Meeting Your Foreign Fiance the Necessary Dos and Don’ts

If you were going to complete your K1 Fiance Visa without an attorney, there are few things you must know before submitting.

An important requirement that you must comply with before submitting. You must have met your fiance within two years of submitting the application. If you met your fiance say three years ago and wanted to file, it is not a good idea. You will need to take another trip to see her and update your current travel documents before submitting.

There are a number of things that these trips prove to the USCIS officers reviewing your application. For one it ensures your relationship is current. They tend to not trust a long distance relationship that does not show face to face contact within two years. As they see it, most normal relationships have personal contact. If you have not seen your fiance in two years, then something is not right. This will definitely keep your application from being approved.

See your fiance within the last two years. Once is not enough if you really want to show a trend. Meeting once does not show true intent. This is my personal opinion but there are things that can happen over three years of not seeing each other. A bond becomes weak without face to face contact. It is best to see each other every 6 months or at the least once a year. But that decision lies with the 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.

I met my fiance every four to six months and spent a total of three weeks each time I flew out to see her. The first time was very uncomfortable. The second time it was better. The third time I knew she was the right one for me. It is tough to make these trips, but well worth it once your fiance is in the USA with you.

Book a flight to see your fiance regularly and spend some quality time with her. Keep these simple things when returning from all your travels. You will want to keep your plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency and exchange receipts.

Here is a list of the exact things I saved from my trips. I kept plane ticket stubs, hotel receipts, currency exchange receipts, and retail shop receipts. I often bought her things, so keeping the retail receipts were something that showed exactly my whereabouts. Receipts from retails stores always carry the name of the store, address and the date of purchase.

Taking a lot of pictures is something I did on all my travels with my fiance. I would also make it a point to take pictures of us together. These pictures would always have the date and time stamp on them. I would have two pictures of us from every trip I took with her. I attached all these pictures to my K1 Visa Application.