March (2012) filers...

[TigerFlower 61]

We have to get it in September! There is no other option!!

I can only imagine the dread that April and May filers must be thinking. The same things we did when we saw February people waiting 200 days. The denial... "Oh, surely they will catch up by us?" or the hoping... "They will send us to CSC." No such luck. We are caught in this perpetual wait where time is frozen for just us. Everything moves around us, but our lives are on hold.

I, too, really hope we will all get ours in September.

[Miew-Miew 9]

Just wanted to pop in to my fellow march filers and wish you guys some speedy results. Certainly you guys are coming close to your approvals! Here's to some quicker days in your near future.

The waiting doesn't end when you get your NOA2s and later your visas, but I think you'll agree it's much better to wait WITH your SO then without.

Good luck everyone.

[TigerFlower 61]

Thank you! And absolutely... who cares if you have to wait as long as it's together

I saw where some one got an RFE for not giving copies front to back of their passport. Did anyone else do that? I guess I have an RFE coming...

[Kaaha 6]

I don't even remember what we sent The biggest problem is that we don't have the copy of the package because I begged my fiance to copy everything twice... but of course he knows better.. at the beginning he wanted to send the money and the I-129F form only...

[Miew-Miew 9]

Thank you! And absolutely... who cares if you have to wait as long as it's together

I saw where some one got an RFE for not giving copies front to back of their passport. Did anyone else do that? I guess I have an RFE coming...

I was just reading that thread.. We didn't photocopy the blank pages, but we did copy each of our passport pages that had any stamps on them. (though mine only 1-2 blank pages and that is my THIRD passport with additional sheets inside!)

[TigerFlower 61]

Yipes. I'm at work and can't check my copied packet. I'll fret over that. My fiance says he'll copy everything in his and mail it to me just in case. That way, I can overnight it should I get an RFE.

[islandgal 74]

I'm going to try very hard not to look at VJ or the USCIS site this week. I'm going mad.

[neobe 0]

i did not know that we should photocopy the passport. it was not mention in the requirements for i-129f as far as i remember..

[Aphroditee 1]

I saw where some one got an RFE for not giving copies front to back of their passport. Did anyone else do that? I guess I have an RFE coming...

I think it must be the thread I read this morning, he got RFE because they could not identify who the passport holder is. The person probably have sent only the passport stamps which shows his entry into the country and exit, and missed out on the identification page which has his name, date of birth, place of birth, and passport numbers.

[Aphroditee 1]

i did not know that we should photocopy the passport. it was not mention in the requirements for i-129f as far as i remember..

It is for petitioner, it is required on the I-129F instruction form to prove that they have met in person. If they have met in person somewhere other than the beneficiary's country, beneficiary need to also provide his/her copies of passport.

[neobe 0]

It is for petitioner, it is required on the I-129F instruction form to prove that they have met in person. If they have met in person somewhere other than the beneficiary's country, beneficiary need to also provide his/her copies of passport.

OMG, we did not put it also in our packet. so i guess i'll expect for RFE then...

[TigerFlower 61]

OMG, we did not put it also in our packet. so i guess i'll expect for RFE then...

Just get copies now, so you're ready, just in case. It's all we can do.

[neobe 0]

Just get copies now, so you're ready, just in case. It's all we can do.

they are actually very inconsistent.. there was one i read in another thread, they got approved though they only sent pics, the forms and the payment. they did not even include the ym or skype conversations, receipts and boarding pass..

[Starflyer 59 16]

It is for petitioner, it is required on the I-129F instruction form to prove that they have met in person. If they have met in person somewhere other than the beneficiary's country, beneficiary need to also provide his/her copies of passport.

The thing is, it is never mentioned on the instructions of the I-129F as a requrement for proof of having met (In fact the instructions are very vague in this area). It is only listed as an alternate way of proving citizenship when no birth certificate is available. I understand why a lot of people do submit it as evidence of having met because the stamps are good primary evidence, but is it really required if one has submitted other great evidence?

I don't ask this to try to start an argument, I only ask because my fiancee and I have been discussing this a lot lately. When I mailed my I-129F packet I had not yet discovered VJ, so I did not know what others were submitting as evidence of having met in the past two years. So I submitted my boarding passes, photos of us together and photos of us with her friends & family. In one of those photos is both of us and a Philippine newspaper with a clear date of Feb 9th, 2012. Is that not irrefutable evidence? In my mind it is good evidence. When assembling my packet the thought of the passport stamps never crossed my mind since I had not found this site yet, and since I submitted the front & back of my my birth certificate as citizenship evidence.

Anyway, only time will tell if the adjudicator finds my boarding passes and photographs with newspaper to be compelling enough. In the meantime, after discovering this site I have since scanned in all pages of my passport and am prepared to send them if an RFE is issued. The thing that my fiancee and I have been discussing is that if it is an absolute requirement to have passport scans as evidence of having met, then the I-129F instructions should say so. It would cut down on a lot of RFEs from people that filled out packets on their own without the help of VJ.

Edited September 18, 2012 by Starflyer 59

[TigerFlower 61]

The thing is, it is never mentioned on the instructions of the I-129F as a requrement for proof of having met (In fact the instructions are very vague in this area). It is only listed as an alternate way of proving citizenship when no birth certificate is available. I understand why a lot of people do submit it as evidence of having met because the stamps are good primary evidence, but is it really required if one has submitted other great evidence?

I don't ask this to try to start an argument, I only ask because my fiancee and I have been discussing this a lot lately. When I mailed my I-129F packet I had not yet discovered VJ, so I did not know what others were submitting as evidence of having met in the past two years. So I submitted my boarding passes, photos of us together and photos of us with her friends & family. In one of those photos is both of us and a Philippine newspaper with a clear date of Feb 9th, 2012. Is that not irrefutable evidence? In my mind it is good evidence. When assembling my packet the thought of the passport stamps never crossed my mind since I had not found this site yet, and since I submitted the front & back of my my birth certificate as citizenship evidence.

Anyway, only time will tell if the adjuticator finds my boarding passes and photographs with newspaper to be compelling enough. In the meantime, after discovering this site I have since scanned in all pages of my passport and am prepared to send them if an RFE is issued. The thing that my fiancee and I have been discussing is that if it is an absolute requirement to have passport scans as evidence of having met, then the I-129F instructions should say so. It would cut down on a lot of RFEs from people that filled out packets on their own without the help of VJ.

I agree with you. I honestly think it depends on the person who is reviewing it, and their mood that day. They are so inconsistent, it must be that. We can only hope. And because this delay is so long, it makes all of us bonkers and rethink things and worry!