Fiancee Visa Questions

I just did a review of a I-129F petition for Alien Fiancee. The sponsor in trying to describe the relationship between himself and his fiancee, went into great detail about each and every gift, and each payment he sent her to support rent, tuition, internet access, and so on. He felt he was demonstrating what a good provider he was, and how serious he was to support his future wife. The problem is, when she IS your wife and you are doing all that, well, it is expected. But while she is your girl friend / fiancée, then the visa officer has a tendency to wonder, ” is this is a genuine committed relationship, or  sugar-daddy meets gold digger.?”

When dealing with immigration, you can NOT afford to send the wrong signals. I counseled him to rewrite his essay, and stick to personal topics of compatibility, relationships, romance, man to woman, partner to partner, plans for the future and so on. To read the full text of the review I conducted go to I-129F Petition Review

A lot of men go it alone, doing their own petitions.  They save thousands of dollars avoiding high attorneys fees. But it is easy for them to “shoot themselves in the foot” by writing or saying the wrong thing in front of immigration officials.

The instructions that accompany most of the forms for your petition seem relatively simple. What they do not tell you, is what the visa officer is really looking for, and what his agenda is when he reviews your forms. That is where the trouble occurs. Everyone understands simple errors and omissions. Very few understand what will satisfy the visa officer when he determines in his mind whether your relationship is “genuine” or not.

Having a second set of expert eyeballs, check out your work, and head off potential landmines is PRICELESS insurance. When you are doing the petition yourself, obtaining an expert review is the cheapest and best way to avoid problems and delays, to avoid rejection and heartache. For more details visit Fiancee Visa Services.com and review samples of the recent I-129F Petition reviews we have conducted.

A group of Immigration attorneys who help prepare and submit Fiancee K-1 and Spousal K-3 visas are rallying together to complain and lobby against apparent procedural problems at the US visa section, Guangzhou China.  In reviewing their in-house data, and then combining this data across the different firms, they believe their statistics demonstrate that the Visa Section in Guangzhou is denying an abnormally high percentage of K-1 and K-3 petitions.

The attorneys assertion is that the visa officers in Guangzhou are over zealous in applying a higher standard than is official State Department policy. They believe this has resulted in Petitions which routinely would be approved at any other consulate, being unfairly denied in Guangzhou. Based on their own review of the denied cases, the attorneys have intuited the following list of extra-ordinary reasons they believe K petitions were denied in Guangzhou.

• No English, No Visa.
• One Visit, No Visa.
• Marriage on First Visit, no Visa.
• Very Large Age Different, No Visa.
• Three or More marriages by Petitioner, No Visa.

These are the apparent “Red Flags” when applying for the Fiancee or Spousal visa in China.  It seems that these could also negatively influence the consideration of your petition in other countries as well. To “err” on the safe side, I would suggest to any couple to strengthen the appearance of their genuine relationship, by addressing some of the issues listed above.

• Enroll the Fiancee in English School if her English is weak.
• Take a second trip.  Enjoy a second or third visit, spend face to face time  together.

In the case of the denied petitions, true love finally won out. Each denied Fiancee couple, got married, in China, then applied again, this time for an IR1or CR1 visa, and after long delays, these were granted.

For further information about Fiancee or Spousal Visas visit FianceeVisaServices.com

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FianceeVisaServices.com goes above and beyond the call of duty to help you prepare a “persuasive” fiancee visa petition. See the behind the scenes video that explains in great detail all the special details and extra effort FianceeVisaServices.com puts into each petition.

I get a lot of calls asking for advice on how to apply for a Fiancee Visa.  I put together these videos to walk through the I-129F petition process.

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I got a phone call today from a person asking for help. He said his I-129F K-1 Fiancee Visa Application was denied and he wanted to know what he could do.

Note: I had never talked to him before, he was not my client.  None of My Fiancee Visa Preparation clients have had their applications denied.

In his case after his fiancee attended her interview, they were notified that the Manila consulate wanted additional information.  They wanted copies of travel itineraries, emails, photos.

Some were provided. The Fiancee had a second interview. The I-129F Fiancee Visa petition was denied as the consular officer suspected the relationship was not Genuine.

Some applicants think petitioning for a Fiancee Visa is like getting a drivers license. You just fill in the blanks, pay the fee, get your photo taken and done.  This is not the case for petitioning for a Fiancee Visa, the process is closer to applying to get into college.  In addition to filling in the blanks, there is also the ESSAY question, where you must convince the reader you are worthy.

The essay question for a I-129F (which is not officially asked on the forms but had better be answered in full if you want the petition to smoothly navigate the system) is:  “Is this a genuine, bone fide relationship between two people who sincerely seek to spend their lives together in marriage?”

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:

• Describe the history of your relationship.
  

• include, details of the courtship? Frequency of contact etc.
  

• How did you come into first contact with your fiancée?
  

• Describe the nature of relationship?
  

• Why did you choose your fiancée?
  

• What features, attributes do you find most attractive?
  

• What are your plans for the future with your fiancee?
  

• What are your plans for the wedding ceremony?
  

• What are plans for honeymoon?
  

• What are your plans for establishing a household?
  

• Where do you plan to live after marriage? – what kind of house, where, buy rent location and so on.
  

• What do you expect to happen within a year of marriage?
  

• What do you expect to happen after 5 years of marriage?
  

• After marriage, do you have plans about work for your spouse?
  

• Are you planning a family?
  

• Plans for vacations together?
  

• Plans for social, hobbies, educational interests?

Then in addition to this letter, I have my clients provide supporting documents, such as:

• Photos of the couple together

• Travel Itineraries

• Passport Visa Stamps

• Telephone Bills

• Copies of Emails/Letters/IM’s

• Hotel Receipts

• Engagement Announcements

• 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.  Details on how to apply for the I-129 petition and how to demonstrate the genuineness of the relationship are also discussed in detail in the Fiancee Secrets eBook Chapters “Documenting the relationship” and “Letter to describe the relationship”

In the case of the caller, he was given the choice to appeal the decision or start over.  If it was my petition, and my relationship was genuine, then I would do the work I should have done in the first place. I would put together a clean, compelling package that included a detailed two page letter on the relationship, plus all the relevant supporting documents I could find. And I would file attach this package to the appeal request.

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Congratulations on your happiness.

I wish you the very best.

The way it works in applying for a spousal visa, is that you
start by sending a complete I-130 petition package, then
just as soon as you get notice that USCIS has received it
and assigned a case number, you then send them a complete
I-129F package and ask them to treat the case for a K3.

Looking at your list, I note that you will need two passport photos of each person, not one.

Also you seem to be missing her birth certificate, and her passport.

As far as anything else, since I don’t have your paperwork in front of me, I really
can’t tell what has been done correctly or not. Sorry, but there is a big difference,
between being given a list of documents you plan to send to USCIS and actually
reviewing them to see if they have been completed correctly.

I have helped a lot of people prepare these petitions, and so far I have never been
presented  with a package that did not need ample improvement.

Since you appear to have prepared the documents already, I do offer a service that
you may be interested in.  It is called Petition Review service.
You get your petition all ready, completely assembled, ready to mail
to USCIS. But instead you mail it to me, and I double check your work,
looking for problems and issues. I return it to you with questions, and
problems highlighted. You fix them, then submit to USCIS.

Or, if your documents still need much revision, cover letters, etc, etc, etc, then
you may consider ordering the FULL Spousal Visa Package. In such
a case I will take all your documents, assemble them, chase you for
missing documents, finally assemble all into the I-130 and I-129F petitions
and work with you through to getting her K3 visa.

At FianceeVisaServices.com you can see details about what
we do to help in the preparations for petitions.

Best

Fred Wahl
Matchmaker

At 06:37 AM 1/12/2009, you wrote:

From: William

Re: Latest Update Information

Dear Mr. Wahl,

I was once again so blessed to be in the Philippines with my One and Only One True-Love and Soul-Mate,  Screen Name: Cheesnee.

I arrived on Sunday December 21st, and was there until my departure on Saturday January 10th, so we were able to celebrate our first Christmas and New Year’s Day Holidays together, as well as our wedding; we were married on Friday January 8th. It was all the greatest and happiest time of all my whole entire life!!!

Of course now I’m back in the U.S. and am immediately trying to do all, and everything I possibly can to apply to, and work with the USCIS, and whoever else as necessary in order to get her over here just as soon as possible. So I  very much need and appreciate all your help and advice.

She and I have already signed and completed all the following documents, except only for the dating which will be done later – (when they are mailed/filed etc) – and I brought them back with me:

One copy of I-130, Petition for Alien Relative – complete with all the pertinent attachments…

That is: Prior Spouses, marriage/termination dates, divorce decrees/documents, info …

One copy of Additional Space Attachment Sheet with all other requested information …

One copy of my Certificate of Birth …

One copy, every page, of my Passport …

One copy, front and back, of our Marriage Certificate, including attached copies of receipts etc…

One copy of G-325A, Biographic Information for me – .

Two copies of G-325A, Biographic Informations for her, one with her maiden name, and one with her now married name, so they can choose whichever one they need etc…

One copy of G-325A, Biographic Information for her, with her maiden name – PETRONILA

One copy of G-325A, Biographic Information for her, with her now married name – PETRONILA

One Passport Style Photo of me – William

One Passport Style Photo of Her – Petronila

Of course in addition to all the above, I have literally tons of all kinds of other pertinent information for Affidavit of Support, proof-of-continued/continuing-love-and-relationship correspondence – emails, all kinds of bills and expenses, photos/pictures/video of marriage/wedding/reception etc…

So I’m sure you understand, and that you  see that I am very anxious to get everything else I need to do done just as soon as I possibly can, and that I would really like to get it all – that is the whole package mailed to them – that is – to the USCIS, EVEN THIS WEEK IF POSSIBLE!!! So I’m very anxiously awaiting, and hoping for your reply just as soon as possible.

My Fiancee is from Colombia and the birth certificate is in Spanish. Can I simply write the English words above the Spanish words in the form?

from: Brian

Every foreign language document that accompanies a Fiancee Visa Petitions I-129F must be accompanied by a Certified Translation.  See the “Certification of Translations” page in the Fiancee Visa Secrets eBook.

If I were you I would not mark up the original birth certificate, but provide a separate typed page, in English that is an accurate  translation.  Attached to this translation should be another page written and signed by a professional translator attesting that he is a competent translator, and certifying that the translation is accurate.

If you are a professional Spanish to English  translator, you could do the translation yourself, and certify the translation. However even if you are a professional translator, I would not recommend that you do it yourself.  Instead use an independent third party.

In submitting your petition, you want it to be as clean, and straightforward as possible. You should provide USCIS and State with exactly what they ask for, in exactly the format they prefer. This avoids questions, and avoiding questions helps to speed processing of the petition.

Best

Fred Wahl
Matchmaker

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