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dates on photos really mean nothing, you can set the date stamp for anything you want anyway. Tey know this. Besides, if the photos look like the two people in the attached passport photos it is pretty good evidence you have been together recently.

It sounds as though you made a spur of the moment "visit" and did not consider the logistics of living in the EU and petitioning someone from the EU. Not having adequate records as a result. Intineraries are not acceptable because they are not proof of travel. He also COULD have received a passport stamp for entry if he stood in line for it. He passed through the "EU citizen" gate and waved his passport at them...probably in a rush to hug you. Bad choice. Unfortunately we are in relationships where we have to DOCUMENT everything and I do not get to throw away relatively benign mail like invites to parent/teacher conferences with both our names on them because I need them for "evidence" and this continues until the Removal of Conditions is completed. When you say you met a German in Holland you have to show you were BOTH in holland at the same time.

Your only option is to respond with what you have explain it again attach photos again. Dig up any other receitps or even the baggage ticket off his suitcase if he has it. If that doesn't work you have two options...visit him and file again, this time keeping good records OR he can come here on the visa waiver program you can get married and file a CR-1.

If your case is denied trying to appeal it will usually take longer than just filing a new petition.

Thanks for assuming, but it wasn't a spurt of the moment visit. And no, he didn't wave his passport at them... he didn't even bring it.

Guess what folks? I didn't submit any new evidence. I just sent in a letter. It's been approved. Maybe a little bit of holiday spirit?

They want proof you have been together in the same country. They do not care which country. I met Alla in CZ Republic. But I included HER passport stamps as well to show SHE was in CZ Republic when I was.

Repeat everything you already sent and send proof HE was there and a letter explaining it AGAIN. If you have met at any other time PRIOR to filing thew petition, you could provide THAT proof. It only matters that you met At least once within two years of the filing. It does not have to be the first meeting

Our first meeting is the only meeting prior to filing. We submitted every single piece of evidence we could find. Although he paid for a lot of things, it was in cash. And they said I didn't date the photos... I dated them on the back.

Hello,

I was going to suggest to send your fiance's passport copies showing his entry into Holland, but now I see that this is not possible. This is difficult... So, you have not been to Germany? Is there an official record that your fiance could obtain in order to prove he was in Holland during the time of your visit? Otherwise, I do not know how else you could provide official proof of your meeting... I have not read any "rule" as to visiting the beneficiary's country specifically, but for European beneficiaries it does pose the problem of the open EU borders. Mmmhhh... I thought I would never be thankful for the fact that my fiance cannot get out of his island and has never been anywhere else! But, it does make it easy for me to show my entries to the DR, where he is from. I hope you find a viable solution to respond to your RFE.

Best wishes!

I gave them his boarding pass with his name and the date on it. I really don't understand. Pay nearly 500 bucks, wait five months... I am so upset but I'm just going to resubmit everything they asked for and hope I can get it done before the 16th, which may be difficult if I need a Dutch translator.

I was so angry I forgot to mention at the top of the RFE, all foreign language documents must be translated. I doubt I could hire someone by the 16th to translate everything (bus tickets, restaurants) I sent. Is there a way to get an extension? Most of those receipts were in English, anyway, very few were in Dutch, or is that something they just put at the top of every RPE?

Never used a car. Used the trains/bus. Provided copies of that.

And provided copies of the boarding passes (both of us) and the luggage receipts.

Oh, you betcha! I coped every single receipt, including hotels (most of them showed there were two guests), and all travel tickets. And there is no passport evidence of him; you don't need a passport to travel from Germany to Holland, just your Euro ID or whatever it is called. So the only evidence we had of that was his ticket. Which is dated. I highlighted it for them. They apparently did not see it.

They said flight itineraries are insufficient evidence.

Has anyone suffered this kind of situation before

So, after five months of waiting, I finally get a RFE.

I submitted a complete color copy, front to back, of my passport. They're telling me my intinerary was insufficient and that I did not provide a proper passport copy. Which is fine, but I already submmited my boarding pass and the complete color copy, including sticky notes that indicted which pages were stamped with regards to my entry/exit into Holland... they want proof I've been to Germany. I already explained I was on a trip to Holland when I met up with him, so he flew in from Germany to hang out with me. I typed out an explaination why this happened in decent detail.

They want proof I've been to Germany, which I haven't. Is there some sort of stupid immigration rule we have to meet in his country? The only proof we have of him being in Holland are our pictures (again, already submitted) and his ticket, which is dated (I even highlighted it), but they claim it's not dated and we can't use it.

I'm just so angry right now... and slightly unsure what to do. My plan now is to do everything they ask, including adding evidence of our recent visit, add more photos, but I'm afraid I'll get this bullcrap again.

I'd give them another $455 if they'd speed this up.

I guess it may have been for the so-called "#######" consulates for excessive frontloading.

Okay, wow, good thing you mentioned you wife/husband thing! We often call each other wifey and hubby.

And the chat logs are unnesscary? I understand it's not really needed for the 1-129f petition, but I read on the RFE thread (or it may have been another thread) you won't be able to introduce new evidence later (for the interview), possibly. We don't have any msn convos saved from the beginning (I am saving them now, though, as we've been talking more on msn of late because of his work) and I'm using the chat logs to help establish we had a relationship and that it is still ongoing.

I'm just so worried we'll get someone who looks at it goes, "If you don't have enough for a novel, I'm not convinced!"

I've been reading up on a lot of the pinned threads and other people's threads, but there seems to be conflicting advice here and there regarding "front loading", I think it's called?

And jups, I plan on taking a lot of pictures, especially with the family I'm a bit of a pack rat when it comes to receipts, so I'll be sure to hold onto those.

Someone on the skype forum created a skype call exporter that will export it to an excel file.

http://forum.skype.com/topic/87531-export-call-history/

when i did mine i just removed all calls that were under 2 hours (we talk a llllllllllott) it ended up going from like 60 pages to 12.

Would they prefer it that way, or is it all right if I send in 104 pages worth? I don't have Excel on my computer. I've also already made a copy of the 104 pages and would just prefer to pay extra for shipping than deal with the Skype logs again. :/

Also, should I censor stuff not so... "PG" rated?

Thanks all for the info!

I have 104 pages of our skype logs... do I need to send it all in or maybe a dozen?

Fiance was born and raised in Germany, so that's one less thing I need to worry about.

I'll have to talk to my parents about the co-sponsoring (pretty sure they'd help out) and look into it, so I'll keep all this info in mind and this thread bookmarked.

And sorry, but what's AOS?

Also, you guys are wonderful; I'd be totally lost without this forum! Much love.

Thank you both so much for the information!

As for the photos, he'll come visit me in Seattle in a couple of months, so we'll get better photos this time around. We'll have to wait longer but it's better to wait & do it right than right away & poorly

Well, since this is my first time preparing the paperwork, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and would be eternally grateful for any advice or help!

I've read the gov site, googled, and read as many threads as I could from this forum, but I may have missed a few things and I'm just too darn slow sometimes -

1. Should I leave spaces on applications blank (when not writing "none"), or is filling every blank space with "N/A" ok? Do they find that annoying?

2. I make only 16k a year and have very little in my savings (due to the trip I made to see the fiance.) Will they deny our request because of that? He intends on getting a job as soon as he can, and my parents are giving us about 3k (dollars) while his parents are giving him 10k (euros). But that's not until after things are approved, so I won't be able to prove we have access to that.

3. Proof of an ongoing relationship - we never e-mail, chat on the phone, and barely chat on MSN - we use skype video to talk (it's free). I'm not really sure how to go about proving our ongoing relationship. Our MSN convos consist of "Are you awake? Get on skype." And that's it.

4. Pictures of us - are mostly up close, because we took the pictures ourselves. Will this look bad, without much of a background to look at?

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.