Intent to marry letter

[clf827 0]

Does anyone know if the intent to marry letter has to be within 30 days.  My fiancé and me each signed an intent to marry but its been past 30 days. 

[Mike E 11,723]

Just now, clf827 said:

Does anyone know if the intent to marry letter has to be within 30 days.  My fiancé and me each signed an intent to marry but its been past 30 days. 

The intent to marry letters should be dated the same day or shortly before the date you sent the I129-F, since there is no reason for them to not be recent. Your foreign fiance(e) just hand writes (if there is no access to a printer) a simple letter, signs and dates  it, scans it on a phone, sends it to you, you print it, and include it in the I192-F. You type up your own letter, print and sign and date it. Wet signatures are not required.

 

For the visa application, procedures vary by embassy/consulate (station) and country. But since the petitioner has to fill out an I-134 and sign it, including a new intent marry letter with the delivery of the I-134 to the beneficiary is easy enough.

 

Write intent to marry letters early, often, and recent. When I saw my fiancee 3 months before the interview, I gave her a new signed copy from me since she didn't have easy access to a printer, and a half dozen blank unsigned letters for her. The night before the interview we were together and we signed new letters for her to bring to the embassy interview. At her embassy, all the docs, including I-134, were brought to interview versus sent to a dropbox or emailed.

[Pitaya 2,576]

Here is a quote from the I1-29F instructions relating to the Letters of Intent. There is no time frame mentioned, suggest that you assure that they are not "stale" and are current.

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0. A. Intention to Marry Within 90 Days of Entry. Submit evidence that you and your fiancé(e) intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e)’s entry as a K-1 nonimmigrant. Evidence of your intention to marry may include statements of intent to marry signed by both you and your fiancé(e) or any other evidence that establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, your mutual intention; and

REF: page 11, https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

 

Check out Item 4 of the VJ K1 visa guide for further guidance.

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

 

[payxibka 10,044]

54 minutes ago, Mike E said:

The intent to marry letters should be dated the same day or shortly before the date you sent the I129-F, since there is no reason for them to not be recent. Your foreign fiance(e) just hand writes (if there is no access to a printer) a simple letter, signs and dates  it, scans it on a phone, sends it to you, you print it, and include it in the I192-F. You type up your own letter, print and sign and date it. Wet signatures are not required.

 

For the visa application, procedures vary by embassy/consulate (station) and country. But since the petitioner has to fill out an I-134 and sign it, including a new intent marry letter with the delivery of the I-134 to the beneficiary is easy enough.

 

Write intent to marry letters early, often, and recent. When I saw my fiancee 3 months before the interview, I gave her a new signed copy from me since she didn't have easy access to a printer, and a half dozen blank unsigned letters for her. The night before the interview we were together and we signed new letters for her to bring to the embassy interview. At her embassy, all the docs, including I-134, were brought to interview versus sent to a dropbox or emailed.

Statements do no require dating.  We never dated ours

[Mike E 11,723]

11 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Statements do no require dating.  We never dated ours

All righty then:

• By all means, make a dozen copies of the same letter and submit a copy with each step of the process.
• Do ask the VJ moderators to correct https://www.visajourney.com/examples/Fiance_Letter_of_Intent.doc to exclude the date too. 💡

[payxibka 10,044]

Just now, Mike E said:

All righty then:

• By all means, make a dozen copies of the same letter and submit a copy with each step of the process.
• Do ask the VJ moderators to correct https://www.visajourney.com/examples/Fiance_Letter_of_Intent.doc to exclude the date too. 💡

For most, once with the petition is all anyone needs.

 

Not the mods job

[Mike E 11,723]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

For most, once with the petition is all anyone needs.

 

That's great!

 

My fiancee and I must have been the only one out of millions of couples told to bring these to the interview. I'm am so glad that we were the only ones burdened with this. 

 

3 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Not the mods job

Not mine either, especially since I was taught in school to date written letters.

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

 

That's great!

 

My fiancee and I must have been the only one out of millions of couples told to bring these to the interview. I'm am so glad that we were the only ones burdened with this. 

 

Not mine either, especially since I was taught in school to date written letters.

It's not a letter but a statement of intent.   Subtle but important difference 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,078]

28 minutes ago, Mike E said:

My fiancee and I must have been the only one out of millions of couples told to bring these to the interview. I'm am so glad that we were the only ones burdened with this. 

You were not (assuming you did this because the embassy/consulate asked you to, rather than because some online guide or your lawyer or prep service said so), but it is unusual, and there's no reason to assume a second set of letters of intent to marry will be required unless the embassy/consulate explicitly asks for them.

 

No matter what the YouTube Immigration Service says.

[Ash&Jaye 159]

We signed and dated ours the day we sent out the packet. Better safe than sorry 🤷‍♀️

[Moca_Madness 12]

It  would be best to have it within the last 30 days of submitting your petition 

[frivvy89 4]

Do the intent to marry letter have to be signed in front of a notary?

[clf827 0]

I didn't get mine notarized.  My fiancé and I both signed each others statement.  We got a witness to sign as well.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,078]

26 minutes ago, frivvy89 said:

Do the intent to marry letter have to be signed in front of a notary?

No.

[frivvy89 4]

4 hours ago, clf827 said:

I didn't get mine notarized.  My fiancé and I both signed each others statement.  We got a witness to sign as well.

 

On 1/27/2019 at 10:14 AM, aaron2020 said:

Where is she living now?  HK or PI?

 

4 hours ago, clf827 said:

I didn't get mine notarized.  My fiancé and I both signed each others statement.  We got a witness to sign as well.

That’s a good idea to get a witness. My fiancé lives in Hong Kong.