Question about required documentation

[MarcusandAwa 1]

Hi hello!

 

So me and my fiance are filing for a K1 visa and to start with we'd be gathering all the documents required to send along with the I-129F. She's from the Netherlands whereas I am the U.S citizen. I was wondering if a birth certificate alone is enough proof that I am a U.S citizen or am I required to provide my passport aswell alongside my fiance's passport? 

As of right now I don't have a passport, that's why we're worried. I requested it about 5 months, it got sent to the wrong address, now they're saying they don't even have my passport application so we're frustrated and worried taken re-requesting a passport would take even longer and post-pone our entire plans/schedule. Any help/answers are appreciated! Thanks.

[Crazy Cat 41,975]

Either a US birth certificate or a US passport is evidence of citizenship.

[OldUser 6,851]

You can use US birth certificate for I-129F. But to meet the fiancé (this is required to get K-1 issued), you'd need to travel and it's impossible without passport. Have you met in person in the last 2 years?

Edited Monday at 04:20 PM by OldUser

[wildbug100420 117]

1 hour ago, MarcusandAwa said:

Hi hello!

 

So me and my fiance are filing for a K1 visa and to start with we'd be gathering all the documents required to send along with the I-129F. She's from the Netherlands whereas I am the U.S citizen. I was wondering if a birth certificate alone is enough proof that I am a U.S citizen or am I required to provide my passport aswell alongside my fiance's passport? 

As of right now I don't have a passport, that's why we're worried. I requested it about 5 months, it got sent to the wrong address, now they're saying they don't even have my passport application so we're frustrated and worried taken re-requesting a passport would take even longer and post-pone our entire plans/schedule. Any help/answers are appreciated! Thanks.

Did you meet in person within last 2 years? You mentioned you don't have a passport. 

[OldUser 6,851]

1 minute ago, wildbug100420 said:

Did you meet in person within last 2 years? You mentioned you don't have a passport. 

Exactly my thoughts

[MarcusandAwa 1]

29 minutes ago, wildbug100420 said:

Did you meet in person within last 2 years? You mentioned you don't have a passport. 

 

27 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Exactly my thoughts

 

She has a passport, so she came over here a few times, she was here about 2 weeks ago aswell! I haven't been able to go to the Netherlands yet because as I mentioned, my passport got lost (?), they don't have an answer either for me besides telling me suck it up essentially and request a new passport and do the entire process again, which will be a few months before I receive my passport so I can finally visit my fiance in the Netherlands. I was just worried I wouldn't be able to do the first step of the K1 visa which is filing the I-129f and sending all the required documents along with it because I thought it was required for me to have a passport to present as well. If it's required later down the line for the K1 interview that my fiance has to do or anything else then that's fine because by that time I would most likely finally have my passport!

[OldUser 6,851]

Just now, MarcusandAwa said:

 

 

She has a passport, so she came over here a few times, she was here about 2 weeks ago aswell! I haven't been able to go to the Netherlands yet because as I mentioned, my passport got lost (?), they don't have an answer either for me besides telling me suck it up essentially and request a new passport and do the entire process again, which will be a few months before I receive my passport so I can finally visit my fiance in the Netherlands. I was just worried I wouldn't be able to do the first step of the K1 visa which is filing the I-129f and sending all the required documents along with it because I thought it was required for me to have a passport to present as well. If it's required later down the line for the K1 interview that my fiance has to do or anything else then that's fine because by that time I would most likely finally have my passport!

I don't think US passport is required at all in K-1 process if she was able to meet you on US soil and you have US birth certificate. 

 

Good luck!

[smilingstone 197]

US passport isn't needed. My fiancé (USC) only included a copy of his birth cert. He doesn't have a passport either. You have nothing to worry about.

[mam521 2,102]

Just a couple of things: 

 

1. A passport shouldn't take months.  4-6 weeks if routine, 2-3 if expedited. 

 

2. Have you considered a spousal visa?  There's pros and cons to both fiancé and spousal visa but your partner would come across, able to work and travel internationally with a spousal visa.  Their processing times aren't dramatically different.  

[SalishSea 17,916]

3 hours ago, MarcusandAwa said:

 

 

She has a passport, so she came over here a few times, she was here about 2 weeks ago aswell! I haven't been able to go to the Netherlands yet because as I mentioned, my passport got lost (?), they don't have an answer either for me besides telling me suck it up essentially and request a new passport and do the entire process again, which will be a few months before I receive my passport so I can finally visit my fiance in the Netherlands. I was just worried I wouldn't be able to do the first step of the K1 visa which is filing the I-129f and sending all the required documents along with it because I thought it was required for me to have a passport to present as well. If it's required later down the line for the K1 interview that my fiance has to do or anything else then that's fine because by that time I would most likely finally have my passport!

Not sure why you think it will take “a few months” to get a US passport…..I sent my packet on 11/12, and had my new passport back before Thanksgiving.  Official processing time when I checked was 2-4 weeks.   This was not expedited.