Including Online Names

[Rose927 0]

Hello, I've been in the process of filling out the I-129f and organizing my evidence. I was just wondering if i'm including chat history from apps like Discord or Whatsapp where our usernames are not the same as our real ones do I need to include those usernames as an alias in part 1?

[smilingstone 168]

Personally, we didn't include Discord logs (or any call logs) and only included screenshots of texts from both our phones (around 10 each spanning over a year or so, I noted the dates/time frames for reference). 

 

I feel it's redundant unless your real names are visible. 

 

Alias is only for another name you may be known as. For example, William/Bill. 

 

Alongside that, we included proof of meeting, picture together and a statement of how we met and for how long. 

 

Edited May 12 by smilingstone

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[hplusj 135]

16 hours ago, Rose927 said:

Hello, I've been in the process of filling out the I-129f and organizing my evidence. I was just wondering if i'm including chat history from apps like Discord or Whatsapp where our usernames are not the same as our real ones do I need to include those usernames as an alias in part 1?

As my fiance and I used aliases through our roleplay for a couple years prior to our romantic relations, I offered context in my declaration of intent.  This is also due to the fact that our Discord handles were not blatantly associated with our legal names, yet I wanted to provide evidence of our frequent, daily contact through call length and frequency.

 

Ultimately it depends on if this is needed evidence/clarification in the context of your relationship.  I personally felt it provided a preface to how I met my fiance, and a foundation for our developed relationship.  But I would keep it very simple and clear if you intend to use this information: note the clarification of identities in a cover letter, or your declaration. And keep the screenshots relevant to whatever proof you are trying to provide.

 

As many of these cases are coming from online relationships now, I can see how evidence of online contact might be a useful piece of evidence of a bona fide relationship.  Just be intentional and clear with it, and keep it as a supplement to the focus on being together in person, since those meetings are part of the requirement and regular online contact is not.

 

EDIT: do not include your Discord/Whatsapp handles on your actual I-129F petition.  This is not what is meant by aliases, which are prior legal names. Again, other parts of your packet such as your written declaration/cover letter can provide context to corroborate any evidence using handles.

Edited May 12 by hplusj