January I-129F filers

[Waves 1]

Hi everyone! Been lurking here for some time now while preparing my I-129 petition for my fiance. Thankful for all the wonderful people here helping one another, and helping those like me who lurked here for a while. My petition was received by the Texas lockbox on Januart 19th. Now on to the excruciating wait.

I may have an uphill climb before me so please send me some good luck when you all can :-). I have so many questions but will save those for later. Been worried too long that I missed anything so I just went ahead and sent the application off. Frontloading it might have been a mistake but I already did it. Some people say it's good, some say it isn't see. I guess we'll wait and see.

Thanks all!!!

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Hi! We just started our filing journey in January as well. I did a little bit of front-loading (lots of photos, flight info, etc.), but we're compiling more info for when my fiancé has his interview. Skype logs and such.

Good luck to you as well!

[Waves 1]

Thanks Leftcoastlady!!! We're literally neigbors!!! :-) Good luck to you as well!

On a sidenote: my skype account starts with leftcoast. :-) How are you printing your logs by the way? I couldn't figure out an easy way.

Hi! We just started our filing journey in January as well. I did a little bit of front-loading (lots of photos, flight info, etc.), but we're compiling more info for when my fiancé has his interview. Skype logs and such.

Good luck to you as well!

[Scafidi454 22]

front-loading? Is that sending "more" than required information at the initial filing? I thought that the petition instructions asked for all of that stuff...???

[Waves 1]

Hi! Yes, it's sending more. I sent more photos, receipts, phone bills etc. Hopefully it doesn't backfire.

front-loading? Is that sending "more" than required information at the initial filing? I thought that the petition instructions asked for all of that stuff...???

[JPJEZ 0]

Hi I haven't filed my I-129 yet but planning to do so late feb or early march. I'm already gathering all the stuff I can get and I am planning to kinda frontload too lol! They're only asking for 3-5 pictures but I'm sending about 48 to prove my fiance and I were together for the whole month of december(I printed the dates) I am also sending a bunch of letters from family, friends, and coworkers. And I'm planing to send a lot more so you're not alone in this front-loading stuff lol! I guess we just want to really be sure we have enough evidence.

@Lefcoastlady, how did you print skype logs? I've been trying to do the same..

[sabi 148]

Hi guys, we couriered our petition on 01-17-2012. It was received on 01-20-2012 so we are waiting for an email now

We only sent a few pics, tickets, passport stamps and skype logs as a proof of having met in person within the past 2 years, I believe that's what people usually send and get approved so no worries and yes I was checking our petition like 10 thousand times and then decided to finally send it cause I was going nuts myself worrying that we are missing something

Stay positive and good luck to us all!

[NateFP 10]

Hi everyone! Been lurking here for some time now while preparing my I-129 petition for my fiance. Thankful for all the wonderful people here helping one another, and helping those like me who lurked here for a while. My petition was received by the Texas lockbox on Januart 19th. Now on to the excruciating wait.

I may have an uphill climb before me so please send me some good luck when you all can :-). I have so many questions but will save those for later. Been worried too long that I missed anything so I just went ahead and sent the application off. Frontloading it might have been a mistake but I already did it. Some people say it's good, some say it isn't see. I guess we'll wait and see.

Thanks all!!!

Front loading doesn't matter,what matter is if you did sent nothing.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Hi neighbor!

On the Skype logs, here's a pretty easy way to retrieve Skype's logs from your username's main.db file. http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

You have to use Firefox, but it works on both Windows and Mac. I'm on a Mac and was happy to find a solution that worked for Macs! Once you pull the log, you can clean it up in a spreadsheet (Excel or Google Spreadsheets). Depending on what you want to print, you can just show the call logs or actually pull the chat messages. Hope this helps!

Thanks Leftcoastlady!!! We're literally neigbors!!! :-) Good luck to you as well!

On a sidenote: my skype account starts with leftcoast. :-) How are you printing your logs by the way? I couldn't figure out an easy way.

[MERIC061609 15]

Hi neighbor!

On the Skype logs, here's a pretty easy way to retrieve Skype's logs from your username's main.db file. http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

You have to use Firefox, but it works on both Windows and Mac. I'm on a Mac and was happy to find a solution that worked for Macs! Once you pull the log, you can clean it up in a spreadsheet (Excel or Google Spreadsheets). Depending on what you want to print, you can just show the call logs or actually pull the chat messages. Hope this helps!

thanks for the information. I was doing screen shots of my conversations with time and dates and put everything in a word document...but going back 3 years of chat logs is too much.

[Knope2012 10]

Hello everyone

I applied on 1/13 and I've received my NOA1 hardcopy now. I didn't frontload my petition too much, but I did include some print screened chat logs and plenty of proof showing we'd seen each other in the past 2 years.

[Waves 1]

Hi guys, we couriered our petition on 01-17-2012. It was received on 01-20-2012 so we are waiting for an email now

We only sent a few pics, tickets, passport stamps and skype logs as a proof of having met in person within the past 2 years, I believe that's what people usually send and get approved so no worries and yes I was checking our petition like 10 thousand times and then decided to finally send it cause I was going nuts myself worrying that we are missing something

Stay positive and good luck to us all!

Hi sibi777!!! Good luck on your application! I sent mine on the 17th as well, received on the 19th and just got a text last night that a NOA1 is on its way! I thought I was the only one who checked it a gazillion times LOL. I finally decided to just send it and if there's something missing they'll let me know.

Good luck!

Hi neighbor!

On the Skype logs, here's a pretty easy way to retrieve Skype's logs from your username's main.db file. http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

You have to use Firefox, but it works on both Windows and Mac. I'm on a Mac and was happy to find a solution that worked for Macs! Once you pull the log, you can clean it up in a spreadsheet (Excel or Google Spreadsheets). Depending on what you want to print, you can just show the call logs or actually pull the chat messages. Hope this helps!

Hey Leftcoastlady! THanks for the tip! This sure helps!!!!

[sabi 148]

Hi sibi777!!! Good luck on your application! I sent mine on the 17th as well, received on the 19th and just got a text last night that a NOA1 is on its way! I thought I was the only one who checked it a gazillion times LOL. I finally decided to just send it and if there's something missing they'll let me know.

Good luck!

That was quick! mine was delivered on 20th and we still haven't heard back from them this is just a very beginning and I am already worrying haha!

Yeah I think the more we checked it the less mistakes we were able to find

Good luck to you too! fingers crossed for us all!

[skiptex 225]

for skype logs..

i just formated a Microsoft WORD document to have 5 columns.. and then COPY/PASTED into WORD,

the chats history (its only for one year)..

but it ended up being 112 pages.. so i printed out 1 page per 12 months.. (12 total)

[Waves 1]

for skype logs..

i just formated a Microsoft WORD document to have 5 columns.. and then COPY/PASTED into WORD,

the chats history (its only for one year)..

but it ended up being 112 pages.. so i printed out 1 page per 12 months.. (12 total)

Hi skiptex! How did you access your chat logs? Still trying to figure this out. I can't seem to figure out how to do it :-(