I-129F March 2017 Filers

[Nurse_mitch08 5]

3 hours ago, TriloByte said:

I have not been in the March thread long, and I actually thought I would be waiting with you all for my NOA2, but I got my NOA2 today, finally, after 131 days.

Congratulations trilo!!! ☺

[KULtoATL 1,551]

52 minutes ago, Jd209 said:

Hey guys, so I received my letter for RFE. Two of the things are simple. They need a copy of my "long form" birth document or a copy of my pasaporte. Check. I forgot to answer a "yes or no" question. Check. 

 

The thing that has me puzzled is that they want "Circumstances of Meeting". It says "Submit information regarding the circumstances under which you and beneficiary met to establish the relationship. (How were you and beneficiary first introduced?". What all do I need for this part? How long does my statement need to be? What else is required?

Hey @Jd209 I'm just gonna chime in on the circumstances of meeting. If the RFE document specifically mentioned "How were you and the beneficiary was first introduced?" then you'll need to state how you first got to know each other followed by your in-person meetings.

 

In our application, we personally did not mention that other than simply stating the 3 in-person meetings that we had. It was very straightforward with no long love story because we just didn't want them to pick our application apart. Thankfully we got our NOA2 just fine. The following is how I composed ours:

 

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Petitioner name: [name]

Beneficiary name: [name]

A-number: None

 

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Continuation Sheet for Form I-129F: Part 2, Item Number 34.a. Describe the circumstances under which you met.

 

*** do not forget to add how you initially got to know each other since your RFE asks for it.

 

My Alien Fiancée, [name] traveled to the U.S. for a holiday. We spent time together in [city/any other location] from [date] to [date].

 

Subsequently, she and I visited my family in [city] and also spent more time together in [city/any other location] from [date] to [date].

 

For our third meeting, I visited her in[city]. We spent time together from [date] to [date]. Additionally, I met her sister as well as her close friends.

 

 

Signature (Petitioner):

Date: 

[Yzabelle 741]

I'm starting to panic now. :(( So I sent my fiancé his i-129F through mail so he can just print it at work.. I forgot to check the box.. number 15 :(( my fault. It'll be sure RFE now. :(( I wish we can get an update this week so we can send the documents they need right away. July maybe our NOA2. :(( I'm so sad and I can't stop blaming myself

[Eric&Olya 881]

5 hours ago, TriloByte said:

I have not been in the March thread long, and I actually thought I would be waiting with you all for my NOA2, but I got my NOA2 today, finally, after 131 days.

Congratulations!!! Long overdue!

Hopefully the rest of the process goes faster.

[TriloByte 1,818]

5 minutes ago, Eric&Olya said:

Congratulations!!! Long overdue!

Hopefully the rest of the process goes faster.

Thank you. I hope you have a very fast NOA2 and POE as well.

Edited June 13, 2017 by TriloByte

[Eric&Olya 881]

4 hours ago, Gary JT said:

So guys and girls APPROVED 😀😀😀 we are both so excited 😄😄😄 time for me to hit the bed 😄 Up for work in 5 hrs goodnight all 

Yay!!! Congratulations!!!

[Crenee 95]

5 hours ago, Gary JT said:

So guys and girls APPROVED 😀😀😀 we are both so excited 😄😄😄 time for me to hit the bed 😄 Up for work in 5 hrs goodnight all 

Congratulations!!!!

[GazLisa 1,168]

Got up for work and deleted case tracker off my phone 📱 😁 it felt sooooo good 😂 😂 😂 😂 

[Yzabelle 741]

12 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

Got up for work and deleted case tracker off my phone 📱 😁 it felt sooooo good 😂 😂 😂 😂 

I'm so happy for you! 😊

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

5 hours ago, Estibaliz said:

Circumstances of Meeting used to be question 34 in the old i-129F form. If you didn't put anything there, then that explains it.

My fiance wrote a 1 page statement explaining both, how we met initially and also circumstances of in person meetings up to filing date and how we decided to get married and why we were pursuing the visa.

I've seen other people saying they explained how they met in just a couple sentences. But definitely you should have put something there.

I also think this part is what causes RFE for some people related to websites like OKCupid being IMBRA or not, so it makes sense they ask? 

That's the only thing that might have caused a RFE for us as well. Because we kept it with one sentence there.
Would not be a big deal to write an "essay" to submit after RFE, but still.
I've heard of others who just kept it with one sentence (It said we met in Germany 2015 while he was stationed.), who got approved (that was a military one I talked to). 
So we'll see

Have a great day/night everyone!

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

8 hours ago, Gary JT said:

thanks too @TearsOfBabylon @CubaAndChill @KULtoATL For putting up with me for the last few months 😂😂😂

Thanks back!! Hugs!

Your turn will come soon! I bet this week!  

 

 

3 hours ago, Gary JT said:

Got up for work and deleted case tracker off my phone 📱 😁 it felt sooooo good 😂 😂 😂 😂 

What date did VJ estimate for your NOA2?

[Yzabelle 741]

1 hour ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

That's the only thing that might have caused a RFE for us as well. Because we kept it with one sentence there.
Would not be a big deal to write an "essay" to submit after RFE, but still.
I've heard of others who just kept it with one sentence (It said we met in Germany 2015 while he was stationed.), who got approved (that was a military one I talked to). 
So we'll see

Have a great day/night everyone!

Goodluck to us.  I'm waiting for the RFE update. Been checking the tracker for more than 10x now☹️☹️

[GazLisa 1,168]

20 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Thanks back!! Hugs!

Your turn will come soon! I bet this week!  

 

 

What date did VJ estimate for your NOA2?

We have it 😊 

Edited June 13, 2017 by Gary JT

[TearsOfBabylon 1,680]

14 minutes ago, Gary JT said:

We have it 😊 

Oh I know you do lol
I was wondering what date was estimated on VJ!
Since it seems everybody got it a week before estimated date on here (on the bottom right of your timeline!)

:D

[GazLisa 1,168]

2 minutes ago, TearsOfBabylon said:

Oh I know you do lol
I was wondering what date was estimated on VJ!
Since it seems everybody got it a week before estimated date on here (on the bottom right of your timeline!)

Oops lol 18-25th June 😁 sorry about that 😀