length of relationship

[levuol 1]

Hello,

just wanted to ask to how long should be the relationship as Girlfriend and boyfriend before you file a petition for K-1?

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Can be 1 week or 10 years....

Just have to meet the requirements as in "meet in person once within previous two years" and be "free and able to marry".

 

Now, that being said, it can depend also what country the beneficiary is from... not all embassies are the same, some are a lot harder than others but that is after the I-129f petition phase with USCIS.

[levuol 1]

thank you!!

 

[geowrian 22,337]

The exact length doesn't matter for the petition, but the beneficiary needs to prove an ongoing and legitimate relationship with the intent to marry within 90 days of entering the US. Proving the latter to a CO can be difficult for very short relationships, especially with high fraud countries. I've seen success stories with only knowing each other weeks, and denials for people that have known each other for years. It's all in the evidence and how the CO interprets it.

[levuol 1]

thanks a lot..

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Check your regional forum for your country, also read the embassy reviews.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

21 hours ago, Ben&Zian said:

Can be 1 week or 10 years....

It actually was 10 years for my wife and I before we filed. lol

[Ortolan 381]

If you've known each other only a month, and visited once, expect at least bit of extra scrutiny.

[GazLisa 1,168]

Met each other online May 28 2016 ,1 visit for a week in October 2016,second visit December 2016 and got engaged ☺️👦🏻💍👱🏻‍♀️,since been back for 3 week visit in February of 2017

[CubaAndChill 389]

Like others stated above, it really doesn't matter as long as you have intent to marry after your fiance arrives to the US. I knew my fiance for 6 months with 2 trips between that time before we sent in the application and even though we're still in the process I have a lot of evidence showing we're in a true relationship and have true intent to marry after he arrives. I have a lot of evidence that we speak to each others families within Whatsapp and IMO as well. By the time we go to the interview it'll be a year that we've been together.

[DUMS2014 15]

On 4/19/2017 at 1:00 PM, CubaAndChill said:

Like others stated above, it really doesn't matter as long as you have intent to marry after your fiance arrives to the US. I knew my fiance for 6 months with 2 trips between that time before we sent in the application and even though we're still in the process I have a lot of evidence showing we're in a true relationship and have true intent to marry after he arrives. I have a lot of evidence that we speak to each others families within Whatsapp and IMO as well. By the time we go to the interview it'll be a year that we've been together.

 

Me and my fiancee have known each other for 3 yrs. Met online in mid 2014. Started our relationship late 2015/early 2016. She visited the US after 5 months, and 5 months later I visited her in the UK. Our evidence included the normal flight itineraries/tickets, receipts from our visits, photos of us together (and with family & friends), copies of our personal greeting cards to one another (Birthdays, Valentine's, & the basic "I love yous" all with our handwritten messages to one another from each card), some of our "milestones" from Instagram posts, and a mountain of Whatsapp & Skype call logs, which shows we've talked/Skyped every day for over a year, multiple times a day, for hours. With our cards for example, we had no idea when we were writing and sending them to each other that we'd use them for evidence. But we used them because it shows we discussed future plans of being together and wanting to being married.  

 

We're both biding our time until our case is reviewed, but we're confident our case is strong and will be approved.