Starting the process (I-129F now), some questions

[JuJooGuppy 1]

Hello all!,

Let me first say, I appreciate any and all help, as this is a bit of a daunting process and not one I ever intended to go through, but I am starting the application to get my fiance here to the states on a K-1 soon. I say soon as she is legally divorcing a previous marriage in her home country that was all but legally ended for awhile now, but we obviously cannot file until she has documentation of the divorce itself.

Anyway, I have a couple of questions already on the I-129F as I am trying to make sure that I do everything possible to avoid issues delays etc.

1. A couple about my employment history. First, I am working two jobs, and cant type "PRESENT" as my end date. Can I hand write that in after I print the form? Will that cause issues? I would leave it blank, but since I work TWO jobs I dont want it to appear I forgot.)

2. About my job itself. My main job that I have had for about 8 years now, its always been the same job / position, but the company changed hands multiple times... The first company I originally hired with, merged with another. That company lost the contract at some point, a third company came in at which point I was hired by that company (merger I didnt switch anything, i was automatically part of the company). Now, the third company merged with the ORIGINAL merged company. So the end result, I am with the original merger company, though I had a couple of months in between where I was technically with another company, but I was still at this same job position. Its so convoluted and messy, I have no idea how I should properly list my history, nor do I know the exact dates of all of this. What I DO know is the ORIGINAL hire date for the first company, which in the end became this company. Should I just list that date, this current company name, and list as my present job? Or should I some how try to explain all this? Ive had the same steady job for 8 years, but yeah, the company has had a mess of transitions.

3. About proof of relationship. We have met in person of course, and I will provide plane tickets, pictures from my visit (and proof of my second visit coming up in January.) However, prior to that, we had spent a year chatting almost daily online only. We didnt call eachother, we did play games online over Steam (I have no idea how to prove this..). we didn't video chat, either, we did trade pics of course. But neither of us were particularly comfortable with video chatting / phone calls are expensive, we traded audio just through chat programs. I DO hav ethe ability to download my chat history from VK (Basically Facebook, but more used in Russia / EU, shes Russian so I installed VK on my phone as she preferred using it and it didnt bother me.)... the thing is, our chat history will be INSANELY long. I mean every day for over a year, and we chat alllllll day long when we have time to respond. Our chat history would be hundreds of pages without a doubt. I dont think I should submit THAT much? How should I handle providing proof? We started dating, or "dating" online very early on as we hit it off really well. When I went to visit in person, we had waited an entire year nearly before we got to meet, for a variety of reasons. We had already discussed marriage, though we of course wanted to get a feel for eachother in person and make sure it felt the same and as real in person as it did online. We knew if our relationship was going to go anywhere, marriage was our only route to be together, and had many discussions on the topic. Should I try to search our chat history and print some of those discussions, perhaps? I can also print a copy of my facebook post of our engagement and my friends / family congratulating us, I suppose. I want to be thorough but not absurd, too. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.


I apologize for this being so long. I am just very nervous about the process, the last thing I want is for a denial or delay after waiting so long as is. Aside from a breakup of about a month or so, we have dated for over a year now working towards this goal. Ive debated hiring a laywer for assistance, but I am already working hard to pay for this. (She makes very little income in Russia, so helping me is difficult.)


Thank you for your time, and any help. 

Ken

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

1. You can hand write, not a problem.

2. Did the company changed its name everytime? Guess then you would have to put it in like it was a different job. If the name stayed the same I would take it as one job. But that's just what I would do. Maybe someone knows better?

3. For the petition itself you only need to proof that you met ONE time in person.  Passport stamps, boarding passes, pictures together...

No need to bring up the whole relationship story. If you want to attache chat logs and stuff then its quality over quantity. Just pick some screenshots here and there over the time. Not too many.

 

Read through VJ and find topics related to you. Like the subforum regarding the beneficiarys country and the general topics about the K1

[JuJooGuppy 1]

So on number 2. The company did change names the first merger, however, I didn't have to reapply as if it was a new company and I believe I got a single W2 as if it was all one job. Now, when the first company lost the contract, and I was hired by the new company, I DID get a new w2, rehire process etc. So I am almost certain I have to list that date. The second merger the name changed again, back to the name of the first merger.

 

Basically, company A merged with B, became C. Company C lost contract for this particular job, company D got the contract and hired me to stay. Then company C came in and bought / merged D, becoming company C again (regaining lost contract by purchasing D).

 

Trying to figure out the dates that any of this happened will be a nightmare of a process, because the mergers didn't have any specific changes or way to track them. The switch from C to D I can probably find out. But it'll be very difficult to pin point exact days. I didn't really have any reason to track this at the time.

 

 

Also, for big national corporations like this, for the address would I list their national HQ? Because my job site address isn't even owned by them. I do security work at a T-Mobile facility, but we are contracted from another company.

 

 

I really appreciate feedback on this. I don't want to screw up this particular aspect. Trying to figure out the dates will be next to impossible.

[wingman23 140]

1 - no problem if PRESENT is handwritten. Did it on our I129F.

2 - i'm on the same boat with you. company a changed name to b then merged with c and name change again to d. most important thing is that company d retained all my employment history from company a - meaning my start date is still the date i started with company a, not breaking up my years of service. if yours is the same as mine, then make it simple. use company d details, including your start date with company a. you even don't need to mention company a, b, and c. however, if company d does not acknowledge the start date of company a, then you need to enter the actual start date with company d and company a, b, and c will be part of your previous employment history if they were within 5 years.

3 - I129F does not require proof of ongoing relationship. it just asks if you met in person and provide evidence of such (item 53/54 of part 2). chats, phone records, love notes, email communications as proofs of on-going relationship will be a requirement during your interview, not necessarily be asked, but needed to bring.

[wingman23 140]

2 hours ago, JuJooGuppy said:

Also, for big national corporations like this, for the address would I list their national HQ? Because my job site address isn't even owned by them. I do security work at a T-Mobile facility, but we are contracted from another company.

 

i work in our remote office. i listed down my office address instead of our national HQ. my suggestion is to list down where you work most of the time, including the phone number of that office.

[JuJooGuppy 1]

Thank you all for the replies, figuring out the job situation is the biggest fuss at the moment.


I was actually wrong, I forget there were THREE mergers and one contract loss. All within 5 years lol.  Anyway. My current company, recognizes my employment history of being at this same site for so many years, partly because when the first company lost the contract, and I got hired by the next one, the original company merged and bought them. And I never TECHNICALLY stopped being employed with the original company, I was in their database (I have the same employee number and such.) I just wasnt working for them for about a half a year period where I was with the other company.

Would it be possible to list as all one continuous job, since they recognize my original hire date for the sake of my benefits, and possibly attach a letter detailing all the mergers and transitions while explaining that I have had uninterrupted work at the same site, just had a lot of corporate level nonsense? Would it benefit me to include this, or just cause me more headaches? I am sorry for asking so many questions on this topic, it just has me nervous, I dont want to be accused of withholding or lying on it but I also want it to reflect that I have been working the job for many years at the same place. Steady income and all that.


I actually work at another companys site, but I will list our local field office information, the one that handles our paperwork (they are 100 miles or so south of here, but listing my actual work address would be for a completely different company.)



Thank you all again so much for trying to assist me on this. 

[wingman23 140]

if you can  produce a letter of employment with the current company's letterhead  (company d) showing the initial hire date from company a, don't bother to mention the change names and mergers. there's no point since you are regarded hired from day 1 with your current company. those are internal movements and most important thing is your length of service is intact. i only mentioned company d and company a's start date in my documentations and no questions asked, so far.

[Hank_ 9,174]

^^^   Agree with wingman23