A few things you need to know if you are submitting your K1 Fiance Visa without the aid of an attorney.
Requirements you must comply with before submitting your application. The requirement is meeting your fiance within two years of sending your K1 Application. Let's say you met your fiance three years ago and want to file. Your application will most likely be denied. Take another trip to see her. Come back with updated travel documents and then submit your application.
These trips prove certain things to the USCIS officers. They prove your on-going relationship. The officers tend to not trust long distance relationships that do not show a current face to face meeting within the last two years. To them the relationship is not normal. If you have not seen your fiance within the last two years, then something looks definitely wrong to them. This will be something that would have an immediate negative impact on your submittal and will most likely lead to your application not being approved.
See your fiance twice within this two year period. Once is good, but it really does not show a trend. Usually meeting only once does not show that your intentions are true. This is just my personal opinion but a lot can happen over three years of not seeing each other. That bond that you had with her, may not be there once you are ready to file. Best to keep that bond strong with meetings every 6 months and at the least once a year. But ultimately that decision is up to you or both of you.
There are K1 Fiance couples that I have been in contact with that were really not compatible. They found this out after they were finally together in the USA. They were so uncomfortable with each other that even sleeping in the same bed was not an option.
Meeting my fiance every 4 - 6 months was very important to me. I would usually plan some very nice trip that would last three weeks. The first meeting was a little strange. The second trip was better. The third trip together was when I knew that deep down she was the right person for me. These trips are hard on the person that has to travel all those hours by plane, yet it pays off a hundred times over when she is here in the USA with you. You will appreciate all the efforts you took to keep that bond strong.
Hop a plane regularly and spend some time with your fiance. Here are the things you need to keep while on your travels. Hang on to your plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency exchange receipts.
Plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency exchange receipts, and retail shop receipts were items I always brought back with me. Retail receipts were a great source of proof. They would always contain the name of the store, address and date that I bought the items.
Pictures were something I took a lot of when we took our trips together. I would take as many as I could of just her and me. The date and time stamp feature on the camera came in handy on my travels. I took a minimum of two pictures of use together on every trip. When I did submit my application, these pictures went right along with my K1 Visa Application.
Requirements you must comply with before submitting your application. The requirement is meeting your fiance within two years of sending your K1 Application. Let's say you met your fiance three years ago and want to file. Your application will most likely be denied. Take another trip to see her. Come back with updated travel documents and then submit your application.
These trips prove certain things to the USCIS officers. They prove your on-going relationship. The officers tend to not trust long distance relationships that do not show a current face to face meeting within the last two years. To them the relationship is not normal. If you have not seen your fiance within the last two years, then something looks definitely wrong to them. This will be something that would have an immediate negative impact on your submittal and will most likely lead to your application not being approved.
See your fiance twice within this two year period. Once is good, but it really does not show a trend. Usually meeting only once does not show that your intentions are true. This is just my personal opinion but a lot can happen over three years of not seeing each other. That bond that you had with her, may not be there once you are ready to file. Best to keep that bond strong with meetings every 6 months and at the least once a year. But ultimately that decision is up to you or both of you.
There are K1 Fiance couples that I have been in contact with that were really not compatible. They found this out after they were finally together in the USA. They were so uncomfortable with each other that even sleeping in the same bed was not an option.
Meeting my fiance every 4 - 6 months was very important to me. I would usually plan some very nice trip that would last three weeks. The first meeting was a little strange. The second trip was better. The third trip together was when I knew that deep down she was the right person for me. These trips are hard on the person that has to travel all those hours by plane, yet it pays off a hundred times over when she is here in the USA with you. You will appreciate all the efforts you took to keep that bond strong.
Hop a plane regularly and spend some time with your fiance. Here are the things you need to keep while on your travels. Hang on to your plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency exchange receipts.
Plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency exchange receipts, and retail shop receipts were items I always brought back with me. Retail receipts were a great source of proof. They would always contain the name of the store, address and date that I bought the items.
Pictures were something I took a lot of when we took our trips together. I would take as many as I could of just her and me. The date and time stamp feature on the camera came in handy on my travels. I took a minimum of two pictures of use together on every trip. When I did submit my application, these pictures went right along with my K1 Visa Application.
About the Author:
Art Saborio is a Fiance Visa Specialist. His very practical "Do it yourself step by step method on how to Bring your fiance to the U.S.A is now available on his website. While you are there, sign up a free copy of his latest e book How I Met My Fiance
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