Didn’t send Letter of Intent to marry

[_carollyd3118 11]

10 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

I think you’re misunderstanding the importance of establishing intent to marry via statements of both parties. 
 

One of the downfalls of using a lawyer is that it’s easy to defer to them instead of owning your own process.  

 

Going forward, you will want to make sure you know the requirements for each step of the process.   It is long and expensive, and no one cares more about your visa than you do.   In fact, lawyers get paid more for making mistakes….

I’ll definitely. Me and my fiancé already talked about it, and we said we’re going to do the rest of the process, if hopefully we get approved,  by ourselves with the help of this site, which I can see it’s incredibly helpful. 
 

And, I do agree with you. Lawyers do love making mistakes only to get paid more, but we thought this guy was going to be different. 
 

Thanks again! 

[Mike E 11,739]

3 minutes ago, _carolinabautista said:

Do you know if they send a notice of receipt?

I never heard of this happening.

 

Send it usps priority mail, flat rate envelope. Could be the best $10 you ever spent.

 

 

[_carollyd3118 11]

Just now, Mike E said:

I never heard of this happening.

 

Send it usps priority mail, flat rate envelope. Could be the best $10 you ever spent.

 

 

Thanks again, I’ll tell my fiancé who is the US citizen to do it right away. 

[_carollyd3118 11]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

I never heard of this happening.

 

Send it usps priority mail, flat rate envelope. Could be the best $10 you ever spent.

 

 

I just read this in the USCIS site.

[Mike E 11,739]

There was advice an ISO who did an AMA last year on reddit who advised otherwise. Hence I will always advise sending unsolicited evidence despite what USCIS says.

 

Do as you wish. I am out.

[_carollyd3118 11]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

There was advice an ISO who did an AMA last year on reddit who advised otherwise. Hence I will always advise sending unsolicited evidence despite what USCIS says.

 

Do as you wish. I am out.

Great, I didn’t know this. I’m sorry. We already did exactly as you told us, and are sending the letters tomorrow. Hopefully, it’ll work! 

[TBoneTX 45,023]

3 hours ago, _carolinabautista said:

proof of the venue receipt for our future wedding

No one has brought this up yet, but it's important that your arrangements be as flexible as possible.  We've seen innumerable threads here with variations of, "Our wedding is next month and we don't have a date for our visa interview yet!" and "We booked our venue 14 months out but our petition hasn't even been approved yet!"

 

Delays do occur at any given stage of the process:  petition approval (including RFEs), availability of visa interviews, 221g or worse at the consular phase, travel challenges, and personal issues.

[_carollyd3118 11]

Just now, TBoneTX said:

No one has brought this up yet, but it's important that your arrangements be as flexible as possible.  We've seen innumerable threads here with variations of, "Our wedding is next month and we don't have a date for our visa interview yet!" and "We booked our venue 14 months out but our petition hasn't even been approved yet!"

 

Delays do occur at any given stage of the process:  petition approval (including RFEs), availability of visa interviews, 221g or worse at the consular phase, travel challenges, and personal issues.

Yes, thank you so much. We appreciate it. We have explained the vendors our situation, and are actually  getting those who are more flexible with the dates. 

[SalishSea 17,744]

1 hour ago, _carolinabautista said:

I just read this in the USCIS site.

I am one who sent additional documents (a final foreign divorce decree absolute, which we did not have at the time of filing) directly to the Laguna Niguel address, several months after filing the petition.   It did make its way to our file, and was included.  No RFE.   YMMV.

[_carollyd3118 11]

4 hours ago, SalishSea said:

I am one who sent additional documents (a final foreign divorce decree absolute, which we did not have at the time of filing) directly to the Laguna Niguel address, several months after filing the petition.   It did make its way to our file, and was included.  No RFE.   YMMV.

OMG, thank you so much. It’s such a relief to read this. I really appreciate it. We already did everything, and are going to send it tomorrow first hour. 

[SalishSea 17,744]

3 minutes ago, _carolinabautista said:

OMG, thank you so much. It’s such a relief to read this. I really appreciate it. We already did everything, and are going to send it tomorrow first hour. 

Good luck!  Make sure to include a copy of your NOA1, and a simple cover letter referencing your case number and stating that you inadvertently omitted the enclosed letters of intent to marry.

[TBoneTX 45,023]

5 hours ago, _carolinabautista said:

Yes, thank you so much. We appreciate it. We have explained the vendors our situation, and are actually getting those who are more flexible with the dates. 

Good for you!

9 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

include a copy of your NOA1, and a simple cover letter referencing your case number and stating that you inadvertently omitted the enclosed letters of intent to marry.

Do this.  Also, keep duplicate original copies of letters of intent, just in case tomorrow's mailing doesn't match up with your file and you get an RFE later.

[_carollyd3118 11]

Hey everybody 👋🏽 We ended up sending the letters of intent AS SOON as you told us to, and we think they got them as we got our NOA2, and not RFE! 🤩 Thank you all! 🙏🏼 

Edited August 29, 2023 by _carolinabautista

[SalishSea 17,744]

1 hour ago, _carollyd3118 said:

Hey everybody 👋🏽 We ended up sending the letters of intent AS SOON as you told us to, and we think they got them as we got our NOA2, and not RFE! 🤩 Thank you all! 🙏🏼 

That’s great news!   Thanks for reporting back to us, it’s good to know that it worked for you!