Birthcertificate & police check for Alien fiancé!

[Londonergirl 133]

Hi there!

We're about to send our I129f package and are sorting out the last bits.

I am Swedish but I live in the uk, my fiancé is American and live in the US.

Can someone who has experience of sending this themselves let me know if you sent the birthcertificate and police check for your foreign alien fiancé? As I am a foreigner myself here in uk I would have to contact the Swedish government to get hold of this birthcertificate and also the police report and that would take a while. Everyone I talk to say I have to send this in with the I129f but do I really?

For you who didn't send this, did you get rfe?

[soulstriker 274]

you dont send the police report or BC with the initial petition sending , read the k1 guide thoroughly

[Londonergirl 133]

Yes I have read it a million times! But then people still tell me to send it. So annoying.

Also I wanted to ask if someone know what address we send the I129f to? Can we only send it to the two office in Texas?

Someone told me they sent it straight to USCIS in California.....

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

The "someone" advising you is giving you wrong or out of date information. Years ago (2008 when we applied) the fiancé petition was sent straight to California or Vermont Service Center depending on the state where the American fiancé resided. They changed that to the lockbox in Texas to receive all petitions. That is not a service center. It is an intake center. From there petitions are routed to wherever the USCIS is currently working on I-129Fs. They change the service center(s) from time to time, but everybody starts at the Texas Lockbox.

Your birth certificate and police certificates will be taken by you to your interview in London. You can read what USCIS wants with the I-129F on this checklist they provide https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/m-1151.pdf

The line that says proof of US citizenship is where your American fiancé can include a birth certificate to show he/she was born in the USA and is thus a citizen.

When in doubt, read it from the USCIS https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

That page has the form, instructions, checklist, fee, where to mail, etc. Read ALL of it.

Edited September 16, 2016 by Nich-Nick

[Mamed 18]

You take them with you to interview. Also, I believe it was 6+ month since age of 18, if you've lived in UK or any other country including Sweden for 6+ months you'll need police records from all countries

[Londonergirl 133]

Nick Thanks for your help.

I am following USCIS guidelines, but it is so confusing when someone comes up to me and say that I am missing items like my birthcertificate, police record etc. Really makes me paranoid...

The "someone" advising you is giving you wrong or out of date information. Years ago (2008 when we applied) the fiancé petition was sent straight to California or Vermont Service Center depending on the state where the American fiancé resided. They changed that to the lockbox in Texas to receive all petitions. That is not a service center. It is an intake center. From there petitions are routed to wherever the USCIS is currently working on I-129Fs. They change the service center(s) from time to time, but everybody starts at the Texas Lockbox.

Your birth certificate and police certificates will be taken by you to your interview in London. You can read what USCIS wants with the I-129F on this checklist they provide https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/m-1151.pdf

The line that says proof of US citizenship is where your American fiancé can include a birth certificate to show he/she was born in the USA and is thus a citizen.

When in doubt, read it from the USCIS https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

That page has the form, instructions, checklist, fee, where to mail, etc. Read ALL of it.