How many times did you meet with your fiancé before submitting I-129F?

[LvivLovers 39]

I had been working at a new job for only 6 months when I told my boss I needed 2 weeks vacation to go to Ukraine to meet a girl. We both knew we wanted to be together right from the start.

I was only back to work for about 3 days when I told my boss I needed to take another 3 weeks vacation to go back to Ukraine and get married to that girl. Luckily, he was very cool about it and said, "I won't stand in the way of love!"

So I don't know if that counts as 1 or 2 times since 2nd time I went back to seal the deal. Her interview was very easy...they didn't ask her any questions at all if I recall. IMBRA was also not an issue at all. She did have a big mound of evidence with her though, since we communicated a LOT through emails and skype while waiting for her K3 visa.

[Nasturtium 500]

I agree with mox-- build your case well, and make it make sense. Documentation is key. Logic is key. If something seems illogical or a red flag, out it yourself and build a case for it. I outed every single one of our red flags and explained them in the initial petition.

I don't know how the general sentiment of the RUB forumites goes, but in MENA we generally feel that by the time you arrive at the interview stage, the CO has more or less made up their mind based on the evidence submitted-- so it is up to you to either uphold their POV or somehow change that, which can be either a positive or negative process depending on how they have judged you to be in the first place. I know my husband was asked only one question at his interview: "why did your wife get a divorce?" To which he replied: "none of your business. That's her private business, not yours," (and I nearly died when he told me he said that). He said the woman looked at him and told him he was approved and would recieve his visa in about a week. He said she also had my mountain of evidence with her, and that she didn't ask him for a single thing-- including his required police records or anything like that. We kept it all, just in case... but since he has since gotten his 10 year card, it seems they really just don't care.