Proof of Having Met in Person Evidence: Lost Passport

[luckytxn 2,265]

You are getting warmer. I am sure there are many that are not very organized here but to get through this process one must start being so. Just keep looking for any and all proof and I am sure you will be fine. get manila folders and start putting any and all proofs in them and make a primary place to keep the files. On a regular schedule go to the files and look at what you have and keep sorting. Doing this reminded me at times of something I had somewhere that would be useful and I was able to gather more stuff. Find out also what you will need later and start filing things. I am sure you know that from here on out that they will be looking at an ongoing relationship so also be aware of that and start gathering that. Find out what proof of an ongoing relationship is looked at and do it.

Also there is a regional forum that has sub forums for China that has many going through the embassies and consulates that you will be so go there and see what they have had to do and other things. Good luck and God bless. Don't get discouraged at all ever. Some here will say negative things to you on any subject and it is best to just ignore.

[pushbrk 13,573]

pushbrk, thank you very much.

Looks like I have so far: two boarding passes (Malaysia <-> Shanghai). I no longer have the boarding passes for any of the trips Chicago <-> Shanghai. I have a Chinese departure card; Shanghai Zoo stub; printed travel itineraries / receipts for all 4 trips to China; and photographs with my fiancee.

Hopefully, this will do it. I'm going to keep looking for my passport and other evidence for a few more days. I will probably be taking another trip out to China (almost enough for a free flight from miles), but definitely don't want to wait until after that to submit everything and unnecessarily delay the process 3-4 months.

Again, thanks. Once I'm done with this process, I'll make sure to return the favor and help out answering some questions based upon my experience.

Whether I find my passport or have to get a new one, I'll make sure to not repeat this mistake again.

You have enough primary evidence of meeting so file when you have everything else you need and are otherwise ready.

[tony1343 0]

Sounds good; again thanks to everyone for the help (especially pushbrk and luckytxn).

To add to the proof, I have a copy of my fiancee's Chinese passport with her Malaysian visa and stamp showing she was in Malaysia at the same time I was. Looks like I already have everything else done; so should be able to file in the next few days.

Anyway, I guess now I need to start looking at the next steps and preparing all of that. I guess I'll have a while to get that ready; though I definitely won't be trying to get all together at the last minute again. Thankfully, there's this great website. I'll make sure to check out candleforlove.com too.

[pushbrk 13,573]

Sounds good; again thanks to everyone for the help (especially pushbrk and luckytxn).

To add to the proof, I have a copy of my fiancee's Chinese passport with her Malaysian visa and stamp showing she was in Malaysia at the same time I was. Looks like I already have everything else done; so should be able to file in the next few days.

Anyway, I guess now I need to start looking at the next steps and preparing all of that. I guess I'll have a while to get that ready; though I definitely won't be trying to get all together at the last minute again. Thankfully, there's this great website. I'll make sure to check out candleforlove.com too.

Good luck and please don't forget to tell the candle lovers I sent you. Ok?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Sounds good; again thanks to everyone for the help (especially pushbrk and luckytxn).

To add to the proof, I have a copy of my fiancee's Chinese passport with her Malaysian visa and stamp showing she was in Malaysia at the same time I was. Looks like I already have everything else done; so should be able to file in the next few days.

Anyway, I guess now I need to start looking at the next steps and preparing all of that. I guess I'll have a while to get that ready; though I definitely won't be trying to get all together at the last minute again. Thankfully, there's this great website. I'll make sure to check out candleforlove.com too.

Good luck and please don't forget to tell the candle lovers I sent you. Ok?

Glad you found enough to get you going. Good luck.

[tony1343 0]

Might be too late, but one last question.

I'm about to send off my packet. As part of my evidence of having met in the past year, I have flight boarding pass and other evidence of having been in China with my fiancee. Obviously, some of this evidence is going to contain Chinese characters. Do I need to get an official translation of this stuff? I know you do at later stages for police reports, etc, but at this stage it shouldn't matter since the boarding pass has English too, or it is only being used to show I was in China (and what the characters might say aren't really too relevant), or simply supplementary proof (and so maybe I should take it out).

THanks.

[dispozo 0]

Might be too late, but one last question.

I'm about to send off my packet. As part of my evidence of having met in the past year, I have flight boarding pass and other evidence of having been in China with my fiancee. Obviously, some of this evidence is going to contain Chinese characters. Do I need to get an official translation of this stuff? I know you do at later stages for police reports, etc, but at this stage it shouldn't matter since the boarding pass has English too, or it is only being used to show I was in China (and what the characters might say aren't really too relevant), or simply supplementary proof (and so maybe I should take it out).

THanks.

My secondary evidence train tickets, money exchange and some misc receipts were in the native language. I did write train ticket and were it was going etc... on the photocopies.

I had no problems with them.

Good luck!

[bora bora 1]

Hi,

I'm working on completing the I-129F petition for my fiancee and myself.

For proof that we've met in the past two years and have an ongoing relationship I have included:

(1) Photographs

(2) Printed itineraries for 4 trips to China (where she lives) and 1 trip we took together to Malaysia over the past 2 years.

(3) Billing statements for Skype (for over a year) and recent calls for the last two months (with lots of calls to her cell phone).

(4) Email or two (really don't have very much good emails since our conversations are almost entirely through phone and texting on Skype).

I was going to include photographs of my passport to show I've been to China 4 times. This seems to be the suggestion I've heard from a lot of people. However, it appears I've lost my passport. I've been looking everywhere, but can't find it. You think this will be problem or have any other advice on anything else to include (or think this is enough)? Hopefully I'll be able to find it, but I'm thinking it will probably happen after I send off the I-129F petition.

This process is really making me want to move there. Only if my student loan payment wouldn't be almost the entire salary I could earn there.

Thanks for any advice.

Thanks,

ATM receipts or anything else from China that shows you were there...?

[tony1343 0]

Didn't have ATM receipts, but I sent off boarding passes for a flight to Malaysia from Shanghai and back, along with a copy of my fiancee's passport which shows a Malaysian visa and stamps entering and leaving the same days of my boarding passes. This according to everyone else should be good enough; as it establishes we were in the same country at the same time (actually two countries).

On a humorous note. I gave up on trying to find my passport after hours of scouring my apartment, my office at work, and my parent's house (where some of my stuff had been in temporary storage for a month as I moved back to my hometown), and mailed off the I-129F package today. Four hours later after finishing watching Obama's press conference, I had an epiphany. I went to my room opened up a medical health care folder that I got during orientation (from the new job a few months ago) and there was my passport. I thought I had brought it to work months back to prove employment eligibility. I guess I did and shoved it in there and brought it back home. Could have sworn I checked this folder (as it was sitting right on my desk), but I guess not.

Hopefully I'll be okay without it for this first stage. If I get an RFE then I'll have it (crossing fingers that I don't). I'll make sure to make copies of it and send it along with the I-129F packet to my fiancee for the eventual interview.

I'm a little p*ssed I didn't wait one more day. Been searching off and on for the passport for a month now, and constantly the past week. Then I find it literally 4 hours after I mail the I-129F packet off. Though I am a little convinced that had I waited a day, I wouldn't have found it until tomorrow. Thanks for all the help.

[pushbrk 13,573]

Didn't have ATM receipts, but I sent off boarding passes for a flight to Malaysia from Shanghai and back, along with a copy of my fiancee's passport which shows a Malaysian visa and stamps entering and leaving the same days of my boarding passes. This according to everyone else should be good enough; as it establishes we were in the same country at the same time (actually two countries).

On a humorous note. I gave up on trying to find my passport after hours of scouring my apartment, my office at work, and my parent's house (where some of my stuff had been in temporary storage for a month as I moved back to my hometown), and mailed off the I-129F package today. Four hours later after finishing watching Obama's press conference, I had an epiphany. I went to my room opened up a medical health care folder that I got during orientation (from the new job a few months ago) and there was my passport. I thought I had brought it to work months back to prove employment eligibility. I guess I did and shoved it in there and brought it back home. Could have sworn I checked this folder (as it was sitting right on my desk), but I guess not.

Hopefully I'll be okay without it for this first stage. If I get an RFE then I'll have it (crossing fingers that I don't). I'll make sure to make copies of it and send it along with the I-129F packet to my fiancee for the eventual interview.

I'm a little p*ssed I didn't wait one more day. Been searching off and on for the passport for a month now, and constantly the past week. Then I find it literally 4 hours after I mail the I-129F packet off. Though I am a little convinced that had I waited a day, I wouldn't have found it until tomorrow. Thanks for all the help.

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[Kevin&Leilei 1]

Murphy at work.

[baron555 934]

Tony,

I am new to this also but have recently been sponging in everything and reading all posts.

Be creative. You said you have photos of you two together. Are they taken with a distinguishing landmark in the background. You may want to add an explanation letter describing the photo (here is us in front of the Taj Mahal) and maybe print out another picture of the Taj Mahal with description from Wikipedia. Just a thought.

Contact the airlines you flew on. Inquire if they keep their passenger lists and if you can be sent a copy or something on their letterhead showing that you had a ticket or were even on board at the time. Anything is better than nothing.

The passport with stamps is Gold. You will need that to travel regardless.

Think outside the box. Good luck.

Phil

[pushbrk 13,573]

Tony,

I am new to this also but have recently been sponging in everything and reading all posts.

Be creative. You said you have photos of you two together. Are they taken with a distinguishing landmark in the background. You may want to add an explanation letter describing the photo (here is us in front of the Taj Mahal) and maybe print out another picture of the Taj Mahal with description from Wikipedia. Just a thought.

Contact the airlines you flew on. Inquire if they keep their passenger lists and if you can be sent a copy or something on their letterhead showing that you had a ticket or were even on board at the time. Anything is better than nothing.

The passport with stamps is Gold. You will need that to travel regardless.

Think outside the box. Good luck.

Phil

Since you're new, you probably haven't learned it's customary and wise to read the responses already given. The original poster "OP" has already filed the petition with sufficient primary evidence. Pictures are secondary evidence, since their dates can be faked.

[payxibka 10,048]

Since you're new, you probably haven't learned it's customary and wise to read the responses already given. The original poster "OP" has already filed the petition with sufficient primary evidence. Pictures are secondary evidence, since their dates can be faked.

as well as a stand-in or look-a-like for either party in the photo

[justashooter 430]

I would suggest you always store your passport in the same place, preferably a safe. Ours are all in the same safe as my loaded pistol and Chinese currency, as are the green cards. Hindsight and mistakes are wonderful teachers.

so now we know that as long as you don't have time to unlock the safe, you are easy pickings.

even though i live in the country, i have 4 guns tucked around the house hammer down and one in the pipe, so one hand can do the trick. when i leave the house, i usually take the same one with me.

i'd take one of the other three, but i can't find them...