K1 Fiance parent issues

[EJY 2]

So filling out the Form I-129F and boy isn't this fun. lots of vague and unclear directions with very little guide and large risk of being denied in case you mess something up even without wanting to. tons of possible special circumstances that make you question what to do and no hotline to call for help. gotta love that democracy and bureaucracy.

 

so my Fiance has this issue. she has 2 dads (technically). her biological one, and a "step dad". i say "step dad" because although they are basically a family unit, he is not related on paper to her or her mother, as they live together and never officially married. so this makes me think i should not include his info as the father, however, asking about her biological father, she said she has  ZERO documents with his name on them. he was never legally registered as her father, not on her government identification, birth certificate, nothing. so now i am also unsure on if i should put him as the father, because we have nothing to prove it with, short of digging up his grave to do a DNA test, which i honestly do not think is gonna happen (and not even sure if that could work). so in this case what do i do with the fathers info? do i leave it blank? put in the name of her biological father even though we could not prove that they are related? put in the step dads just cause he happens to be living there for the past 8+ years or something? none of these options sound that good to me, and the best 4th option i could think of is leaving it blank, but then going to section 8 and filling in the info and explaining this whole situation there. however i have no clue which of these has potential to slow down the process and which they will let go by without issue.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

4 minutes ago, EJY said:

So filling out the Form I-129F and boy isn't this fun. lots of vague and unclear directions with very little guide and large risk of being denied in case you mess something up even without wanting to. tons of possible special circumstances that make you question what to do and no hotline to call for help. gotta love that democracy and bureaucracy.

 

so my Fiance has this issue. she has 2 dads (technically). her biological one, and a "step dad". i say "step dad" because although they are basically a family unit, he is not related on paper to her or her mother, as they live together and never officially married. so this makes me think i should not include his info as the father, however, asking about her biological father, she said she has  ZERO documents with his name on them. he was never legally registered as her father, not on her government identification, birth certificate, nothing. so now i am also unsure on if i should put him as the father, because we have nothing to prove it with, short of digging up his grave to do a DNA test, which i honestly do not think is gonna happen (and not even sure if that could work). so in this case what do i do with the fathers info? do i leave it blank? put in the name of her biological father even though we could not prove that they are related? put in the step dads just cause he happens to be living there for the past 8+ years or something? none of these options sound that good to me, and the best 4th option i could think of is leaving it blank, but then going to section 8 and filling in the info and explaining this whole situation there. however i have no clue which of these has potential to slow down the process and which they will let go by without issue.

 

Just put "Unknown".... a  lot of people are in the same situation.  If she has information specific to her biological father then put what she can but otherwise again, if her step dad never legally adopted her, he technically doesn't need to be listed.

Edited August 6, 2018 by Ben&Zian

[T_P 872]

I had a very similar situation. Was raised by my mom, never had my father figure around but I knew his name. So I included in the forms and that was it. My all process was smooth and didnt have a single problem. 

Edited August 6, 2018 by T_P

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

1 minute ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

Just put "Unknown".... a  lot of people are in the same situation. Even a step-dad, being that there was no legal adoptions of her, or his name put anywhere, then he doesn't need to be listed.  

I second this

[EJY 2]

my gosh i love you all and this site. fastest replies i have ever seen, within 2 minutes of posting i got 3 replies. thank you all so much!! way better than trying to find any hotline to answer these questions!

1 hour ago, Little_Vixen said:

I second this

 

1 hour ago, T_P said:

I had a very similar situation. Was raised by my mom, never had my fathers name but I knew his name. So I included in the forms and that was it. My all process was smooth and didnt have a single problem. 

 

1 hour ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

Just put "Unknown".... a  lot of people are in the same situation.  If she has information specific to her biological father then put what she can but otherwise again, if her step dad never legally adopted her, he technically doesn't need to be listed.

 

[Little_Vixen 1,869]

No problem. Good luck on your journey 😘

[Jaquelly 1,647]

Since no one else linked it:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

 

Follow this. We did, with no lawyer, no RFE's and we got approved. 

 

Good luck!