JANUARY 2021 I-129F K-1 FILERS (merged)

[Keithn85 400]

3 hours ago, punkelle said:

I just have an inquiry (that could potentially help other Jan filers regarding timelines) about the service centers. My fiancé and I sent our I-129F to the Lewisville, TX, Service Center and yet both our NOA1 and NOA2 were sent to us by the California Service Center. Am I to change the Service Center on my timeline, or keep it as is?

The best way to look at it is you sent the package to a sorting warehouse (Texas Lockbox) and then when assigned a case, it was sent over to the California service center to wait to be reviewed.  You can look at my timeline for reference, but your service center should currently be California and not Texas as the Texas service center is different from that lockbox building.  
You do not have to put "transferred to" but just change the original service center to California.  It also gives you a nice little estimate on when your 129F will be approved. 

[Kev & Lexi 41]

19 hours ago, Keithn85 said:

The best way to look at it is you sent the package to a sorting warehouse (Texas Lockbox) and then when assigned a case, it was sent over to the California service center to wait to be reviewed.  You can look at my timeline for reference, but your service center should currently be California and not Texas as the Texas service center is different from that lockbox building.  
You do not have to put "transferred to" but just change the original service center to California.  It also gives you a nice little estimate on when your 129F will be approved. 

Thank you so much. Just adjusted my timeline. Hopefully this helps the other filers too!

[prai 42]

Anyone used the link below the letter of intent to marry template found on the internet. Just saw on the FB page, people are getting RFE due to the "willing and legally able to marry" choice of words instead of "intent to marry".  

https://eforms.com/letter-of-intent/to-marry/

https://eforms.com/download/2019/09/Letter-of-Intent-to-Marry.pdf

https://www.fickeymartinezlaw.com/immigration/k-1-fiance-visa/fiance-letter-of-intent-template/

https://www.purshology.com/blog/2021/05/19/letter-of-intent-to-marry-within-90-days-petitioner-and-beneficiary/

[Kev & Lexi 41]

3 minutes ago, prai said:

Anyone used the link below the letter of intent to marry template found on the internet. Just saw on the FB page, people are getting RFE due to the "willing and legally able to marry" choice of words instead of "intent to marry".  

https://eforms.com/letter-of-intent/to-marry/

https://eforms.com/download/2019/09/Letter-of-Intent-to-Marry.pdf

https://www.fickeymartinezlaw.com/immigration/k-1-fiance-visa/fiance-letter-of-intent-template/

https://www.purshology.com/blog/2021/05/19/letter-of-intent-to-marry-within-90-days-petitioner-and-beneficiary/

My fiancé and I were approved on the 13th of August and our letter of intent did have the wording "willing and legally able to marry". I suppose it depends on the officer reviewing your packet.

[Keithn85 400]

13 minutes ago, prai said:

Anyone used the link below the letter of intent to marry template found on the internet. Just saw on the FB page, people are getting RFE due to the "willing and legally able to marry" choice of words instead of "intent to marry".  

https://eforms.com/letter-of-intent/to-marry/

https://eforms.com/download/2019/09/Letter-of-Intent-to-Marry.pdf

https://www.fickeymartinezlaw.com/immigration/k-1-fiance-visa/fiance-letter-of-intent-template/

https://www.purshology.com/blog/2021/05/19/letter-of-intent-to-marry-within-90-days-petitioner-and-beneficiary/

I haven't had any status changes yet, but we printed out the intent to marry and it had "legally able and willing to marry" but it said "I (anna) am legally able and willing to marry Keith."  It has our last names of course but yeah that was a small version of it.

Also, reading that letter again had me smiling.  See, it is all about those little reminders.

[Ayda&Jad 58]

Just wondering does the letter of intent to marry supposed to be sent when first applying for the k1 visa ? Or is it given to the officer during the interview ? 

[Keithn85 400]

11 minutes ago, Ayda and Jad said:

Just wondering does the letter of intent to marry supposed to be sent when first applying for the k1 visa ? Or is it given to the officer during the interview ? 

They are just looking for an intention to marry within 90 days of entry.  It is recommended to send to the interview also (an updated one that is closer to the interview) and some embassys might require it.  I think people just find the intent to marry letter signed by both the quickest route since it is mentioned.  This is pulled from the I-129F instructions.

 

I completed mine before I found Visa Journey so I only saw what I read and what the lawyer who gave me 1 hour of his time told me.  We added a little extra than normal, but we wanted to make sure there was enough to check all the boxes and then some.

Edited August 23, 2021 by Keithn85

[dfmag 45]

I've been obsessively checking the status of my application after seeing the approvals here. I'm so used to checking and exiting the page (multiple times a day), that I almost exited before seeing that I got approved!! haha NOA1 date 01/19 and now NOA2 date 08/23.

 

To all of you waiting, don't lose hope, you are almost there!

[Boston_Gary 16]

13 minutes ago, dfmag said:

I've been obsessively checking the status of my application after seeing the approvals here. I'm so used to checking and exiting the page (multiple times a day), that I almost exited before seeing that I got approved!! haha NOA1 date 01/19 and now NOA2 date 08/23.

 

To all of you waiting, don't lose hope, you are almost there!

Congratulations! 

[Ayda&Jad 58]

Sounds great thank you just wanted to make sure. 

[J&D1008 376]

3 hours ago, prai said:

Anyone used the link below the letter of intent to marry template found on the internet. Just saw on the FB page, people are getting RFE due to the "willing and legally able to marry" choice of words instead of "intent to marry".  

https://eforms.com/letter-of-intent/to-marry/

https://eforms.com/download/2019/09/Letter-of-Intent-to-Marry.pdf

https://www.fickeymartinezlaw.com/immigration/k-1-fiance-visa/fiance-letter-of-intent-template/

https://www.purshology.com/blog/2021/05/19/letter-of-intent-to-marry-within-90-days-petitioner-and-beneficiary/

Thats not really true. I used those same words for letter of intent and was approved without RFE. I saw that specific Admin trying to make the statement of not using the word "intent" would get an RFE but another Admin clarified that its more about the evidence of intent to marry and not the words of the letter . That person who got RFE only had sent the letter with pictures of a ring and no other evidence on how they met, relationship started etc. 

Edited August 24, 2021 by J&D1008

[stag 51]

1 hour ago, dfmag said:

I've been obsessively checking the status of my application after seeing the approvals here. I'm so used to checking and exiting the page (multiple times a day), that I almost exited before seeing that I got approved!! haha NOA1 date 01/19 and now NOA2 date 08/23.

 

To all of you waiting, don't lose hope, you are almost there!

I'm in that obsessively checking mode these days 😩

[Fordez19 38]

6 hours ago, punkelle said:

My fiancé and I were approved on the 13th of August and our letter of intent did have the wording "willing and legally able to marry". I suppose it depends on the officer reviewing your packet.

My fiancee and I only turned on a single letter we both signed. We used the words intent to marry. We got an RFE, but not for the letter of intent. 

[mitzab 285]

 

good day for 19th and 25th Jan filers.

 

 

 

[prai 42]

8 hours ago, Fordez19 said:

My fiancee and I only turned on a single letter we both signed. We used the words intent to marry. We got an RFE, but not for the letter of intent. 

Would you mind telling us what was your RFE for?