Form I-129F Questions

[Howy 3]

Hello all, my fiance and I have a few questions about the Form I-129F :(. They are related to writing down dates and addresses.

 

For pages 2 and 5, there are questions that refer to the petitioner and the beneficiary's start dates on the address history and employment history.

- Since my fiance and I have lived our life beyond 5 years in our current addresses, should we write the appropriate start date for that, even though it is beyond 5 years from now? Or should we count five years back from now (2023) and write that start date instead (2018)?

- My fiance, the petitioner, has worked in his job for beyond 5 years. Same concern as above: does he write the start date beyond 5 years or just in 5 years?

 

On p.7, Part 2, item numbers 47.a. to 48, the questions refer to the beneficiary's physical address abroad.

- How is this different from the beneficiary's mailing and physical address, both of which are technically abroad too? Are we supposed to write the same address as the written physical address of the beneficiary? Or are we supposed to leave this blank since it refers to a different meaning of "abroad?"

 

(Bonus question, if I haven't irritated anyone yet by my overthinking 😅: is it advisable to write N/A on every unanswerable questions, or leave blank? For ex. information on children and previous spouses of petitioner and beneficiary, when both have neither children nor previous spouse.)

 

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3 hours ago, Howard L said:

Hello all, my fiance and I have a few questions about the Form I-129F :(. They are related to writing down dates and addresses.

 

For pages 2 and 5, there are questions that refer to the petitioner and the beneficiary's start dates on the address history and employment history.

- Since my fiance and I have lived our life beyond 5 years in our current addresses, should we write the appropriate start date for that, even though it is beyond 5 years from now? Or should we count five years back from now (2023) and write that start date instead (2018)?

If you know the actual start date of when you started living at that address, then use that date.

3 hours ago, Howard L said:

- My fiance, the petitioner, has worked in his job for beyond 5 years. Same concern as above: does he write the start date beyond 5 years or just in 5 years?

Same as above.

3 hours ago, Howard L said:

 

On p.7, Part 2, item numbers 47.a. to 48, the questions refer to the beneficiary's physical address abroad.

- How is this different from the beneficiary's mailing and physical address, both of which are technically abroad too? Are we supposed to write the same address as the written physical address of the beneficiary? Or are we supposed to leave this blank since it refers to a different meaning of "abroad?"

yes, use the same address.

3 hours ago, Howard L said:

 

(Bonus question, if I haven't irritated anyone yet by my overthinking 😅: is it advisable to write N/A on every unanswerable questions, or leave blank? For ex. information on children and previous spouses of petitioner and beneficiary, when both have neither children nor previous spouse.)

 

Yes, refer to page 2-3 of the I129F instructions.

 

Good Luck!

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-129finstr.pdf

[Howy 3]

By the way, I'm the beneficiary and I don't have a "ZIP code." I hear it's a US-specific code. But since the ZIP code is a numerical response, then wouldn't I use "None" instead of "N/A?"

 

Also, since I'm only sticking with a deduction of five years on my physical address start date, should I write April 1, 2018? I thought of April 1 because that's the month my fiance is filing the petition.

Edited April 15, 2023 by Howard L
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