Multiple passports (dual citizenship)

[haiku_laut 0]

Hi All,

I have multiple passports - australian, german and a United Nations Laissez Passer. I am the beneficiary of the K1 visa application.

Do I include copies of all passports? I have traveled to the US on my Australian passport on 10/2015 (to visit fiancee) and will visit on 08/2016; and on the UN passport in 11/2015 (for work). In 2008 I traveled to the USA on my previous German passport.

Nowhere in the I129 F form does it say to include a copy of the beneficiaries passport - or have I just overlooked this?

I think I should include them, as I am showing entry stamps into the US as proof of visiting my partner, but I am worried that the different numbers on the documents will be confusing.

Finally, I will apply for the K1 visa at the US embassy in Australia as an Australian citizen

Thanks!

[taylor&ilies 5]

I would include copies of all passports just to be safe.

I recently submitted my k1 petition and did not include copies of my fiance's second passport (I am the petitioner), and now I am freaking out that I may get an RFE and am mentally hitting myself for not just including the copy of his second passport.

So just include copies of all of them for peace of mind!

[lacolinab13 86]

I don't think it it necessary to send a copy of all of the passports - there is no requirement to send even a copy of one passport. The only passport which matters, but only at the interview stage, is the one you will be receiving the visa in, and I don't think the others are relevant. (Once you receive the K-1 and go to the US, you need to be consistent and always enter on that passport plus your GC).

As evidence, I would send in the pages with the stamps to visit your fiancee - since those will both be in your Australian passport, I would just send a copy of the bio data page and the copies of the pages with the stamps from the Aussie passport.

I think the form asks you to list previous visits to the US and also list your A number. Do you have several A-numbers? If so, you may need to attach a sheet with an explanation and perhaps the bio data pages of the German passport and UN doc.

Edited July 20, 2016 by lacolinab13

[Penguin_ie 5,999]

I have several citizenships. We did the IR-1 spousal visa, and I didn't include copies in the original submission, but I did bring them to interview, and they ,looked at all passports closely.

[taylor&ilies 5]

I have several citizenships. We did the IR-1 spousal visa, and I didn't include copies in the original submission, but I did bring them to interview, and they ,looked at all passports closely.

Did you list on the original submission that you have more than one citizenship?

[Penguin_ie 5,999]

Yes. There is a part on the form where you list citizenship, and I listed all. Oddly, they put the visa in my Irish passport (country where I interviewed), but put my nationality listed on the visa as Swiss (birth citizenship).

[haiku_laut 0]

Thanks for all the replies!

Actually, I am showing stamps from my Australian and UN Passport for the proof of seeing each other. Because I enter the US on my Australian passport, but I enter Thailand (where I live), on my UN passport. My fiance and I are showing the entry dates to Thailand in our passport to prove some past trips that we did together (as we didn't know we needed to keep boarding passes at the time). So I just don't want the adjudicating officer to get confused why the numbers on the documents I am showing are different.

laconilab13 - could you clarify the A number? I didn't realise I have an Alien Registration Number (is that what you mean)? Do you get one every time you enter (I enter on the visa waiver program for visits, and on a work/business visa when I go for work). Where do I find this number?

I129F doesn't ask about previous trips - I think that comes at a later stage.

Cheers,

Heike

[lacolinab13 86]

Thanks for all the replies!

Actually, I am showing stamps from my Australian and UN Passport for the proof of seeing each other. Because I enter the US on my Australian passport, but I enter Thailand (where I live), on my UN passport. My fiance and I are showing the entry dates to Thailand in our passport to prove some past trips that we did together (as we didn't know we needed to keep boarding passes at the time). So I just don't want the adjudicating officer to get confused why the numbers on the documents I am showing are different.

laconilab13 - could you clarify the A number? I didn't realise I have an Alien Registration Number (is that what you mean)? Do you get one every time you enter (I enter on the visa waiver program for visits, and on a work/business visa when I go for work). Where do I find this number?

I129F doesn't ask about previous trips - I think that comes at a later stage.

Cheers,

Heike

I think actually only those who have applied for an immigrant visa have A-numbers. Sorry to have generated that confusion.

I was the petitioner for our K-1 Visa. I used stamps in both a US passport and another passport to show our visits. I included a copy of the bio page of the other passport and also had a sheet where I explained that I had two passports. Seems to have worked fine, and I never got any further questions about that.

[lacolinab13 86]

Having looked again at the I-129F, there is no place where it asks about citizenship, passport or passport numbers, so personally, if I were in your shoes, I would only send in the necessary info to show the visits (so here, stamps from the Australian and UN LP, copies of the bio pages of both and a quick explanation that you have both documents and travel on both). I wouldn't even mention the German passport simply because I don't think it's necessary or relevant.

When you get to the interview, I suppose the prudent thing to do would be to bring all your travel docs just in case, along with your birth certificate.

[sparclight 9]

Just the one you need your visa stamp in

Hi All,

I have multiple passports - australian, german and a United Nations Laissez Passer. I am the beneficiary of the K1 visa application.

Do I include copies of all passports? I have traveled to the US on my Australian passport on 10/2015 (to visit fiancee) and will visit on 08/2016; and on the UN passport in 11/2015 (for work). In 2008 I traveled to the USA on my previous German passport.

Nowhere in the I129 F form does it say to include a copy of the beneficiaries passport - or have I just overlooked this?

I think I should include them, as I am showing entry stamps into the US as proof of visiting my partner, but I am worried that the different numbers on the documents will be confusing.

Finally, I will apply for the K1 visa at the US embassy in Australia as an Australian citizen

Thanks!