bigbob

I would like my fiance and our children to spend as much time with me as possible in the US. Our sons (5 years and 18 months, US passport holders) will most likely travel with my fiance and my father to the US as a group before she receives her K-1. I understands she must return to Italy for her appointment at the consulate there for her interview, will she have issues getting into the states while accompanying our kids? Anyone have experience in this situation?

thanks man, this whole process has had me on edge for months.

OK,

I made sure to use my US Passport when exiting Spain a month ago, and it has an exit stamp, and several fotos of us together in Spain at our house there. 2 of the 4 fotos have our boys in the picture, and I labeled the pictures with the month and country they were taken. But short of what I have described here and before, I did not submit any evidence such as airline tickets, etc. Do you think this is enough?

My fiance does not have stamps of entry into Spain in her Italian passport, there are no borders in Europe. I did not send a copy of her passport as it was not on the list of requirements.

Hi All,

Does having 2 children, 4 years and 18 months, count as primary proof of knowing each other? I sent in full copies of the boys US passports issued from Florence and Barcelona, and certified translated copies of their birth-certificates, along with 4 fotos of me and my fiance together as proof of relationship (a few had us with our boys).

Anyone have a similar situation?

Hi and thanks for the quick reply...

Both of our sons (4 years and 18 months of age)passports were issued from consulates in Europe (Florence & Barcelona), where we applied in person for them. I do not understand your comment, because both my fiance and I had to be present at the US consulates at the same time to apply for or sons passports (which in turn was also at the same time as the application for their US citizenship).

I have not been in Italy for the last 2 years, except for travel for work, and I have been living in Barcelona, where I worked until recently. She had stayed in Italy for the birth of our second son and joined me in mid-march of 2009.

I sent along all pages of their US passports as part of the package as I did not have a copy of their CRBA with me, and I sent a certified translated copy of the birth records which shows us as parents.

Does this help?

Hi All,

New here, just sent in the I-129f this past Thursday to bring my fiance over to Sacramento. And man, what a stress... I have been living in Europe for the last 15 years, as I a dual-citizen American-Italian, and have been working in Europe the entire time.

Her and I have been together for 8 years, and have 2 children together and have been living together in sin ;-). I have US passports for both of my boys so hopefully this along with certified copies of their Italian birth certificates acts as "reasonably" having met within the last 2 years. But I have not found any information on this scenario on the internet. Does anyone else know if this is suitable as primary proof?

Thanks