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I'm not worried about such a thing, this is a common news cycle topic in Serbia whenever you need to draw attention away from something. I'm afraid I don't really have any surviving documents as this was a few months almost a decade ago, something that ended up being more or less irrelevant in the general course of my life, so I haven't considered to keep any documents. Upon further recollection I believe that the contract was in my actual name, the fake name stuff was overstated in my prior comment as it's been so long since I thought about this, it was used only for a few internal things and is to my knowledge legally irrelevant to the French government and to the actual Legion who if they have kept any record of me have certainly done it under my actual name, unfortunately there is a good chance that they just refuse to release any documentation in which case I think worrying about it might be a moot point and preparing my own proof is what I should focus on just in case. What I do have is some souvenirs, like an official dated photo book of my regiment, that places me there at the specific time, additionally I am going to try to get passport information that corroborates the duration of my stay outside the country, affidavit of my time there, another signed one by my sister as she knew my intentions at the time and can confirm my timeline, along with all of the unanswered emails and short refusals from the official Legion communication channels seems like the best way to go about this. I am also thinking about looking into whether I can get a 'in good legal standing' confirmation from the French government as a foreigner, I have to present one from my local police as well anyway.

I believe it does, since you have to sign the full contract right away and have until the end of the first year to request for it to be terminated. Although interestingly most of my documents weren't even under my legal name, but rather a fake name that they give you temporarily, which I imagine only complicates things further. Just that I need to demonstrate that I have done everything in my power to attempt to present these documents if I wish to request a waiver for the requirement. Thank you for responding!

Hi everyone! I'm going through the K-1 process with my fiancee and I've encountered a rather unique issue that I was hoping someone here might be able to advise me on. Our lawyer said that the consulate would request some form of certificate or proof of military service since I checked that I had it when filing the initial batch of documents. My issue lies in the fact that my military service was 5 months in the French Foreign Legion boot camp, after finishing boot camp I decided to return home rather than sign on for 5 years. I have written an email to the French embassy, who told me that they are unable to help and that I must write an email to the Foreign Legion head office, which I did and got no response. I wrote to their recruitment office email and got the following reply: Forgive the wonky automated translation, but they said that it is not the responsibility of the recruitment office, but also that the legion does not provide such documents. As a penultimate resort I have sent a physical letter to their HR department, but I'm not sure what to do if they don't reply. Do I have to get on a plane and petition them in person, how can I prove that I've done everything in my power to obtain these documents when they don't really care to answer my email in a meaningful way, their response doesn't really scream official does it? The lawyer said that if I can prove such an effort I can request a waiver for that specific requirement, but I would not resort to such a thing if I can help it. It just seems like a very specific situation and I'm not sure how to proceed. I greatly appreciate any replies!

Not something that would have ever crossed our mind, thank you for the insight, all of the things you explained make perfect sense from the perspective of the government. Looks like this period of waiting and missing each other might be something most couples navigating this process have to experience. I'm glad I asked these questions and explained my reasoning, because finding this information online isn't always straightforward, I appreciate your answers as well.

Thank you for the very thorough response! It's a shame about the requirement of income, as we were thinking to even live together in my country for a couple of months while waiting for the process and even attending the interview together, it's disheartening to hear that we may need to be apart longer or spend more money on multiple shorter trips but I appreciate the information. The last part of your response is also a very important reminder and something I didn't really consider or read about, knowing when the visa expires and not risking failure after all the wait just by cutting it too close. Thanks again!

Hello friends, My fiance and I are looking to start the K-1 process soon. One thing that we have really been wanting to do is to travel together towards the end of the process, we think of it as a honeymoon before we get married because leaving the US would be difficult for a while from what I understand until AOS is complete. Since we have multiple willing cosponsors, would her quitting her job for the purpose of spending time together affect the process in any way or is this something we would just have to report at a certain point? I assume that when filing the documents at my local consulate, that is also the place I would have to interview and collect the visa from? Our goal was to travel to China for several months, but based on everything I have read this would have to be between when the visa is issued but before it expires, and I would not be able to interview together with her at a different consulate in China? Thank you in advance!