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Fiance K1 Cover Petition Samples
| I-129F Cover Letter [PETITIONER ADDRESS] United States Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [ADDRESS OF YOUR SERVICE CENTER] [DATE] Nature of the submission: I-129F ORIGINAL SUBMISSION To Whom It May Concern: Enclosed please find my Form I-129F, Petition for K-1 Fiancé[e] Visa for [BENEFICIARY NAME], and supporting documents. Contents include: - Payment in the amount of $ [PUT IN CORRECT FEE]. - I-129F - I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, explanation of meeting in person - G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner) - G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary) - Birth certificate/US Passport (Petitioner) - Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary) - Proof of having met in person in the past two years - Proof of ongoing relationship Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date. Signed, [PETITIONERS SIGNATURE] Doing it Yourself? Avoid novice errors. Read Fiancee Visa Secrets. |
When I help prepare a Fiancee Visa K1 petition, usually the final package contains about 100 to 150 pages. We devote at least half of the tabbed sections, and half of the pages to answering the "is this genuine?" question. The answer starts with a two page letter that describes the relationship, its history, present and future. I help my client write his letter. We try to cover the following points:
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Describe the history of your relationship.
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include, details of the courtship? Frequency of contact etc.
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How did you come into first contact with your fiancée?
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Describe the nature of relationship?
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Why did you choose your fiancée?
What features, attributes do you find most attractive?
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What are your plans for the future with your fiancee?
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What are your plans for the wedding ceremony?
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What are plans for honeymoon?
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What are your plans for establishing a household?
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Where do you plan to live after marriage? – what kind of house, where, buy rent location and so on.
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What do you expect to happen within a year of marriage?
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What do you expect to happen after 5 years of marriage?
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After marriage, do you have plans about work for your spouse?
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Are you planning a family?
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Plans for vacations together?
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Plans for social, hobbies, educational interests?
Then in addition to this letter, I have my clients provide supporting documents, such as:
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Photos of the couple together
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Travel Itineraries
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Passport Visa Stamps
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Telephone Bills
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Copies of Emails/Letters/IM's
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Hotel Receipts
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Engagement Announcements
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Engagement Ring Receipt
The objective is to fully dispel any doubt that the reviewer may have that the relationship is genuine. Once convinced that the relationship is real, the petition should move along smoothly.
-The K-1 visa was introduced as a bureaucracy-reducing measure for US citizens desiring to marry foreigners. It allows the fiancee to enter without first obtaining the green card, which can then be obtained while in the USA. It can still be cumbersome in that the same steps must still be performed (just without such a long wait in the foreign country). The validity of the relationship/marriage is potentially subject to immigration scrutiny at several different times - including when the original application for the K-1 visa is made, at the interview at the US Consulate abroad, and then later after marriage when it is time to file for Adjustment, and once again near the end of the 2-year waiting period. It has the advantage that it allows the foreign fiancee to enter the US with the intention of marrying a US citizen.
Expert Tip # 7
Request the consulate to fax the Packet 3 to your Fiancee (or to you). If sent to you, use a courier to speed the documents to your Fiancee without delay.
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