Applying for K-1 / Dual Citizenship from VWP country and non VWP country

[Leikoh 0]

I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic to a Japanese dad and Dominican mom, which granted me dual citizenship. When I traveled to the U.S., as a child/teen I used to do it on a tourist visa but after that visa expired I never renewed because I could use the VWP if I ever needed or wanted to travel to the U.S.

My girlfriend and I met about 8 months ago and we've decided we want to live together. So we will start the process for a K-1 visa which seems to be the "right" way to do things rather than just getting married and then requesting a status change (for what I've read, that would be fraud and could jeopardize the possibilities of migrating to be with her).

So, as we were filling up the I-129 form, the part where it asks what the fiance's nationality is, we put Dominican, because this is where I was born and reside. However, my concern is that for proof of having met within the last two years what we intend to attach are prints of the itineraries of my trips and scan my passport stamps, and the passport I've traveled with to the U.S. has been my Japanese passport.

I looked up in the forum for similar cases and somebody suggested to state both nationalities, would that be ok? would it make things confusing? should I just type in "Dominican" and write a statement of some sort to explain why when I've entered the country it has been as a Japanese citizen and not a Dominican citizen?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[KayDeeCee 4,904]

Where it asks for country of citizenship, you can list the DR and Japan and put (SEE ATTACHMENT). Put a brief statement about your dual citizenship there on the attachment sheet. See the I-129F instructions for what info to put on an attachment/supplemental sheet.