How You Met Your Fiance

[Meg and Grae 1]

Hi everyone!

I'm typing up the one-pager concerning how my fiance and I have met within the past two years. I'm providing the details of our original meeting plus the dates and descriptions of his past three trips to the US to visit me. Any advice? How much information should I include? Anything that is crucial and absolutely neccessary in this letter?

Your responses are much appreciated!!

Thanks, Meg

[pushbrk 12,266]

Hi everyone!

I'm typing up the one-pager concerning how my fiance and I have met within the past two years. I'm providing the details of our original meeting plus the dates and descriptions of his past three trips to the US to visit me. Any advice? How much information should I include? Anything that is crucial and absolutely neccessary in this letter?

Your responses are much appreciated!!

Thanks, Meg

Looks like you have it covered. You could also just write something like, "Fiance visited me in the US on the following three dates. ....... Please see evidence enclosed. To each their own.

[Meg and Grae 1]

Hi everyone!

I'm typing up the one-pager concerning how my fiance and I have met within the past two years. I'm providing the details of our original meeting plus the dates and descriptions of his past three trips to the US to visit me. Any advice? How much information should I include? Anything that is crucial and absolutely neccessary in this letter?

Your responses are much appreciated!!

Thanks, Meg

Looks like you have it covered. You could also just write something like, "Fiance visited me in the US on the following three dates. ....... Please see evidence enclosed. To each their own.

Thank you!

[YuAndDan 153]

Sounds fine, but you don't need to write a biography, just the pertinent facts.

If it wont fit on the lines on the I-129F, put a notation on the lines "SEE Attachment" and on the attachment put "I-129F Line X.

[Meg and Grae 1]

Sounds fine, but you don't need to write a biography, just the pertinent facts.

If it wont fit on the lines on the I-129F, put a notation on the lines "SEE Attachment" and on the attachment put "I-129F Line X.

I think perhaps I'm writing too much. Should I just include dates, location, etc.

We met in Moscow, Russia as I was studying abroad so I've included why we were both in Russia. Is this neccessary? Or am I being overly cautious?

[YuAndDan 153]

Sounds fine, but you don't need to write a biography, just the pertinent facts.

If it wont fit on the lines on the I-129F, put a notation on the lines "SEE Attachment" and on the attachment put "I-129F Line X.

I think perhaps I'm writing too much. Should I just include dates, location, etc.

We met in Moscow, Russia as I was studying abroad so I've included why we were both in Russia. Is this neccessary? Or am I being overly cautious?

Excelent idea, for most it will fit on the lines provided.

Example: We met online through an online chat site Aug 05, started emailing Oct 05, Started chatting and talking on phone Dec 05, decided to meet Mar 06, Met July 06. Visited Month, Month, ... See enclosed evidence.

[Jasman0717 8]

I am a firm believer that more is better so the more detail you can provide the better

[pushbrk 12,266]

I am a firm believer that more is better so the more detail you can provide the better

Could be. It's one of those "practice makes perfect" kind of arguments. Actually, practice makes permanent. Only perfect practice makes perfect. You had good experience with "more". Others have been tripped up while trying to provide "more".

Every detail provided is an opportunity for scrutiny. If you provide a lot of detailed information and all of it is completely accurate and supported by included evidence, more is definitely more. If any detail provided doesn't stand up to scrutiny, more is not only less, it's trouble. Whether more actually helps is another question entirely.

On the other hand, if there are definite red flags, I'm for explaining them up front with USCIS instead of waiting for the foreigner to be questioned about them at interview.

In short, more is needed only when more is needed.

Edited October 4, 2007 by pushbrk

[Meg and Grae 1]

I am a firm believer that more is better so the more detail you can provide the better

Could be. It's one of those "practice makes perfect" kind of arguments. Actually, practice makes permanent. Only perfect practice makes perfect. You had good experience with "more". Others have been tripped up while trying to provide "more".

Every detail provided is an opportunity for scrutiny. If you provide a lot of detailed information and all of it is completely accurate and supported by included evidence, more is definitely more. If any detail provided doesn't stand up to scrutiny, more is not only less, it's trouble. Whether more actually helps is another question entirely.

On the other hand, if there are definite red flags, I'm for explaining them up front with USCIS instead of waiting for the foreigner to be questioned about them at interview.

In short, more is needed only when more is needed.

I felt that an explanation as to why we were both in Russia would, as you say, explain the situation up front. It's not a typical vacation site like Cancun would be. As far as other visits go, I'm hoping that dates of his travel are sufficient. I did write what airport he flew into but he'll have the copies of his e-ticket emails, passport stamps, etc. too.

Thank you for your responses. Every opinion and experience helps!

[almaty 19]

i wrote a paragraph ..and that was all..

[jwbthailand 0]

I'm a firm believer that you should fill in forms with only the essentials. After that in the please include section: fill their shelves with tons of information. In all my dealings with the "gov" I brought 2 or 3 boxes of information. From albums filled with pictures, to over 1000 emails, mags in both names, bank statements, gift I bought her, Every time in all interviews the agents are glad to see me gone. From the word go I've had pictures, stories and details ready to onload on them. I make it clear to everyone that I'm in this and it's real and you'd be an absolute idiot to rule against me.