Do I Have Enough Proof???

[Richard M 0]

Hi!

 

Back Story...

 

I've know my fiance for 23 years, we met in the Philippines where I grew up and had a relationship during our teenage years 1997 - 1999. Towards the end of 1999 I flew back to the states and while we kept in tough unfortunately I never had the means to bring her to the US. We've stayed friends through the years although lost contact between 2001 and 2007. Along came Facebook and we reconnected, unfortunately I was with someone else and expecting a child. We stayed friends and continued communicating through the years. In 2015 I had a job offer through my company and moved to VA, things with my partner were shaky at best and during a trip to the Philippines met my now fiance. Unfortunately life happened again and I was forced to make a tough decision... marry the girl of my dreams or fight to keep my son... after heartbreaking decision I broke the news to her that my son and his mother would be moving to VA so I could be closer to him.

 

Fast forward a few years and as one would expect my relationship with my son's mother ended in divorce. Throughout all the mess, my childhood sweetheart supported me and kept me sane as best as one could being miles apart. Once the divorce was finalized, I gained custody of my son and was on the fast track to happiness... and finally after all these years I have the means to petition the love of my life to come to the US and be me me and my son. She stayed single and has no kids and decided to take a job as a Nanny in Dubai. So I decided for Valentine's day I would hop on a flight from the US to Dubai to see her and officially propose. The trip was short and because of her job we were only really able to spend her day off together. We took as many pictures as we could to document my trip and saved as many receipts from the trip as possible.

 

Now I am getting all the paperwork together to file for a K1-Fiance Visa and am not sure I have enough proof. Listed below.

 

- Flight Itinerary and Receipt, Lost boarding passes to Dubai but have my return boarding passes.

- COVID-19 Test from Dubai to return to the US

- Receipts from various restaurants and places we visited, Global Village & Miracle Gardens

- Bank Statements Showing Expenses while in Dubai

- Passport with Entry & Exit stamps

- She has letters and pictures I sent her early on in 2000

- Engagement Ring Receipt

- Rental Car Receipt

- Hotel Receipt

- Friends we grew with can provide statements of our relationship while living in the Philippines, (not sure if this will help)

- My Certificate of Birth Abroad showing I was born in the Philippines, ( I didn't move back to the states til I was 18)

- Pictures of us together in Dubai.

- Facebook conversations between the two of us.

- Pictures of her from when we were together in the Philippines, (unfortunately they are taken of her while at our house and not with me in the picture.)

- Certified copy of my divorce decree.

 

We used to communicate via email, unfortunately the accounts we used are no longer active so we can't retrieve those emails.

 

She is also a current resident of Dubai and holds a resident's card.

 

I want to get this right the first time! So insight from folks here would truly appreciated...

 

Thank you...

 

[payxibka 10,047]

The petition requirement is to prove one meeting within the previous two years.  Any evidence prior to that is meaningless 

 

Friends statements,  pictures and chats are secondary evidence and add little intrinsic value to a petition 

[flicks1998 1,044]

Just prove you met in the last few years.  You may think having a relationship with someone for 23 years is a good thing (it is personally for you) but from an Immigration perspective, it may raise the perception of marriage fraud as it could be seen your long-time friends and doing this person a favor.  Id focus on your relationship now, your recent trip to meet, and if you are asked how long you have known each other, etc, then answer truthfully.  I know 1st hand as well as 2nd hand, people in the US who have done overseas childhood friends "a favor."

[Crazy Cat 42,097]

7 minutes ago, flicks1998 said:

Just prove you met in the last few years. 

within the Last TWO years.

Edited February 24, 2021 by Lucky Cat

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