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I just got engaged on the 13th of august to my girlfriend in the Phillipines and i am feeling overwhelmed by what i am reading about the immigration process and i have so many questions. I found this website and i feel somewhat relived that some people may be able to help me. I haven't filed yet the I-29f but i plan to when i get back home but i have questions. Do i need to send my Fiancees birth certificate off with i-29f? Also she plans on getting a passport after i leave will she need to send that to me or just a photo copy of her passport? All our photo evidence was taken by smartphone how should I compile this. One of my boarding passes is faded but i do have a photo of it i took just in case something like that happened. can i use that? One of my boarding passes is digital can that be used as evidence since everything is moving toward digital nowadays? I am also trying to figure out how we should write our letters of intent. I wanted to write those before i left in a few days but i read i have to include the address of the USCIS office I send it too and I dont know which office our letters should be or will be sent too. Any advice i know this is alot of questions i just feel overwhelmed and honestly i have many more questions. I am scared of making any mistakes in the process. Also my fiancee doesnt have easy access to a scanner so that makes things more difficult any help is appreciated.

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37 minutes ago, Lucas Bentley said:

I just got engaged on the 13th of august to my girlfriend in the Phillipines 

Congratulations to you both!

 

38 minutes ago, Lucas Bentley said:

I haven't filed yet the I-29f but i plan to when i get back home but i have questions. 

Don't file a non-existent form. Do you mean I-129F?

 

39 minutes ago, Lucas Bentley said:

Do i need to send my Fiancees birth certificate off with i-29f? 

Do not send any original documents unless explicitly asked for. Send copies. Yes, your fiance will need to include copy and translation of her birth certificate. 

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43 minutes ago, Lucas Bentley said:

All our photo evidence was taken by smartphone how should I compile this. 

Google doc / Microsoft Word. Create a new file. Place 2-4 photos per page. Write captions under each photo: date, location, event, people from left to right.

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1 hour ago, OldUser said:

Congratulations to you both!

 

Don't file a non-existent form. Do you mean I-129F?

 

Do not send any original documents unless explicitly asked for. Send copies. Yes, your fiance will need to include copy and translation of her birth certificate. 

Yes I mean I-129f please forgive me I hate auto correct it does more harm then good I think

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1 hour ago, OldUser said:

Congratulations to you both!

 

Don't file a non-existent form. Do you mean I-129F?

 

Do not send any original documents unless explicitly asked for. Send copies. Yes, your fiance will need to include copy and translation of her birth certificate. 

Thank you so much for the congratulations.

what should we do about the letter of intent. I have a few days left before I leave back to the states. If possible I want to have our letters finished before I go home so I have them to file already but I read we have to include the address of the office we send it too and I don’t know what address that would be. I also have no idea what to do about the cover letter

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5 hours ago, Lucas Bentley said:

Thank you so much for the congratulations.

what should we do about the letter of intent. I have a few days left before I leave back to the states. If possible I want to have our letters finished before I go home so I have them to file already but I read we have to include the address of the office we send it too and I don’t know what address that would be. I also have no idea what to do about the cover letter

here is a guide for how to put together the I-129f packet

if you cant get your fiances letter of intent before you leave, they can sign, scan, and email it to you (if they are able). Both mine and my fiances letter of intent were not "wet" signatures, just copies, and it wasn't an issue.

I-129f/K-1 Visa

 

I-129f Sent:  08-07-2023

I-129f NOA1:  08-15-2023

I-129f NOA2: 03-05-2024

NVC Case # Assigned:  03-25-2024

Consulate Received: 04-11-2024

Packet 3 Received: 04-25-2024

Interview Date: 07-09-2024 APPROVED!

Visa Issued: 07-11-2024

Visa Received: 7-15-2024

Date of Entry: 11-5-2024

Married: 12-18-2024

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You do not need to send her birth certificate with the I-129f.  She will need an original eventually, but not until interview time.

Her passport is not needed now either.  That also comes later.

You can print the boarding passes.  No need to send original boarding passes. Print the digital boarding pass and include it as well.

Letters of Intent do not need a specific address on them. 

United States Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
is fine for the address on the letters.

Go to a local photo shop and get a dozen passport style pics of her and a few of you too.  It's super cheap there and you will need them.  Leave half of hers with her.  Take the rest of hers with you as well as yours. 

Review the I-129f with her.  Have her write down her personal information that you do not know, like address and work history, as well as her parents' information.  It is much easier to get that information in person rather than trying to do it over the phone or messaging.

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It would also be beneficial for you to start to familiarise yourself with the steps that come after the I-129F, so as not to be caught off guard by anything. 

💌I-129F Filed: 2024-04-03 

⚠️NOA1: 2024-04-17

RFE: 2024-06-05

⚠️NOA2: 2024-08-02 108 days from NOA1

📤USCIS to NVC: 2024-08-28

📤NVC to Embassy: 2024-09-24

📥Embassy Received: 2024-09-30

⚕️Medical2024-11-19

📋K1 Interview2024-11-26 223 days from NOA1

🪪K1 Visa Received: 

🛬POE:

💒Married:

 

Your I-129f was approved in 108 days from your NOA1 date.

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12 hours ago, Lucas Bentley said:

Thank you so much for the congratulations.

what should we do about the letter of intent. I have a few days left before I leave back to the states. If possible I want to have our letters finished before I go home so I have them to file already but I read we have to include the address of the office we send it too and I don’t know what address that would be. I also have no idea what to do about the cover letter

The letter of intent can simply be a “to whom it may concern.”   Don’t overthink it.

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7 hours ago, DBiddle said:

If you print out the I-129f form and the detailed instructions that accompany it, most if not all of your questions will be answered there.  Good luck!

This.   The USCIS instructions are the best guide. 

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You have received great advice so far. Your questions can be answered by reading both the official I-129f instructions and the VJ Guide. You should study and research those and come back if you have questions after reading that. Immigration requires a lot of reading and research. 

 

 

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8 hours ago, SalishSea said:

The letter of intent can simply be a “to whom it may concern.”   Don’t overthink it.

^^ This.  I used merely "To whom it concerns" -- because it concerns somebody.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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On 8/24/2024 at 1:28 AM, OldUser said:

Congratulations to you both!

 

Don't file a non-existent form. Do you mean I-129F?

 

Do not send any original documents unless explicitly asked for. Send copies. Yes, your fiance will need to include copy and translation of her birth certificate. 

Birth Certification + Translation is not needed to file the i-129f.


I swear, this forum is full of all this additional non-sense.

 

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