Might have answered question 34a incorrectly on I-129F. Petition is approved, interview next week. Help!

[juliahabib 2]

So, our interview is next week for our K-1 visa. And I think I may have answered question 34a incorrectly in the original I-129F petition. Since it is already at the consulate though, I'm not sure there is anything we can do to correct it besides bringing useful documentation to the interview.

Here's what happened:

I sent in the original petition/they received it in early January. I got an RFE for a different reason in late February, and approval in mid-March. I didn't find this website until after my first RFE, and didn't even think about this issue until the past couple of weeks.

On the petition, questions 34, 34a, 35 and 35a are all related. Here are the questions and my answers.

-Question 34 says: "Has your fiance met and seen you within the 2-year period immediately preceding the filing of this petition?" (I answered "Yes.")

-Question 34a (where I may have messed up) reads: "Describe the circumstances under which you met. If you have not personally met each other, please explain how the relationship was established. If you met your fiance or spouse though [sic] an international marriage broker, please explain those circumstances in number 35a. Explain in detail any reasons you may have for requesting that the requirement that you and your fiance must have met should not apply to you." (I answered: "We met when I, the petitioner, traveled to Morocco from July 20th to August 4th, 2015." I also attached copies of my travel documents proving I was there.)

-Question 35 says: "Did you meet your fiance or spouse through the services of an international marriage broker?" (I answered "No.")

-Question 35a I did not answer because of my answer to question 35 (We did not meet through an international marriage broker.)

What I think I did wrong:

While my original answer is factually accurate (we did meet, in person, last summer), we originally met online in January 2014. I am 100% positive that the website would not be considered an international marriage broker (it is a free social networking site for meeting people all over the world) and will make sure that my fiance takes proof with him that it is not a marriage broker.

As evidence, I am planning to send my fiance to his interview with: a screenshot of the About section of the website, the text of that section describing it as a free website (including the words: "... [the website] has been the Internet's premier free site for online correspondence, cultural exchange, and learning foreign languages."), and the Terms of Service for the website. Is there any more evidence I should send regarding this issue?

I answered the way I did because the question that it is attached to (question 34) is regarding the meeting-in-person requirement- I figured that 34a was asking to describe the circumstances of that meeting, as opposed to the initial contact. I'm worried that my misinterpretation could be an issue at the interview.

What do you guys think? Is there anything I can/should do besides send evidence with my fiance to his interview? Are we screwed?

[Boiler 46,664]

Met is in the conventional sense. We have not met.

You only need to have met once to file the K1, he will need evidence of your other meetings for the interview.

The web site terms and conditions should do but normally that would be a RFE issue.

[MADDEN 40]

We also did not add evidence that the site we met on wasn't an IMB and we didn't get a RFE. I would think if it was going to be an issue you would of been notified long before now but that been said by all means take the evidence of the terms of service along to the interview and produce it if asked, I personally wouldn't make it an issue at the interview and point it out.

Good luck

[sumehra29 22]

For my fiancée k1 nvc put wrong last name embassy can fix it if they need to

[Pennycat 880]

You're doing the right thing. I don't think you'll have any issues, but it's a good idea to bring the proof with you in case they ask. And yes, that 34a is a confusing question. They do mean it as how you met in person in the past 2 years. Then because you didn't meet through a marriage broker, you don't need to answer that question, but lots of people are getting IMBRA RFEs for things like OK Cupid. So who knows. Either way, it's more a USCIS thing not a State thing but have the info just in case.

[Love_Bug 95]

this is off topic so I apologize in advance but how does the Moroccan embassy schedule the k1 interviews? Do they tell u the date of interview or are u able to schedule your own? Did you have to create a profile on CGI Federal to print the payment slip to pay for the DS160? I'm at that stage now and I am seeing all kinds of different information. So....I figure I would ask someone who already went thru it after I get the NVC #, what should I be doing after? DS160 is filled out. Waiting to send it.