Cover letter

[amitinredmond 0]

Sorry - if this is a redundant post.

The cover letter as posted on this forum is pretty straight forward outlining the enclosures in the packet. Does it hurt if I explain my case in the cover letter for the most part and continue the 'how we met' in question 18? Or should the cover letter be as brief as it has been posted?

Thanks!

[PeruvyandGringa 25]

I used exactly as the guide shows, it mentions the addendum to the question that you can type on a separate sheet of paper to further explain how you met.

[Thai family 0]

Somewhere in the USCIS material it specifically instructs not to give explanations in the cover letter, which basically should state what is being applied for, table of contents and contact info. Always include explanations in an attachment, referring to "line # ___".

-Thai Mom

[amitinredmond 0]

Thank you all. I will do as suggested. Regards!!

[atk_721 0]

Yupp do it on another paper as addendum refering to the question on the form.Cover letter is additional and ours was given back at interview but this detail on how u met will stay with them with the form.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Sorry - if this is a redundant post.

The cover letter as posted on this forum is pretty straight forward outlining the enclosures in the packet. Does it hurt if I explain my case in the cover letter for the most part and continue the 'how we met' in question 18? Or should the cover letter be as brief as it has been posted?

Thanks!

The cover letter (optional) should be a cover letter. Attachments for answers should be separate.

[Alan D. 0]

Sorry - if this is a redundant post.

The cover letter as posted on this forum is pretty straight forward outlining the enclosures in the packet. Does it hurt if I explain my case in the cover letter for the most part and continue the 'how we met' in question 18? Or should the cover letter be as brief as it has been posted?

Thanks!

I found a good guide on some other site, that said the cover letter should detail all the stuff that was to follow.

Any explanation should be a separate thing that the cover letter just lists as a supporting item.

Here's that example letter. I used it, and mine was a lot longer because I included a bunch of extra information for our particular case (passport for dependent child, ADIT photo of dependent child, divorce certificate, translation of divorce certificate, statement of translator for divorce certificate, name change1, name change 2, etc etc)

[PETITIONER

ADDRESS]

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[ADDRESS

OF YOUR

SERVICE CENTER]

[DATE]

Nature of the submission: I-129F ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find my Form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiancé[e] Visa for [bENEFICIARY NAME], and supporting documents.

Contents include:

- Payment in the amount of $ [PUT IN CORRECT FEE].

- I-129F

- I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, explanation of meeting in person [ONLY IF USED ADDITIONAL SHEET]

- G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)

- G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary)

- Birth certificate/US Passport (Petitioner)

- Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)

- Proof of having met in person in the past two years

- Proof of ongoing relationship [if including]

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.

Signed,

[PETITIONERS SIGNATURE]