I-129f Address and Employment History

[Ninar95 13]

Hi,

my fiancé is currently working on our K1 application but we're struggling with some of the sections. Especially the employment and address history sections.
These are our questions:

1. What exactly counts as a physical address? When you signed a lease or only if you officially registered at that address? My main issue is that I was an au pair in the US and lived with a family but at the same time I was still registered in Germany. Same when I did a 6-month internship in the states. So do I write down my address in Germany that I was registered at at the time or my addresses in the states that I stayed at for the duration of my internship and au pair "work"? Also, I had a registered secondary residence (my mom's house) while having my dorm apartment as my primary residence. Do I mention that?

 

2. Regarding the employment history: do I mention my au pair "job" and my unpaid internship in the states here? I did another paid internship in Germany, do I mention that? Or that I am a full-time university student? I've never had a real job, so what of the above does apply to the employment history section?

 

3. Do you recommend consulting with an attorney about filling out and filing the form or is it unnecessary? I'm not really worried because we have collected lots of supporting evidence in the past 4 years and have seen each other 8 times in the meantime but the form is really hard to fill out because sometimes I'm just not quite sure what they want to hear and I read that the denial rate has increased lately mainly because of misunderstandings like that. 

 

Thank you so much for your help!!
 

[ourjourney_pc 118]

1 hour ago, Ninar95 said:

Hi,

my fiancé is currently working on our K1 application but we're struggling with some of the sections. Especially the employment and address history sections.
These are our questions:

1. What exactly counts as a physical address? When you signed a lease or only if you officially registered at that address? My main issue is that I was an au pair in the US and lived with a family but at the same time I was still registered in Germany. Same when I did a 6-month internship in the states. So do I write down my address in Germany that I was registered at at the time or my addresses in the states that I stayed at for the duration of my internship and au pair "work"? Also, I had a registered secondary residence (my mom's house) while having my dorm apartment as my primary residence. Do I mention that?

 

2. Regarding the employment history: do I mention my au pair "job" and my unpaid internship in the states here? I did another paid internship in Germany, do I mention that? Or that I am a full-time university student? I've never had a real job, so what of the above does apply to the employment history section?

 

3. Do you recommend consulting with an attorney about filling out and filing the form or is it unnecessary? I'm not really worried because we have collected lots of supporting evidence in the past 4 years and have seen each other 8 times in the meantime but the form is really hard to fill out because sometimes I'm just not quite sure what they want to hear and I read that the denial rate has increased lately mainly because of misunderstandings like that. 

 

Thank you so much for your help!!
 

1) my fiance has more than 5 addresses s in the last 5 yrs we list out all physical address.. Do not complicate it.. Just list it as long as you can remember 

 

2) my fiance has more than 10jobs in the last 5 yrs, same as item., because he moved from states to states.. We list all his job.. Do not complicate things just list everything.. 

 

For this..we use separate paper, mentioned the page number, part number and item no. 

 

3) no definitely do not recommend to use a lawyer or even those who agencies who will file for you.. You can do this on your own.. You want to get involved as much as possible so having a lawyer or  a paid assistance will get things slower on your end.. 

 

Goodluck 

Edited February 24, 2019 by ourjourney_pc

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

1) Use physical addresses where she physically lived at.

2) Yes, list all of them.

3) No. You know your case better than any lawyer. All the lawyer does is take your money and ask you all the information to fill in the form.

[jangrace 25]

1 hour ago, ourjourney_pc said:

1) my fiance has more than 5 addresses s in the last 5 yrs we list out all physical address.. Do not complicate it.. Just list it as long as you can remember 

 

2) my fiance has more than 10jobs in the last 5 yrs, same as item., because he moved from states to states.. We list all his job.. Do not complicate things just list everything.. 

 

For this..we use separate paper, mentioned the page number, part number and item no. 

 

3) no definitely do not recommend to use a lawyer or even those who agencies who will file for you.. You can do this on your own.. You want to get involved as much as possible so having a lawyer or  a paid assistance will get things slower on your end.. 

 

Goodluck 

I second everything mentioned by ourjourney_pc. Just list all addresses you resided and workplaces you worked at irrespective whether you had a lease or employment letter. You probably shouldn't mention two addresses for the same time period. If you were a student over the past 5 years then definitely mention that in your employment history. There is no need for a lawyer unless you have a criminal record or for any other reason that you believe necessitates getting one. 

Best of luck!

[ourjourney_pc 118]

39 minutes ago, jangrace said:

I second everything mentioned by ourjourney_pc. Just list all addresses you resided and workplaces you worked at irrespective whether you had a lease or employment letter. You probably shouldn't mention two addresses for the same time period. If you were a student over the past 5 years then definitely mention that in your employment history. There is no need for a lawyer unless you have a criminal record or for any other reason that you believe necessitates getting one. 

Best of luck!

Unless your case falls under awa then get a lawyer, otherwise you dont need it as well... 

 

Goodluck