How much meeting evidence should be included?

[JCC2823 4]

Hi:

 

I apologize if this is posted somewhere else (couldn't find it by searching...) but I'm gathering evidence for meeting in-person over last 2 years for my fiance and I.   I have some partial and some complete evidence for meeting 25 times in the past ~1.5 years including: some airline airline receipts, some boarding passes, car rentals, airbnb rentals, credit card statements, and of course photos (some with actual date stamps...).

 

My question is:  Is this overkill?  should I show things like my credit card statements with notations in the margins to help them read it?

 

This is my first time.  🙂

 

Thanks!

[payxibka 10,045]

14 minutes ago, Jonathan Clark said:

Hi:

 

I apologize if this is posted somewhere else (couldn't find it by searching...) but I'm gathering evidence for meeting in-person over last 2 years for my fiance and I.   I have some partial and some complete evidence for meeting 25 times in the past ~1.5 years including: some airline airline receipts, some boarding passes, car rentals, airbnb rentals, credit card statements, and of course photos (some with actual date stamps...).

 

My question is:  Is this overkill?  should I show things like my credit card statements with notations in the margins to help them read it?

 

This is my first time.  🙂

 

Thanks!

You need to prove ONE meeting within the past two years, no such thing as extra credit.   Pick the meeting that you have the most complete evidence.

[mniceguy16 186]

16 minutes ago, Jonathan Clark said:

Hi:

 

I apologize if this is posted somewhere else (couldn't find it by searching...) but I'm gathering evidence for meeting in-person over last 2 years for my fiance and I.   I have some partial and some complete evidence for meeting 25 times in the past ~1.5 years including: some airline airline receipts, some boarding passes, car rentals, airbnb rentals, credit card statements, and of course photos (some with actual date stamps...).

 

My question is:  Is this overkill?  should I show things like my credit card statements with notations in the margins to help them read it?

 

This is my first time.  🙂

 

Thanks!

Passport stamps too showing dates of admission into your partner's country will help, no amount of evidence is an overkill, just do not send 1000 pictures.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

@payxibka gets . That's the right answer. Go with it. 

Edited January 5, 2021 by Greenbaum

[JCC2823 4]

Thanks everyone!  

 

I just wasn't sure if to overwhelm them with evidence so there's no arguments down the road or not...  😉

[TBoneTX 45,325]

Before you decide to proceed:  which consulate (country) will you be dealing with?  It may matter.

[JCC2823 4]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Before you decide to proceed:  which consulate (country) will you be dealing with?  It may matter.

Fiance is Mexican (Mexico) and only consulate that processes is Juarez.

 

Thanks

[TBoneTX 45,325]

Ah, thanks.  Juarez isn't bad.

 

The reason for the question is that some tough consulates require seemingly overwhelming evidence of a bona fide relationship, and the best place to provide this is initially in the I-129F petition.  When USCIS approves the petition, it's sent to the consulate where the visa interview will occur.  The consulate is not supposed to refuse a visa on the basis of information that USCIS has seen.

 

I recommend that, for USCIS's purposes, you include full information from your most recent meeting.  Then, as an extra inclusion in your I-129F petition package, write an unignorable note atop a page, "To Juarez Consulate," and type the dates and lengths of your previous visits.  You may include one or two items of proof of some or all of these visits, or say, "I'll bring evidence of these visits to my fiancee's visa interview."

 

Having been burned myself during the consular phase, I recommend leaving nothing to chance.  Happily, you won't be dealing with a terrible consulate.

[JCC2823 4]

Thanks everyone.  I hope this is the case with Juarez that they are reasonable.  Not sure why the US had to choose one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico to be the only place they'll process a K-1 visa... but oh well.  I'm tempted to just put everything in an addendum- credit card statements, the whole kitchen sink  😉  We're even now living together in Xalapa, Ver with both out names on the apt lease so I don't see how anyone could claim we haven't met... haha

 

Thanks again!

[Chauncey 138]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Clark said:

Thanks everyone.  I hope this is the case with Juarez that they are reasonable.  Not sure why the US had to choose one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico to be the only place they'll process a K-1 visa... but oh well.  I'm tempted to just put everything in an addendum- credit card statements, the whole kitchen sink  😉  We're even now living together in Xalapa, Ver with both out names on the apt lease so I don't see how anyone could claim we haven't met... haha

 

Thanks again!

Why not get married and do CR1?

[JCC2823 4]

19 hours ago, Chauncey said:

Why not get married and do CR1?

Well it has crossed my mind, but wouldn't that take a substantial amount of time longer to process with the end goal being to move back to the US?  I'm currently working remotely for my job for the foreseeable future (due to pandemic), but at some point I need to primarily be in the US for both my job and to take care of my parents.

[Limey 551]

On 1/4/2021 at 10:05 PM, Jonathan Clark said:

Thanks everyone!  

 

I just wasn't sure if to overwhelm them with evidence so there's no arguments down the road or not...  😉

I'd made several trips, and my now wife had made a couple the other way. We documented 2 or 3 of them, just to be safe. Nothing over the top - we only included photos where they had a date (eg one was from a tourist attraction that printed the date and location on the picture), and included passport stamps, boarding passes, i94s, and a couple of receipts in both our names from the locations we visited during the trips. I think documenting 2 or 3 separate trips is great if you can do it, adds a little more evidence than just one (useful if, eg one of the passport stamps is fuzzy), but certainly don't need to do more than that.

Edited January 6, 2021 by Limey