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2 minutes ago, KierenHby said:

It's quality over quantity. Variety over volume. 

 

New delhi isn't the easiest, esp with some obvious flags. A number of threads here of India K1s being declined, but usually boils down to evidence of bonafide relationship. Alternative option is to marry in India with his family involved and go for a spousal visa. Odds of a CR1 being approved are much higher than a K1. Just sayin..

yeah, good point. I think I will include them because it does give more proof of our relationship than just photos/visits.

I guess our odds would probably be better with a CR1 but I've read that takes significantly longer than a K1 and I can't even bear the thought of being away from him longer than the already long timeline of a K1. Plus getting married in India to a foreigner is not simple...it requires a 30 day waiting period (we looked into it because we thought about just getting married during my last visit) and for me to get the time off work which is extremely difficult at this point. I'm just going to have faith in the system and hope that the amount of love we have for each other will come across and the visa will get approved without issue. The only flag I see is the Indian culture mindset and me being white/American. His family is Indian yes, but they are open to what makes him happy...if they were strict to some traditional Indian mindsets then he would've already been married to some Indian girl he never loved. They want him to be happy so they support us being together, whether the marriage is initially in US or India. Our original plan was actually for me to just move to India to be with him and get married then eventually in a few years come back to the states because we didn't want to be apart, but we decided that him coming here is much better for our future family. Also me trying to re-establish back in the USA after being gone would be difficult to show financial support even for the CR1. But if our K1 doesn't get approved I will just go through with our original plan and move there because even though I have a great job here in the US, it's not worth being away from him. I love India and would do anything to be with him and life is way too short, ya know.  

Wow. My fiance's ex pulled some really crazy moves on him/us, but this is a whole new level of crazy. I don't have any advice to give you, but good luck!

I keep reading conflicting views on front-loading the i-129f with proof of ongoing relationship. I've printed many pages of our conversations together via FB and Whatsapp from various days as well as call logs from the past two months since that's all my phone shows, but it's about 40-50 pages of info so I don't want to annoy anybody with extra information if it's not really necessary. I can't imagine anything said in the messages would hurt us considering it's mostly all just sappy I love you's and whining about how we can't stand being apart.

1. Is front-loading with evidence going to hinder our case at all? is the general understanding that it will only benefit us, not hurt us?

2. If front-loading IS a good idea, should I also include evidence of money transfers to my fiance (beneficiary)? That's the only other thing I can think of that would show proof of ongoing relationship other than chats and call logs. 

I've read India isn't the easiest embassy, but we don't really have any red flags that I see being an issue. We met online through work, I've been to visit him twice for approx. 2 weeks each visit, no past marriages, only 2 years age difference, etc. The only thing that could be seen as a red flag maybe to the Indian embassy is that we are different background/races, but I think with it being 2017 and all that it shouldn't be much of an issue as it's the case with many couples applying for K1. I have not met his parents in person yet, but they have given us their blessing and I will meet them in person later this year after fiance gets his visa. We promised them that we will go back to have a traditional wedding in India after we marry in the US and fiance has his green card to travel (will not disclose that to immigration officers unless it is asked, of course). 

17 minutes ago, MentalVoid said:

Oh it's nice to know that works! I'll probably change it for the proof on ongoing relationship in a few months, and not worry about it too much. I had a lot of evidence from this trip so I wasn't worried about excluding a few Facebook statuses. 

Yeah that was my thinking also! But I've read a lot about "front loading" our application so I figured the more I can add as support the better. Good luck!!

15 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

I really dont know..... it doesnt say other legal names.....  or really give any clear instructions one way or another....  sorry 

No worries. I think we will just list them as it doesn't specify and I can't imagine it would hurt since it does show his name as that in all of my evidence for ongoing relationship. Thanks for responding.

On 3/19/2017 at 11:27 AM, Dee elle said:

Whether petitiomer or beneficary.. the I 129 asks the same question regarding other names used..... , so as long as it was answered correctly on the form, it should be already in the system. 

Would you list nicknames as other names used though? I took it as only if a name would show up as a different name in legal documents/official papers or anything. On my chat logs and phone logs my fiance's first name is just his nickname which everyone calls him (basically just initials of first/middle name) and his name on FB is off by one letter from his legal name since he put the English translation as his FB name. We didn't list either of those as other names since they will not appear anywhere on his ID's or legal docs.

On 3/19/2017 at 10:56 AM, visaqueries said:

If you update your name on Facebook to your legal name, does it change the names on the posts too?  That way, if you print off your evidence, it might match your legal name.  

This is what I did. I have always just used my middle name as my last name on FB and wanted to print a few check-ins and posts to use as additional support but was worried about my name showing differently. I updated my name to my real last name and it was immediate with all of the past posts now showing my name correctly. Only thing is you can't change your name again on FB for 30 days (I think) so if OP's issue is having his/her real last name for a long period that may not be a good option. My fiance/beneficiary also has his first name spelled different by one letter on FB but it's just the English translation of his name so I wasn't concerned about that being an issue. Plus the FB posts should not be the main source of evidence as per my understanding. 

17 minutes ago, FN&KO said:

He sent me a photo that met the requirements and I sized and resized on the paint application on my computer, it took a few tries.  I got it to the correct dimensions and just sent it to the walgreens print center.  The passport pictures are supposed to be 2inx2in so I made two columns of 3 pictures of the passport photo.  So one 4x6 print gave me 6 passport photos.  I spent around 29 cents.

Wow, thank you so much! I think this application process has fried my brain! I will be so happy once I get this in the mail. Thanks again

On 3/16/2017 at 9:43 AM, FN&KO said:

I just had him take a photo that met the standards and email it to me, then I sized it and printed it.   Saved us about $100 and we didn't lose time waiting on a package to arrive!

 

@FN&KO Hi again! Can you help me with how you printed the passport photo? I've asked various photo stations like Walgreens and Fedex/Kinkos but they keep telling me there's no way to print a digital photo in passport size, only to use their passport photo service. Obviously I know there is a way, but I don't have a photo printer and I want to make sure it's the right quality for the application. How did you go about printing your fiance's photo?

3 hours ago, FN&KO said:

To each his own!

By instructions though, wet signatures are not needed. 

I'm just going to be cautious and have him send me actual forms with the "wet signature" since I really don't want to fuss around with printing a photo in the right size anyway. Sounds to me like scanned copies would probably be fine though. He has a friend who may be travelling here next week and can probably bring the docs for us so that saves us the shipping anyway. Thanks for the inputs, much appreciated.  

Just now, FN&KO said:

First of all, save your money and scan those documents.  None of them need wet "original" signatures.  they used to before 2013 but the wording has changed since then and they no longer need original signatures.  I had all the documents I needed from my fiance scanned and emailed to me.   We were approved without issue.   That's a common misconception that wet signatures are needed. 

 

Secondly,  I don't think tattoos or no tattoos makes a difference. Slow down and breathe, I think you're thinking too much it.

 

Get the documents scanned to you, read over everything to make sure everything is correct, and submit!

 

Well wishes to you!

Thank you so much!! But what about the passport photo? My thought was he's going to have to send those anyway so might as well just have him send the papers also. 

I promise this will be my last post with questions before filing!! I'm just so nervous and don't want to mess anything up. My fiance is mailing me his documents this weekend and I want to be sure I'm not forgetting anything since it's so expensive to mail. Am I missing anything that needs his actual "wet" signature or is this everything I need to have an original of from him?

• G-325A, Biographic Information
• Passport Photo
• His fiance letter of intent

And lastly, I'm having a hard time deciding if I should include anything about the fact that me and my fiance got tattoos together on my last trip to visit him. We each got a design that has each other's names written in his native language. I mentioned this briefly at the end of my "how we met" page as a supplement to the petition form and was thinking about including pictures of the tattoos in the support for proof of meeting or ongoing relationship. I'm the worst at remembering to take photos so sadly I don't have any of us together getting them at the tattoo shop! But then I got to overthinking it and wondered if that is maybe too much to include? Will they see it as us maybe trying too hard or something?

I have a bunch of tattoos already and we decided to get them before we even looked into what support is needed for the K1 process, so it was definitely not something done to have evidence to show, but I'm worried someone else might think that. Should I just leave out the tattoos completely and not even mention them? We didn't have a formal engagement or anything so I didn't mention anywhere about how we got engaged since it was literally just him asking me and me saying yes. I thought including the tattoos would help in lieu of having traditional engagement support, but I'm not sure. Looking for other's opinions to help me decide what I should do. 

18 hours ago, shayden10 said:

There shouldn't be an issue with sending in the I-129F without a passport. I didn't send any photocopies of my passport or stamps from my passport with the petition when I sent in my petition. However, once it passes through the NVC your fiance will need to have the passport for filling out the DS-160 and to take to the interview. As long as you've applied for it and will receive it soon, you shouldn't have any problems!

That's reassuring, thank you so much!! 

8 hours ago, burhan_rethinker said:

Hi @Traceratops, Congratulations!!. Hope you and your love are together soon. Me and my fiance submitted the I 129F recently and would recommend that you wait until you receive the Passport before you file, unless you are positive that the process would not take more than a month (Waiting time between NOA1 and NOA2 is more than that anyway.. lol). However, nowhere on the form does it ask for the beneficiary Passport number, so you are OK.

 

All the best. May you guys have a smooth journey.

 

 

Thank you so much!! I am pretty positive the process won't take more than a month because he's got almost all of the docs he needs already. It will be another week anyway before I can file since he has to mail me the physical docs of what he had to sign and his passport photo so I think we will be okay. Thanks for your comments and all the best to you as well!

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here and have gotten a huge amount of help from this site!! I have almost everything ready to submit, but we're just waiting on my fiance to get his passport issued. I noticed that there technically isn't any requirement for his passport information on the I-129F or any other parts of the the packet so I began wondering if I can submit before he gets his passport. I'm getting super anxious and want to file ASAP because I know we are in for a long waiting period, but it could be another few weeks before he gets his passport. He lives in India and is waiting on an ID document before he can get his passport which is then a fairly quick process (1-3 days using the escalated option). 

My question is, would it be okay for me to send in the I-129F packet before he has his passport? Will his passport even be relevant prior to it reaching the embassy in India or his interview? Or does anyone know if there's a part of the process at the beginning stages that includes USCIS looking up details of my fiance and would it be a red flag if he doesn't have his passport by then? Everything else about our application seems to be textbook based on what I've read so I don't anticipate anything else being an issue (We met online but through work, not dating website/I visited him in person twice/tons of evidence of our meeting and ongoing relationship/etc.). Has anyone submitted their petition prior to the foreign fiance having a passport without issues? I don't want to risk causing any issues, but I'm also not a fan of sitting here waiting while there's nothing in motion with the USCIS! 

Thanks for any advice and help you can provide!