Need advice for starting I-129f

[joshandnastya 0]

I'm about to take a trip to meet my fiance for the second time and I'd like to get any documents or things I need from her there. I will get her passport photo and a signed letter of intent. Is there anything else I will need that can't be sent digitally? Also I don't keep many paper receipts and almost all the proof of us meeting is in emails. Is it good enough to print out flight confirmations and receipts from my emails? One last thing, we met on a chat site where she doesn't have a permanent account and most of our communication has been through facebook messenger. It could be difficult for me to pull screen shots with specific dates from over 6 months ago or show evidence of exactly where and when we first met. I think I'll just have to hope for the best here but any advice could help, I would really like to avoid a request for evidence.

[MeghanK 629]

33 minutes ago, joshandnastya said:

I'm about to take a trip to meet my fiance for the second time and I'd like to get any documents or things I need from her there. I will get her passport photo and a signed letter of intent. Is there anything else I will need that can't be sent digitally? Also I don't keep many paper receipts and almost all the proof of us meeting is in emails. Is it good enough to print out flight confirmations and receipts from my emails? One last thing, we met on a chat site where she doesn't have a permanent account and most of our communication has been through facebook messenger. It could be difficult for me to pull screen shots with specific dates from over 6 months ago or show evidence of exactly where and when we first met. I think I'll just have to hope for the best here but any advice could help, I would really like to avoid a request for evidence.

Take lots of photos together while you're there!  Those will be more required than chat logs, so make sure you have photos together from at least one of your visits (both if you can), but chat logs are good to include too. We had to sift through 6 months of FB messages too - my strategy was to search for specific keywords you know would be tied to dates, i.e. "Thanksgiving" or something which would pull you back to past dates without having to scroll. Then do a screen grab wherever you see dates listed. 

 

Good luck!

[JE57 239]

These days mobile boarding passes are all the rage but if you can I would suggest getting and holding onto your paper boarding passes.  When you go in addition to taking some pictures together with family I would also advise taking pictures together at well known landmarks or if you go out to dinner or a show or take public transport with a receipt try to take pictures that can match with the receipts.  Suggest that you can also use chat logs but be selective about what you pick to include.  My suggestion for K-1 'front-loaded' packages is to try to use your proof of relationship to try to 'tell a story' of your relationship and it's development.   So for instance chat logs that talk about your first meeting in person,  chat logs that talk about family or ironically perhaps some that show some of the disagreements or cultural concerns you may have and how you resolved them and grew from the experience.  Video chats you can occasionally screen grab you and her talking together such that you both are on the screen.  Family in the background would be a bonus.  Again though random stuff is likely less valuable than something you can weave into a narrative that shows who you are as a couple and how your relationship has grown.  

-

Edited April 17, 2018 by JE57
Comment about not knowing which country but see that a previous post indicated Russia

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

5 hours ago, joshandnastya said:

I'm about to take a trip to meet my fiance for the second time and I'd like to get any documents or things I need from her there. I will get her passport photo and a signed letter of intent. Is there anything else I will need that can't be sent digitally? Also I don't keep many paper receipts and almost all the proof of us meeting is in emails. Is it good enough to print out flight confirmations and receipts from my emails? One last thing, we met on a chat site where she doesn't have a permanent account and most of our communication has been through facebook messenger. It could be difficult for me to pull screen shots with specific dates from over 6 months ago or show evidence of exactly where and when we first met. I think I'll just have to hope for the best here but any advice could help, I would really like to avoid a request for evidence.

What country?

 

There is a regional section in this forum which has each country and specifics for that country.  May want to look there to get a more detailed breakdown and explanation of what is needed once you get to the actual interview part of the game.