Filling Out I-129F

[Kaynada 2]

I am filling out I-129F with my fiancé and would like to double check some things before officially sending it in. He (petitioner) is a US citizen and I (beneficiary) am from Canada.

1) If he were to move during the process (still in the US), is there a way to change his address without delaying the process? Or is it best to just keep the address the same and have him collect the mail at the old house if he moves?

2) He (the US citizen) is a professional billiards player. He lives in Wisconsin, but briefly moved to Las Vegas for a year. This is reflected in the entries in his address section of the I-129f form, but do I need to then have separate employment sections for when he was a self employed professional billiards player in: (1) Wisconsin from date a - date b, (2) Nevada from date b - date c, (3) Wisconsin from date c - present (with his residential address in each state), OR can I simply put "self employed" "professional billiards player" from date a - present without filling in an address?

3) I am a full-time student and have had part-time jobs in addition to my schooling. In the employment section for the beneficiary (myself), do I enter "full time student" as my occupation with the name of the school for employer and the school's address and whatnot? And do I also enter in overlapping dates with the part-time jobs I've had in addition to this?

4) At the moment, there is a full-page letter written by my fiancé (US citizen petitioner) about how we met, detailing a few instances when we met in person with dates. Is it only required that he signs this? Or should I as well? I've seen online where both parties wrote their own version of meeting, but I don't believe this is required. I also have separate pages where I plan to scan boarding passes into. I also have photographs of us together. I've seen many different variations of how people organize this "evidence" section and would like to hear from someone who had their petition approved to see what you did for organization of this section. Is it wrong to have photographs in a plastic bag with a date and caption on the backs, with all boarding passes/ travel itinerary all scanned onto pages together with a post-it note to describe the circumstances of the meeting? Or should I type a caption onto the piece of paper?

5) Final question - Part 2, "Other Information About Your Beneficiary," Item Number 38a - 38h. The form itself says to only fill this out if the beneficiary is CURRENTLY in the US; however, the instructions online say to fill this in with information from the beneficiary's MOST RECENT VISIT to the states. I looked up my I-94 information online, and I have the necessary information to fill in this section, as I just came back from the US a few days ago where I entered on a visitor's visa for my Christmas break. I am not currently in the US though, so do I fill this in?

 

Thank you in advance for any and all of your help!

[WhyUSoMadFor 62]

1) Once you have you receipt number from NOA1 you can change your address online using it without any issues.

 

[Kaynada 2]

2 minutes ago, WhyUSoMadFor said:

1) Once you have you receipt number from NOA1 you can change your address online using it without any issues.

 

If we file it now (January 2020) and he plans to move in March/April, I can just change the address to what it will be even though it's a couple months out from when we would likely get the NOA1?

[WhyUSoMadFor 62]

1 minute ago, Kaynada said:

If we file it now (January 2020) and he plans to move in March/April, I can just change the address to what it will be even though it's a couple months out from when we would likely get the NOA1?

Not sure what you mean, you can change it whenever after getting the NOA1 as that has your receipt number. Probably a good idea to change it when he moves otherwise if they need to contact you whilst it is processing they would have the wrong address to send stuff to.

[SalishSea 18,063]

The USC petitioner should really be filling out the petition.....

[Hank_ 9,174]

3 hours ago, Kaynada said:

I am filling out I-129F with my fiancé and would like to double check some things before officially sending it in. He (petitioner) is a US citizen and I (beneficiary) am from Canada.

1) If he were to move during the process (still in the US), is there a way to change his address without delaying the process? Or is it best to just keep the address the same and have him collect the mail at the old house if he moves?

2) He (the US citizen) is a professional billiards player. He lives in Wisconsin, but briefly moved to Las Vegas for a year. This is reflected in the entries in his address section of the I-129f form, but do I need to then have separate employment sections for when he was a self employed professional billiards player in: (1) Wisconsin from date a - date b, (2) Nevada from date b - date c, (3) Wisconsin from date c - present (with his residential address in each state), OR can I simply put "self employed" "professional billiards player" from date a - present without filling in an address?

3) I am a full-time student and have had part-time jobs in addition to my schooling. In the employment section for the beneficiary (myself), do I enter "full time student" as my occupation with the name of the school for employer and the school's address and whatnot? And do I also enter in overlapping dates with the part-time jobs I've had in addition to this?

4) At the moment, there is a full-page letter written by my fiancé (US citizen petitioner) about how we met, detailing a few instances when we met in person with dates. Is it only required that he signs this? Or should I as well? I've seen online where both parties wrote their own version of meeting, but I don't believe this is required. I also have separate pages where I plan to scan boarding passes into. I also have photographs of us together. I've seen many different variations of how people organize this "evidence" section and would like to hear from someone who had their petition approved to see what you did for organization of this section. Is it wrong to have photographs in a plastic bag with a date and caption on the backs, with all boarding passes/ travel itinerary all scanned onto pages together with a post-it note to describe the circumstances of the meeting? Or should I type a caption onto the piece of paper?

5) Final question - Part 2, "Other Information About Your Beneficiary," Item Number 38a - 38h. The form itself says to only fill this out if the beneficiary is CURRENTLY in the US; however, the instructions online say to fill this in with information from the beneficiary's MOST RECENT VISIT to the states. I looked up my I-94 information online, and I have the necessary information to fill in this section, as I just came back from the US a few days ago where I entered on a visitor's visa for my Christmas break. I am not currently in the US though, so do I fill this in?

 

Thank you in advance for any and all of your help!

 

There is a way once you have your receipt number     https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do

 

When completing the I-129F, read the questions literally then answers the questions exactly.   Don't overthink any of it.

[Kaynada 2]

4 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

The USC petitioner should really be filling out the petition.....

He is! We’re together right now and just checking it over together before he mails it. I’m just unsure if some of the sections were filled out correctly.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

12 minutes ago, Kaynada said:

He is! We’re together right now and just checking it over together before he mails it. I’m just unsure if some of the sections were filled out correctly.

Address changes are done all the time by others. When you get your receipt number from your NOA1 then follow the link that Hank gave you to change. If you move again, then change it the same way.  The form is easy to complete but if you overthink the process that's what gives you so much angst and doubt. Stick with the question and answer as it reads. You're not going to get denied if you have left something out or enter something wrong. That's what a RFE (request for evidence) is for. It's to ask the petitioner to submit additional information or to complete something that was missed.  Also....

 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

[klgck 153]

1. My fiance had an address change, and it did not impact anything that know of so far! It was after we received the NOA2. It was super easy to change, too.

 

2. If his career didn't change, I would just keep it the same, especially considering he is self-employed. 

 

3. I would put full-time student with the institution name. I am not sure if it is 100% necessary, but it could come up in the interview stage. On the DS-160 you have to include your current occupation and short job description, so you should keep it as consistent as possible. Include all jobs, even if they have overlapping dates. I had two part-time jobs that overlapped when I was student, too.

 

4. You don't need a full letter about your how you met. Simply fill out the section on the form with a brief statement of how you met etc. Keep it simple. We put that when we met, how we met online and that we visit about every two months. For our proof, we had a section called 'evidence of meeting in the last two years'. We included about 20 photos with names, dates and locations on the back that were printed on photo paper and placed in a plastic sandwich bag. Bus tickets and boarding passes were organized by date and we included a little post-it describing whose ticket it was and highlighted the dates (these were paper clipped together). Conversation screenshots, call logs and a few screenshots of social posts were paper clipped together and we highlighted the dates and names. I don't think much of it was necessary, but I wanted to include more to be on the safe side. 

 

5. This part confused me, too. Don't fill it out unless you are currently in the US. We did not fill it out since I was home in Canada.