A few questions about K-1 and interview

[Faith88’ 68]

Good morning!

 

I have a few questions about the K-1 visa:

 

I am desiring to to file the petition for my fiancé in December. However, I am visiting him again in February. Should I wait until then to file or can my fiancé present this additional evidence at the interview? Also, about the affidavit of support: do I have to make a certain amount? Will it matter if I have children? And do I need “wet” signatures for the intent to marry documents and evidence? Lastly, What are some ideas for the intent to marry evidence? Thank you guys in advance for all your help !

[emily29 2]

6 minutes ago, Msanelson1 said:

Good morning!

 

I have a few questions about the K-1 visa:

 

I am desiring to to file the petition for my fiancé in December. However, I am visiting him again in February. Should I wait until then to file or can my fiancé present this additional evidence at the interview? Also, about the affidavit of support: do I have to make a certain amount? Will it matter if I have children? And do I need “wet” signatures for the intent to marry documents and evidence? Lastly, What are some ideas for the intent to marry evidence? Thank you guys in advance for all your help !

When I filed for my fiance in October, I did not know that I was going to visit him in December of the same year. When you get through to the interview, though, your fiance will need to provide evidence of a continued relationship - so that trip in February would be helpful then if you file now. 

The evidence I used were old plane itineraries, copies of passport stamps, my engagement ring receipt, pictures (he had gotten it on a previous visit), and some Skype conversation logs. 

Good luck with all of this! 

[Faith88’ 68]

12 minutes ago, emily29 said:

When I filed for my fiance in October, I did not know that I was going to visit him in December of the same year. When you get through to the interview, though, your fiance will need to provide evidence of a continued relationship - so that trip in February would be helpful then if you file now. 

The evidence I used were old plane itineraries, copies of passport stamps, my engagement ring receipt, pictures (he had gotten it on a previous visit), and some Skype conversation logs. 

Good luck with all of this! 

Thank you so much for responding!! do you think these documents require a wet signature? I’ve lost most of my boarding passes but i still have my passport (stamps)and itinerary and some receipts from when I was there so I hope that counts for something ! I also have my engagement ring receipt and video and call logs !

Edited November 9, 2017 by Msanelson1

[ChuAni 1,191]

27 minutes ago, Msanelson1 said:

Good morning!

 

I have a few questions about the K-1 visa:

 

I am desiring to to file the petition for my fiancé in December. However, I am visiting him again in February. Should I wait until then to file or can my fiancé present this additional evidence at the interview? Also, about the affidavit of support: do I have to make a certain amount? Will it matter if I have children? And do I need “wet” signatures for the intent to marry documents and evidence? Lastly, What are some ideas for the intent to marry evidence? Thank you guys in advance for all your help !

Hi...

You can go on to file in December, as you have previous pictures and other proof just as @emily29 stated. Your visit will add to recent evidence he will take along for his interview.

 

For the wet signatures; I have read in some places that it isn't mandatory (I'm not so sure). I had a wet signature for my file.

 

Intent to marry, is more like two pieces of letter signed by you and your Fiancé that you will marry within the 90-day period upon arrival to US. Check a sample here on V.J or online.

 

Congrats in advance!👌 

Edited November 9, 2017 by ChuAni

[EandH0904 1,184]

The standard is such that you are required to have met one time in the past two years, however many of the more difficult embassies would like a larger amount of visits/facetime with each other. I believe Nigeria is one of the more difficult ones, so although you are wanting to file ASAP, waiting until after the next visit may be good. It probably depends on how many visits you previously had, and how long each visit was, and if you have any other factors either favorably or not-so-favorably. 

 

If you have only visited 1 or 2 times, if you have an age gap, different religion, something that sets your case apart a little, I would definitely wait to file until you had one more visit. Of course they can present evidence of other visits, etc, at interview, but sometimes the CO may not let them. (My fiance was not allowed to - though he was from Morocco, not Nigeria). If you wait to file until after the next visit, I would go ahead and collect the wet signatures but the only one that NEEDS a wet signature is the one saying he will marry you within 90 days. 

 

It does not matter if you have children, until it comes to the I-134, showing you can support him, all children will need to be included in that and your ability to support them, or you will need to find a co-sponsor. 

 

After our case was returned to the USCIS after his K1, I took my son with me on a visit there to show he had met him, etc - as further proof of a bonafide relationship. 

 

EDIT: I read your previous post where you said you had only met once, and it was for a few days only. In that post you had a LOT of people telling you that Nigeria was a high fraud embassy and recommending that you have another, longer visit, at least 2-3 weeks. So now you are essentially asking the same question, is one visit enough - and the answer has not changed, although it meets the standard, you want your visa approved, not to be waiting years for Administrative Processing or a returned visa, so DEFINITELY meet again before you file is my advice, and likely the same advice you have gotten before. 

Edited November 9, 2017 by EandH0904

[emily29 2]

5 minutes ago, Msanelson1 said:

Thank you so much for responding!! do you think these documents require a wet signature? I’ve lost most of my boarding passes but i still have my passport (stamps)and itinerary and some receipts from when I was there so I hope that counts for something ! I also have my engagement ring receipt and video and call logs !

I signed my letter of intent and had him sign his just to be safe. I always figured better safe than sorry! 

 

I was in the same spot with lost boarding passes. We'd been together for 9 years at that point, and I had definitely not held every piece of paper! Itineraries worked just fine! 

[Ischnura 285]

 If you're in no rush to file why not wait till Feb and begin assembling your packet together when you visit? It'll add another visit to your supporting evidence and give you plenty of time between now and then to start gathering your documents on both ends.

 Nothing worse, I found, than wanting to file and having to wait on someone else to send a replacement document cause we didn't have it on file and then having to redo forms cause they'd outdated thanks to snail mail. You also wouldn't have to worry whether you needed wet signatures as you'd have them either way.