I-129F February 2016 Filers

[Gonzo71 45]

Hello Chris & Olivia,

I am in Canada and my fiance is in Maine, met back in 2011 and our relationship grew into a more serious one and we decided to apply. I have been looking over this site and found two addresses in Texas. One to Dallas and one to Lewisville.....which one should we send our application to? Am I right to think that if my fiance sends our application by courier it should be mailed to Lewisville? and if sent by U.S. post it should go to Dallas?

Can you help?

Also I did my intent letter in handwriting.....black ink, do you know if this is ok? I didn't see anywhere that it should be typed?

Any help is appreciated.

Good luck to you....

so looking forward to finally sharing my life with my fiance as I'm sure you are too, I don't want to make any errors...

Thanks

Maine man/ Ont girl

Lewisville is the correct place.

Letter of Intent is just that. I would think in writing would be acceptable as it's just that, a letter of intent

I mailed mine via UPS which gives me the option to have it notify me of delivery when it happens. USPS won't do that other than sending you the receipt notice which will probably come after your NOA!

good luck

Gary

[Chris&Olivia 7]

Hello Chris & Olivia,

I am in Canada and my fiance is in Maine, met back in 2011 and our relationship grew into a more serious one and we decided to apply. I have been looking over this site and found two addresses in Texas. One to Dallas and one to Lewisville.....which one should we send our application to? Am I right to think that if my fiance sends our application by courier it should be mailed to Lewisville? and if sent by U.S. post it should go to Dallas?

Can you help?

Also I did my intent letter in handwriting.....black ink, do you know if this is ok? I didn't see anywhere that it should be typed?

Any help is appreciated.

Good luck to you....

so looking forward to finally sharing my life with my fiance as I'm sure you are too, I don't want to make any errors...

Thanks

Maine man/ Ont girl

Letter of Intent can be typed or printed. I printed mine because it was easier to download the example and fill in the blanks. Just make sure you both do one, both sign it and date it, and send in both originals.

As far as the addresses go, I sent mine to the Texas drop box via USPS. I think I did the 3 day delivery option or 2 day. Can't remember. Was only about 10 or 15 bucks and it had tracking so I saw when it got there. Easy peezy.

[Gonzo71 45]

Oh yeah, still waiting for a touch on our case. NOA1 was march 1st and we received the hard copy on the 7th.

Curious to hear how long before the first update occurred to most when checking the Case status.

[Maineman/Ont girl 0]

Lewisville is the correct place.

Letter of Intent is just that. I would think in writing would be acceptable as it's just that, a letter of intent

I mailed mine via UPS which gives me the option to have it notify me of delivery when it happens. USPS won't do that other than sending you the receipt notice which will probably come after your NOA!

good luck

Gary

Thanks for the info Gary, much appreciated. Did you hand write your intent letter?

Good luck to you and your fiance..

[Chris&Olivia 7]

Lewisville is the correct place.

Letter of Intent is just that. I would think in writing would be acceptable as it's just that, a letter of intent

I mailed mine via UPS which gives me the option to have it notify me of delivery when it happens. USPS won't do that other than sending you the receipt notice which will probably come after your NOA!

good luck

Gary

Not to sound rude but, False... I did the exact opposite of what you just said with the same results. Lewisville isn't for courier, so yes, UPS. Texas works for USPS no matter what service (next day, 2 day, priority, etc), and USPS has the same kind of tracking system as UPS does when you select those services. I followed mine all the way there. Granted, it was there only 2 days later, but still. Every question that everyone asks is here on this board. The search function is amazing and everything has been asked and answered before. So when someone gives their account of how they did it, and it worked, it's safe to say that one should be ok with that. Especially when talking about a postal process and not one of adjudication. Let's not make it more complicated for each other. Edited March 16, 2016 by Chris&Olivia

[Chris&Olivia 7]

I meant *"is for courier"

[Californiabound09 2]

I agree with Chris & Olivia. A lot of these questions can be easily found via the search engine. I understand that this process may be confusing, but the answers are there... They even come equipped with examples so that you can be successful. In no way would I hand write a letter of intent, or any piece of document, unless stated otherwise. The only thing that should be signed in black pen is your signature and/or the signature of your fiancé(e). we all have a common goal and that is to eventually be with the one we love... But if you haven't been through the process yet and you are handing out advice (although it is in good faith)... Don't. it's one thing to be sure about what you're saying to another hopeful, but it'll be a total demise if your advice isn't correct and that person has to start over. A lot of you are already nervous, scared and losing patience (rightfully so)... But any set back because of false information will only increase their anxiety and put more time on this already vigorous process.

[Lowens8 10]

Oh yeah, still waiting for a touch on our case. NOA1 was march 1st and we received the hard copy on the 7th.

Curious to hear how long before the first update occurred to most when checking the Case status.

I'm pretty sure none of the February filers have had any change in status. Most of our estimates are at the end of this month or beginning of April for NOA2s.

[N & L 0]

Hello! I am preparing our i129f packet and hopefully to finish soon.

I have a question with regards with the pictures.. is it ok if i put it in a 4r photo album or pasting it on bond paper is fine? Thank you for your help!

Goodluck!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

I agree with Chris & Olivia. A lot of these questions can be easily found via the search engine. I understand that this process may be confusing, but the answers are there... They even come equipped with examples so that you can be successful. In no way would I hand write a letter of intent, or any piece of document, unless stated otherwise. The only thing that should be signed in black pen is your signature and/or the signature of your fiancé(e). we all have a common goal and that is to eventually be with the one we love... But if you haven't been through the process yet and you are handing out advice (although it is in good faith)... Don't. it's one thing to be sure about what you're saying to another hopeful, but it'll be a total demise if your advice isn't correct and that person has to start over. A lot of you are already nervous, scared and losing patience (rightfully so)... But any set back because of false information will only increase their anxiety and put more time on this already vigorous process.

Your post is SPOT ON!!!

When you post information to help someone sight where your information is coming from.

I'd like to add that you can add information to a government form by either using black ink or add an additional page. Most of the instructions for the form will advocate that is exceptable. I think that its easier to read a typwritten letter then one that is hand written. Your eyes flow over typed text where a written letter one needs to inturupt the handwritten word.

[Ninaymonkey 7]

Hello Everyone

I've been thinking, when I sent proof of our relationship, I sent pictures, hotel receipts, copies of passport pages, pics,phone bills ( ) and lastly copies of our conversations, my question is our conversaion is in Spanish, did I need to translate? .. I didn't even think about this until now and now hoping I dont get a RFE for it..

[valefercrs 21]

Is the color pen important? We signed the forms with blue ink

[Georgia16 2,858]

Is the color pen important? We signed the forms with blue ink

That's fine

[vosvis 2]

Is the color pen important? We signed the forms with blue ink

When printing a typed letter in black ink, it's best to then sign it using blue so they'll know for sure it was signed by that person instead of a digital signature also printed out.

[valefercrs 21]

Hi Ninaymonkey! It's nice to see someone from Peru, i am the peruvian fiancee and hopefully we can stay in touch and help each other with this process. My Noa1 is Feb 02.

Good luck!

Thanka for the reply guys!