Ongoing emails with I-129F in English?

[bslsailor 0]

Hi ! Question on submitting proof of ongoing relationship with my I-129F emails?

I've been emailing my fiancée in Portuguese (with the help of Google Translate). I'm going to submit

those emails as evidence to support our relationship. Should I enclose a translation ?

Just found this great resource and I think it's great ! Have been reading though this site as much

as possible - Thanks for all the great help !!

John

[payxibka 10,044]

Hi ! Question on submitting proof of ongoing relationship with my I-129F emails?

I've been emailing my fiancée in Portuguese (with the help of Google Translate). I'm going to submit

those emails as evidence to support our relationship. Should I enclose a translation ?

1) Why will you submit e-mails? It is not required and may be more hassle than it is worth...

2) The USCIS requires any evidence that is to be considered that is not in English to have an accompanied "certified" translation...

Edited October 9, 2008 by payxibka

[Stinky Monkey 1]

We did not submit any e-mails with our application, as the only proof that they require at this stage is proof of having met, so we just sent in copies of e-tickets from our flights and copies of our passports we did throw in a few photos for luck

The e-mails etc we will save for the interview as proof of ongoing relationship.

Good luck with your application

[Mononoke28 134]

You can save those e-mails for the interview which the CO should be able to read in Portuguese.

Diana

[ThaitoUSA 15]

I am almost ready to send my I-129F and I have included some emails too. My reason is that right in the k-1 guide and again on the example I-129F cover letter it lists evidence of ongoing relationship. Though perhaps not necessary, I do not see any harm whatsoever in including them, and they very well could help.

As the other posters have stated, they should be in English.

Pete

[payxibka 10,044]

Though perhaps not necessary, I do not see any harm whatsoever in including them, and they very well could help.

Well then you should explain the "I do not see any harm....." to that poor individual that included e-mails where his SO and himself referred to each other as "husband and wife" in the e-mails. It created a big problem for them and caused a huge delay as they had to prove beyond a doubt that they were NOT married.

Edited October 9, 2008 by payxibka

[Laura+Tom 2]

If they are perfectly innocent emails then I don't see the harm in submitting one or two. I submitted one. It referenced a trip to Bahrain that I took to see my OH so it kinda tied in with the rest of the evidence. It also showed evidence that Tom was in Bahrain due to the numbers and address in his signature block matching the details on the I-129F.

[BubbleTea2008 0]

I agree with the above. I see no harm. The more evidence the better. If you submit enough evidence along with I-129f now, the CO probably not going ask more at the interview. The important thing you want to show the CO about your true relationship.

[bslsailor 0]

Thanks for all your replies -

Looks like I'll save the emails (in Portuguese) for her interview with the consulate

John

[Dias Melhores 0]

Thanks for all your replies -

Looks like I'll save the emails (in Portuguese) for her interview with the consulate

John

We submitted a few selected e-mails in English, but I am sure you can print a few Portuguese e-mails with a translated page attached (use something free like babel fish to translate). Another thing we did was print the list of all the e-mails subject lines (which also show the dates). It showed that we communicated on a daily basis. Lastly, we used Skype to speak on the phone and the Skype Export utility to extract the call history.

Best of luck to you!

[payxibka 10,044]

....................but I am sure you can print a few Portuguese e-mails with a translated page attached (use something free like babel fish to translate).......

If you want it treated as evidence, no you cannot...... All evidence provided that is not in English must be accompanied bu a "certified" translation.

If you don't want it treated as evidence then why provide it?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

You can subimit documents to the Consulate in Rio in Engish or Portuguese. See page 5.

http://www.embaixada-americana.org.br/pdfs...rev03-24-08.pdf

Edited October 13, 2008 by spookyturtle

[Dias Melhores 0]

You can subimit documents to the Consulate in Rio in Engish or Portuguese. See page 5.

http://www.embaixada-americana.org.br/pdfs...rev03-24-08.pdf

Thanks for the backup, spookyturtle!

[payxibka 10,044]

You can subimit documents to the Consulate in Rio in Engish or Portuguese. See page 5.

http://www.embaixada-americana.org.br/pdfs...rev03-24-08.pdf

Thanks for the backup, spookyturtle!

Consulate yes... The OP is submitting to the USCIS.... Different answer....

[morre 0]

Would really not go as far as including a bunch of mail printouts. Just something which can be looked over reasonably quickly, apart from the flight coupons a copy of the passport page with all the stamps and a few photos of you two together should be satisfying for them and be quite to the point