Declaration of how you met question I-129F Question

[DanKorn 0]

Hi everyone. This website is great. My fiancee and I just gor engaged and I am starting to fill out the forms. Just a quick question about the declaration of how we met.

How specific and detailed do I need to be? One page can be a lot. Should I cintinue to write about our relationship to the present showing the steps we have taken visiting each other? or stick strictly to when we met each other?

any suggestions will help. Thanks

[reeses16 8]

It is not necessary to write a one page account of how you met (but of course you can!). I only wrote 2-3 sentences and we were approved with no problems.

[mikeNcharlene 0]

Hi DanKorn,

Congrats on the big engagement! When we sent our form in we talked about where we met in person, how we hung out until we were more than friends, any daily activities we did together, vacations, living together and so forth. Unfortunately we still managed to receive a pesky RFE! However, I would suggest keeping it much shorter than an entire page.

Good luck on your K-1 voyage!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi everyone. This website is great. My fiancee and I just gor engaged and I am starting to fill out the forms. Just a quick question about the declaration of how we met.

How specific and detailed do I need to be? One page can be a lot. Should I cintinue to write about our relationship to the present showing the steps we have taken visiting each other? or stick strictly to when we met each other?

any suggestions will help. Thanks

"while retruning from a trip to Ukraine on September 19, 2007 I had a layover in Prague, CZ Republic. I met Alla while waiting in line for bus tickets to the city"

I attached ONE photo of us together and passport stamps and copies of boarding passes. No RFEs

[Matt & Bing 56]

They only want to know briefly how you met in person. Not how you originally met or your love story. Just the facts (when and where) of meeting in person.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

No, no, NO! Everyone here is WRONG when it comes to Ecuador filers, and should be mortified at providing information that absolutely does not apply! The prolific "drive-by" poster who regularly parachutes into crucial questions with canned, glib answers is especially at fault, although he will almost never admit it. Beware, now and hereafter.

DanKorn, you will be dealing with the #######, hellhole Guayaquil consulate -- among the worst on Earth. You need to front-load your I-129F petition with all of the "evidence of relationship" that you can muster... and more besides. Specifically, regarding your statement of how you met, include an exhaustively complete statement -- as many pages as it takes! -- to cover every detail of every meeting, contact, and communication that you have ever had with your fiancee, from Day One. (Exclude only any "sending of money" details.) Include EVERY photo that you have ever taken of the two of you together. Include a healthy number of e-mails or chat logs between the two of you in which you discuss substantive "relationship" issues (black out embarrassing or sensitive portions with a thick marker). Writing a NOVEL, with supporting information, will not be too much.

Before you file, I even recommend that you procure one-page letters (they need not be notarized) from your people and hers that attest to the validity of your relationship. The letters should contain the correct information about when you first began contact, how & when you first met, and the correct spelling of her name; otherwise, the letters should be in each writer's own words. Signed hard copies are best (they need not be notarized, although this would be a nice touch if not an inconvenience to the writer); scans of signed hard copies will suffice; e-mails will do if neither of the foregoing can be procured. Each letter should state who the writer is and include his/her FULL contact information. Collect more from your people (5, 8, 10) than from hers (3 will do, and in more formal language). The letters should be addressed "U.S. Consulate - Guayaquil, Ecuador."

These MUST be included in the I-129F filing. Why? The Guayaquil consulate is known for refusing to accept evidence that is brought to interviews. USCIS does not care about the inclusion of this information, but the consulate cannot deny its existence if it knows that USCIS has seen it.

Go to the Latin American forum here and read the thread "US Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador" (I just bumped it to the top) for only a hint of the horrors that could await you. It goes without saying that if you want a prayer of procuring a visa, YOU WILL ATTEND HER INTERVIEW. Also, do not believe the ordinary-sounding or positive "embassy reviews" about Guayaquil -- many of those who know the real truth have not written a review.

My heart always sinks when I see a new Ecuador couple here, but, with help from those of us who have been burned, you can avoid much of what lies ahead. It's a blessing that you have not yet filed the I-129F petition and can react appropriately now.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

No, no, NO! Everyone here is WRONG when it comes to Ecuador filers, and should be mortified at providing information that absolutely does not apply! The prolific "drive-by" poster who regularly parachutes into crucial questions with canned, glib answers is especially at fault, although he will almost never admit it. Beware, now and hereafter.

DanKorn, you will be dealing with the #######, hellhole Guayaquil consulate -- among the worst on Earth. You need to front-load your I-129F petition with all of the "evidence of relationship" that you can muster... and more besides. Specifically, regarding your statement of how you met, include an exhaustively complete statement -- as many pages as it takes! -- to cover every detail of every meeting, contact, and communication that you have ever had with your fiancee, from Day One. (Exclude only any "sending of money" details.) Include EVERY photo that you have ever taken of the two of you together. Include a healthy number of e-mails or chat logs between the two of you in which you discuss substantive "relationship" issues (black out embarrassing or sensitive portions with a thick marker). Writing a NOVEL, with supporting information, will not be too much.

Before you file, I even recommend that you procure one-page letters (they need not be notarized) from your people and hers that attest to the validity of your relationship. The letters should contain the correct information about when you first began contact, how & when you first met, and the correct spelling of her name; otherwise, the letters should be in each writer's own words. Signed hard copies are best (they need not be notarized, although this would be a nice touch if not an inconvenience to the writer); scans of signed hard copies will suffice; e-mails will do if neither of the foregoing can be procured. Each letter should state who the writer is and include his/her FULL contact information. Collect more from your people (5, 8, 10) than from hers (3 will do, and in more formal language). The letters should be addressed "U.S. Consulate - Guayaquil, Ecuador."

These MUST be included in the I-129F filing. Why? The Guayaquil consulate is known for refusing to accept evidence that is brought to interviews. USCIS does not care about the inclusion of this information, but the consulate cannot deny its existence if it knows that USCIS has seen it.

Go to the Latin American forum here and read the thread "US Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador" (I just bumped it to the top) for only a hint of the horrors that could await you. It goes without saying that if you want a prayer of procuring a visa, YOU WILL ATTEND HER INTERVIEW. Also, do not believe the ordinary-sounding or positive "embassy reviews" about Guayaquil -- many of those who know the real truth have not written a review.

My heart always sinks when I see a new Ecuador couple here, but, with help from those of us who have been burned, you can avoid much of what lies ahead. It's a blessing that you have not yet filed the I-129F petition and can react appropriately now.

I will defer to Tbone regarding this oppressive consulate. More will not hurt.

[TBoneTX 43,548]

I will defer to Tbone regarding this oppressive consulate. More will not hurt.

It should be borne in mind that Guayaquil is not the only consulate for which "more" at the I-129F stage could be helpful.

[DanKorn 0]

thanks for the help...i'll take all of the suggestions

[TBoneTX 43,548]

i'll take all of the suggestions

Si, man!