K-1 To Do

Gray = done

• Need to write a check: Payment as required by USCIS. Use a personal check so you can track the payment.
• Need to write: Cover Letter. Should include a description of what you are petitioning for (I-129F), a table of contents (list everything in the packet). Make sure to sign and date the cover sheet.
• DONE: Form I-129F: Petition for Alien Fiance.
• Need to write: Declaration of how you met in person in the last two years. This should be a single typed page attachment regarding question 18 of the I-129F.
• Need to write: Original statements (from both the US Citizen and foreign fiance) certifying an intent to marry within 90 days of entering the US on a valid K-1.
• Need to gather and organize: Proof of having met in past two years.
• Copies of all airline boarding passes, train passes, itineraries, hotel receipts, passport stamps (make sure you can read the dates on the stamps), and other documentary evidence that you have met within the last two years. You may want to highlight or place post-it notes indicating the dates and locations on the copies (to make the adjudication easier) for the person reviewing your file.
• Do you have your flight itineraries or booking confirmations online? Send them to me?
• Also please scan/photocopy and send me all relevant pages of your passport.
• I can organize these: Color Photos of you and your fiance together. Make sure you write your names, date, and location on the back of every photo. Provide two to five photos. If you only have a single copy of the photo, then make a color copy and send that. If it is a digital photo, have it printed at a company such as kodakgallery.com. You can also make duplicates of photos at your local photo store (Walgreeens, CVS, etc). Place photos in a plastic bag or photo sheet and label the sheet. Note that you may not receive originals of photos back.
• The following items will not typically show proof of having met in the last two years however will show proof of an ongoing relationship: Copies of phone bills, cell phone bills, emails (you can edit personal info with a marker), letters (edit personal info also), stamps on the letters (to document the date they were sent), and other written documentary proof. Provide a reasonable amount; two to four of each type. Pick a range of dates up to and including the present. You can also include a copy of engagement ring receipt
• Should select some emails to send. Also do you have any of my letters with postmarks? I think I have a couple of yours.
• Also, I have the original engagement ring receipt. (Cleverly,) I had them put both of our names on it.
• DONE: G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the US Citizen signed and dated.
• Have to have one taken: One passport-type photo of the US Citizen.
• Need to figure this out: G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the foreign fiance(e) signed and dated.
• DONE: One passport-type photo of the foreign fiance(e).
• Still waiting for my mom to send me this: Copy of the Birth certificate (front and back) for the US Citizen or a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport issued with a validity of at least 5 years or a copy of the US Citizen's naturalization certificate (front and back). This is used to establish citizenship.