I-129F package

[proud_bisaya 3]

hello everyone.. hows your day ? hope everything goes well with you...

i would just ask some help from you guys... my hubby is going to be with me here in PHILIPPINES soon and we are planning to organize all the needed documensts for filing the petition which is the I-129F...

heres my queries:

1.how many folders did you make to organiZe I-129F package?

2.do you have color coding in every forms. ?

3. OR do you just put all the needed documents in just one folder?

4.please guys if you have some pics on your 1-129F package preparation please share some ....very helful to us specially to our visa journey..

5. i already have the cover letter of our I-129F...i am just worry on where and how to organize it in the folder?

6..THANK YOU THANK SO MUCH IN ADVANCE

.......................GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME....................

[BrianandMerne 3]

hello everyone.. hows your day ? hope everything goes well with you...

i would just ask some help from you guys... my hubby is going to be with me here in PHILIPPINES soon and we are planning to organize all the needed documensts for filing the petition which is the I-129F...

heres my queries:

1.how many folders did you make to organiZe I-129F package? ONLY ONE

2.do you have color coding in every forms. ? THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR DESIRE AS LONG AS YOU ARE ORGANIZED

3. OR do you just put all the needed documents in just one folder?

4.please guys if you have some pics on your 1-129F package preparation please share some ....very helful to us specially to our visa journey..

5. i already have the cover letter of our I-129F...i am just worry on where and how to organize it in the folder?

6..THANK YOU THANK SO MUCH IN ADVANCE

.......................GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME....................

Hi. I am passing forward how we did ours. I hope this helps you as well as it did to us. This is a very detailed instruction on how you do the whole package.

How to make the I-129 F petition folder to send to Immigration:

This is what I had: the US Citizen will be the one doing all the work at this stage. All the foreigner has to do is sign 4 sheets of paper and submit passport pix to the US Citizen, so that the US citizen can start putting the application together.

First, I bought a manila folder, the kind that opens up, like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_folder.

On the cover of the folder I glued a sheet of paper that said, “ I-129F petition” . And I put our names on it.

Ok, now the inside of the folder:

First I put 2 holes at the top and I two hole punched everything, all the papers.

I fastened everything with the ACCO fasteners—

http://www.instaoffice.com/2-piece-paper-f...992-ctn.0.7.htm

Then I had dividers, the kind you put in a Binder with the colored tabs, they are three hole punched on the sides, but I 2 hole punched the top.. these kind of dividers: http://www.jiffysupply.com/servlet/the-298/Dividers/Detail

With these dividers they come with the sheet of paper that allows me to write in what the topic is on the tab.

Ok, so now for assembling—everything I am saying applies to the US Citizen—

A. The first thing you will put in the folder will be the I 129 Cover letter. This letter will look like the following (look below for example - edit it based on your needs. And make sure you put the right USCIS address on it—vermont, Ca, or somewhere else):

US Citizen name,address, number

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Accurate address

Date

Nature of the submission: I-129F ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find my form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiance(e) Visa for (put your fiance(e) name here), and supporting documents.

Contents Include:

-Payment in the amount of $XX – whatever the current amount is—look here--it was 455, but it always increases:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

-I-129F Petition

-I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, Explanation of meeting in person

-G-325A and Passport Style photograph (petitioner)

-G-325A and Passport Style Photograph (Beneficiary)

Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

Petitioners Birth Certificate

Petitioners Passport –(copies of passport and all the entry /leave stamps that sghow you visited your persons country)

-Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years (state the proof you are including)

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an immigration or consular officer at a later date.

Sincerely,

your name, sign it

---------------------

Ok, so lets talk about the contents of the package:

1. The petition –the I-129F petition- you the US Citizen will sign that petition.

2. i-129 F supplement: this is just a brief detail of how you met your honey.thats all—just type it up on a sheet of paper because that box they give you in the petition is too small. Sign it and date it.

3. the G 325 A- the US Citizen will fill out 4 copies of it and sign each copy. The immigrant also needs to sign four copies of it and sign it. You will see how each copy says something different in the left bottom corner, like consulate, etc. Make sure you, the US Citizen send immigration the copies with the ORIGINAL signatures. So if you need to send the immigrant the forms to sign and then have that person send them back to you in the mail, that is what you will have to do.

Make sure you fill out these forms accurate and accordingly. Look here for

examples of how to fill out the form right.

This website is GOLD!!! Look at it because it gives you EXACT examples of what you will need: Look at how they filled out the I-129F petition and the G-325A.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=examples

4. You and your honeys passport pictures. Write your name in pencil on the back of your passport picture and on the back of the foreigners picture, write their name and “ No alien number” on the back of the foreigners pix cuz they probably dot have an alien number... When your foreigner goes to take his/her passport picture , make sure HE/She tells the photographer that it is for a US PASSPORT/Immigration, so that the photographer will give the foreigner the picture in the RIGHT size. It needs to be the right size. So when you have the picture, and you have written on the back, stick it in a clear Ziploc bag. Zip up the Ziploc bag. Print a sheet of paper that has your name on it. Put the picture in the bag. And staple the bag to the sheet of paper that has your name on it. Do it for both pictures.

Proof of relationship:

You , the US Citizen, can include: used phone cards, copies of envelopes you have been sent through the mail, some emails, some Skype calls, pictures, your plane itinerary when you went to the foreigners country, the boarding pass, the stamps in your passport are proof, receipts of things you may have purchased while in the foreign land, the stickers they stick on your suitcase that show the destination, copies of the money receipts you have sent to the foreigner- like money gram or western union, post office receipts that show you sent something to the foreign country.

On the back of the photos, make sure you write your names, date, and where you were in the photo.

ASSEMBLING

So you will have the manila folder and all your stuff will be 2-hole punched at the top. Don’t STAPLE ANYTHING – only staple the Ziploc bag with the picture to a white sheet of paper that has your names on it. So you will only use two-3 staples.

Ok, you have your manila folder:And all your papers, including the dividers that are 2 hole punched at the top

1. get your cover letter , the one that says what is in the folder, example above. Type this letter (US citizen) and date it and sign it. turn it over.

2. get the divider and write i-129F on the white tab that comes with it. Turn it over.

3. get your 1-129F petition form. Make sure it is signed and dated by the US citizen, Hole punch it and turn it over. Take your 1-129F supplement, sign and date it and turn it over

4. get the divider and write G325A. turn it over

5. get the US Citizen G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top. Flip them over get the US Citizen photo. Write the name in pencil on the back. Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don’t staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that has the US citizens name on it. Flip it over get the foreigners G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top. Flip them over. Get the foreigners pic. Write the name in pencil on the back and write ,”no alien number”. Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don’t staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that simply has the foreigners name on it. Flip it over

6. Get the divider and write : Letter of intent to Marry on the tab

7. Print out the letter of intent to marry which should have original signatures by both of you. This is simply a three sentence letter stating that you and the other person plan on getting married within 90 days of receiving the K1 visa. The Us citizen can type the letter and email it foreigner. Foreigner prints it, signs it, and sends it through the mail to U S citizen. Then Us citizen gets that letter and signs his/her signature too—this way two signatures will be on the same page. Hole punch this letter and flip it over.

8. Divider – write birth certificate or passport . Flip it over on top of everything else that is flipped over.

9. Us Citizens birth certificate. If you don’t have it, you can submit a copy of the pages of your passport (copies- do NOT send the original of these document). On the copies of your passport pages, highlight the stamps which show when you visited the country of your foreign fiancé. Hole punch the copies and flip them over.

10. get divider tab and write : Proof

11. Now, put a sample of your phone cards on a photocopy machine and photocopy the front and back, if you have any. Hole punch, flip over.

B. Print phone records of the times you have called your foreigner or/anf when the foreigner called/texted the US American. Hole punch,flip over

C. Us citizen should photocopy plane itineraries, boarding passes, luggage tags. Hole punch the photocopy and flip over.

D. US Citizen should photocopy envelopes he/she has received from foreigner. Hole punch and flip over.

E. US citizen should photocopy money receipts he/she has sent. Hole punch and flip over.

F. US citizen should photocopy some emails that have been sent to each other. Hole punch and flip over.

G. US Citizen should photocopy receipts from post office showing he/she sent packages/letters to the foreigner.

H. US Citizen should submit pictures of the couple together – at least 2. Make sure you write your names and locations on the back of the pictures..Put these pictures in an envelope or a strong Ziploc bag.Seal the bag and punch two holes in the bag so you can fasten it. Flip it over.

That’s it. Now flip everything over and put it on the fasteners – the two pronged fasteners. Get a paperclip and attach your check/money order to the cover sheet in the folder. Everything is in order – make sure your pictures are not backwards. Make sure the check is the right amount.

Now, make two copies of this file—the petitioner and the beneficiary will need EXACT copies of the file. So now you, the US Citizen, will have 3 files which are IDENTICAL. Us citizen keeps one for themselves, foreigner will eventually get the other copy when the US citizen gives it to him/her, and the copy with the live check will go to USCIS.

Send it off in a waterproof enevlope--staples has them. Send it through the post offuice and get some type of signature confirmation so that you know for sure that it was received.

Send it off and wait.

Edited November 16, 2009 by BrianandMerne

[peterjoy 0]

hi, just organize your docs in the way that you can retrieve it easily.

that's how i organize my docs especially during my interview. Good luck

[proud_bisaya 3]

thank you so much guys for the fast reply.. i really appreciate all the effort you shared to me and to all of us here who are going to start filing their petition

to BrianandMerne and peterjoy thank you thank you so so much

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tallcoolone 102]

The ACCO folder is the way that has been the suggested for many many years.

[BrianandMerne 3]

No thanks needed Lyn. Just passing forward what has been shared to us also. I believe it was gf97 who was very kind enough to help us at the time we were filing. Good luck!

[PhiLandShiR 18]

Good luck on your journey!!

We will keep the lights on for you!!

-P

thank you so much guys for the fast reply.. i really appreciate all the effort you shared to me and to all of us here who are going to start filing their petition

to BrianandMerne and peterjoy thank you thank you so so much

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[proud_bisaya 3]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ... this is still the 1st step of our visa journey.. hope all of you guys will still with us until we finish this journey...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kevin-n-Merlaine 14]

I wasn't positive but thought I'd read this on the USCIS website so I looked it up. If you look in the forms section then to the right side there are tips for filing the paperwork. This is listed in the instructions there....

"Use paperclips when attaching supporting personal documents to forms (do NOT use “ACCO” fasteners; staples are acceptable when attaching fees)."

[Iris&Norman 0]

If ever there was a time, to get it right the first time - it is now.

Yep - don't use ACCO fasteners for your payment... Its the first thing to be removed upon receipt. Then your packet is disassembled and placed in a 2 pocket side by side folder supposedly with your submittal on one side and USCIS derived papers on the other. The ACCO fastener allows easy disassembly of your submission.

Diligent searching on the K1 forum will provide lots of info in this regard. Good luck!

General Tips on Assembling Applications for Mailing

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

In preparing your packet, please take note of the following:

• • Do not use binders or folders that cannot be easily disassembled.
  • Use ACCO fasteners to hold together thick or bulky applications or petitions. Two-hole punching the top of the material for easy placement in the file is appreciated.
  • The use of tabs assist in locating items listed as attachments. The tabs should be placed on the bottom and not the side for ease in filing.
  • Avoid using heavy-duty staples; instead use ACCO fasteners or heavy clips.
  • Avoid submitting originals unless specifically required. Avoid submitting oversized documentation when possible.

[hundertwasser 1]

Hi Everyone:

Should we staple our attachments/supplements directly to the required forms?

Is there a rule against stapling in general? I've just finished compiling (not sending) my K-1 file, and I used several staples to attach additional documents to forms, to attach descriptions/guides to my proof of ongoing relationship and having met in past 2 years, and I think everything is pretty clearly organized.

Has anyone ever had a file rejected due to organizational faults?

Thanks!

AJ

[Utha 10]

<!--quoteo(post=3492474:date=Nov 16 2009, 11:29 AM:name=GREG AND LYN)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GREG AND LYN @ Nov 16 2009, 11:29 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=3492474"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->hello everyone.. hows your day ? hope everything goes well with you...

i would just ask some help from you guys... my hubby is going to be with me here in PHILIPPINES soon and we are planning to organize all the needed documensts for filing the petition which is the I-129F...

heres my queries:

1.how many folders did you make to organiZe I-129F package? <b>ONLY ONE</b>

2.do you have color coding in every forms. ? <b>THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR DESIRE AS LONG AS YOU ARE ORGANIZED </b>

3. OR do you just put all the needed documents in just one folder?

4.please guys if you have some pics on your 1-129F package preparation please share some ....very helful to us specially to our visa journey..

5. i already have the cover letter of our I-129F...i am just worry on where and how to organize it in the folder?

6..THANK YOU THANK SO MUCH IN ADVANCE

.......................GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME....................<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--fonto:Palatino Linotype--><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#000080--><span style="color:#000080"><!--/coloro--><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Hi. I am passing forward how we did ours. I hope this helps you as well as it did to us. This is a very detailed instruction on how you do the whole package.

How to make the I-129 F petition folder to send to Immigration:

This is what I had: the US Citizen will be the one doing all the work at this stage. All the foreigner has to do is sign 4 sheets of paper and submit passport pix to the US Citizen, so that the US citizen can start putting the application together.

First, I bought a manila folder, the kind that opens up, like this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_folder" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_folder</a>.

On the cover of the folder I glued a sheet of paper that said, “ I-129F petition” . And I put our names on it.

Ok, now the inside of the folder:

First I put 2 holes at the top and I two hole punched everything, all the papers.

I fastened everything with the ACCO fasteners—

<a href="http://www.instaoffice.com/2-piece-paper-f...992-ctn.0.7.htm" target="_blank">http://www.instaoffice.com/2-piece-paper-f...992-ctn.0.7.htm</a>

Then I had dividers, the kind you put in a Binder with the colored tabs, they are three hole punched on the sides, but I 2 hole punched the top.. these kind of dividers: <a href="http://www.jiffysupply.com/servlet/the-298/Dividers/Detail" target="_blank">http://www.jiffysupply.com/servlet/the-298/Dividers/Detail</a>

With these dividers they come with the sheet of paper that allows me to write in what the topic is on the tab.

Ok, so now for assembling—everything I am saying applies to the US Citizen—

A. The first thing you will put in the folder will be the I 129 Cover letter. This letter will look like the following (look below for example - edit it based on your needs. And make sure you put the right USCIS address on it—vermont, Ca, or somewhere else):

US Citizen name,address, number

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Accurate address

Date

Nature of the submission: I-129F ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find my form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiance(e) Visa for (put your fiance(e) name here), and supporting documents.

Contents Include:

-Payment in the amount of $XX – whatever the current amount is—look here--it was 455, but it always increases:

<a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD" target="_blank">http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD</a>

-I-129F Petition

-I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, Explanation of meeting in person

-G-325A and Passport Style photograph (petitioner)

-G-325A and Passport Style Photograph (Beneficiary)

Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

Petitioners Birth Certificate

Petitioners Passport –(copies of passport and all the entry /leave stamps that sghow you visited your persons country)

-Letter Certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

-Proof of having met in person in the past two years (state the proof you are including)

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an immigration or consular officer at a later date.

Sincerely,

your name, sign it

---------------------

Ok, so lets talk about the contents of the package:

1. The petition –the I-129F petition- you the US Citizen will sign that petition.

2. i-129 F supplement: this is just a brief detail of how you met your honey.thats all—just type it up on a sheet of paper because that box they give you in the petition is too small. Sign it and date it.

3. the G 325 A- the US Citizen will fill out 4 copies of it and sign each copy. The immigrant also needs to sign four copies of it and sign it. You will see how each copy says something different in the left bottom corner, like consulate, etc. Make sure you, the US Citizen send immigration the copies with the ORIGINAL signatures. So if you need to send the immigrant the forms to sign and then have that person send them back to you in the mail, that is what you will have to do.

Make sure you fill out these forms accurate and accordingly. Look here for

examples of how to fill out the form right.

This website is GOLD!!! Look at it because it gives you EXACT examples of what you will need: Look at how they filled out the I-129F petition and the G-325A.

<a href="http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=examples" target="_blank">http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=examples</a>

4. You and your honeys passport pictures. Write your name in pencil on the back of your passport picture and on the back of the foreigners picture, write their name and “ No alien number” on the back of the foreigners pix cuz they probably dot have an alien number... When your foreigner goes to take his/her passport picture , make sure HE/She tells the photographer that it is for a US PASSPORT/Immigration, so that the photographer will give the foreigner the picture in the RIGHT size. It needs to be the right size. So when you have the picture, and you have written on the back, stick it in a clear Ziploc bag. Zip up the Ziploc bag. Print a sheet of paper that has your name on it. Put the picture in the bag. And staple the bag to the sheet of paper that has your name on it. Do it for both pictures.

Proof of relationship:

You , the US Citizen, can include: used phone cards, copies of envelopes you have been sent through the mail, some emails, some Skype calls, pictures, your plane itinerary when you went to the foreigners country, the boarding pass, the stamps in your passport are proof, receipts of things you may have purchased while in the foreign land, the stickers they stick on your suitcase that show the destination, copies of the money receipts you have sent to the foreigner- like money gram or western union, post office receipts that show you sent something to the foreign country.

On the back of the photos, make sure you write your names, date, and where you were in the photo.

<!--coloro:#FF0000--><span style="color:#FF0000"><!--/coloro--><b>ASSEMBLING</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

So you will have the manila folder and all your stuff will be 2-hole punched at the top. Don’t STAPLE ANYTHING – only staple the Ziploc bag with the picture to a white sheet of paper that has your names on it. So you will only use two-3 staples.

Ok, you have your manila folder:And all your papers, including the dividers that are 2 hole punched at the top

1. get your cover letter , the one that says what is in the folder, example above. Type this letter (US citizen) and date it and sign it. turn it over.

2. get the divider and write i-129F on the white tab that comes with it. Turn it over.

3. get your 1-129F petition form. Make sure it is signed and dated by the US citizen, Hole punch it and turn it over. Take your 1-129F supplement, sign and date it and turn it over

4. get the divider and write G325A. turn it over

5. get the US Citizen G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top. Flip them over get the US Citizen photo. Write the name in pencil on the back. Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don’t staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that has the US citizens name on it. Flip it over get the foreigners G-325 As. There should be 4 with the same exact data,all with the original signatures and all signed. All 2 hole punched at the top. Flip them over. Get the foreigners pic. Write the name in pencil on the back and write ,”no alien number”. Stick it in a Ziploc bag. Staple the bag (make sure you don’t staple the actual picture) to a sheet of paper that simply has the foreigners name on it. Flip it over

6. Get the divider and write : Letter of intent to Marry on the tab

7. Print out the letter of intent to marry which should have original signatures by both of you. This is simply a three sentence letter stating that you and the other person plan on getting married within 90 days of receiving the K1 visa. The Us citizen can type the letter and email it foreigner. Foreigner prints it, signs it, and sends it through the mail to U S citizen. Then Us citizen gets that letter and signs his/her signature too—this way two signatures will be on the same page. Hole punch this letter and flip it over.

8. Divider – write birth certificate or passport . Flip it over on top of everything else that is flipped over.

9. Us Citizens birth certificate. If you don’t have it, you can submit a copy of the pages of your passport (copies- do NOT send the original of these document). On the copies of your passport pages, highlight the stamps which show when you visited the country of your foreign fiancé. Hole punch the copies and flip them over.

10. get divider tab and write : Proof

11. Now, put a sample of your phone cards on a photocopy machine and photocopy the front and back, if you have any. Hole punch, flip over.

B. Print phone records of the times you have called your foreigner or/anf when the foreigner called/texted the US American. Hole punch,flip over

C. Us citizen should photocopy plane itineraries, boarding passes, luggage tags. Hole punch the photocopy and flip over.

D. US Citizen should photocopy envelopes he/she has received from foreigner. Hole punch and flip over.

E. US citizen should photocopy money receipts he/she has sent. Hole punch and flip over.

F. US citizen should photocopy some emails that have been sent to each other. Hole punch and flip over.

G. US Citizen should photocopy receipts from post office showing he/she sent packages/letters to the foreigner.

H. US Citizen should submit pictures of the couple together – at least 2. Make sure you write your names and locations on the back of the pictures..Put these pictures in an envelope or a strong Ziploc bag.Seal the bag and punch two holes in the bag so you can fasten it. Flip it over.

That’s it. Now flip everything over and put it on the fasteners – the two pronged fasteners. Get a paperclip and attach your check/money order to the cover sheet in the folder. Everything is in order – make sure your pictures are not backwards. Make sure the check is the right amount.

Now, make two copies of this file—the petitioner and the beneficiary will need EXACT copies of the file. So now you, the US Citizen, will have 3 files which are IDENTICAL. Us citizen keeps one for themselves, foreigner will eventually get the other copy when the US citizen gives it to him/her, and the copy with the live check will go to USCIS.

Send it off in a waterproof enevlope--staples has them. Send it through the post offuice and get some type of signature confirmation so that you know for sure that it was received.

Send it off and wait<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->

Thank you so much. What a great help.

[DEDixon 39]

Posted 15 November 2009 - 08:29 PM

hello everyone.. hows your day ? hope everything goes well with you...

i would just ask some help from you guys... my hubby is going to be with me here in PHILIPPINES soon

has he arrived in the RP yet?

[DEDixon 39]

Posted 15 November 2009 - 08:29 PM

hello everyone.. hows your day ? hope everything goes well with you...

i would just ask some help from you guys... my hubby is going to be with me here in PHILIPPINES soon

Great_highness, he there yet?

Edited September 3, 2010 by DEDixon

[proud_bisaya 3]

Great_highness, he there yet?

Hello dedixon... no not yet that time I post this topic I was just doing an advance search about I-129F.We supposed to meet up during this time but I was sort of busy plus some problems with my family. So far so good.

Thanks for scanning my old post..

GOD BLESS.....