from each month I lived in Indonesia and 3 where I mentioned his name (names highlighted)

7. Copy of every single page of my passport

8. Copies of all of my permits to live and research in Indonesia

9. Copy of my invitation letter to conduct research in Indonesia

10. Prenuptial draft

11. My divorce decree (over 7 years old)

12. Check

You can see from our timeline that we had no RFEs and things progressed smoothly

For the K1 interview:

First I will list the things they took, then I will list the other things I brought but they did not take

We used binders but they took everything out of the binder. So perhaps just organize things for yourself.

1. Exact copy of the 129-F 2" binder (I listed this below in the did not take column, but please make sure your fiance has this regardless. It is vital.)

2. DS-160 confirmation page

3. International fiance birth certificate (real and photocopy)

4. Translation of fiance birth certificate

5. Sworn translator statement

6. International fiance passport

7. I-134 (2 signed copies from both me and my consponsor)

8. Cosponsor paperwork (tax return only - self employed)

9. My sponsorship paperwork (last 3 months bank statements, letters from bank, tax return, statement from employer, rental agreement for rental property, home value assessment from my county tax office)

10. 6 more photos of us from October - December (marked with dates and basic information)

11. Updated intent to marry (signed by both of us)

12. ticket stubs from our vacation in the Gillis.

13. Cash for the visa fee

Papers brought but they did not want and handed back to us:

1. phone call records

2. text message records and their translations

3. signed prenuptial agreement (neither the bahasa nor the english version)

4. copy of university diploma

5. 129-F binder

Please check the embassy page on here for a full review of the interview itself.