Evidence for I-129f (merged x2)

[clericbeast 12]

Hi! Long story short, my fiancé and I plan to file for the K1 within the next couple of weeks and plan to start putting together the package today.

 

I wanted to ask any fellow UK beneficiaries a couple of questions simply for my own peace of mind:

 

• What evidence did you provide in your petition?

• Did you frontload the petition? (Include proof of a bonafide relationship, not just meeting in person in the last two years) If you didn’t, were you asked for proof of that at the embassy stage?

• How many pages was your petition in total?

 

I have read numerous answers to these questions and they were helpful, but all from varying embassies. I know embassies can differ quite vastly from each other, and that London is low fraud and therefore an easier time, but I just wanted to hear specifically from fellow UK folks who have since had their K1 visas approved!

 

Thank youuuu ❤️

Edited November 10, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[IWander 589]

1 hour ago, clericbeast said:

Hi! Long story short, my fiancé and I plan to file for the K1 within the next couple of weeks and plan to start putting together the package today.

 

I wanted to ask any fellow UK beneficiaries a couple of questions simply for my own peace of mind:

 

• What evidence did you provide in your petition?

• Did you frontload the petition? (Include proof of a bonafide relationship, not just meeting in person in the last two years) If you didn’t, were you asked for proof of that at the embassy stage?

• How many pages was your petition in total?

 

I have read numerous answers to these questions and they were helpful, but all from varying embassies. I know embassies can differ quite vastly from each other, and that London is low fraud and therefore an easier time, but I just wanted to hear specifically from fellow UK folks who have since had their K1 visas approved!

 

Thank youuuu ❤️

This question is better asked in yhe UK regional forum but i can tell you that no front loading is needed for London.

[Boiler 45,482]

I thought you were getting married this month?

[clericbeast 12]

1 hour ago, IWander said:

This question is better asked in yhe UK regional forum but i can tell you that no front loading is needed for London.

Oh, my bad! I’m not entirely sure how to navigate this site when it comes to posting topics lol

[clericbeast 12]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

I thought you were getting married this month?

That was the original plan, yes! However, for personal reasons and also for the sake of being able to marry in-person, we decided to go for the K1 instead, and we are aware of the drawbacks of that visa. It’s just the best option for us right now.

[yuna628 9,676]

On 10/28/2023 at 9:01 AM, clericbeast said:

Hi! Long story short, my fiancé and I plan to file for the K1 within the next couple of weeks and plan to start putting together the package today.

 

I wanted to ask any fellow UK beneficiaries a couple of questions simply for my own peace of mind:

 

• What evidence did you provide in your petition?

• Did you frontload the petition? (Include proof of a bonafide relationship, not just meeting in person in the last two years) If you didn’t, were you asked for proof of that at the embassy stage?

• How many pages was your petition in total?

 

I have read numerous answers to these questions and they were helpful, but all from varying embassies. I know embassies can differ quite vastly from each other, and that London is low fraud and therefore an easier time, but I just wanted to hear specifically from fellow UK folks who have since had their K1 visas approved!

 

Thank youuuu ❤️

As long as you are aware and understand the cons of the K1 and are prepared for that... 

 

Our K1 evidence was pretty much the same as guides here explain one should offer. Front loaded? Well yes we did, but not to the point of going overboard (for instance I don't believe we put in years worth of chat convos or emails or handwritten letters). It's good to have quality over quantity evidence. We had a very long relationship by that point, with a lot of visits over the years, and wanted to establish how strong that was. I couldn't tell you how many pages, iirc it was fairly thick, but we thought it important to be well organized for them. There were no RFEs and no issues at the interview. London did not ask for proof of all that, but you do need to give them what they ask for.

[clericbeast 12]

Hi everyone!

 

Putting together the K1 packet now, and I just wanted some clarification on what my best course of action would be regarding evidence.

 

So, my fiancé and I have had 4 trips in total over the past two years, and I have the most substantial documentation/evidence for the two most recent trips. Should I only include evidence from these two? Or should I still include evidence from the trips before? I read that quality over quantity is best, but wasn’t sure if having proof for all trips might also be considered quality.

 

Evidence I have for our most recent trip are boarding passes (our passports have never been stamped for any trip), train ticket receipts for two people, hotel reservations, bank statements from both of us, photos with my family, tickets for a cathedral we visited along with email confirmation of that purchase and a photo of us at the cathedral, the same for a restaurant we visited also.

 

I also plan to include evidence from the trip before this, which was me visiting him in the States for 2 months. I have photos with his family and the same level of proof listed above.

 

Should I also provide what evidence I have for the two initial trips? Or will the two most recent trips be sufficient?

[IWander 589]

29 minutes ago, clericbeast said:

Hi everyone!

 

Putting together the K1 packet now, and I just wanted some clarification on what my best course of action would be regarding evidence.

 

So, my fiancé and I have had 4 trips in total over the past two years, and I have the most substantial documentation/evidence for the two most recent trips. Should I only include evidence from these two? Or should I still include evidence from the trips before? I read that quality over quantity is best, but wasn’t sure if having proof for all trips might also be considered quality.

 

Evidence I have for our most recent trip are boarding passes (our passports have never been stamped for any trip), train ticket receipts for two people, hotel reservations, bank statements from both of us, photos with my family, tickets for a cathedral we visited along with email confirmation of that purchase and a photo of us at the cathedral, the same for a restaurant we visited also.

 

I also plan to include evidence from the trip before this, which was me visiting him in the States for 2 months. I have photos with his family and the same level of proof listed above.

 

Should I also provide what evidence I have for the two initial trips? Or will the two most recent trips be sufficient?

You are only required to provide evidence of ONE meeting within the previous two years.  Proof of a relationship is not a petition requirement.

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

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[clericbeast 12]

Not sure if this is a dumb question or not but I wondered if the PDF version of boarding passes are okay to send as evidence for K1. I’m asking because I no longer have my physical boarding pass, but because I checked in online, they sent me the boarding pass via email anyway.

 

I have no passport stamps either, and neither does my fiancé. We have never been stamped on any of our four trips in the US or the UK. I have my I-94 record which lists both arrivals and departures, but wanted to include the boarding passes too, despite not having the exact copy I used to board the plane.

 

Is this okay?

[powerpuff 6,697]

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4 minutes ago, clericbeast said:

Is this okay?

Online boarding passes are fine. I submitted online ones too back in my K1 days

[clericbeast 12]

Just now, powerpuff said:

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Online boarding passes are fine. I submitted online ones too back in my K1 days

Ohhh, my bad! I will remember this. I forgot how generalised this thread that I made was and how most of my queries can be added here.

 

And that’s good news! Thank you!

[IWander 589]

21 minutes ago, clericbeast said:

Not sure if this is a dumb question or not but I wondered if the PDF version of boarding passes are okay to send as evidence for K1. I’m asking because I no longer have my physical boarding pass, but because I checked in online, they sent me the boarding pass via email anyway.

 

I have no passport stamps either, and neither does my fiancé. We have never been stamped on any of our four trips in the US or the UK. I have my I-94 record which lists both arrivals and departures, but wanted to include the boarding passes too, despite not having the exact copy I used to board the plane.

 

Is this okay?

Make sure that you assemble as complete a picture of one meeting within the past two years.  Any meeting evidence outside the two year window will only be uneeded noise to the petition.

[Boiler 45,482]

Seems like overkill you just need to show you have met in the last 2 years.

[clericbeast 12]

Since I saw a few threads in which people received RFEs for “proof of bona fide intent to marry” even with signed intent to marry letters, I want to cover my bases a bit and include a letter from the therapist who we had pre-marital counselling with, basically an affidavit attesting to the authenticity of the engagement from her perspective after the sessions.

 

I know it is not always necessary, but I’m just covering a base that I know I can cover. Better safe than sorry is my approach to this process.

 

Will this need to be signed and the original sent in? She lives in another city, so it will have to be shipped to me. Or will a scanned copy of the signed letter suffice?