Proof of marriage status

[alameda 0]

If my fiancee and I both are single. Do we need the documents to show our status when I submit the

I-129F form. Or we don't need to show the proof and just select the Single column on the I-129F.

Thank you.

[desert_fox 32]

If my fiancee and I both are single. Do we need the documents to show our status when I submit the

I-129F form. Or we don't need to show the proof and just select the Single column on the I-129F.

Thank you.

Have either of you ever been married???

[alameda 0]

No, we haven't been married before.

[no one 0]

No, we haven't been married before.

Then nope, you don't need to show proof. (How would one show proof of one's singlehood anyway?)

[Tex'n'Brit 0]

Hi and welcome to VJ.com,

If you're both single and have never been married, well - like Desert Fox - I can't imagine what you could provide in the way of proof of that 'condition', so I'm glad you don't have to do it! So you simply use all the single boxes. May I politely suggest that you may be stressing too much and too early - try not to 'over-think' about things like this, this early in the process - believe me, you'll find plenty of more complicated things to worry about later in your journey through the system! Actually I'm kidding. Most ordinary couples without any 'issues' of any kind discover that it's not a complicated exercise, you just need an eye for detail, the patience of a saint, and money - the wheels of immigration officialdom often grind infuriatingly slowly, expensively and unpredictably.

By the way, I don't know if you've noticed the Guides, Downloads and Example Forms sections of this site yet, but I can't emphasize enough how important and helpful they are when you're trying to work through everything. There are even completed versions of the various forms that show you exactly what should be put in each space. In fact you can overwrite your own details on most of the forms. Be sure to print out at least two or three copies of each page though, because if you try to save the your overwritten version, it defaults to the original answers when you open the file again.

I don't know what we would have done if we hadn't found VJ.com - all the information contained in the various reference sections really helped us work our way through the system without any hiccups along the way - if we didn't understand something we'd read in there, we just posted a quick question and someone was here to clarify the point for us immediately. We did try to make sure that one else had asked the same question twenty or more times before though ...

Good luck in your journey

Edited May 14, 2006 by Tex'n'Brit