When to file

[Kiwifruit 0]

Greetings VJ funny foreign fruit here again.

So the future Mrs Kiwifruit is getting a bit ripe and going off on a tangent about wedding planning and such while I haven't even fallen off the tree yet, do Kiwifruit grow on trees; ####### me I dno?

I am a bit more realistic and trying to gently say to her we have not even filed yet but girls will be girls and such when it comes to this stuff.

My plan was to file when I went back over in June/July because we would gather more evidence (photos, boarding passes, receipts etc) and fill everything out in person before I left. Now I am not so sure and have talked to her tonight about just doing everything now.

Because I do not like mushy fruit, I am a very risk adverse person and am concerned that we do not have enough evidence so if we get an RFE for more, well we don't have any!

Here is what we have to prove we met in person

- Airline receipts, two boarding passes and coupons from Southwest saying I flew on the tickets (I work in the airline industry, the ONLY way a ticket can show as "used" is if it the passenger was actually uplifted on it)

- Passport stamps

- Several photos together in the Bahamas and at the Kennedy Space Centre

- Copies of both our onboard cruise account cards showing the same ship, sail date and room number

- Bank statements for ATM withdrawls when we were driving from Indy to Florida

- Credit card statement for a hotel I paid for (no receipt from them unfortunately) and from the Kennedy Space Centre (to fit the photos)

- Carnival baggage tags for both of us showing same date, room number and ship

I intended to do a bit of front loading (even tho it would be dangerous to let foreign fruit drive such a heavy peice of machinery like a front end loader ) with ring receipts, skype logs, a couple of emails (we're not big emailers) and one or two affadivits.

What do you think VJers? Do it now or later? We have over a year (we want to get married in the spring of 2012)

Thanks peoples!

Ben

[iampatricias 17]

Well, to me it looks like you have the evidence you need to prove you've met within the past two years (the passport stamps/cruise information/flight information) and if you're looking forward to a spring wedding, I'd say file now. My guy and I filed in July 2010 and were hoping for a Christmas wedding, but at this rate, it'll be June or July again before we can finally be together.

Also, if you get an RFE, at least the longest wait is behind you and any information you send in will be looked at as if you're still next in line, so there's no harm in filing and then taking another trip for gathering more evidence in July.

[Y&E 12]

Dear Ben,

You obviously didn't grow up near kiwifruit country, they grow on vines. As to your actual question: Your evidence seems to be more than sufficient for frontloading. It appears that as long as you can prove in some way that you've met in the last 2 years they approve the visa (barring any missing answers = RFE). The hard part is the interview and that paperwork. If I were you then I wouldn't have any worries about applying now, eh, mate :-) Kia Kaha and good luck.

[KiwiBird 132]

We have a Kiwijen, a Kiwibird, and now a Kiwifruit!

[TBoneTX 43,476]

We have a Kiwijen, a Kiwibird, and now a Kiwifruit!

There also is (whether we have it or not) Kiwi Shoe Polish, si man.

[Kiwifruit 0]

Thanks all!