K-1 Fiance Visa Meeting Parents Requirements

[MarkB33 0]

Hello Please Help!

I’m an American citizen and my fiance is Australian. She's met my parents and I plan to meet hers. But we are wondering if I can file the initial finance visa petition now before I meet her parents in person (while I save for my plane ticket to Australia to meet her family) Or do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents at the same time I submit the initial I-129F? 

At what stage of the K1 visa process do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents?

Thank you so much in advance 

Edited March 10, 2019 by MarkB33

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

I’ve never heard of a “meeting the parents” requirement for K1, or actually for any type of visa whatsoever. The requirement is a face to face in person meeting between the two of you lovebirds within two years prior to filing the petition. 

[Ate 180]

There is no requirement at any stage of the K1 process to show proof of meeting parents.  It would be nice to have, but not a requirement.  Don't delay filing your petition for that.

 

The meeting requirement for K1 is that you and your fiance must have met in person within the last 2 years prior to filing the petition.  Include proof of that, like passport stamps, boarding passes, pictures together.

 

Details here:  https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

 

[Kowatti 189]

Hi.  You are only required to meet your beneficiary fiance face to face within 2 years of filing.  You don't have to wait to meet her parents to start the process.  The I-129F fiance petition instructions gives you most of the information you need.  Good luck.

[C90 376]

27 minutes ago, MarkB33 said:

Hello Please Help!

I’m an American citizen and my fiance is Australian. She's met my parents and I plan to meet hers. But we are wondering if I can file the initial finance visa petition now before I meet her parents in person (while I save for my plane ticket to Australia to meet her family) Or do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents at the same time I submit the initial I-129F? 

At what stage of the K1 visa process do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents?

Thank you so much in advance 

No need for that in general (like already said before, only proof that you met in the past 2 years) However, it's always good to take proof of meeting the parents to your interview! So go ahead and file the I-129F and when the interview comes around bring some pics of you all together. 

 

I brought pics of my now husband (then fiance) attending my sisters wedding in the Netherlands and me attending my now MIL christmas party in the US and the IO was happy to see we met each others families (although not a requirement, it is a good proof of legit relationship)

[mushroomspore 3,043]

No requirements to meet the parents for any visa.

[SalishSea 16,774]

4 hours ago, MarkB33 said:

Hello Please Help!

I’m an American citizen and my fiance is Australian. She's met my parents and I plan to meet hers. But we are wondering if I can file the initial finance visa petition now before I meet her parents in person (while I save for my plane ticket to Australia to meet her family) Or do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents at the same time I submit the initial I-129F? 

At what stage of the K1 visa process do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents?

Thank you so much in advance 

It’s not required......

[Prizm123 1,084]

if meeting parents was a requirement, i would be in big doodoo since her parents passed away in 1994....

[Chris Duffy 1,256]

11 hours ago, MarkB33 said:

Hello Please Help!

I’m an American citizen and my fiance is Australian. She's met my parents and I plan to meet hers. But we are wondering if I can file the initial finance visa petition now before I meet her parents in person (while I save for my plane ticket to Australia to meet her family) Or do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents at the same time I submit the initial I-129F? 

At what stage of the K1 visa process do we need to show proof of meeting each other's parents?

Thank you so much in advance 

Where are you getting your information on requirements for a I-129F?  Go to USCIS website and find them there

[Becci391 339]

Where did you get the information from?

The only requirement is that you and your girlfriend should meet face to face before applying for the K1 visa.

No requirement to meet the parents.

[Henky 0]

Go ahead and submit your petition some of us were denied US visiting visa 3x no hope of seeing his parents till I get the k1 visa we both went on vacation in a neutral country and we filled our petition without seeing both families.so far he has came to visit my family 3 months after our petition has been cooking.do not wait just go ahead .

[ThomasNC1988 762]

Probably a misunderstanding based on how much online content is dedicated to places like Morocco, where if you don't "meet the parents" you are probably going to run into trouble. That combined with the fact 97.3% of people don't get that the "requirements" vary greatly depending on where you are applying from and you get stuff like this.

[accumbyte 148]

14 hours ago, MarkB33 said:

At what stage of the K1 visa process...

Just curious, have you considered the CR-1 route instead? The pros of the CR-1 vastly overshadow the few pros of the K-1. With the CR-1 you just need to marry somewhere in the world: Australia, USA, etc:

 

[SalishSea 16,774]

2 hours ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

Probably a misunderstanding based on how much online content is dedicated to places like Morocco, where if you don't "meet the parents" you are probably going to run into trouble. That combined with the fact 97.3% of people don't get that the "requirements" vary greatly depending on where you are applying from and you get stuff like this.

Yes, and it is not an issue with AUS whatsoever.