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I forgot to mention, my wife is a UK resident.

Hi all! I'm finishing collecting all supporting evidence for my wife and I's I-130 application. I've spent the past few weeks collecting all the evidence of a bonafide relationship as possible. I'm hoping to gain some insight to see if there is anything else we would need. Note: We do not own any joint property or have a joint bank accout. We attempted to open a US bank account during a visit to my family, but they could not process it without her having a SSN. All photos have dates and locations. Each section has a short (2-6 sentence) description of the contents. All photos and screenshots are in chronological order. 1. Travel logs showing all flight details and photos. We've also added a few photos of the boarding passes we could find. 2. Engagement plans including messages from myself and my wife's mother, screenshots of messages with the jeweler, purchase receipt, and photos of the engagement itself. 3. Miscellaneous photos put in chronological order from our first time meeting to the most recent photo we have. It includes notes and letters. All are labelled and dated. 4. Financial interactions and gifts between us. This includes bank transfers for varying amount of money over time, PayPal transactions, screenshots of gifts ordered, and photos of a scrapbook I made for her. 5. Phone logs showing a chronological history of our phone conversations (roughly one phone screenshot/month) to show consistent communication. It also includes the same messages sent to her mother mentioned in #2. 6. Social media posts from my Instagram and screenshots of YouTube videos we've made together. This section is lacking as we rarely post on social media. 7. Wedding photos. Our wedding was at a local district office in Korea just signing paperwork. We only had two friends attend to act as witnesses. We took several photos in a local park after, but it was a small, short event. All said and done, it is roughly 71 powerpoint slides, most of which just contain 2-4 photos. I am going to export each section as a PDF to upload separately. I've considered asking for letters from friends and family, especially our witnesses. I'm not sure if it would be necessary though. I'm also aware that I didn't mention all the other forms such as passports, wedding certificate, etc., but I will add that in too of course. Anything I'm missing? Thanks!!

Oh gotcha! So it won't be an issue if my address changes more than once after filing? I am working on filing the online form currently. We have both lived and worked in SK for the past three years. We met here when we were both brand new!

Sorry if this has been asked before! My fiance and I plan to get married in the next few weeks before we file the i-130. We both currently have two months left in South Korea before I leave for the US and she goes to the UK. I want to file the i-130 ASAP so we can be together sooner, but I'm worried about doing this as we will both be doing a lot of moving and working new jobs very shortly. I'm wondering, if I file it now, should I just put my address as my parents' address and update it when I find a place for myself? Do I wait until I move back and find get settled somewhere to file? I'm also concerned that filing it in Korea might make it hard to prove income, especially since my contract is ending soon. I'm in the process of interviewing for a few jobs in the US, but don't have a contract yet. Any advice for how to space things out to make the process as easy as it can be would be greatly appreciated!

Right, but I heard the K1 has a faster processing time currently, which is why we were considering that route. However, we are thinking more of a CR1 now due to the financial restraints from the K1. As for a US based job, I'm on the hunt!

We considered this, but that would mean that my fiance would not be able to live with me in the US until the visa is approved, no?

I am working on filling out the i-129f form. My fiance and I both currently live in Korea, but I will be moving back to the states at the start of January, and she will be heading to the UK at the end of February. Should we set our mailing address as our addresses back in the US/UK? I'm hoping to send the application early next month, but want to make sure any documents they send back don't end up at a dead address. Thanks!