evidence of relationship I-129F: Evidence of relationship

[J_mack93 1]

Just now, missileman said:

Not at the initial stage.........that comes at the interview stage.

Oh right! So how exactly should I be looking to go about this stage?

 

Glad that I’m finding this out now. 

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, J_mack93 said:

Oh right! So how exactly should I be looking to go about this stage?

 

Glad that I’m finding this out now. 

Think of it as a game of chess.  Once you get checkmate,  that's all you need.  Checkmark  the required evidence.   Provide evidence of one meeting within two years.  Check.  Seven meetings is still one check,  no extra such thing as extra credit 

[Shiran 1,134]

10 minutes ago, J_mack93 said:

Oh right! So how exactly should I be looking to go about this stage?

 

Glad that I’m finding this out now. 

Start with https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f and review "Checklist of required initial evidence"

Also keep in mind 129F is mostly about petitioner, not beneficiary. Understand the reason for each item on the checklist.

• Petitioner needs to be US Citizen (Birth Certificate, Passport, Cert of Naturalization, pick one)
• Both need to be free to marry (Single, if divorced evidence of divorce, etc)
• There has to be meeting within last 2 years. This trips up a lot of people. Pictures show that you met but not when! Passport stamps, boarding passes (not itinerary!) in addition to pictures help establish time.
• Intent to get married within 90 days. 2 letters of intent individually dated and signed are sufficient. Beneficiary's letter can be copy.
• Spend extra time making sure all checkbox on 129F are checked, criminal and IMBRA ones specifically. 

[Boiler 46,176]

I think I had 2 photos.

[SalishSea 18,161]

30 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I think I had 2 photos.

Got ya beat Boiler, with NONE.  LOL.  Just the 2x2s.

[JFH 12,191]

You only need to demonstrate you have met once in the past 2 years. No bonus points for additional meetings. It won’t make your approval come any faster. It won’t affect the outcome of the visa. 

 

Total overkill. Give them exactly what they ask for in the instructions. Save the rest for a potential career with Mills and Boon.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

Just as an idea, this is what I did for the question on meeting. When I did it the form was different, but you can just do something like this to answer Page 8, part 54 of the I-129F.   It doesn't even need to be that formal, could probably remove the names and addresses and just leave it to "Circumstances of meeting in person in regards to Page 8, part 54" and then just list it in a short brief statement.

At the end of the day, just having a passport stamp or plane tickets is enough evidence to pass through the I-129F. We included passport stamps, plane tickets, and then hotel reservations, no more than 5 pictures of us together.

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Declaration of meeting in Person in regards of question '34.a' of the I-129F.



<Petitioner Name>
<Address line 1>

<Address line 2>

 

 

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS
Attn: I-129F
2501 South State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067

34.a of the I-129F: I, <Petitioner>, met <Beneficiary> online near June 01, 2010, and then met in person at San Antonio International Airport on May 23, 2013. <Beneficiary> stayed in San Antonio from May 23, 2013 until May 27, 2013. <Beneficiary> has visited and stayed with me, <Petitioner>, at my home on July 11, 2013 to July 15, 2013, October 17, 2013 to October 21, 2013, December 22, 2013 to December 26, 2013, April 10, 2014 to April 14, 2014, July 17, 2014 to July 21, 2014, November 24, 2014 to November 29, 2014, and April 13, 2015 to April 18, 2015 as of the date signed.

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

(Print name)

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2019 by Ash.1101

[JFH 12,191]

*~*~*procedural question moved from “progress reports” to “process and procedures”*~*~*

[LukeU 413]

23 hours ago, J_mack93 said:

Hello all! 

As we prepare to commence our K1 journey, we are beginning to compile all necessary information and evidence to include in our application for the I-129F.  Thus far, we have 50 A4 pages of an explanation of how we met, a description of each trip we spent together (both here in Scotland and the USA), Pictures together, receipts of gifts bought for one another, booking confirmation of various date activities, pictures of us with one others family, pictures of engagement ring, correspondence emails with jeweller salesman, screenshots of skype/facetime calls, screenshots of text messages/facebook messages, photocopies of letters sent to one another, photocopies and screenshots of airline boarding passes/booking confirmation, photos of our engagement and booking confirmation of accommodation which we stayed. On top of this, there is a section on the bottom of each page which has our names printed with our signatures. I’m not too concerned about the amount of evidence we’ve compiled, however, I’m the beneficiary and have been the one building up this portfolio (describing the relationship from my perspective). My question is – is there any ruling against the beneficiary submitting all this information rather than the petitioner? 

 

We’re new to this page, and are only just getting our heads around each stage of the journey ahead. Any help and info will be greatly appreciated...

 

Hey, welcome to the start of a journey and half! 

 

Honestly, we used maybe 2 paragraphs I believe on our initial petition of how we met and sent approximately 5 photographs, passport stamps, boarding passes and that was the lot of the evidence. x2 Signed letters of intent to marry.  

 

With regards to the perspective, remember it's the petitioner who is writing these forms and completing them. Ours was written similar to how someone described above:

"Luke (me - beneficiary) was on a holiday visiting friends, we met at a bar and then we went X, Y, Z. I (USC) then went over and visited and we went A, B, C." 

 

With regards to all of your other compiled evidence, keep it if you like to take to the interview further down the line so you have proof of communication throughout but again, it's unlikely that they'll even ask in a normal case scenario passing through the London Embassy

 

Any other queries feel free to shout 

Edited April 20, 2019 by LukeU

[Mike E 11,742]

Like you I front loaded the documentation of relationship in the I-129F. And in many other areas.  

 

The result was that embassy asked for very little and in the end collected even less. 

Edited April 20, 2019 by Mike E

[Boiler 46,176]

When did you return to the US after your 4 years in Columbia?

[J_mack93 1]

6 hours ago, LukeU said:

 

Hey, welcome to the start of a journey and half! 

 

Honestly, we used maybe 2 paragraphs I believe on our initial petition of how we met and sent approximately 5 photographs, passport stamps, boarding passes and that was the lot of the evidence. x2 Signed letters of intent to marry.  

 

With regards to the perspective, remember it's the petitioner who is writing these forms and completing them. Ours was written similar to how someone described above:

"Luke (me - beneficiary) was on a holiday visiting friends, we met at a bar and then we went X, Y, Z. I (USC) then went over and visited and we went A, B, C." 

 

With regards to all of your other compiled evidence, keep it if you like to take to the interview further down the line so you have proof of communication throughout but again, it's unlikely that they'll even ask in a normal case scenario passing through the London Embassy

 

Any other queries feel free to shout 

Very helpful, thank you! 

[Zoeeeeeee 797]

The thing to remember also is that you’re Scottish (I assume) and will be having the interview in London...you’re not from a high fraud country, ergo, you don’t really need to front-load - there is no reason for you to be marrying only to obtain a green card. For beneficiaries from other countries (such as Myanmar), it makes sense to front-load...but for a UK beneficiary, it’s just extra paperwork for them to go through and extra postage for your fiancé to pay. Plus, think about all the trees you’ll save not printing the novel...😋

 

We did exactly as Luke did - short paragraph re our relationship, print outs of flight confirmations to see each other, 5 photos in different places and different times (wrote above them where and when taken) - and our petition was recently approved 🙃.