Do i really need the letter of intent?

[jkelly07 120]

look at the guides k-1 flowchart.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

We did not submit a letter of intent with our paperwork and it was fine. We turned one in at the interview.

So you slipped through the cracks. Congratulations. The I-129F instructions say submit original statements of intent for the petitioner and the beneficiary. The vast majority of people who fail to do so will receive an RFE or an outright denial. "But mugumogu on VisaJourney got his I-129F approved without one!" isn't going to change USCIS' mind.

Follow the instructions. Get approved. Live happily ever after. The end.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

Follow K1 Guide and send Letter of Intent with I-129F and take updated ones (dated following NOA2) to interview. Then you've got it covered.

Only thing I'd add is that you really only need an updated letter of intent from the petitioner at the interview. During the interview, the beneficiary will swear under oath before the consular officer that he/she is free to marry and intends to marry the petitioner within 90 days of his/her arrival in the US.

[payxibka 10,044]

The vast majority of people who fail to do so will receive an RFE or an outright denial.

You have statistics on this?

Several years ago their was much discussion on USCIS allowing unsigned letters of intent and g-325a's as long as they were completed at the consulate. I could dig this up for you if you want.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

You have statistics on this?

Several years ago their was much discussion on USCIS allowing unsigned letters of intent and g-325a's as long as they were completed at the consulate. I could dig this up for you if you want.

I wasn't addressing the issue of unsigned letters of intent. The poster I quoted stated that they didn't submit letters of intent with the I-129F at all. That constitutes an omission of initial evidence and makes the petition a prime candidate for an RFE or denial for failure to submit initial evidence.

[GringoD 33]

Attorneys have their own way of making things much more complicated, and long and drawn out.... than usually 'things' need to be.

... a generalization, but true, by my observation.

Like Gary and Alla says: Read the instructions.

Yeah, we all hate that the forms are all written up in this jargon that seems like legalese.

Do this, like I just told my fiance yesterday, in regards to the Letter of Instructions for Packet 3 & 4 (it's beyond me, why they refer to it as Packet 3 & 4, when it apparently is ALL TOGETHER)... (THINK someone does stuff like this just to keep us confused... No Laughing Matter!)....

.....

..... anyway, I told her to READ THE LETTER and ALL THE LINKS... EVERY DAY This week. After the third or fourth time of emersing yourself in something like that, you'll begin to understand it. And, it will appear to make sense. Where it made NONE! the first time you looked at it.