declaration of how you meet in person in last two years

[dora_david 0]

Hi all. I need to write the declaration of how we meet in person in the last two years and needs to be a page...well is not much to say...how we meet and how our relationship was i can write all in few rows. Do they need all details..i mean if u write a whole page gotta be with details...im not sure what to write in...do u guys have some examples? is not that im interessed on what u wrote in..is that i need to see how other people did..i dont want to be too short or to be long and to give too many details...can somebody help? thak u guys

[*JG* 2]

Hi all. I need to write the declaration of how we meet in person in the last two years and needs to be a page...well is not much to say...how we meet and how our relationship was i can write all in few rows. Do they need all details..i mean if u write a whole page gotta be with details...im not sure what to write in...do u guys have some examples? is not that im interessed on what u wrote in..is that i need to see how other people did..i dont want to be too short or to be long and to give too many details...can somebody help? thak u guys

Mine was short and to the point. Date, where, why you were there, why he was there.....

I met Jomo at such and such a place in June of year while I was on vacation and he was a bartender there. We became friends and I went back to see him date(s). After that, we began a LDR which included hours of phone calls and monthly trips. On date, he asked me to marry him. Thus, the reson for this process.

I think mine was just a few short paragraphs.

[Arnold_and_Joan 0]

Mine was just a sentence each, starting with the first time we got to know of each other's existence (online in my case), then when I travelled to Manila and we started calling each other, the first day we met, the first date, what date she became my girlfriend, what date I proposed, and in between these dates, just stating we saw each other a lot or we travelled to so and so place. Each sentence started with the date - the place - and an explanation. Pretty simple. Almost like what is shown in my signature below but a bit more dates and events.

[TracyTN 237]

Mine was no more than a paragraph where I told how we initially met (music message board), then the dates of our meetings and who traveled where.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Mine was short and to the point , no more than a mere paragraph, giving just the facts.

[cellarlily 0]

I don't think is like a college essay where you have to have meet a word count. Sum up the nature of your relationship and how you met giving precise details (how exactly did you meet? Online chatroom? While on vacation? Through friends? etc.) with exact dates and locations and where/when/how you proposed and what your intentions are.

It probably won't be more than a paragraph.

[dora_david 0]

hey...wait a second...u dont relly need to do this..no? these declaration? only if u dont have enough space in the I-129F...no? so u dont relly need to have it...i will not get a RFE if i dont have it...no? im confused now

[cellarlily 0]

I received an RFE asking to explain further (though my original explanation was extremely straight-forward and gave plenty of detail). It's best to put "see attached sheet" in that box and give a very detailed description rather than hold up the process with an RFE you could have avoided.

[dora_david 0]

I received an RFE asking to explain further (though my original explanation was extremely straight-forward and gave plenty of detail). It's best to put "see attached sheet" in that box and give a very detailed description rather than hold up the process with an RFE you could have avoided.

wow..RFE...that sucks..cuz alots of people told me that i dont relly need that paper...did u tryed to write in all that box or u said just few words?

[cellarlily 0]

I explained the situation well and gave precise dates for meetings, etc. but they felt it wasn't enough. Obviously this is your decision and if you'd like to go by what other people say, just write it in the box. However, if I had known there was a chance the process would be delayed because they want more information than you can fit in that tiny box, I would have taken the extra 2 minutes to type it out on its own sheet. Giving them more information and being proactive can save you some time and effort in the end.

It's really up to you.

Edited April 4, 2007 by cellarlily

[TimsDaisy 0]

I received an RFE asking to explain further (though my original explanation was extremely straight-forward and gave plenty of detail). It's best to put "see attached sheet" in that box and give a very detailed description rather than hold up the process with an RFE you could have avoided.

wow..RFE...that sucks..cuz alots of people told me that i dont relly need that paper...did u tryed to write in all that box or u said just few words?

There is no requirement that it fill a page. Most people will include some information in the question 18 box on the form, or, simply state "see attached" and write on a separate paper (that is CLEARLY LABELED as being I-129F Question 18 Supplement, and SIGNED AND DATED by the US Citizen, who is filling out the I-129F) a brief paragraph about how you met (and/or including information about the last time you were together IN PERSON in the last 2 years - which is what they care about).

So you can say, I met X at this club/restaurant on this date. Or, we met online on this day and talked and talked and then he flew here/she flew there on X date. We've visited this long.

Ideally - whatever you right will match up with other primary evidence. You say you flew to x country to hang out - and look, there's a stamp from x country in you passport.

Don't over think the process. Write a paragraph that is complete and to the point and be done with it. You know what to write - you met him in the last 2 years, right? It isn't a test.

Good luck!

[metta 0]

Mine was just a sentence. We met at a conference and fortunately, the Information about the conference was still on the web with a complete list of presenters. So, I guess I had pretty solid documentation to back up my narrative.

[JODO 2]

I used a supplement to the application and wrote about when and how we met initially and then about our first in-person meeting. There were three concise paragraphs.

Good Luck

[JoanBill 0]

Here is ours as an attachment -

Attachment for I-129F

For Joan F. Xxxxxxxxxxx

Part B – Question 18

In August 2005, I came to know Joan through a Yahoo internet chat room. Since then, we have communicated via e-mail, instant messenger and by phone. On January 12, 2007, I went to the Philippines to meet her in person. After three weeks together, we mutually decided to become married upon her entry into the US.

[bora bora 1]

I wrote SEE ATTACHED SHEET on my I-129F form and included about a page explaining how/when/where we met, that we lived together in Brazil - including all dates. I then explained the next 2 times we met (in Brazil) and gave those dates as well.

The last paragraph just said we decided not to continue with a LDR, but rather for him to move to the U.S. and get married (the best part).

We had no RFEs and were approved in 72 days at CSC.

Give facts and dates - leave out the lovey dovey stuff .