How we met document

[dentsflogged 352]

I wish the "how we met" thing would die.  You literally don't have to include that at any point - you have to provide proof and a short description proving how you meet the "physically in the same place at the same time in the last 2 years" requirement, not submit a 10 page document akin to "How I Met Your Mother" describing how you met/your whole relationship story.    At interview, you may be asked "how'd you meet?" (those I know who've been through interview already basically went with "we play the same online game and met on a facebook group for that" or "at the pub when we were in the same city" or whatever and that was that). 

 

I can understand for "tough" embassies wanting to front-load but from all accounts, proof of ongoing relationship via intermingled finances/visiting etc between submitting the petition and interview holds far more weight than manufactured "how we met"/"love story" documents before you get to that point.

[TBoneTX 46,369]

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[Celie 793]

  On 5/12/2019 at 9:11 PM, Prisonmate said:

Okay. You do it your way and I'll do it my way. What matters is the petition gets approve.

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Read the 129 F instructions. It doesn't ask to provide proof that the relationship is real. All they ask is to show your proof that you met in the last 2 years in person. That's it. Save the documentation for your interview.

 

I realize that YouTube might sound helpful and I'm sure it is in many ways. But a lot of the members here have not just seen their own case; they have seen multiple cases throughout the years and they give the advice in what they feel will help you. If you wanted to do things your way no matter what anyone says... then why come and ask for advice? Doesn't make sense in my opinion.

 

Anyway, you should be good with a brief description on how you met on question 54. They just want to know how it started then skip to the part where you met in person X number of times in the last 2 years.

 

Trying to overcompensate can backfire. You're giving too much information that can lend to more questions from the officer or requesting additional evidence over something that could have been avoided.

 

Best of luck to you.

[nguoivietnam2019 67]

I filed my K-1 and got approved with just : introduced by a common friend. If I were working for USCIS, I would just ignore the letter and got my work done base on official requirements.  3 pages explaining the growth of a relationship...for K-1, unless I am bored.

 

However, I do not see it a big deal to include that  ❤️  letter: it is just an unnecessary work.

[payxibka 10,047]

  On 5/13/2019 at 6:47 PM, nguoivietnam2019 said:

 

 

However, I do not see it a big deal to include that  ❤️  letter: it is just an unnecessary work.

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Hang around here long enough and you will understand 

[nguoivietnam2019 67]

  On 5/13/2019 at 7:06 PM, payxibka said:

Hang around here long enough and you will understand 

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will try my best   but...3 pages...probably I am just not  good with literature to even come up with 1/2 page.

[payxibka 10,047]

  On 5/13/2019 at 7:16 PM, nguoivietnam2019 said:

will try my best   but...3 pages...probably I am just not  good with literature to even come up with 1/2 page.

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Its not the uscis you have to worry so much about but the consulate.   People in their zeal to prove their relationship have made unfortunate statements in the letter or provide photo evidence that from a local customs standpoint makes them ineligible. 

[nguoivietnam2019 67]

  On 5/13/2019 at 7:21 PM, payxibka said:

Its not the uscis you have to worry so much about but the consulate.   People in their zeal to prove their relationship have made unfortunate statements in the letter or provide photo evidence that from a local customs standpoint makes them ineligible. 

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Ah, you mean people talking too much about their relationship making them like a married couple rather than just engaged couple ~~~> this I have heard.  I assumed 3 pages with filtered info with some logical thinking.

[Shiran 1,134]

  On 5/13/2019 at 7:16 PM, nguoivietnam2019 said:

will try my best   but...3 pages...probably I am just not  good with literature to even come up with 1/2 page.

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The reality is what is being discussed is answer to Question 54, Part 2 of form 129F. It is not a very well defined question open to creative answers and interpretations. They want to know details about in person meeting, so it is pretty natural for people to elaborate. And then of course people abbreviate the topic of the question into "How we've met" which has slightly different connotations.

 

In reality, I do not believe anyone was ever denied because they wrote/send "too much" as their answer to Part 2, Q54, so annoyance about it seems to be confined to this board and meta-brain thinking "While adjudicator is reading 3 pages story, they are not busy stamping "Approved" on my petition!" 

[payxibka 10,047]

  On 5/13/2019 at 7:47 PM, Shiran said:

The reality is what is being discussed is answer to Question 54, Part 2 of form 129F. It is not a very well defined question open to creative answers and interpretations. They want to know details about in person meeting, so it is pretty natural for people to elaborate. And then of course people abbreviate the topic of the question into "How we've met" which has slightly different connotations.

 

In reality, I do not believe anyone was ever denied because they wrote/send "too much" as their answer to Part 2, Q54, so annoyance about it seems to be confined to this board and meta-brain thinking "While adjudicator is reading 3 pages story, they are not busy stamping "Approved" on my petition!" 

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The petition is not the problem,  the problem is that the 3 to 50 page dissertation is in the hands of the consulate and their have been k1s denied because they were deemed "to married "

[geowrian 22,338]

I can't imagine anybody ever being denied because they wrote too much either.

But there certainly are people who wrote something that got themselves into trouble with either USCIS or the CO. I've said it before but it's worth saying again...you have the most powerful tool available to show your case: Barring required documents, you have the ability to only show what you want them to see.

I don't know what they have access to for security checks and such, but they aren't going through your emails, hacking your facebook/messenger/viber/whatever, etc. to investigate your relationship. Show a good case but nothing more. Far more often than should be the case, somebody submits a document that causes confusion or raises questions.

[dxec 31]

1 or 2 sentences is all you need on how you met in the last 2 years nothing more. All they care about is that you met 1 time in the last 2 years so that you meet the requirement. Don't shoot yourself in the foot on accident because you can't follow the directions. If I was the person reading petitions i surely wouldn't read 3 pages  about your life story(not that your life story is bad or anything) especially not when it isn't required. 

[VJmember2020 32]

  On 5/16/2019 at 10:29 PM, dxec said:

1 or 2 sentences is all you need on how you met in the last 2 years nothing more. All they care about is that you met 1 time in the last 2 years so that you meet the requirement. Don't shoot yourself in the foot on accident because you can't follow the directions. If I was the person reading petitions i surely wouldn't read 3 pages  about your life story(not that your life story is bad or anything) especially not when it isn't required. 

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Understood. 

 

my fiance applied for a visiting visa twice and got denied both times,

we been "together" for 6 years and throughout our relationship I would have to go visit her in the UK... 

 

Should we include in the how we met section about why she wasn't able to come to the US? 

[payxibka 10,047]

  On 5/25/2019 at 2:38 PM, toothfixer said:

Understood. 

 

my fiance applied for a visiting visa twice and got denied both times,

we been "together" for 6 years and throughout our relationship I would have to go visit her in the UK... 

 

Should we include in the how we met section about why she wasn't able to come to the US? 

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Not relevant .  If your response to the circumstances of meeting section cannot fit on the space provided by the form,  then maybe you should rethink your response 

Edited May 25, 2019 by payxibka