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You only have to fill out page 1 the others will get filled automatically, saves you all the time repeating all the same stuff 3 more times.

The form is traditionally a 4 part carbon less form so when hammering it in an old smith-corona or IBM Selectric you only type on the top page. They emulated this behavior in the PDF form.

If you are really ####### and want to shine them on you can print on the traditional color papers, page one is white, two is pastel green, three is pastel pink and four is pastel blue.

I am very ####### and I considered buying all the different color papers, but then I remembered that I'm also cheap, hehe.

Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but each page of the G-325A has a designation at the bottom as to where it will be sent [consulate, embassy, etc]. So if you make four copies of the first page, they will all have the same designation at the bottom so it's probably best to find a way to print all four pages.

You can reorder the table of contents to match the order, or it can stay the way it is. It is just an inventory of what you sent, no order implied.

About the copy of passport you did it correctly, besides other evidence will just help like copies of receipts dated photos, hotel bills...

Yes you can blank out things of personal nature they just want to see evidence that you routinely communicate, besides print outs can be altered on the computer before they are printed.

The unaltered docs refers to Birth Certificate and Passport.

Thanks so much YuAndDan!

I am assembling my I-129F form and packet of documentation [hope to send it out Tuesday!!], with a few puzzling things:

First, I downloaded the example cover letter, and the general assembly instructions. I assembled the packet in the assembly instructions way since it boldly stated to do it in that order, yet the cover letter lists the table of contents in a different order. Which do I use?

Second, my fiance's previous passport was water damaged and had to be destroyed so he could get a new one. I've included copies of visitation stamps and photo pages from both his old and new passport. I wasn't sure if this would be confusing, so on the cover letter I listed "Copies of passport stamps from beneficiary's previous and most recent passport". Is that acceptable or should I just not mention it? Or do something else?

Third, the instructions say to black out any personal info on emails, phone bills I'm including, which I did. But the cover letter includes the statement "Copies of all documents are exact photocopies of unaltered documents". But I did alter them by blacking stuff out. How do I get around that one or do I just sign that anyway?

Any help would be appreciated for this nervous attention to detail first timer!! Thanks for your patience and help

Wow, smurf blue felt tip pen? Hearing that just made me feel so relieved. I guess since this is all so new to me, I'm imagining these government bureaucrats to all be big, hairy ogres that will send back anything less than 100% perfect. I know I gotta calm down. hehe.

Everyone's replies really help so much, I'd be lost without this site! So if it's all acceptable, I am in great hopes that my packet will be sent off tomorrow and I can begin my timeline!!

Thanks so, so much.

For months I've gathered all the evidence I need, researched my heart out, taken the most care I could to ensure my initial I-129F packet would contain all the needed materials in their proper form. Here's the problem...

I went to the copy shop today to do the copying of the whole packet, hoping to send it off tomorrow before Labor Day weekend. This has been delayed so many times so far because of little snafus, and I found another potential one day.

When I went to copy my fiance's G-325A, the bio sheet, it was only then I realized he'd printed it on old paper, yellowish and very light weight, almost the kind used in old typewriters!!! My heart just sank because it's all signed and dated, and my fiance' is now back in England [He filled it out here, I should have kept an eye on him, I swear]

I looked on the USCIS website to try and gain whether this type of paper will be a problem, if they'll refuse it or not for a detail like that. Does anyone out there know? Should I give it a shot as is? Or do you think the best thing to do would be taking another delay on the chin and requesting he reprint, and fill it out anew even if I have to wait another week or so?

Any help would be so appreciated as my stomach is in knots.

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/iv/docs169.html

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/...processing.html

According to their site, I-864, which I find weird.

From within those instructions........

This requirement does not apply to fiancé(e), Kii or V visa applicants when applying for a fiancé(e), Kii or V visa.

The I-134 is used for the K visas (London) when it is requested to ascertain if the applicant will or wont become a public charge.

Thanks so much guys! Special thanks to AussieWench, you've helped with so many of my questions so far, I appreciate it so much You're a star

I'm glad it's the I-134 because the I-864 looks like a mind field!!

Hello all! My fiance' is British and will be going to the embassy in London [when that day comes!]. I was reading that I'll either need to send him a notarized I-134 or an I-864. Does anyone know which one they will most likely require, or is it a random thing?

Also, I am not actually employed, I'm intending to list my assets of $300,000+ and my interest income as proof of support. Will I need to start saving my monthly statements, and will that be enough proof? Should I hire an accountant for help?

Any feedback is, as always, greatly appreciated by this newbie [should be sending the I-129F off tomorrow or Saturday!]. And, as always, good luck to all who are filing, waiting, or approved

Sheesh, I didn't think asking such a simple question would descend into such debauchery

I'm still not sure what I should be 'editing' out of the emails I intend to submit, I read over them twice more last night and still don't see much I personally think would be inflammatory. I ran it past my fiance' and he thinks we should just be ourselves. We swear a lot but that's about it. I can't see how that would be a detriment? People ARE people after all.

Thanks everyone [everyone who's taken me seriously and been kind enough to respond to me with pointed and helpful answers, you guys are great]

I made a congressional inquiry last week, which was made on Monday by my congressman and wham on Thursday an approval!!!

Thanks, Dwar49 and JenT for your help in that area.

My Birthday is tomorrow and I am going back to see her on Thursday. What timing.... unbelievable.

Thank you GOD!!!

WOOOOOT!! Congratulations!!

Good luck getting the application in the mail. My just went off Friday. I felt so overwhelmed with all the originals, xeroxed copies, and instructions sitting all over the place, but once it was organized into the application to be sent, the copy to be kept and sent to the fiance and all originals , it was better.

Let us know when its on the way!

Thanks for all the help. My I-129F packet is almost ready to go, just waiting on a couple things from my fiance' to be included, then it's off to the copy shop and then the post office! I'm just getting as much info off these forums as I can so I put it all together as correctly as possible. Everyone's replies have been invaluable

Good luck to you "Mybackpages"!!! I'll be starting my timeline as soon as I mail that baby off

Yikes, can I assume that swear words should be blacked out? This is hard to judge because I, or any proof reader, will have differing opinions on what's inflammatory, you know? I thought it best to just leave most of it as is since I thought blacking out a lot of stuff would defeat the purpose of sending them in the first place? Most of it is just wishy washy love stuff [which I suppose could sicken some, hehe], telling each other about our respective days, and some very vague 'nookie' references usually presented in a goofy, innuendo type way.

You probably don't need this much info, but I'm needing guidance! I don't mind if you guys snicker I just want to make sure I'm not sending out stuff that will cause a problem.

Cheers

Oh god, now I'm worried. What did you mean by be careful? I've read over the emails I'm planning on submitting and there's nothing I can see as being wrong or bad but now I'm wondering if there's some code I don't know about as far as what's contained in them? I think it's just usual couple stuff. Like now I'm thinking should I edit out swear words or references to each other's bodies or anything?

Doesn't it sort of come down to the person reading it and their bias? I sort of thought that it was beyond my control, that one person could receive my case, read our emails, and think we're a typical couple, and someone else could read and think 'They're shocking in their use of language!". You know?

We're not planning a coup or anything, I promise

Thanks for any help.

My fiance' in the United Kingdom is planning to request his Packet 3 directly from the embassy on his side as soon as I submit the I-129F. Has anyone else done this and is it wise?

I dont think you can request the pack 3 straight after the petition has been submitted your fiance would need a case number - but they can download the forms and practice filling them in so when the forms are sent to them they can send them back in straight away:)

Good luck with the petition and please remember to fill in your timeline when you have sent it in Thank you and good luck:)

Lina (UKC)

I'm not sure where we read that he could go ahead and request a packet 3 after I submit the I-129F, but I suppose it must have been wrong. Where does he download 'practice' forms? It was kinda hard for us to track down info on this ellusive packet 3.

Thanks loads for the reply and I'll definately fill in my timeline just as soon as I mail my I-129F off!

Just so you know, you only have to provide proof of having met in the past two years with the initial I-129F.

Your flight and train information is great, and the dated photographs are good too, though they are not considered primary evidence. If you can link them to some of the trips together, then that's great too.

What about boarding passes, itineraries from your flights etc? Do you still have access to any of those? Credit card receipts can also put you in the same place at the same time.

Mo

edited to add: keep all of your emails, phone bills, letters (yay for you keeping the envelopes) - they can be used later. You have to provide proof of the relationship at the interview.

I forgot to mention I've got copies of his passport stamps and my stamps. I've got itineraries from my trips to London, and his most recent visit here. The photos I have are digital [i'm printing them at a print shop, not on my computer printer] but there are no time stamps. I've got one in front of famous landmark, with coinciding train tickets showing us having gone there together though. I've got all the boarding passes we still had left, covering a good 5 trips together.

Even though it doesn't seem they want the proof of relationship stuff initially, I thought I'd send it in right away anyway, on the off chance it might "speed things up" [i have a feeling that's the kind of optimism only a person just starting out in the K-1 process can have, hehe]

Not a good plan to weigh your petition down with evidence of the relationship at the expense of evidence that is the requirement......evidence of having met within the 2 year period.

Whilst evidence of an ongoing relationship is suggested in the guides, it is really only needed if one has any red flags and/or the beneficiary is from a high fraud country whereby submitting this evidence at petition stage can be beneficial at interview stage as a conof has to have reason that was not known to the USCIS at the time of petition approval in order to deny a visa and send it back for revocation.

Use Q18 to describe in some detail of how you met in the required 2 year period that established the relationship. Then the evidence you submit should support those details. Boarding passes, passport stamps, hotel/credit card receipts, rental receipts if ever lived together etc etc are primary evidence. Photos are secondary which support the primary evidence. What you should be aiming for is creating an image in the minds eye of the adjudicator......a complete picture. Look outside the box for evidence that shows you both in the same place at the same time. Each case is different and you should submit evidence accordingly, not just rely on the standard unofficial list.

I thought the stuff I had was the proof we'd met? Maybe I stated it wrong. I meant for all this stuff to back-up what I wrote in my one-page Question 18 attachment. I tried to stick mainly to facts in my letter, highlighting in bold the dates we were together in the previous 2 years, where, and how long. I thought the phone bills, emails, letters, ticket stubs, passport stamps, and photos would be what would confirm my statements in my attachment? We've got tons of photos of us together, so I figured we'd have more than enough to submit later on.

I've gathered as much stuff as I can think of for the proof of an ongoing relationship for my first initial I-129F petition which I intend to submit next week after making copies of everything. Wondering if it's enough?

I've got:

5 pictures spanning various dates over the 2 years we've been together

7-8 phone bills, his and mine, spanning various dates

7-8 emails spanning various dates

2 personal letters I sent to him, w/ envelopes & clear post marks

Copies of all the flight/train ticket stubs we have [most are mine, he lost his], covering about 5 trips we took together

Wondering if I should print out some MSN messenger chats? Is that a good idea?

Plus, is there any certain way to print emails so they are easily recognizable as authentic? I've got printer friendly versions that look almost as if they could be done on a word processor which worries me. The URL is printed across the tops though.

Oh, and I am intending to make full color copies of everything, is that better than B&W?

Sorry I've got so many questions! This is the only place I've got to ask real people who have been through this how to do it the best way. I'm so grateful for any help

My fiance' in the United Kingdom is planning to request his Packet 3 directly from the embassy on his side as soon as I submit the I-129F. Has anyone else done this and is it wise?

Thank you guys so much for your replies, it's easing my mind more than I can say! I feel kinda silly asking about the affidavit of support with $300,000 in assets, but I didn't know if they looked at the assets themselves or just the income I live off of, which isn't much per month. Thanks again and thanks for the good luck, ditto to all of you

Hello to everyone! I hope I'm not about to ask questions that have been posed a million times already. If I do, and you reply anyway, I thank you for your kindness and patience

#1 - I orded a certified copy of my birth certificate, but cannot figure out what number on it is the "Number of certificate" they are requesting in question #10 of the I-129F. There's a big 10-digit number across the top, there is a district number, and a register number. Which one do they want? [i looked everywhere online for a clue but can't find one]

#2 - On the certified copy I received, you can see that my social security number has been whited out by someone on their side, I have no idea why. On the certified copy itself you can see that it wasn't done by me, but I'm afraid if I give them a copy of what I have, they'll think I did it. Should I send the certified copy itself or am I worrying too much? [i wanted to keep the certified copy since it was $62 and the only state issued certificate copy I have]

#3 - I am unemployed at the moment but have an inheritance of over 300,000 and live off the interest at the moment. Will this be a problem in reference to the affidavit of support? When should I start thinking about filling in that form and getting it notarized?

I think that's all that I'm worried about at the moment. This whole process has me so nervous because I want to be with my British fiance' and get married as soon as possible. I know it might be a long time, and know pretty much everyone here knows how hard it is, and how nerve wracking it can be. I'm so glad this forum exists! Good luck to everyone!

Hello, everyone. I'm new here and the first thing I have to say is that this site is a godsend! Thanks in advance!

I haven't filed my I-129F yet, but am about to. I read over all the IMBRA stuff and I think I'm pretty on top of it but wanted to make sure. My fiance' and I met through OkCupid.com, which is a FREE dating website. Neither of us paid a dime to exchange our first messages to each other. I mentioned this in the Question #18 attachment, stating in bold letters that this service is free of charge. Did I do the right thing? Thanks loads