Instructions - Kateraynor.com

1 If extra space is needed to complete any item, attach acontinuation sheet, indicate the item number, and dateand sign each all questions fully and accurately. State thatan item is not applicable with "N/A." If the answer is"none," write : Unmarried children of your fianc (e) or spousewho are under 21 years of age and listed on this formwill be eligible to apply to accompany your fianc (e) General Filing or print legibly in black , Petitionfor Alien Fianc (e)Department of Homeland Citizenship and Immigration ServicesYou wish to have your alien spouse enter as anonimmigrant. See Question 11, How Do You UseThis form for Your Spouse Seeking Entry Using aK-3 and your fianc (e) intend to marry within 90 daysof your fianc (e) entering the United States, and areboth free to marry, and have met in person within twoyears before your filing of this petition unless:(l)The requirement to meet your fianc (e) in personwould violate strict and long-established customs ofyour or your fianc (e)'s foreign culture or socialpractice; or(2) are a citizen, Who May File?

2 Compliance with the International MarriageBroker Regulation Act (IMBRA).If you met your fianc or spouse through the services of aninternational marriage broker, you must notify uscis ofthat fact by answering Question 19 on this form . The term international marriage broker means a corporation,partnership, business, individual, or other legal entity,whether or not organized under any law of the UnitedStates, that charges fees for providing dating, matrimonial,matchmaking services, or social referrals between UnitedStates citizens or nationals or aliens lawfully admitted tothe United States as lawful permanent residents andforeign national clients by providing personal contactinformation or otherwise facilitating communicationbetween individuals.

3 For additional IMBRA requirements,see items 4 and 9 of these is established that the requirement to personallymeet your fianc (e) would result in extremehardship to I-129F Instructions (Rev. 05/23/06) NOMB No. 1615-0001; Expires 12/31/06 InstructionsYou may file this petition if:4. Filing Limitations on K Nonimmigrant you have filed two or more K-1 visa petitions at any timein the past or previously had a K-1 visa petition approvedwithin two years prior to the filing of this petition, youmust apply for a waiver. To request a waiver you mustsubmit a written request with this petition accompanied bydocumentation of your claim to the you have committed a violent offense against a personor person, uscis may not grant such a waiver unless youcan demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances details regarding those circumstances, see item ofthese If these Instructions state a copy of adocument may be filed with this petition, you maysubmit a copy rather than an original.

4 If you choose tosend the original, Citizenship and ImmigrationServices ( uscis ) may keep that original for ourrecords. If uscis requires the original, we willrequest Any foreign language document must beaccompanied by a full English translation that thetranslator has certified as complete and correct, and bythe translator's certification that he or she is competentto translate the foreign language into I-129F Instructions (Rev. 05/23/06) N Page 25. What Documents Do You Need toShow That You Are a Citizen?If you were born in the United States, give uscis acopy, front and back, of your birth certificate.

5 A copy, front and back, of thecertificate under the seal of the church, synagogue orother religious entity showing where the baptism,dedication or comparable rite occurred, as well as thedate and place of the child's birth, date of baptism andnames of the child's parents. The baptism must haveoccurred within two months after the birth of you were born outside the United States and you area citizen through your parents, give uscis :C.(1)(2)Your original Certificate of Citizenship, orYour form FS-240 (Report of Birth Abroad of aUnited States Citizen).If you were naturalized, give uscis a copy, front andback, of your original Certificate of place of any of the above, you may give uscis acopy of your valid, unexpired passport issued witha validity period of at least five years.

6 You mustsubmit copies of all pages in the you do not have any of the above and were born inthe United States, see instruction under Number 6below, "What If a Document Is Not Available?" the documents needed above are not available, you caninstead give uscis the following secondary , uscis may request in writing that you obtain astatement from the appropriate civil authority certifyingthat the needed document is not available. Any evidencesubmitted must contain enough information, such as abirth date, to establish the event you are trying to What If a Document Is Not Available? record.

7 A letter from the school authority(preferably from the first school attended), showing thedate of admission to the school, child's date or age atthat time, place of birth and the names of the record. State or Federal census recordshowing the name(s), date(s) and place(s) of birth orage(s) of the person(s) Written statements sworn to or affirmed bytwo persons who were living at the time and who havepersonal knowledge of the event. For example, anevent such as a birth, marriage or death. The personsmaking the affidavits may be relatives and do not haveto be citizens of the United States.

8 Each affidavitshould contain the person's full name and address, dateand place of birth, and relationship to you and mustfully describe the event and explain how he or sheacquired knowledge of the original statements from you and yourfianc (e) whom you plan to marry within 90 days of hisor her admission, and copies of any evidence you wishto submit to establish your mutual intent; andIf either of you is of an age that requires specialconsent or permission for you to marry in thejurisdiction where your marriage will occur, give proofof that consent or permission; and7. What Documents Do You Need toProve That You Can Legally Marry?

9 Provide copies of evidence that you and yourfianc (e) have personally met within the last two years;or if you have never met within the last two years,provide a detailed explanation and evidence ofthe extreme hardship or customary, cultural or socialpractices that have prohibited your meeting; either you or your fianc (e) were married before,give copies of documents showing that each priormarriage was legally What Other Documents Do You Need?Submit a completed and signed form G-325A(Biographic Information) for you and a completed andsigned form G-325A for your fianc (e). Except forname and signature, you do not have to repeat on theBiographic Information form the information given onyour form relating to a controlled substance or alcoholon three or more occasions, and such crimes did notarise from a single I-129F Instructions (Rev.)

10 05/23/06) N Page 3If either you or the person you are filing for is using aname other than that shown on the relevant documents,you must give uscis copies of the legal documentsthat made the change, such as a marriage certificate,adoption decree or court uscis a passport-style color photograph ofyourself and a passport-style color photograph of yourfianc (e), with both photos taken within 30 days of thedate of filing this petition. The photos must have awhite background, be glossy, un-retouched and notmounted. The dimension of the full frontal facialimage of you and your fianc (e) in separate photosshould be about one inch from your chin to the top ofyour hair in 3/4 frontal view.