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7 hours ago, Jonathanh said:

may I ask you what the charges were? What boxes did you check off on the i129f?

Hit and run. Keep in mind they’re not judging you (ostensibly). They’re asking you questions and as long as you provide truthful answers (and your fiancée is aware of your past misdeeds) it’s not a big deal. What becomes an issue are lies and omissions IMO. 

I was arrested when in 1991 and disclosed this on my application.  If I were you I would get out in front of it and get something from the court showing the disposition... they sent me an RFE asking me for something from the court and it cost me an extra 4 months.

Hi All,

Like most people recently I received an RFE asking for evidence of having met in the 2 year period.  While the amount of evidence I submitted might not be considered exorbitant, it could clearly be described as abundant.  Photos of us traveling in 8 different countries (including dinner with her family in Russia), various boarding passes and hotel/airbnb receipts (including stays and travel to Tyumen, Russia her home).  We lived together for a total of 4-5 months over that 2 years in 2 different countries (evidenced by BOTH of us on Airbnb stays).  All of this totalled more than 25 pages in my application.  I'm not sure what else I can provide to prove this requirement.  Their insinuation on the RFE was that the photos could have been taken prior to the 2 years.  We met March 25th 2018 on a language app (my I-129 was filed 2.12.20).  I have attached a screenshot of the beginning of our chat on that app dated on my phone that I am thinking of submitting.  Any other ideas are more than welcome as I'm at a loss.

Thank you in advance,

Mason

18 hours ago, payxibka said:

87 days typical plus 60 days extra during covid 

Thank you very much for the reply.

Hello all,

This Site/Forum has been invaluable to our K1 journey, and for that I am extremely grateful.

Last week I was notified that they have sent me an RFE, and while not 100% sure, I have a strong feeling it is in regard to a 30 year old juvenile criminal case I had that I just recently learned (when I applied for Global Entry) has no disposition.  I put this arrest on my application as I did not want to risk even the appearance of impropriety had they found it.  If this is indeed what they are requesting I'm going to have to fly to Los Angeles to deal with this (assuming the courts are even open given Covid), and who knows how long the process will take, especially given the age of the case.  My question is this: is there a typical amount of time the USCIS gives to return evidence they have requested?  Obviously I want to try and get this dealt with as quickly as possible, especially given the looming furlough.  However, it may not be up to me and after all the waiting we've done I would hate to have to start over through no fault of our own. 

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Mason