I-129F - Question 34.a Statement of meeting in person

[rnab32 19]

Hi everyone!

I'm about to mail in my K1 petition tomorrow. A few more questions...

1) So for Question 34.a all I have to mention/prove is that we met in person within the last 2 years? (I fulfilled this requirement went I visited my fiancee this past March 2015.)

2) For the same Question 34.a I do not have to mention how our relationship started, which it did back in 2012?

3) If so, I assume describing how our relationship started will take place during the Embassy Interview by my fiancee?

I want to provide the minimum information requested without providing to much information that isn't necessary, that could lead to RFEs.

Thanks in advance!

Edited April 27, 2015 by rnab32

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Hi everyone!

I'm about to mail in my K1 petition tomorrow. A few more questions...

1) So for Question 34.a all I have to mention/prove is that we met in person within the last 2 years? (I fulfilled this requirement went I visited my fiancee this past March 2015.)

2) For the same Question 34.a I do not have to mention how our relationship started, which it did back in 2012?

3) If so, I assume describing how our relationship started will take place during the Embassy Interview by my fiancee?

I want to provide the minimum information requested without providing to much information that isn't necessary, that could lead to RFEs.

Thanks in advance!

I gave a brief description of the evolution of our relationship & included many Whatsapp chat pages to back that up (like 150).

[AverysMom 76]

Don't omit that you met in 2012. Just give a brief description. Then include the dates showing you've recently been face to face. How you met, and, where you met will come up again so include it so it doesn't sound like your hiding something or that you don't know.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

You can simply say, "We met in 2012, then I visited [her name] in person where she lives in [city], [country] from [date] to [date]."

[rnab32 19]

Thanks everyone! I'll have the first paragraph describe my last trip to see her in March 2015. I'll then have a short second paragraph saying we met online in 2012, met in person later that year and that I been back to see her for a total of 7 times.

[Amber&Séba 4]

Thanks everyone! I'll have the first paragraph describe my last trip to see her in March 2015. I'll then have a short second paragraph saying we met online in 2012, met in person later that year and that I been back to see her for a total of 7 times.

If you are saying that you met online, be sure to say specifically which website it was and maybe even give a small description of what the website is about/a small excerpt from the website itself of what it claims to be (to show the intention of the website and that it is not an international marriage broker). My recent RFE was for this exact reason - I originally stated that we met online but did not say which website specifically. I thought that the only thing that mattered was that we had met in person in the last two years and had plenty of proof about that. So don't just quickly skip thru the "we met online" part - give more details!

[rnab32 19]

If you are saying that you met online, be sure to say specifically which website it was and maybe even give a small description of what the website is about/a small excerpt from the website itself of what it claims to be (to show the intention of the website and that it is not an international marriage broker). My recent RFE was for this exact reason - I originally stated that we met online but did not say which website specifically. I thought that the only thing that mattered was that we had met in person in the last two years and had plenty of proof about that. So don't just quickly skip thru the "we met online" part - give more details!

Interesting. Some people say don't even mention how you met online as it will cause RFEs like this. Some people say to mention how and when you met online to be honest and disclose everything. Ahhh what to do!?!?!?

Edited April 28, 2015 by rnab32

[ChEd 18]

disclose what is being asked to be disclosed. in this case they are asking you to disclose how you met in person in the last two years. not necessary to write a noble. will including other things on your statement hurt your case?...maybe..maybe not...not disclosing things that they are not asking you to disclose in the first place is not being dishonest as others try to imply and it certainly won't hurt your case either.

Edited April 28, 2015 by ChEd

[Sirliner 26]

Only write a sentence or two about when/where you met in person. That's all that is needed. Nothing more.

[rnab32 19]

Thanks again everyone for your feedback!

Especially for re-iterating that the K1 application is just asking if we have met in person in the past 2 years along with stating the circumstances of that meeting. It is not asking how our relationship started or was established.

I guess I was over complicating things by thinking I should give them details of our whole relationship when that's not what Questions 34 and 34a are asking.

[VOL 425]

disclose what is being asked to be disclosed. in this case they are asking you to disclose how you met in person in the last two years. not necessary to write a noble. will including other things on your statement hurt your case?...maybe..maybe not...not disclosing things that they are not asking you to disclose in the first place is not being dishonest as others try to imply and it certainly won't hurt your case either.

Correct

[bublik 26]

Let me tell you something

there are few here that I am in touch with that are awaiting the decision after submitting RFE about our websites not being IMB. We did everything as others, and yet I have been waiting for almost 2 months, other two couples coming on to one month.

It is nice that some mention 'met online' and don't get RFE, others do, and get approved after it withing a week. But it doesn't happen always. As you see, there is a chance that your approval will be delayed by months because of that.

Do you want to risk it?

If I were to do it all over again, I would never mention 'online' dirty word. This is absolutely unnecessary information. It is apparent that to USCIS it is very difficult to see apart the matchmaking mail bride order site and simple community style free dating site, and you can do everything correct and try to prove all you want, and your case can disappear in the depths of USCIS for fecking 2 months...

Can you tell how pissed off I am at this point?

So, dude, up to you. Don't be a fool

[rnab32 19]

Let me tell you something

there are few here that I am in touch with that are awaiting the decision after submitting RFE about our websites not being IMB. We did everything as others, and yet I have been waiting for almost 2 months, other two couples coming on to one month.

It is nice that some mention 'met online' and don't get RFE, others do, and get approved after it withing a week. But it doesn't happen always. As you see, there is a chance that your approval will be delayed by months because of that.

Do you want to risk it?

If I were to do it all over again, I would never mention 'online' dirty word. This is absolutely unnecessary information. It is apparent that to USCIS it is very difficult to see apart the matchmaking mail bride order site and simple community style free dating site, and you can do everything correct and try to prove all you want, and your case can disappear in the depths of USCIS for fecking 2 months...

Can you tell how pissed off I am at this point?

So, dude, up to you. Don't be a fool

Wow! That sounds like a huge pain in the ###. Sorry for what you're having to go through.

Even if I mention the dating site I used and provided proof that it isn't an IMB along with my application, that still wouldn't guarantee avoiding an RFE. Sounds like the best course of action is not even mentioning that you met online and just stick with how you met in person in the past two years, since that's all they're requiring and asking for.

Edited April 28, 2015 by rnab32