Putting My I129F in the mail tomorrow…wish me luck

[TUC 40]

Well I finally finished and the paper work (I hope so), and tomorrow I will mail my petition for alien fiancé! I am very exited, but also very anxious. I did my best to complete all my forms properly, and submit all necessary evidence. My petition was a total of 120 pages. I think it was a little longer than most because i had to submit a 11 page document for an old citation, and i submitted all my hotels, itineraries, and bank statements for my last 9 trips I took to visit my fiancé over the past 2 years.

 

Any last words of advice? Or suggestions? I hate sending it off because I always feel like I a forgetting something. But i am very eager to get my first notification. 

 

I’m going to copy my cover letter on here. If anyone is willing to read over it and let me know what you think I would greatly appreciate

it.

 

_________________________

RE: I-129F Petition for alien fiancé(e)

Original Submission

 

Dear USCIS officer,

 

I am the petitioner XXXX  filing this I-129F petition for my alien fiancé XXXX for your review. We are an engaged couple seeking to marry each other in the U.S.

 

The following list are the contents of this petition as they appear in order.

 

1.) G-1450 Authorization for Credit Card Transactions (1 page)

2.) G-1145 E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance (1 page)

3.) PassPort Photos (1 Page)

4.) I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)(14 pages)

supplement Pt.1, item 7a-c, name change order (1 page)

supplement Pt.1. Item 21, doctor letter (1 page)

Supplement Pt.2, item 45a-46 (1 page)

supplement pt.2, item 54 (3 pages)

supplement Pt.3, item 4a, (1 page) certified court records (10pages)

supplement Pt.3, item 4a, (1 page) additional document (1 Page)

5.) Evidence of in person meeting

photos (16 pages)

itinerary’s, boarding passes, hotels, bank statements (31 pages)

passport, and stamps (16 pages)

6.) Evidence of ongoing relationship

Facebook profiles (1 page)

Text messages (6 pages)

Engagement ring receipts(3 pages)

USPS package slip (1 Page)

7.) Letters of intent to Marry, Petitioner (1page), beneficiary (1 page)

8.) Proof off U.S. citizenship, Birth certificate (1 page)

9.) Beneficiary’s Documents

Passport (1page) English translation (2Pages)

Birth certificate (1page) English translation (2pages)

10.) Thank you letter (1page)

 

All copies of submitted documents are exact photo copies of unaltered documents. I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an immigration officer or consular officer upon request. Than you for your time and consideration.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

XXXXXXX 123-456-7655

 

Edited June 8, 2022 by Tbritt8

[BadAmmoWitch 213]

That cover letter will be an automatic denial.

 

Just kidding, looks good. My fiancee just arrived here in USA yesterday. Be patient and organized, read a lot and ask questions here. I'm sure you'll be fine.

[TUC 40]

3 minutes ago, BadAmmoWitch said:

That cover letter will be an automatic denial.

 

Just kidding, looks good. My fiancee just arrived here in USA yesterday. Be patient and organized, read a lot and ask questions here. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Nice, thanks! That’s a great she arrived yesterday congrats to you both. How long did it take?

[BadAmmoWitch 213]

2 minutes ago, TUC said:

Nice, thanks! That’s a great she arrived yesterday congrats to you both. How long did it take?

Thanks. We filed right before Covid, December 2019. So about 2.5 years. Your experience should go a lot quicker.

[SalishSea 17,818]

1 hour ago, TUC said:

Well I finally finished and the paper work (I hope so), and tomorrow I will mail my petition for alien fiancé! I am very exited, but also very anxious. I did my best to complete all my forms properly, and submit all necessary evidence. My petition was a total of 120 pages. I think it was a little longer than most because i had to submit a 11 page document for an old citation, and i submitted all my hotels, itineraries, and bank statements for my last 9 trips I took to visit my fiancé over the past 2 years.

 

Any last words of advice? Or suggestions? I hate sending it off because I always feel like I a forgetting something. But i am very eager to get my first notification. 

 

I’m going to copy my cover letter on here. If anyone is willing to read over it and let me know what you think I would greatly appreciate

it.

 

_________________________

RE: I-129F Petition for alien fiancé(e)

Original Submission

 

Dear USCIS officer,

 

I am the petitioner XXXX  filing this I-129F petition for my alien fiancé XXXX for your review. We are an engaged couple seeking to marry each other in the U.S.

 

The following list are the contents of this petition as they appear in order.

 

1.) G-1450 Authorization for Credit Card Transactions (1 page)

2.) G-1145 E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance (1 page)

3.) PassPort Photos (1 Page)

4.) I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)(14 pages)

supplement Pt.1, item 7a-c, name change order (1 page)

supplement Pt.1. Item 21, doctor letter (1 page)

Supplement Pt.2, item 45a-46 (1 page)

supplement pt.2, item 54 (3 pages)

supplement Pt.3, item 4a, (1 page) certified court records (10pages)

supplement Pt.3, item 4a, (1 page) additional document (1 Page)

5.) Evidence of in person meeting

photos (16 pages)

itinerary’s, boarding passes, hotels, bank statements (31 pages)

passport, and stamps (16 pages)

6.) Evidence of ongoing relationship

Facebook profiles (1 page)

Text messages (6 pages)

Engagement ring receipts(3 pages)

USPS package slip (1 Page)

7.) Letters of intent to Marry, Petitioner (1page), beneficiary (1 page)

8.) Proof off U.S. citizenship, Birth certificate (1 page)

9.) Beneficiary’s Documents

Passport (1page) English translation (2Pages)

Birth certificate (1page) English translation (2pages)

10.) Thank you letter (1page)

 

All copies of submitted documents are exact photo copies of unaltered documents. I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an immigration officer or consular officer upon request. Than you for your time and consideration.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

XXXXXXX 123-456-7655

 

120 pages?!  THAT is overkill.

[slavaskii 886]

5 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

120 pages?!  THAT is overkill.

Some of OP’s lengthy documents are necessary (ie court records), but definitely agree others can and should be cut down. At this stage of the K1, everything in (9) is unnecessary and (5) + (6) can be combined/condensed. Photos are the strongest evidence but 16 pages may be too much, provided there isn’t just one photo on each page. Don’t think bank statements are actually good evidence to provide at all here, at least my impression is that they have a joint account or something which implies marriage.

 

I’ll always repeat that text messages aren’t worthwhile when there’s plenty of other, more substantive evidence, but six pages isn’t terribly much I guess. I agree that OP should aim to shorten this somewhat, maybe to under 100 pages. OP, recall that someone has to actually take this packet and review/scan/stamp/punch each and every page. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by slavaskii

[powerpuff 6,697]

9 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

120 pages?!  THAT is overkill.

Agreed. I can guarantee nobody will be reading this many pages at USCIS or the consulate. It actually makes it hard to focus with so much information presented. They may even overlook and lose some of the more important info and that might lead to an RFE. 

 

Edited June 8, 2022 by powerpuff

[Verrou 1,962]

7 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Agreed. I can guarantee nobody will be reading this many pages at USCIS or the consulate. It actually makes it hard to focus with so much information presented. They may even overlook and lose some of the more important info and that might lead to an RFE. 

 

was wondering, which is the sweet spot?  by pages or by the quality of the evidence?

[TUC 40]

4 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Some of OP’s lengthy documents are necessary (ie court records), but definitely agree others can and should be cut down. At this stage of the K1, everything in (9) is unnecessary and (5) + (6) can be combined/condensed. Photos are the strongest evidence but 16 pages may be too much, provided there isn’t just one photo on each page. Don’t think bank statements are actually good evidence to provide at all here, at least my impression is that they have a joint account or something which implies marriage.

 

I’ll always repeat that text messages aren’t worthwhile when there’s plenty of other, more substantive evidence, but six pages isn’t terribly much I guess. I agree that OP should aim to shorten this somewhat, maybe to under 100 pages. OP, recall that someone has to actually take this packet and review/scan/stamp/punch each and every page. 

Ok cool. Sounds like i can trash all the bank statements nice. I was just putting those in because i had no receipts from spending other than hotels and flights. Maybe i should trash the text messages too? I was just trying to show more than just hotel, flights, and photos together.

 

I leave all 16 pages of photos. I know it seems like a lot, but i have visited her and her family a lot and I basically made a page for each visit. I think it is great evidence.

21 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

Agreed. I can guarantee nobody will be reading this many pages at USCIS or the consulate. It actually makes it hard to focus with so much information presented. They may even overlook and lose some of the more important info and that might lead to an RFE. 

 

True i will consider that and try to shorten it up.

[TUC 40]

4 hours ago, slavaskii said:

Some of OP’s lengthy documents are necessary (ie court records), but definitely agree others can and should be cut down. At this stage of the K1, everything in (9) is unnecessary and (5) + (6) can be combined/condensed. Photos are the strongest evidence but 16 pages may be too much, provided there isn’t just one photo on each page. Don’t think bank statements are actually good evidence to provide at all here, at least my impression is that they have a joint account or something which implies marriage.

 

I’ll always repeat that text messages aren’t worthwhile when there’s plenty of other, more substantive evidence, but six pages isn’t terribly much I guess. I agree that OP should aim to shorten this somewhat, maybe to under 100 pages. OP, recall that someone has to actually take this packet and review/scan/stamp/punch each and every page. 

Everything in 9 is unnecessary?? That her passport and birth certificate? I don’t understand lol

[powerpuff 6,697]

37 minutes ago, Misscloud said:

was wondering, which is the sweet spot?  by pages or by the quality of the evidence?

Quality of evidence. There is no need to provide evidence for all 9 trips and have 63 pages for that, it could be shortened. 
 

24 minutes ago, TUC said:

Sounds like i can trash all the bank statements nice. I was just putting those in because i had no receipts from spending other than hotels and flights. Maybe i should trash the text messages too? I was just trying to show more than just hotel, flights, and photos together

Actually bank accounts are good evidence, I included a screenshot from my bank account transactions and my now husband’s bank account transactions. We had completely separate banks from different countries but it just showed that we were at the same places at the same time as we also didn’t have receipts from hotels. I think that is good evidence (in my opinion) and I think you should keep it but don’t include a lot, I only had one screenshot for me and one for my husband. 
 

I agree on the text messages, not necessary  and not very helpful or quality evidence.
 

22 minutes ago, TUC said:

That her passport and birth certificate? I don’t understand lol

Correct. Unless you’re using the beneficiary’s  passport stamps (and thus the passport bio page) as part of the 2 year meeting evidence, beneficiary’s passport and especially the birth certificate are not required/needed. We did not include the birth certificate, that is only required at the interview stage. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by powerpuff

[Redro 4,611]

1 hour ago, TUC said:

Ok cool. Sounds like i can trash all the bank statements nice. I was just putting those in because i had no receipts from spending other than hotels and flights. Maybe i should trash the text messages too? I was just trying to show more than just hotel, flights, and photos together.

 

I leave all 16 pages of photos. I know it seems like a lot, but i have visited her and her family a lot and I basically made a page for each visit. I think it is great evidence.

True i will consider that and try to shorten it up.

We had a total of 18 pages of photos... I thought that was excessive in retrospect (and this was for an IR1 case---- more than 2 years of marriage!) 

For K1, you just need to prove you met once in the last 2 years. I would cut it down to at most 10 pages with 3-4 pictures with the family and 1 photo per visit (in tourist places/make sure the photos don't look like that happened during the same visit). 

Where is your partner from? Is it a high fraud country and are you concerned about being denied at the interview? 

 

Edited June 8, 2022 by ROK2USA

[TUC 40]

31 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

We had a total of 18 pages of photos... I thought that was excessive in retrospect (and this was for an IR1 case---- more than 2 years of marriage!) 

For K1, you just need to prove you met once in the last 2 years. I would cut it down to at most 10 pages with 3-4 pictures with the family and 1 photo per visit (in tourist places/make sure the photos don't look like that happened during the same visit). 

Where is your partner from? Is it a high fraud country and are you concerned about being denied at the interview? 

 

She is from Mexico. Honestly I’m not sure if it is high fraud..I don’t know. I am really not concerned about being denied i just don’t want any RFE’s to further extend our wait time.

[MarJhi 959]

11 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

120 pages?!  THAT is overkill.

Yup, but I remember maybe a month ago someone on here sent in theirs with 400 pages, so by comparison this one is dreamy.😁

[brii 34]

We submitted almost 200 pages, and got approved on Friday. Better to be safe than sorry.