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Sorry in advance for the long post! :unsure:

So this is my fiancee's letter of declaration of us meeting in the last two years.

It's long, but we have had, as you'll see, a lot of short and long periods of seeing each other. Is this too wordy, too formal, too informal? I really just want any advice as I feel this is the most do it yourself part of the petition and I don't know if it's on track.

The references mostly refer to e-tickets and boarding passes etc, so evidence of travel.

Anything that gives too much information i've deleted for the purpose of this post. Also, if there's a problem with me posting this, please let me know and i'll delete it right away!

Evidence of having met in the last two years:

Myself (Jasmine *********) and Antonio ******** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura.

Antonio had flown to Los Angeles on June 21st 2010 with friends (See REF1 included in this package) for a road trip around the West Coast of the USA.

After spending the day and evening of June 27th together, we proceeded to speak via text messages and when he returned to the United Kingdom on August 20th 2010, we were able to continue our conversations via E-mail and Facebook. These conversations have continued throughout our relationship and were also accompanied by Skype and AIM conversations and IM’s.

After 4 months of daily conversation, on January 9th 2011, Antonio booked a flight for me to fly to London Heathrow to stay with him for 3 weeks. My outbound flight was February 16th 2011 and Return flight was scheduled for March 9th 2011. (See REF2 Included in this package) Our relationship was made official on my arrival on February 17th 2011 (See REF3 Included in this package) After dreading our time apart we decided that I would extend my stay by another 20 days, changing my return flight from March 9th 2011 to March 29th 2011 (See REF4 Included in this package.)

During my stay with Antonio between February 17th and March 29th 2011, I stayed with him for the full duration at (Address)

After returning to the US on the revised date, our relationship continued once again through AIM, E-mail and Skype amongst other online methods of keeping in touch.

In June of 2012, Antonio was scheduled to be a part of a music tour in the US from June 24th 2011. Despite the tour starting in Dallas, TX, (See REF5 Included in this package) Antonio flew to Los Angeles on June 14th 2011(See REF6 Included in this package) to stay with me for 7 days before driving to the first date of the tour in Texas.

On June 29th, I travelled to Las Vegas Via Greyhound (See REF6 Included in this package) To meet with Antonio, who was performing in Las Vegas (See REF5 Included in this package.)

We spent the day together, and a night staying at the MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas (See REF7 Included in this package) before renting a car in Las Vegas (See REF8 Included in this package) to drive back to Pomona, California where I would go to the next date of the show (See REF5 Included in this package) and then return home, Antonio would continue on the tour.

The tour finished on August 14th 2012 in Hillsborough, Oregon and Antonio travelled back down the coast to stay with me for 3 days until his scheduled return flight on August 19th 2011 from LAX to London Heathrow (See REF6 Included in this package)

After returning to the UK Antonio took a short trip to Baltimore, MD on September 23rd 2011 which was unrelated to our relationship.

On October 6th 2011, Antonio flew to LAX once again (See REF9 Included in this package) to stay with me for 90 days, until January 3rd 2012. (See REF10 Included in this package.)

During Antonio’s stay with between October 6th 2011 and January 3rd 2012, he spent the full duration of the trip with me at (address)

On January 23rd 2012, Antonio flew out to LAX (See REF11 Included in this package) to visit me for 4 days, before driving down to Las Vegas, NV, to begin another music tour starting on January 27th, which would end in Pomona, California on February 18th 2012. (See REF 12 Included in this package) Antonio would stay with me again, for 11 days until February 29th (See REF11 Included in this package) when Antonio returned to the United Kingdom.

During the most recent visit, on February 17th, while I attended the band’s performance in Pomona, California (See REF12 Included in this package) Antonio proposed and I accepted, one year on from the arrival of my first visit on February 17th, 2011.

Antonio returned to the United Kingdom on February 29th 2012, and is currently there while we submit this application.

From my initial visit to the UK to see Antonio on February 17th 2011, we have spent a total of 157 days together.

Please see further included, annotated References in this package for further evidence of our time together and our ongoing relationship.

Started assembling i-129f package for K1 Visa on March 12 - 2012

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Honduras
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Posted

Mine was only 2 paragraphs long. I only put the important facts and the date!

El destino me ha unido a vos.


I-129F K1 Visa Process
[01.18.2012] Sent I-129F Petition
[01.20.2012] NOA1
[06.13.2012] NOA2 - no RFE's
[07.09.2012] Petition received at NVC; case number assigned
[07.11.2012] Petition sent to Honduras consulate
[07.13.2012] Consulate received petition package
[08.07.2012] Received interview date & Packet 4 in email
[10.10.2012] Interview smile.png - APPROVED!
[10.18.2012] POE Houston
[10.29.2012] Marriage <3

I-485 AOS Process
[12.14.2012] Sent I-485 Package with I-765
[12.19.2012] NOA1
[12.24.2012] Biometrics letter received
[01.02.2013] RFE notice
[01.05.2013] RFE hardcopy received
[01.07.2013] Biometrics appointment
[03.04.2013] RFE sent back to USCIS
[03.19.2013] EAD approved
[03.27.2013] EAD arrived in the mail

[09.21.2013] I-485 approved

[09.26.2013] Green card sent in mail

Posted

Way too long, what they want to see is a proof of meeting.

Just put the dates you visited each other with appropriate evidence. No need for a story, they will not read it anyway. They only thing you need to proove, that you've met each other at least once in last 2 years.

I had only few paragraphs and thats it.

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"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3, 5-6)

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Romania
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Posted

Myself (Jasmine *********) and Antonio ******** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura.

That should be enough methinks.


USCIS [*] 22 Nov. 2011 - I-129 package sent; [*] 25 Nov. 2011 - Package delivered; [*] 25 Nov. 2011 - NOA1/petition received and routed to the California Service Center; [*] 30 Nov. 2011 - Touched/confirmation though text message and email; [*] 03 Dec. 2011 - Hard copy received; [*]24 April 2012 - NOA2 (no RFEs)/text message/email/USCIS account updated; [*] 27 April 2012 - NOA2 hard copy received.

NVC [*] 14 May 2012 - Petition received by NVC ; [*] 16 May 2012 - Petition left NVC.

EMBASSY [*] 18 May 2012 - Petition arrived at the US Embassy in Bucharest; [*] 22 May 2012 - Package 3 received; [*] 24 May 2012 - Package sent to the consulate, interview date set; [*] 14 June 2012 - Interview date, approved.

POE [*] 04 July 2012 - Minneapolis/St.Paul. [*] 16 September 2012 - Wedding Day!

AOS/EAD/AP [*] 04 February 2013 - AOS/EAD/AP package sent; [*] 07 February 2013 - AOS/EAD/AP package delivered; [*] 12 February 2013 - NOA1 text messages/emails; [*] 16 February 2013 - NOA1 received in the regular mail; [*] 28 February 2013 - Biometrics letter received (appointment date, March 8th); [*] 04 March 2013 - Biometrics walk-in completed (9 out of 10 fingerprints taken, pinky would not give in); [*] 04 April 2013 - EAD/AP card approved; [*] 11 April 2013 - Combo card sent/tracking number obtained; [*] 15 April 2013 - Card delivered.

[*] 15 May 2013 - Moved from MN to LA; [*] 17 May 2013 - Applied for a new SS card/filed an AR-11 online (unsuccessfully), therefore called and spoke to a Tier 2 and changed the address; [*] 22 May 2013 - Address updated on My Case Status (finally can see the case numbers online); [*] 28 May 2013 - Letter received in the mail confirming the change of address; [*] 31 July 2013 - Went to Romania; [*] 12 September 2013 - returned to the US using the AP, POE Houston, everything went smoothly; [*] 20 September 2013 - Spoke to a Tier2 and put in a service request; [*] 23 September 2013 - Got "Possible Interview Waiver" letter (originally sent on August, 29th to my old address, returned and re-routed to my current address); [*] 1 October 2013 - Started a new job.

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Trying to get the word out about our struggles:

http://voices.yahoo.com/almost-legal-citizen-but-not-quite-12155565.html?cat=9

Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Kenya
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Posted

Way too long, what they want to see is a proof of meeting.

Just put the dates you visited each other with appropriate evidence. No need for a story, they will not read it anyway. They only thing you need to proove, that you've met each other at least once in last 2 years.

I had only few paragraphs and thats it.

And that's way too long also. The size of the box is indicative of how long the answer should be, about two sentences. That's all we used and were approved with no RFEs. Too long of an answer only can serve to confuse the adjucator and make that part of the process longer than needed.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

Posted

How does this look? It says on the guide on this site to attach a sheet for this answer and refer to it, so I guess it's acceptable to not be able to get it all in the box?!

Myself (Jasmine ***) and Antonio *** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura. (See REF1 Included in this package)

February 16th 2011, I flew to the UK to stay with Antonio until March 9th 2011 (See REF2)

We decided to extend my stay and my return flight was altered to March 29th 2011 (See REF3)

June 14th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me until June 21st before leaving to tour. (See REF4)

June 29th 2011, I travelled to Las Vegas, NV to meet Antonio on the tour for two days. (See REF5)

August 16th 2011, Antonio stayed with me at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on August 19th 2011. (See REF4)

October 6th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 90 days, returning to the UK on January 3rd 2012. (See REF6)

January 23rd 2012, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 4 days before leaving to tour. (See REF7)

February 18th 2012, Antonio stayed with me for 11 days at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on February 29th, 2012. (See REF7)

Started assembling i-129f package for K1 Visa on March 12 - 2012

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Philippines
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Posted

How does this look? It says on the guide on this site to attach a sheet for this answer and refer to it, so I guess it's acceptable to not be able to get it all in the box?!

Myself (Jasmine ***) and Antonio *** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura. (See REF1 Included in this package)

February 16th 2011, I flew to the UK to stay with Antonio until March 9th 2011 (See REF2)

We decided to extend my stay and my return flight was altered to March 29th 2011 (See REF3)

June 14th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me until June 21st before leaving to tour. (See REF4)

June 29th 2011, I travelled to Las Vegas, NV to meet Antonio on the tour for two days. (See REF5)

August 16th 2011, Antonio stayed with me at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on August 19th 2011. (See REF4)

October 6th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 90 days, returning to the UK on January 3rd 2012. (See REF6)

January 23rd 2012, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 4 days before leaving to tour. (See REF7)

February 18th 2012, Antonio stayed with me for 11 days at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on February 29th, 2012. (See REF7)

Still overkill. But if you have boarding passes, tickets etc of each of dates shown above then that should be good.

Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

Posted

Still overkill. But if you have boarding passes, tickets etc of each of dates shown above then that should be good.

I have all of the documents to back up that I was there, she was here etc, so I'd rather include all of the times we met, as I figure it just solidifies the legitimacy of the relationship.

Thanks for your replies, I really would be lost without this forum.

Started assembling i-129f package for K1 Visa on March 12 - 2012

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Posted (edited)

I took the advice of "Gary and Alla" and wrote a two-sentence paragraph describing where, when, and how we met. All fit comfortably in the provided space of the I-129f form. No detailed attachments of any sort. In fact, my entire I-129f package (including photos) was within a regular envelop. As Gary and many others have pointed out, responding exactly to what the USCIS asks will get your petition approved, not extra details nor how pretty things look. It worked for us. Hope it will work for you. Good luck!

Edited by dalatian
Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Kenya
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Posted

I totally agree my initial post was WAY too long.

I'll write out an alternative, but if I include the different occasions we have been together, it's hard to not make it longer than a few lines.

If you met multiple times, there is no need to list each one. You only need to provide evidence for proof for one of those meetings. You can mention that you have met multiple times but we have included evidence for the time we both met in City, Country from the Date of to the Date of.

You need to solidify the relationship for the interview, not the K-1 petition. Save it for the interview.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Posted

How does this look? It says on the guide on this site to attach a sheet for this answer and refer to it, so I guess it's acceptable to not be able to get it all in the box?!

Myself (Jasmine ***) and Antonio *** met on June 27th 2010 when both of us attended the Vans Warped Tour music festival in Ventura. (See REF1 Included in this package)

February 16th 2011, I flew to the UK to stay with Antonio until March 9th 2011 (See REF2)

We decided to extend my stay and my return flight was altered to March 29th 2011 (See REF3)

June 14th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me until June 21st before leaving to tour. (See REF4)

June 29th 2011, I travelled to Las Vegas, NV to meet Antonio on the tour for two days. (See REF5)

August 16th 2011, Antonio stayed with me at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on August 19th 2011. (See REF4)

October 6th 2011, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 90 days, returning to the UK on January 3rd 2012. (See REF6)

January 23rd 2012, Antonio flew to Los Angeles, CA to stay with me for 4 days before leaving to tour. (See REF7)

February 18th 2012, Antonio stayed with me for 11 days at the end of the tour before returning to the UK on February 29th, 2012. (See REF7)

I think this is fine. It is detailed but it isn't too long. We wrote about 3 paragraphs discussing how we meet.

10/25/2011 - Sent I129F to Texas

10/28/2011 - Texas received/Check Cashed

11/01/2011 - NOA1 (6 days after mailing)

03/22/2012 - NOA2 (142 days after NOA1)

04/20/2012 - Received Interview Date (June 4th)

05/22/2012 - Medisys Medical(Done!)

06/04/2012 - Interview in MTL (APPROVED!)

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
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Posted (edited)

I have all of the documents to back up that I was there, she was here etc, so I'd rather include all of the times we met, as I figure it just solidifies the legitimacy of the relationship.

Thanks for your replies, I really would be lost without this forum.

The legitimacy of the relationship is determined at interview, not with the petition. The petition just wants your details and to prove that you met in person in the last 2 years and intend to marry each other.

Mine was: "Vanessa and I met in person in October 2008 when Vanessa travelled to the United States and stayed in Houston, Texas with me for sixty-five (65) days before returning to Australia."

I too was approved without RFE and my K1 interview was about 5 mins. You're making it harder than it has to be. When was the last time you met in person, that's all they want to know. That box is to confirm that you met in person in the last 2 years. That is all.

Edited by Vanessa&Tony
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Spain
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Posted

You didn't specify what your REF documents were, but I will highly suggest photocopying your passport/his passport with the entrance/exit stamps. I drew an arrow next to the stamp and specified "TRIP 1" next to the stamp. I had to do this for an RFE, so I re-photocopied the front page of both passports, too.

And like everyone has said, you could just include the most recent trip (or two) with solid primary evidence and be fine.

K-1 Process:
8/26/2011 - I-129f mailed
8/31/2011 - NOA1
2/03/2012 - RFE
2/09/2012 - RFE received through US Mail
2/14/2012 - RFE response mailed
2/16/2012 - RFE response received by CSC
2/17/2012 - Touch
3/08/2012 - NOA2
I-129f was approved in 190 days from NOA1 date.

3/15/2012 - NVC received
3/19/2012 - NVC left

3/21/2012 - Embassy received
3/28/2012 - Packet 3 received by beneficiary

...

01/28/2013 - Married

03/11/2013 - Sent AOS packet

05/17/2013 - EAP and AP approved in 66 days

10/26/2013 - Green Card Production email notification

 
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