Things to know if you are about to Apply for K1 visa

[pch1 64]

If you are about to apply for a fiance visa here are few things to keep in mind to avoid any delays or denial during the process...

For the Fiance

1- Be sure you have a clean Police record/certificate from your home country as well any other place you have lived in for more than 6 months.

2- Be sure you are medically fit to pass the medical exam.

3- Be sure you are drugs free

4- Be sure to list if have ever been to the US or been denied a visa or entry.

5- Be sure you have original birth Certificate.

6- Be sure you have original annulment or divorce decree. If you have not been married then you need official letter of marriage.

7- If you have any children be sure to include them on the I-129F even if you have no plans to bring them to the USA. Having children and not listing them on the petition is a cause for RED FLAG.

7- Keep any receipts, gift receipts, pictures, dates, emails, chats that your petitioner sent you in the past.

7- Be sure to tell the truth while filing out the required papers.

For the Petitioner

1- Be sure you have prior divorce decrees for all previous marriages if any.

2- Be sure your police record is clean and you have no priors criminal activities as asked on the petition form. If you do, you need to take care of them first or have a good explanation to be submitted.

3- Its important to list where required if you ever filed for K1 Petition in the past. This is important to mention.

4- Be sure you have met in person within two years from filing the petition.

5- Take photos together, keep all the receipts for your travel. Airlines, boarding passes, hotel booking and receipts and any other receipts for dinning out etc...

6- Copy of the engagement ring receipt if you are proposing and plan on giving her one.

7- If your income not enough for affidavit of support, be prepared to have sponsor.

Please anyone can add to this list since I know I have missed something...

But it seems to me that many people are leaving out important questions and being denied...Example, someone not mentioning they applied for K1 visa for a former fiance in the past, also delays in getting original copies such as BC, Police reports etc.. ready in time, either they forgot or they did not know they need original copies

Good luck to all...

[Boiler 45,486]

What is an official letter of marriage?

[pch1 64]

What is an official letter of marriage?

Oh, my apology, I meant Certificate of no marriage or free to marry which is issued in countries like the Philippines.

[J178 11]

Hello! Thank you for the list! I am currently waiting for my packet3 and ironing as much as I can prepare before the interview.

May I ask if I need to have certificate of no marriage from country of birth and country of residence?

Thank you in advance!

[Elvis&Sky 26]

If you met your fiance(e) online, include the website's terms of service in your petition, and an email from them stating they are not an IMB, if possible

[lunat16 1]

If you met your fiance(e) online, include the website's terms of service in your petition, and an email from them stating they are not an IMB, if possible

OK, wait, so if I met my fiance' on Facebook, I need to print out the Facebook terms of service and include that to prove they're not a dating site??

[Elvis&Sky 26]

OK, wait, so if I met my fiance' on Facebook, I need to print out the Facebook terms of service and include that to prove they're not a dating site??

Lol no, not prove they're not a dating site, you have to prove Facebook is not an International Marriage Broker; basically you have to show that no money was exchanged to an individual or organization that specifically hooks up foreigners and U.S. citizens as their main form of business. I would highly recommend you do so to avoid an RFE. My fiance and I met on Plenty of Fish and we received and RFE stating that we had to prove that POF was not an International Marriage Broker. So I sent the TOS and a piece of the IMBRA specifying why POF was exempt from that law.

Edited May 1, 2016 by Elvis&Sky

[Castillo3381 0]

Okay, so explain to me this.

My fiance received her packet 3 from US embassy Singapore. On one of the checklist it reads:

"MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES: Married persons including the petitioner, are required to present a marriage certificate and proof of termination of any previous marriage must also be submitted (e.g death certificate spouse, court-certified divorce decree or annulment)..."

My fiance is freaking out about this particular part. I also would to like a better understanding. To my understanding, I have my court-ordered divorce decrees. Do I seriously need my marriage certificate from my previous marriages when I already have court-ordered decrees? Thank you kindly.

[lunat16 1]

Lol no, not prove they're not a dating site, you have to prove Facebook is not an International Marriage Broker; basically you have to show that no money was exchanged to an individual or organization that specifically hooks up foreigners and U.S. citizens as their main form of business. I would highly recommend you do so to avoid an RFE. My fiance and I met on Plenty of Fish and we received and RFE stating that we had to prove that POF was not an International Marriage Broker. So I sent the TOS and a piece of the IMBRA specifying why POF was exempt from that law.

OK so what you're saying is, in order to avoid an RFE, I should print out and include Facebook's terms of service in order to prove Facebook was not used as an international marriage broker and was not paid as such?

[Ree Ren 1]

If you met your fiance(e) online, include the website's terms of service in your petition, and an email from them stating they are not an IMB, if possible

This is a very good addition, it'd be lovely if it could be somewhere in the sticky/instruction. A lot of people seem to have got an RFE that asks to prove that the site they met on is not an IMB. A seemengly small detail, but it can make the wait longer.

[Elvis&Sky 26]

OK so what you're saying is, in order to avoid an RFE, I should print out and include Facebook's terms of service in order to prove Facebook was not used as an international marriage broker and was not paid as such?

Yep, exactly!! And if you're able to find the section in the terms of service that states whether or not they do background checks, I recommend you highlight that part; IMB's are required to do background checks, so that will help things move a little bit easier for you!

[Elvis&Sky 26]

This is a very good addition, it'd be lovely if it could be somewhere in the sticky/instruction. A lot of people seem to have got an RFE that asks to prove that the site they met on is not an IMB. A seemengly small detail, but it can make the wait longer.

Yes!! If I had known to include the TOS in my petition package before I sent it to USCIS, I would've said myself almost 2 and a half weeks, the time it took to resolve the RFE. And I hear USCIS is slowing down now, so it's a very useful tip!

[J178 11]

I have sent back the packet 3 with D160 Confirmation page, signed form and my receipt.

I did not include the "checklist" cos I was thinking I will be using it as my guide.

Do I need to send it back with the Packet3? or is it ok if I will just bring it on my interview date?

HELP

[ruben11111 31]

I met my Fiancee through Facebook, what do i need to print or add to my petition when filing?

[Ash.1101 1,756]

This list seems redundant to me, but at the same time I've seen people not understand basic things. Honestly, anyone willing to lie or not reading their packet 3, 4, or I-129F form instructions may want to get some help with their process.

A shorter list would be, send or bring everything asked for by the embassy or application forms. (This gets rid of numbers: 1-7 and 9 on the foreign fiance part, and 1-5 and 7 on the petitioner part.)

As for proof of engagement ring, I don't think we ever used that proof. We had chats and proof of visiting, but that was also a double up for the proof we met in person for the I-129F.

I also met my husband online, I didn't state where, but I guess since we had dated for 2ish years and known each other for 5 years they didn't question it for the I-129F. The CO did ask about it at the interview and he just told the truth, we met on World of Warcraft lol.

Everything else should be standard and on some form that the person is dealing with.

Note though: You don't need a squeaky clean police record to get in, it just makes it easier.


I think the only thing that surprises me, that surprises others, is that admitting to drug use or being caught using drugs is STILL bad, even if it's legal in some states. Some people think since it's legal in a state in the US, that they can go about the medical and talk about drug use no problem because they don't know that state and federal are two different levels and drugs are illegal across the board federally, which means it's a big no no if you wanna immigrate.

Personally, I see that as an obvious thing, but I guess that one in particular goes past A LOT of peoples heads.



Also, I'd say this is a good list for anyone who hasn't done ANY research AT ALL for I-129F or K-1.

Edited January 13, 2017 by Ash.1101