Hi everyone, Me and the absolute love of my life got engaged back in September of 2018. He proposed to me after he came back to America on a J-1 Student visa for a second year since he was still in university. We thought it would have been easier to file the K-1 visa. Also I found it not fair to his family for him to go home and just say "Hey I got married while I was gone". I NEVER thought this was going to be so very difficult. We have been together since September 2017. I (the petitioner) have already completed filling out our I-129F form excluding the evidence portion. We have been Google searching Day and night everyday since we got engaged. We also had Friends and Family assisting in our search. We have been saving up a ton of money since the 1st year we read it would be in the price range of 1,000- 2,500$ for the process. We are really trying our because to make this work but we don't know if we should spend the money on a lawyer or not.
If anyone could tell us anything on how to do this process Giving that he's been to the USA twice on a J-1 student visa before we file this petition it would be a huge help. We just don't want to have to worry about getting denied. We are both in our early 20s and don't want to have to be separated for a very long time since we both are committed and putting in all the effort and hard work we can.
Also any advice on evidence would be helpful since we mainly keep in contact using Social media (Facebook,Snapchat,Instagram,Online gaming).
Sorry if this post is all over the place I have Asperger's syndrome which making this process quite a bit more difficult. Its another reason I am so eager to get my Fiance back since he understands the hardships I have to deal with.