I-129F Packet

[miranda 0]

Do they return the I-129F packet to me so I can send it to my fiance? I did as advised and made a complete duplicate, but I thought I would get the other one back.

[MaryandMian 1]

No you will have to send this copy or another copy to your fiance. Your supposed to make two copies in case one is lost, one to submit for your finace or spouse. Good luck and just make a copy of yours or send it to them with all other evidence and NOAs for their interivew. Good luck.

Mary

[irishgirl73 0]

No you will have to send this copy or another copy to your fiance. Your supposed to make two copies in case one is lost, one to submit for your finace or spouse. Good luck and just make a copy of yours or send it to them with all other evidence and NOAs for their interivew. Good luck.

Mary

yep

I made 2 copies, I gave one to my fiance & I have the other one. I also gave him the originals for the interview.

good luck

I have a question...............will they have the photos I submitted for the k-1 at the interview? I made copies of all the photos I just didn't want to bring the same ones if they are already going to be looking at them. I had planned on bringing them as well as ones I did not submit anyway. I am just curious

Edited March 22, 2006 by irishgirl73

[scorpio232 0]

No you will have to send this copy or another copy to your fiance. Your supposed to make two copies in case one is lost, one to submit for your finace or spouse. Good luck and just make a copy of yours or send it to them with all other evidence and NOAs for their interivew. Good luck.

Mary

yep

I made 2 copies, I gave one to my fiance & I have the other one. I also gave him the originals for the interview.

good luck

I have a question...............will they have the photos I submitted for the k-1 at the interview? I made copies of all the photos I just didn't want to bring the same ones if they are already going to be looking at them. I had planned on bringing them as well as ones I did not submit anyway. I am just curious

IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO HAVE A COPY OF THE I-129F PACKAGE YOU FILED.... THEY DO NOT NEED IT AT THE CONSULATE.. YOUR APPROVED ACTION OF NOTICE OF THE I-129F IS ALL YOU NEED TO SHOW. THATS JUST A WASTE OF PAPER.

No you will have to send this copy or another copy to your fiance. Your supposed to make two copies in case one is lost, one to submit for your finace or spouse. Good luck and just make a copy of yours or send it to them with all other evidence and NOAs for their interivew. Good luck.

Mary

THAT IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND PAPER... THEY DO NOT NEED IT BECAUSE WHEN THEY SEND YOUR CASE TO THE CONSULATE, THEY HAVE THE COPY OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS FILED. YOU ONLY NEED YOUR ORIGINAL APPROVAL NOTICE OF THE I-129F... THATS ALL THE PROOF YOU NEED..... AND PHOTOS OF YOU TOGETHER FOR THE INTERVIEW OF COURSE...

[MaryandMian 1]

I sent my husband all the copies of everything with photos. At his interview he was seen by three persons at the embassy. They did look to see if his copies matched those submitted here in the states. I had the whole packets clipped separated since I was CR1 with the NOAs on top. And then he had the evidence as well and they looked at it at window 2; and CO flipped thur it but did not spend time going over it. So each consulate may work different, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

Mary

[scorpio232 0]

I sent my husband all the copies of everything with photos. At his interview he was seen by three persons at the embassy. They did look to see if his copies matched those submitted here in the states. I had the whole packets clipped separated since I was CR1 with the NOAs on top. And then he had the evidence as well and they looked at it at window 2; and CO flipped thur it but did not spend time going over it. So each consulate may work different, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

Mary

IF IT WAS MANDATORY TO HAVE IT THEY WOULD PUT IT IN THE PACKET 3 OR 4 INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING A COPY.. THEY ONLY STATE BRING YOUR APPROVAL NOTICE... THAT ALONES IS ALL YOU NEED. IT CAN NOT BE DISPUTED.. THEY LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE YOU HAD IT.. BUT THEY DID NOT ASK YOU TO SHOW IT TO THEM TO SEE IF IT MATCHED..... THEY GOT WHAT YOU FILED FROM NVC... THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEY HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU.. THEY ONLY WANT THE APPROVAL NOTICE....

[Mand 1]

Scorpio,

When posting/mailing anything i.e. documents, letters etc it is always prudent to retain a copy for your own records. This is not just in relation to USCIS. It's just common sense!

[ufkenmill 0]

No you will have to send this copy or another copy to your fiance. Your supposed to make two copies in case one is lost, one to submit for your finace or spouse. Good luck and just make a copy of yours or send it to them with all other evidence and NOAs for their interivew. Good luck.

Mary

yep

I made 2 copies, I gave one to my fiance & I have the other one. I also gave him the originals for the interview.

good luck

I have a question...............will they have the photos I submitted for the k-1 at the interview? I made copies of all the photos I just didn't want to bring the same ones if they are already going to be looking at them. I had planned on bringing them as well as ones I did not submit anyway. I am just curious

I didn't see the photos we submitted with the I-129F at the desk of the interviewer. She had our file in front of her and I didn't see any pictures. Luckily we have digitals and we just had more printed before we went in case we needed them.

[scorpio232 0]

Scorpio,

When posting/mailing anything i.e. documents, letters etc it is always prudent to retain a copy for your own records. This is not just in relation to USCIS. It's just common sense!

MAND,

ITS COMMON SENSE TO KEEP A COPY OF WHATS WOULD BE VITAL TO YOUR CASE.. THAT WOULD BE THE APPROVAL NOTICE NOT A BUNCH OF PAPERS THAT WAS SENT OUT..... THAT IS WHY IN THE INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU READ THEM IN THE PACKET 3 STATES TO HAVE THAT AT YOUR INTERVIEW. IF IT SAID BRING THE COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE PACKET .... IT WOULD SAY THAT... HELLO.......

[miranda 0]

Wow, thanks for all the information guys.

Scorpio, there is no need to yell at everyone on the post. Others are just trying to be helpful. I like to have everyone's opinion, if you did not want to do it that way then do not.

[Kajikit 65]

You only need to keep a copy of the APPLICATION for your own records so you can remember what you wrote, and in case there is any problem with your application (like it gets lost in the mail). I never got a copy of the application my fiance filled out and I don't even know what he wrote on it, and the issue never came up... You need a copy of the NOAs for the interview, not the entire original application packet.

btw, Scorpio, is there a reason you are typing in all-caps? It makes it a lot harder to read your messages.

Edited March 22, 2006 by Kajikit

[Mand 1]

Scorpio,

When posting/mailing anything i.e. documents, letters etc it is always prudent to retain a copy for your own records. This is not just in relation to USCIS. It's just common sense!

MAND,

ITS COMMON SENSE TO KEEP A COPY OF WHATS WOULD BE VITAL TO YOUR CASE.. THAT WOULD BE THE APPROVAL NOTICE NOT A BUNCH OF PAPERS THAT WAS SENT OUT..... THAT IS WHY IN THE INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU READ THEM IN THE PACKET 3 STATES TO HAVE THAT AT YOUR INTERVIEW. IF IT SAID BRING THE COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE PACKET .... IT WOULD SAY THAT... HELLO.......

If you took the time to read the post, you would have read...and understood...that I was referring to keeping copies of documents for your own records. I also stated that this was not just in relation to USCIS.

[Jenn! 918]

I made 2 copies as suggested, one for my records and one to send to my fiance. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't bothered paying $150 to DHL the copy of the entire petition to my fiance. I probably could have saved a lot of $ by only sending him what was needed: the relationship evidence, I-134, and the NOA2. The consulate already had everything else there.

[Yodrak 7]

Mary,

A consular officer or USCIS officer always has the right to ask for the original of photocopied documents to verify the photocopy. Is this what your husband's interviewers were doing - comparing submitted photocopies to originals?

Yodrak

.... At his interview he was seen by three persons at the embassy. They did look to see if his copies matched those submitted here in the states. ....

Mary

[irishgirl73 0]

Scorpio,

When posting/mailing anything i.e. documents, letters etc it is always prudent to retain a copy for your own records. This is not just in relation to USCIS. It's just common sense!

MAND,

ITS COMMON SENSE TO KEEP A COPY OF WHATS WOULD BE VITAL TO YOUR CASE.. THAT WOULD BE THE APPROVAL NOTICE NOT A BUNCH OF PAPERS THAT WAS SENT OUT..... THAT IS WHY IN THE INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU READ THEM IN THE PACKET 3 STATES TO HAVE THAT AT YOUR INTERVIEW. IF IT SAID BRING THE COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE PACKET .... IT WOULD SAY THAT... HELLO.......

If you took the time to read the post, you would have read...and understood...that I was referring to keeping copies of documents for your own records. I also stated that this was not just in relation to USCIS.

I made copies just to be on the safe side-whether the are needed again or not. I realize I will need the originals for copies I submitted. I gave my fiance a copy for his records and I have a copy for mine.

Makes sense to keep copies of all this(at least it does to me).