regarding question 18 of the form(how I met my fiancee)

[jon&lita311 0]

how long should the letter be? how much detail should I provide?

[Rings 10]

As long as you can make it and as detailed as possible. There is no such thing as too much information. there is a such thing as not enough information... we call it an RFE (Request for more information) here in Visa Journey land.

[thepizzadude 26]

how long should the letter be? how much detail should I provide?

If you can fit it into the box it will serve its purpose, if not make an attachment and label it. Look at the guides for info on this subject.

It does not need to be a love story just a simple few lines about how you met.

Like, I was vacationing in Japan and met my fiance while laying on the beach reading a book. We spent a little time together while I spent 2 weeks vacation there.

Just need to be a small paragraph on "how you met" not "how you fell in love and long to be with each other forever"

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

There's a lot of confusion about this question because of the way it's posed on the form. The important part is the boldfaced yes/no question: "Has your fiancé(e) met and seen you within the two-year period immediately receding the filing of this petition?" In the box underneath, you need to explain the circumstances of your in-person meeting within the past 2 years. It should correspond to the primary and secondary evidence you're submitting to establish that you've met in person during the required time period. If it fits in the box, you don't need a supplemental sheet. You can explain how you initially met, but it's not strictly necessary. The critical thing for a successful I-129F petition is to demonstrate that you've met the requirement to have seen each other in person within 2 years.

[jon&lita311 0]

thanks! that sure does save me from having to write an essay about our entire love story. hehe

[jon&lita311 0]

would this work?

"To whom it may concern:

This letter is an attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F I have filed for my fiancée. In April 2007, we were introduced to each other online through yahoo messenger. In May 2008, I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia and met her and spent two weeks there together with her. After my trip to Indonesia, she applied for a tourist visa to visit me in the US, but was denied due to ties (or a lack thereof) to her country. So, in April 2009, I flew back to Jakarta to meet her again and spent next 3 weeks with her. On April 1, I proposed to her and she accepted. Now we are filing for a K-1 visa in hopes of her being able to move the US with me and for us to spend the rest of our lives together."

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

would this work?

"To whom it may concern:

This letter is an attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F I have filed for my fiancée. In April 2007, we were introduced to each other online through yahoo messenger. In May 2008, I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia and met her and spent two weeks there together with her. After my trip to Indonesia, she applied for a tourist visa to visit me in the US, but was denied due to ties (or a lack thereof) to her country. So, in April 2009, I flew back to Jakarta to meet her again and spent next 3 weeks with her. On April 1, I proposed to her and she accepted. Now we are filing for a K-1 visa in hopes of her being able to move the US with me and for us to spend the rest of our lives together."

Submit copies of your boarding passes and passport stamps from these trips, and some photos of you together, and you're good to go.

[jon&lita311 0]

would this work?

"To whom it may concern:

This letter is an attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F I have filed for my fiancée. In April 2007, we were introduced to each other online through yahoo messenger. In May 2008, I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia and met her and spent two weeks there together with her. After my trip to Indonesia, she applied for a tourist visa to visit me in the US, but was denied due to ties (or a lack thereof) to her country. So, in April 2009, I flew back to Jakarta to meet her again and spent next 3 weeks with her. On April 1, I proposed to her and she accepted. Now we are filing for a K-1 visa in hopes of her being able to move the US with me and for us to spend the rest of our lives together."

Submit copies of your boarding passes and passport stamps from these trips, and some photos of you together, and you're good to go.

great! I've already got all of that done except copies of my passport. I will get to that closer I get to mailing the package.

[thepizzadude 26]

SEE BELOW sorry lol

Edited September 15, 2009 by thepizzadude

[thepizzadude 26]

would this work?

"To whom it may concern:

This letter is an attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F I have filed for my fiancée. In April 2007, we were introduced to each other online through yahoo messenger. In May 2008, I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia and met her and spent two weeks there together with her. After my trip to Indonesia, she applied for a tourist visa to visit me in the US, but was denied due to ties (or a lack thereof) to her country. So, in April 2009, I flew back to Jakarta to meet her again and spent next 3 weeks with her. On April 1, I proposed to her and she accepted. Now we are filing for a K-1 visa in hopes of her being able to move the US with me and for us to spend the rest of our lives together."

Your Name

Address

City,State,Zip

U.S. Department Homeland Security

U.S.C.I.S.

California Service Center

P.O. Box 10130

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130

Date

Re: I-129F Supplement:Part B, Question 18 Has your Fiancee met and seen you

To Whom It May Concern:

In April 2007, we were introduced to each other online through yahoo messenger. In May 2008, I flew to Jakarta, Indonesia and met her and spent two weeks there together with her. After my trip to Indonesia, she applied for a tourist visa to visit me in the US, but was denied due to ties (or a lack thereof) to her country. So, in April 2009, I flew back to Jakarta to meet her again and spent next 3 weeks with her. On April 1, I proposed to her and she accepted. Now we are filing for a K-1 visa in hopes of her being able to move the US with me and for us to spend the rest of our lives together."

Thank You,

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Your Name

The Bold "we were introduced" I would change to "we met"

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

The Bold "we were introduced" I would change to "we met"

"we were introduced" could raise questions of IMBRA or family-arranged sham marriage for immigration in the mind of the adjudicator (or consular officer down the road). "we met" is a better way to formulate it.

[baron555 934]

how long should the letter be? how much detail should I provide?

I used two sentences.

Something like:

We met online in October, 2008 and corresponded almost daily via emails, then phone calls and text messages and then Skype (Internet video conferencing.

Then we both traveled to and met in Kiev, Ukraine from February 14, 2009 to Feb. 24.

They are not concerned with your love story at this stage of the process, just did you meet in person somewhere. Then you include the proof that you did.

Edited September 15, 2009 by baron555

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

how long should the letter be? how much detail should I provide?

No letter needed if it fits in the space.

"While returning from a trip to Ukraine on September 19, 2007, I had a layover in Prague CZ. I met Alla while waiting in line for bus tickets to the city." I sent this description, exactly, ONE photo and my boarding passes for the trip. Approved in 58 days, no RFE

[newlyweds 0]

my fiance actually just put, we met at the airport, the exact date, name and city of the said airport plus he threw in some details about what we did after we met. He basically, just put we met at the airport then went to the mall afterwards then later in the night we headed off to my city

[newlyweds 0]

just make it as brief but informative and yes, as everyone had put, show the proof, photos, stamps on your passport, hotel receipts, boarding passes, receipts from any purchases you made in her city using your credit/debit card. Me and my fiance submitted a photocopy of his passport stamps, 3 receipts using his card(as that were the only ones left lol) 6 photos together, a baggage sticker that i found lol that was it and we got approved, now im just waiting for my visa to be delivered

P.S. Do NOT submit the original stuff, just submit the copies, when i had my interview the consul asked me for proof of meeting, so i gave her the original copies of the receipts, and a boarding pass he found 2 months after we filed for the I-129f

Edited September 15, 2009 by Michey and Odessa