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On 1/14/2018 at 8:52 PM, Ninaav said:

What needs to be translated other than the letter of intent to marry? everything else is mine that I filled out in English??

Why would you have to translate letter of intent to English??? Unless your fiance doesn't speak English.

I had to translate last name change from Thai to English.

Package sent to Dallas. Now the waiting begins

43 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Should be good I would think, I'm pretty sure a language school qualifies as a place that can do translations. I sent my fiance to Patong Language school for 8 levels of English over 4 months time (2weeks a level) and it helped her get a promotion at her job and helped our communication also. Only did it because a few ex-pats that live in Thailand said that's the best thing you can do to help her out, and this was before we got engaged and were just dating. I am also planning on enrolling her in some English language courses when she gets to America, since she won't be able to work for many months here, I figure it will give here something to do so she doesn't feel like she does nothing. Plus, I found a few places that offer the ESL courses for free. you might be able to do that also, not sure how fluent your fiance is in English, but the better English the better the job I figure when she is able to work. It's crazy how I am making all these plans not even knowing if she will be approved. Not that we have any reasons why not, but you will see how it is after you actually send in the paperwork and you get that NOA1 and know the process has started it really gets on your mind. I deal with a lot of government entities at my job as is, so I am really familiar with the good old slow moving government process, but it's different when you are in it 100% committed. I wish you the best of luck, and smooth sailings, sounds like you got this.

As for the ESL. When I moved to US over 20 years ago I didn't speak word of English. I went to two different free ESL classes at the same time (local high school and community college - both for adults). Frankly, the teachers seemed to be doing their work as a community service mandated by the court. I didn't learn anything in those classes.

Then, I took government subsidized ESL class. I think I had to pay just for the books. Which was very little. I took 3 levels and my English has really improved.

Think about it. Don't send her to any ESL class, as some of them are just waste of time.

What I did on my own during first 6 months in US, I would write 10 random words with the pronunciation, and I would learn them daily.  After couple of months my vocabulary got bigger, but I wasn't able to put the words together in a proper manner. Then I started reading newspapers and books in English. This actually did the trick.

So keep that in mind. I know first hand from my own experience how it is to move to another country without knowledge of the local language.

Good luck to you! Looks like our fiances are from the same island

41 minutes ago, payxibka said:

USCIS needs proof of meeting.  USCIS is NOT interested in proof of relationship

And that's why I did not do any printouts from our online communicators. I will submit that so she can show it during her interview.

42 minutes ago, payxibka said:

5#?  My I-129F was 20 pages including a 15 page divorce decree...  What are you including?

Cover letter 1 page

Our Story 1 page

I-129F  13 pages

Her last name change about 8 pages

Photos 5 pages

Every page of my 2 passports , about 50 pages ( I have 3rd passport in the last 2 years, travel a lot internationally for work)

My naturalization certificate 2 pages

Her passport with stamps about 5 pages

Boarding passes about 8 pages

Flight itineraries ~40 pages

Hotel itineraries ~20 pages

My divorce - 3 pages

Copy of ring receipt 2 pages

Letters of intent 2 pages

And T&C from the website where we've met to show that they are not IMB 4 pages

That is roughly my package.

1 hour ago, Kabuissi said:

Hello,

 

Some advices:

Don't forget to write down the date of all your pictures on the back side. For example, 12th of May 2016, Venice, Ben and Kate visit a theatre. 

 

You have good proofs of meeting, also provide your petition with

Proofs of relations, here you need to give 

your fb, skype, what's app and other chats (you need make screenshots and print it ), sure not all your conversations  but the most important moments from start to now.

 

Good luck!

Hi Kabuissi,

I was thinking about printing out some Line and FaceTime logs, but since I'm doing this visa documentation, isn't that good enough to show them that I'm involved?

I thought that the Skype, and other communicator's logs would be beneficial to present at her interview at the embassy. And this is me saying it reading this site couple of hours a day for the past two months. Unfortunately I'm going out of country this weekend for  2 or 3 weeks and I wont have opportunity to add more documentation before I send it out tomorrow morning.

I don't want to delay my paperwork, for something that a lot of people stated that will be needed at the embassy.

As for the pictures. I've put 3-4 per page and printed them out together with detailed explanation (names, places and dates). That's what a lot of people did on youtube instructional videos

3 hours ago, Loren Y said:

All my translations I had done had this stamp placed on them. Don't know if it really matters, I am sure the language school did the same thing.

 

 

I have stamps on the translation with the name of the language school. I hope it's good enough.

Thank you for the answers. Now I'm just worry that I had to complete everything today, instead of working on it slowly over the weekend.

Everything is ready to go. 5lbs package going out to USCIS tomorrow

I have very urgent question. Do I need to fill up form G-325A for both of us???

I don't see it anywhere in the instructions from the official DHS page.

I'm going away for few weeks this weekend and I need to send out my forms tomorrow.

Please let me know if I still have to add forms G-325A

Thank you

May I ask you why you had to add your fiance's birth certificate and house registration card?

I have house registration card as it's the only proof that she changed her name.

What do you mean "approved translations"? The translations that she had done were prepared by some international language school in her city.

Should I ask her to go and translate the documents somewhere else? I'm attaching both Thai and English copies of both documents.

I didn't think about the copy of her passport pages with the stamps. I'll ask her to do it today Thanks for the idea.

I will definitely follow your timeline now that I know that you have submitted it last month.

If I will add few more pages to my package, I will have to ship it via FedEx Freight

Thanks!

Hello,

After almost two months of reading and gathering information, I think I'm finally ready to submit my I-129F.

This is the list of all the documents that I'm submitting to the Dallas Lockbox in my package:

- Payment of $535 (I will get money order at the post office before sending it out)

- Cover Letter

- Form I-129F

- Form G-1145

- Letter of intent to marry me within 90 days of arrival to US

- Letter of intent to marry her within 90 days of her arrival in the US

- Her passport photo

- My passport photo

- Copy of every page of my last 2 passports

- Copy of my naturalization certificate front/back

- Certified copy of my divorce decree

- Photos of both of us together dating back to our first meeting, and from the engagement surprise

- Short "Our story" letter

- Printed page from the dating website stating that they are 100% free and not marriage brokers.

- Itineraries from my flights to Thailand and for the flights that we took together from Thailand to other countries

- Some boarding passes (have at least one or two boarding passes from each flight)

- Hotel reservations when we stayed together

- Copy of the engagement ring receipt

- Documents and translation of my fiance's last name change many years ago

Am I missing something? I'm planning on sending this out next Tuesday. I am so nervous I'm afraid that I will forget something and will receive RFE

She wasn't married before and we both don't have criminal records.

Does it looks right?

Thank you!

What about copy of my passport? In the last 2 years I had 3 US passports (yes, I travel a lot). All 3 have arrival/departure stamps from Thailand. Do I need to really scan and print all 3 passports (every single page)?

Thank you

I have last question for now.  Point 10 in the guide about the name change. My fiance has changed her name from her father's name to her mothers maiden name about 10 years ago. All her documents are in the new name. Should we plan for the need of a document stating her name change?

Thank you,

Proof of Legal Name Change if either the US Citizen and/or foreign fiance is using a name other than that shown on the relevant documents. You must give USCIS copies of the legal documents that made the change, such as a marriage certificate, adoption decree or court order.

4 hours ago, EandH0904 said:

Since it specifically says it's free, I would think it will suffice. 

Thank you

I finally found the online site where we actually started talking. I've looked at the T&C and there is not much.

I wont name the site (since I don't know if it's allowed here), and you can see what do they say.

6 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

Does thst mean in 2 weeks it's been two years since you met in person? Have you seen each other in the PAST two years 

Yes. I've been to Thailand 5 times since then, and month ago she came to meet my family in Europe (I am US citizen but born in Europe). I have all boarding passes, itineraries (we flew a lot together while in Asia), and have a lot of pictures.

To prove that we've seen each other many times wont be a problem.

Thank you both for very quick answers. I keep reading and more and more make sense. EandH0904 as you've said I am very unfamiliar with the process, hence thank you for some guidance in your post and pushing me into to the right direction. 

adil-rafa, the address in native language she can even email to me and I can paste it into the form. On one of the pages of the form I saw place for signature in ink. It's Part 5 point 6a. It's petitioners signature, not beneficiary. So you are right. I just need to read everything slower and be calm

Our 2 years anniversary after meeting in person will be in exactly 2 weeks. I'm planning on submitting the form in the middle of December so we will be good to go.

Thank you again for your help.

Hello,

My first post here. For the past week I've been reading a lot of this forum and guides. However few things are not clear to me.

I was told that this is the best site to get all the answers. I hope that I wont annoy any of you for asking some simple (to some of you) questions.

- When I gather all the documents, do I send them via mail, deliver them to Baltimore office (my nearest location) or do I deliver them to local Lockbox. I see 3 near by boxes, one in VA one in DC and one in MD. If I could do it in MD Lockbox it would save me whole day by traveling to Baltimore office.

- Some of the pages in the visa application state that they need to be signed in ink by beneficiary. Does it mean that I have to send her the form, she has to print it out and mail it to me?

- Her passport photos. Does she have to sign them in the back? She went to the store in Thailand, took the pictures, and instead of printing them there, she just sent me the files so I could print them here in US.

- In the RFE Master document, I see that some people failed to name the online site where they first met. For us it was 3 years ago and I don't remember the site. Shortly after we started talking we both deleted our profiles and moved to Line, Skype and FaceTime. What should I do in this case?

- After all papers are filed and the case is pending. How many times she will have to go to the US Embassy in Bangkok?

Thank you very much!