Letter for K1

[P&K 38]

Hello everyone, my fiance and I are preparing our k1 application packet. We have met in person in november 2016, and other 2 times afterwards. I have sent him (US Citizen) my letter of intent to marry, dated october 15, 2018, which is before the 2 years of us meeting in person, is that going to be an issue? We are going to file the application after november 16th this year. 

 

Thank you in advance for your reply.

 

Patricia.

[Dashinka 23,247]

For the USC to file, they have to show evidence of meeting within the past two years.  If you initially met more than two years ago, then this meeting does not meet the requirement, but it can certainly be mentioned in your letter as evidence of an ongoing relationship and since you have two more meetings since then you should be fine.  I don’t quite understand the question you are asking as to the date of your letter relative to the dates of meeting and the date of filing.  

 

Good Luck!

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

Just make sure he provides evidence that you physically met within 2 years of FILING the paperwork.....your letter of intent can be dated any time after meeting. 

[Alabamak1 688]

24 minutes ago, P&K said:

Hello everyone, my fiance and I are preparing our k1 application packet. We have met in person in november 2016, and other 2 times afterwards. I have sent him (US Citizen) my letter of intent to marry, dated october 15, 2018, which is before the 2 years of us meeting in person, is that going to be an issue? We are going to file the application after november 16th this year. 

 

Thank you in advance for your reply.

 

Patricia.

Letter of intent can be written in the present day, signed, scanned and sent by email.... does this clarify your question?

 

[P&K 38]

33 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

For the USC to file, they have to show evidence of meeting within the past two years.  If you initially met more than two years ago, then this meeting does not meet the requirement, but it can certainly be mentioned in your letter as evidence of an ongoing relationship and since you have two more meetings since then you should be fine.  I don’t quite understand the question you are asking as to the date of your letter relative to the dates of meeting and the date of filing.  

 

Good Luck!

Thank you for your reply. We are preparing a lot of evidence of us being together within the past two years. My concern was more directed to the letter of intent to marry, wich is dated prior of our 2 years anniversary of meeting in person and more than 30 days before sending the petitions to USCIS.

[P&K 38]

30 minutes ago, Alabamak1 said:

Letter of intent can be written in the present day, signed, scanned and sent by email.... does this clarify your question?

 

I have seen somewhere that there could be issues with scanned signatures, specially with such an important part of the packet, as it is the statement of intent to marry. Is the reason I  have sent a letter by mail, but mail usually get to him in about a month! So my letter will be probably a month old by the time he gets it. Did you include a scanned copy in your packet and was accepted?

[Alabamak1 688]

1 minute ago, P&K said:

I have seen somewhere that there could be issues with scanned signatures, specially with such an important part of the packet, as it is the statement of intent to marry. Is the reason I  have sent a letter by mail, but mail usually get to him in about a month! So my letter will be probably a month old by the time he gets it. Did you include a scanned copy in your packet and was accepted?

Don't make your application more difficult that it is. It states somewhere there that no wet signatures are required. Been there done that. Good luck

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

17 minutes ago, P&K said:

 My concern was more directed to the letter of intent to marry, wich is dated prior of our 2 years anniversary of meeting in person and more than 30 days before sending the petitions to USCIS.

Just to clarify:  There is no requirement that a letter of intent must be dated  more than 2 years after you have met in person......where did you see that?

Edited October 21, 2018 by missileman

[P&K 38]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

Just to clarify:  There is no requirement that a letter of intent must be dated 2 more than 2 years after you have met in person......where did you see that?

Is an idea I guess I made myself trying to assimilate the many instructions I have read. Is why I posted the question on here.  It poped up in my head as I was gathering documents for our packet. I keep reading 2 years everywhere lol 

[debbiedoo 2,339]

have you already sent it?

 

i mean, if not, just write another one. It's not like its long or complicated or difficult.

 

i dont think the date on it matters, for what its worth, but still, why risk anything, especially something so simple. you will both also have to do another one for the interview.

 

45 minutes ago, P&K said:

 I keep reading 2 years everywhere lol 

you have to have met in person at least once in 2 years. thats the only 2 year requirement im aware of, off the top of my head

[Dashinka 23,247]

1 hour ago, P&K said:

Is an idea I guess I made myself trying to assimilate the many instructions I have read. Is why I posted the question on here.  It poped up in my head as I was gathering documents for our packet. I keep reading 2 years everywhere lol 

No worries, that is why we are all part of this community, to help answer questions.  As others have said, feel free to update your letter if you want, and scan it for your fiancé; as @Alabamak1 mentioned, and I agree, wet signatures are not required.  When my wife and I did our K1 submission, she simply scanned her letter and emailed it to me.

 

Good Luck!

[Olichka 186]

4 hours ago, P&K said:

I have seen somewhere that there could be issues with scanned signatures, specially with such an important part of the packet, as it is the statement of intent to marry. Is the reason I  have sent a letter by mail, but mail usually get to him in about a month! So my letter will be probably a month old by the time he gets it. Did you include a scanned copy in your packet and was accepted?

The letter can be signed and scanned..don't overthink  

[P&K 38]

1 hour ago, Olichka said:

The letter can be signed and scanned..don't overthink  

Thank you so much to all for your comments! We just realized we had a major misconception with the 2 year timeline, but luckily we are still on the process of putting things together for our application. I am very happy to have found this forum. I has been very helpful 😊

[Mike E 11,723]

Recent letters of intent to marry are better than older ones.  

 

A letter dated October 15, 2018 is goodness.  

 

 

[ThomasNC1988 762]

I've seen it happen a few times where people confuse they 2-year requirement. You must have met within the last 2 years not at least 2 years ago. Meeting for 30 seconds 1 day before you file satisfies the meeting requirement. As far as the letter of intent its as long as it says I intend to marry within 90 days of entering the US and is not really old you are fine. It will, sadly, probably be nearly a year old by the time you make a fresh on for the interview stage.