Two Year Requirement

[DesiJase 52]

Good Morning Everyone,

 

Just a quick question.. I know that a lot of people don't agree with it..but due to work constraints on both ends, have any couples from the UK/US been approved at their Interview with only having met once in person? I'm not concerned with getting the initial approval through USCIS, it's the actual Interview time I'm worried about. Thank you in advance.

[Boiler 45,525]

I am pretty sure I have not come across anybody who has met just the once, may well depend on for how long, 2 days, 2 months, 2 years?

[DesiJase 52]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I am pretty sure I have not come across anybody who has met just the once, may well depend on for how long, 2 days, 2 months, 2 years?

It would be about three weeks, just thought I would ask, thank you for the response!

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

8 minutes ago, DesiJase said:

Good Morning Everyone,

 

Just a quick question.. I know that a lot of people don't agree with it..but due to work constraints on both ends, have any couples from the UK/US been approved at their Interview with only having met once in person? I'm not concerned with getting the initial approval through USCIS, it's the actual Interview time I'm worried about. Thank you in advance.

 

Well give a time line here please. 

 

For the I-129f petition you must provide evidence of having met in person within the previous two years. There is almost no bypass for this except for some extreme, extreme circumstances and some rare religious deal.

 

As for the embassy, depending on maybe how long you stayed in person, they may not see a problem, unless you maybe haven't seen eachother in more than 2 years at that point... but it's up to the embassy.

 

For example for us, we met once for 8-9 days... also I worked alot and traveled for work so was hard to pin point a time I could get back to the Philippines, and he couldn''t obtain a tourist visa.. So we met once only and I applied for the I-129f about a year after that. We had no issues in the process at all....

[DesiJase 52]

2 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

Well give a time line here please. 

 

For the I-129f petition you must provide evidence of having met in person within the previous two years. There is almost no bypass for this except for some extreme, extreme circumstances and some rare religious deal.

 

As for the embassy, depending on maybe how long you stayed in person, they may not see a problem, unless you maybe haven't seen eachother in more than 2 years at that point... but it's up to the embassy.

 

For example for us, we met once for 8-9 days... also I worked alot and traveled for work so was hard to pin point a time I could get back to the Philippines, and he couldn''t obtain a tourist visa.. So we met once only and I applied for the I-129f about a year after that. We had no issues in the process at all....

Thank you! It's just really hard for both of us to get time off from work etc.. I hope the London Embassy is the same. Thank you again. <3

[Cryssiekins 976]

29 minutes ago, DesiJase said:

Thank you! It's just really hard for both of us to get time off from work etc.. I hope the London Embassy is the same. Thank you again. ❤️

As long as you keep in contact some other way (chats/emails etc) it fulfills the requirement. 

 

I’m from Canada so I was lucky to be only 35 mins from husband (then bf/fiancé) so our visits were short (weekends, mostly) but relatively frequent, and we texted all day, every day.  Each couples story is going to be different bc of factors like distance and work.  The most important thing is to have met within the last 2 years of filing.  I would be inclined to attach other evidence of regular communication so that it’s on record.  

[Wuozopo 4,293]

I'm not aware of anybody from the UK (in the last10 yrs) who has met in person just one time. In general, I think if USCIS approves a petition, then London goes with it. For example, they never ask to see further evidence of relationship. 

[DesiJase 52]

Thank you all for the responses! It's a long journey and just trying to prepare as much as we can. Thank you again.

[jakejon 1,197]

On 4/3/2019 at 9:52 AM, DesiJase said:

Good Morning Everyone,

 

Just a quick question.. I know that a lot of people don't agree with it..but due to work constraints on both ends, have any couples from the UK/US been approved at their Interview with only having met once in person? I'm not concerned with getting the initial approval through USCIS, it's the actual Interview time I'm worried about. Thank you in advance.

Hey! Have you filed already? What evidence are you submitting with the petition or have already included?

[DesiJase 52]

On ‎4‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 4:16 PM, jakejon said:

Hey! Have you filed already? What evidence are you submitting with the petition or have already included?

We will be soon.

 

We will be sending boarding passes, letter of intent to marry, chat logs, receipts from gifts, correspondence. We will also be sending receipts from trips we are making while on Holiday here in the U.S., photos of us together and with my family/friends. I'm trying to add him to my bank account as well and we'll be submitting that. At the interview is when you add the affidavit of support and anything additional I believe. Thanks!

[Kdunn 16]

26 minutes ago, DesiJase said:

We will be soon.

 

We will be sending boarding passes, letter of intent to marry, chat logs, receipts from gifts, correspondence. We will also be sending receipts from trips we are making while on Holiday here in the U.S., photos of us together and with my family/friends. I'm trying to add him to my bank account as well and we'll be submitting that. At the interview is when you add the affidavit of support and anything additional I believe. Thanks!

I always hear that’s its good to send pictures of your passport with stamps showing entry into the country. I’ve seen a couple situations where a boarding pass wasn’t enough because that doesn’t prove that they took the flight or entered the county. 

[Sweetdreaming 397]

you can use your I-94 record instead of stamps (or both), will be easier for them to read when processing too.

 

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home#section