Engagement Ring

[rstage79 0]

My question is:

Does an engagement ring matter in this K1 process for proof of anything? I havent bought an engagement ring yet and I am filing for the K1 visa for my fiance.

Just curious.

[Tina and Johan 206]

No. We filed early February and the noa2 was received before we were "officially" engaged (we wanted to be in the same place at the same time for him to officially ask me to marry him).

[Pitaya 2,576]

Welcome to the forum.

easily accessible at the top of the forum page. In particular, the thorough K1 Visa guide. In that guide it speaks about engagement rings (believe me it mentions engagement rings).

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

Good luck on your visa journey.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

My question is:

Does an engagement ring matter in this K1 process for proof of anything? I havent bought an engagement ring yet and I am filing for the K1 visa for my fiance.

Just curious.

No. USCIS won't ask that and the only thing matter is you both have met within 2 years and letter intent of marry that you will get married within 90 days after arrival in the US.

[rstage79 0]

checked the guide thanks for the answers.

[Ronny_Cari 8]

During my K1 interview in the US embassy, they asked if we had an engagement ring, since we had it, I just show it to in the interviewer. We didn't include it as a proof when we processed our papers. I am not sure if they always ask for it (engagement ring) in every K1 interview. We just include photos, emails, receipts of the things we spent while we were together as proofs that the relationship is genuine. Hope this helps.

Edited July 14, 2014 by Mari_Ron

[CowBoE 429]

My question is:

Does an engagement ring matter in this K1 process for proof of anything? I havent bought an engagement ring yet and I am filing for the K1 visa for my fiance.

Just curious.

We don't have it. We plan to buy it after she gets to US.

[Hank_ 9,173]

My question is:

Does an engagement ring matter in this K1 process for proof of anything? I havent bought an engagement ring yet and I am filing for the K1 visa for my fiance.

Just curious.

For the USCIS phase of the K-1 the only requirement is having met in person within the past 2 years, they don't care about engagement rings.

As for USEM in the Philippines, they don't care about an engagement ring either - there are many ways of showing evidence of an ongoing relationship without an engagement ring. So don't worry about it. I did buy my wife one, but she never really wore it and the embassy didn't ask for any evidence regarding a ring.

If you asked that question on the Philippines forum I am sure you will find many that didn't do the engagement ring.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

[waka1 28]

As for USEM in the Philippines, they don't care about an engagement ring either - there are many ways of showing evidence of an ongoing relationship without an engagement ring. So don't worry about it. I did buy my wife one, but she never really wore it and the embassy didn't ask for any evidence regarding a ring.

If you asked that question on the Philippines forum I am sure you will find many that didn't do the engagement ring.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

Hank, I just got off Skype with my fiancé who had her successful US Embassy Manila Visa interview today. She told me that she was asked twice about her engagement ring, once on the Phil side of paperwork processing and the second time during the American CO interview. Both were very friendly and when she asked if they wanted to see the jewelers receipt, he smiled and said no.... 'Your Approved'

I'm not sure if it means anything, but I suspect given her observations that wearing an engagement ring is an effective 'ice breaker' for both parties during the interviews. But as you mentioned not a deal breaker

[Hank_ 9,173]

Hank, I just got off Skype with my fiancé who had her successful US Embassy Manila Visa interview today. She told me that she was asked twice about her engagement ring, once on the Phil side of paperwork processing and the second time during the American CO interview. Both were very friendly and when she asked if they wanted to see the jewelers receipt, he smiled and said no.... 'Your Approved'

I'm not sure if it means anything, but I suspect given her observations that wearing an engagement ring is an effective 'ice breaker' for both parties during the interviews. But as you mentioned not a deal breaker

I would have to guess she was wearing the ring.

My wife didn't wear hers and wasn't asked about it, and I know of many others that didn't have engagement rings and had zero issues. Not having an engagement ring is not going to result in a denial of the visa.

[BobH 17]

My understanding is that they understand you might not have a ring and still have a "legitimate relationship", but having a ring is a piece of concrete evidence, and does not hurt.

So if you have a ring - show it. If you don't, don't sweat it.

I know how my fiancée acts when someone looks at her ring, if they want evidence in an interview that the relationship is real, that is as good as it gets. I put the receipt in with "all the other stuff".

Then again, what do I know, we don't have our visa yet.

[StillScottish 0]

When we were originally intending to apply our lawyer advised us that we should probably wait until we were actually engaged before we filed. It added around a month to the process for us, but it was nice having the peace of mind knowing that everything was done properly.

[kehills 217]

I would have to guess she was wearing the ring.

My wife didn't wear hers and wasn't asked about it, and I know of many others that didn't have engagement rings and had zero issues. Not having an engagement ring is not going to result in a denial of the visa.

Pretty sure they made casual convo with my husband about my engagement ring - and I wasn't there for the interview. I don't think it's unusual to not have it, but it's also probably not a bad idea to know they might ask, and you don't have it, you should explain why you don't have it. ("I don't like wearing rings/we're buying it together/wanted to buy & have it sized at the same time/it's not part of our thing to have rings" or whatever.)

I suspect they're mostly just looking for evidence that there's been a discussion about the ring, rather than a ring itself.

[Hank_ 9,173]

Pretty sure they made casual convo with my husband about my engagement ring - and I wasn't there for the interview. I don't think it's unusual to not have it, but it's also probably not a bad idea to know they might ask, and you don't have it, you should explain why you don't have it. ("I don't like wearing rings/we're buying it together/wanted to buy & have it sized at the same time/it's not part of our thing to have rings" or whatever.)

I suspect they're mostly just looking for evidence that there's been a discussion about the ring, rather than a ring itself.

In Manila it isn't a big deal and the OP is dealing with the Philippines, don't know about other embassies.

I was there for the interview, the Filipino pre-screener spent more time chatting with me then my wife same happened with the CO, in fact the CO got so off track that he forgot to have my wife do the oath and had to ask her to come back to the window and do the oath. Totally funny.

[Mike-eeh and Odie 192]

My question is:

Does an engagement ring matter in this K1 process for proof of anything? I havent bought an engagement ring yet and I am filing for the K1 visa for my fiance.

Just curious.

For the USCIS it matters not. It may however, matter to your fiance.