Evidence.

At the time of filing, you must submit all evidence and supporting documentation listed in the
What Evidence Must You Submit section of these Instructions.

Copies. You should submit legible photocopies of documents requested, unless the Instructions
specifically state that you must submit an original document. USCIS may request an original document at
the time of filing or at any time during processing of an application, petition, or request. If USCIS
requests an original document from you, it will be returned to you after USCIS determines it no longer
needs your original.

NOTE: If you submit original documents when not required or requested by USCIS, your original
documents may be immediately destroyed upon receipt.

How To Fill Out Form I-129F

1. Type or print legibly in black ink.

2. If you need extra space to complete any item within this petition, use the space provided in Part
8. Additional Information or attach a separate sheet of paper; type or print your name and Alien
Registration Number (A-Number) (if any) at the top of each sheet; indicate the Page Number,
Part Number, and Item Number to which your answer refers; and sign and date each sheet.

3. Answer all questions fully and accurately. If a question does not apply to you (for example, if you
have never been married and the question asks “Provide the name of your current spouse”), type
or print “N/A,” unless otherwise directed. If your answer to a question which requires a numeric
response is zero or none (for example, “How many children do you have” or “How many times
have you departed the United States”), type or print “None,” unless otherwise directed.

Part 1. Information About You

Item Numbers 7.a. - 7.c. Other Names Used. Provide any other names you have used including your
aliases, maiden name, and nicknames. If you have used additional names, provide them in Part 8.
Additional Information.

Item Number 22. Date of Birth. Provide your date of birth in mm/dd/yyyy format.

Part 2. Information About Your Beneficiary

Item Numbers 1.a. - 1.c. Your Beneficiary’s Full Name. Provide your beneficiary’s full legal name.
Item Number 2. A-Number (if any). Provide your beneficiary’s A-Number. Your beneficiary may have
an A-Number which is used to identify his or her immigration records. Your beneficiary can find this
number on documents he or she received from USCIS, ICE, CBP, EOIR, or DOS.
Item Number 3. U.S. Social Security Number (if any). Provide your beneficiary’s U.S. Social Security
Number.
Item Number 4. Date of Birth. Provide your beneficiary’s date of birth in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Item Number 5. Gender. Indicate whether your beneficiary is male or female.
Item Number 6. Marital Status. Indicate your beneficiary’s current marital status.
Item Numbers 7. - 9. Place of Birth. Provide the name of the city or town and country where your
beneficiary was born.
Item Numbers 10.a - 10.c. Other Names Used. Provide any other names your beneficiary may have
used including their aliases, maiden name, and nicknames. If you need extra space to complete this
section, use the space provided in Part 8. Additional Information.
Item Numbers 11.a. - 11.i. Mailing Address for Your Beneficiary. Provide your beneficiary’s current
mailing address. Provide the mailing address in the United States, if he or she has one.
Item Numbers 12.a. - 15.b. Your Beneficiary’s Address History. Provide the addresses for the places
your beneficiary has resided over the last five years.
Item Numbers 16. - 23.b. Your Beneficiary’s Employment History. Provide the names and addresses
of your beneficiary’s employers, occupations, and the dates of employment for the jobs your beneficiary
has held over the last five years.
Item Number 24.a. - 33.b. Information About Your Beneficiary’s Parents. Provide each of your
beneficiary’s parents’ full names, dates of birth, places of birth, and current cities and countries of
residence.
Item Numbers 34. - 36. Name of Previous Spouse. Indicate whether your beneficiary has ever been
previously married. If you answered “Yes,” provide the full name of your beneficiary’s previous spouse
and the date that each marriage ended. If your beneficiary has more than one previous spouse, use the
space provided in Part 8. Additional Information to respond to these questions for each spouse.
Item Numbers 37. - 38.h. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record. Select the box to indicate whether
your beneficiary has ever been in the United States. Provide the date of your beneficiary’s most recent
entry in the United States, his or her I-94 Arrival-Departure Record Number, if available, and his or her
immigration status at the time of arrival (for example, student, tourist, temporary worker, without
inspection). Provide the expiration date and identification numbers on the I-94 or I-95 Arrival-Departure
Records, travel documents, and or passports. See the What Evidence Should You Submit section of
these Instructions for additional information.
If your beneficiary was admitted to the United States by CBP at an airport or seaport after April 30, 2013,
he or she may have been issued an electronic Form I-94 by CBP, instead of a paper Form I-94. You may
visit the CBP website at www.cbp.gov/i94 to obtain a paper version of an electronic Form I-94.
Item Numbers 51. - 52. Is Your Beneficiary Related to You? Indicate whether you and your
beneficiary have a familial relationship and if so, describe the nature and degree of relationship (for
example, second cousins, maternal aunt or uncle). Select “N/A” if the beneficiary is your spouse.
Item Numbers 53. - 54. Have you and your fiancé(e) met in person during the two years
immediately before filing this petition? Indicate whether you and your fiancé(e) have seen each other in
person during the two year period immediately before to filing your petition. Select “N/A” if the
beneficiary is your spouse.
If you respond “Yes” to Item Number 53., use Item Number 54. to describe the circumstances of your
in-person meeting. Attach evidence to demonstrate that you were in each other’s physical presence during
the required two year period. If you need extra space to complete this section, use the space provided in
Part 8. Additional Information.
If you respond “No” to Item Number 53., explain in detail any reasons you may have for requesting an
exemption from the requirement that you and your fiancé(e) must have met in person during the two years
immediately before filing this petition in Item Number 54. You must request a waiver and demonstrate
that meeting in person would have posed an extreme hardship on you or violated strict and long-
established customs of your fiancé(e)’s foreign culture or social practice, and that any and all aspects of
 the traditional arrangements have been or will be met in accordance with the custom or practice. Include
evidence to support your claim. Evidence may include things like medical records, statements from
religious leaders, or evidence of immediate danger. If you need extra space to complete this section, use
the space provided in Part 8. Additional Information.
Select “N/A” in Item Number 53. if the beneficiary is your spouse.
Item Numbers 55. - 61. International Marriage Broker (IMB) Information. Indicate whether you met
your beneficiary through the service of an IMB. If you respond “Yes,” provide the IMB’s name,
organization name, website, mailing address, and daytime telephone number. For more information,
including the definition of “international marriage broker,” refer to the What are the Requirements of
the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act section of these Instructions.
NOTE: You must also provide a copy of the signed, written consent form that the IMB obtained from
your beneficiary that authorized the release of the beneficiary’s personal contact information to you. If the
consent form is written in any language other than English, you must provide a certified English
translation with the form.
Item Numbers 62.a. - 62.b. U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate Requested. Provide the city or town and
country of the U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate where your beneficiary will apply for his or her visa.
NOTE: Designation of a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate outside the country in which your beneficiary
resides does not guarantee acceptance for processing by that foreign post. Acceptance is at the discretion
of the designated U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate.
NOTE: Under U.S. immigration law, a foreign national who marries a U.S. citizen outside the United
States and seeks a K-3 visa must apply for the K-3 visa in the country where the marriage took place. In
the event you and your spouse were married in the United States, you must list the country of your
spouse’s (beneficiary’s) current residence provided in Part 2., Item Numbers 47.a. - 47.f.

Part 3. Other Information

Item Numbers 1. - 3.c. Criminal Information. Indicate whether you have ever been the subject of a
temporary or permanent protection order or restraining order (either civil or criminal) related to any of the
crimes specified below, or arrested, or convicted of any of the crimes specified below. If you were ever
arrested or convicted of any of the specified crimes, you must submit certified copies of all court and
police records showing the charges and disposition for every arrest or conviction. You must do so even if
your records were sealed, expunged, or otherwise cleared, and regardless of whether anyone, including a
judge, law enforcement officer, or attorney, informed you that you no longer have a criminal record.

1. Specified Crimes A. Convictions for domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse or child neglect,
dating violence, elder abuse, and stalking or an attempt to commit any such crime:
2.
NOTE: The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crime of violence
committed by a person.
(1) Who is a current or former spouse of the victim;
(2) With whom the victim shares a child in common;
(3) Who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim;
(4) Who is similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the
relevant jurisdiction; or
(5) Against whom the victim is protected under the jurisdiction’s domestic or family violence laws.

Item Number 4.a. Criminal Information. Indicate whether you have ever been arrested, cited, charged,
indicted, convicted, fined, or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance in any country,
for any offenses other than those you have already outlined in the previous section. Unless a traffic
incident was alcohol- or drug-related or involved a fine of $500 or more, you do not need to provide
information on it.
Item Number 4.b. Criminal History Documents. If you indicated “Yes” in Item Number 4.a., provide
information that explains the circumstances, places, dates, and outcomes for each incident of arrest,
citation, charge, indictment, conviction, fine, or imprisonment. You must submit court certified copies of
the arrest record and/or disposition for each incident unless you submit a certified statement from the
court indicating that no record exists of your arrest, citation, charge, indictment, conviction, fine, or
imprisonment.

WAIVERS?? – I don’t get it yet

Part 4. Biographic Information

Item Number 3. Height. Select the values that best match your height in feet and inches. For example, if
you are five feet and nine inches, select “5” for feet and “09” for inches.

Item Number 4. Weight. Enter your weight in pounds.

Part 8. Additional Information

Item Numbers 1.a. - 7.d. If you need extra space to provide any additional information within this
petition, use the space provided in Part 8. Additional Information. If you need more space than what is
provided in Part 8., you may make copies of Part 8. to complete and file with your petition, or attach a
separate sheet of paper. Type or print your name and A-Number (if any) at the top of each sheet;
indicate the Page Number, Part Number, and Item Number to which your answer refers; and sign and
date each sheet.

We recommend that you print or save a copy of your completed petition to review in the future and for your
records. We recommend that you review your copy of your completed petition before you come to your
biometric services appointment at a USCIS ASC. At your appointment, USCIS will permit you to complete the
petition process only if you are able to confirm, under penalty of perjury, that all of the information in your petition
is complete, true, and correct. If you are not able to make that attestation in good faith at that time, USCIS will
require you to return for another appointment.

What are the Requirements of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act?

U.S. citizen petitioners are required to disclose information on any permanent protection or restraining
order (civil or criminal) related to any specified crime described in Part 3. of these Instructions, and
information on any convictions for any specified crime described in Part 3. of these Instructions.

What Evidence Must You Submit?

 You must submit all evidence requested in these Instructions with your petition. If you fail to submit
required evidence, USCIS may reject or deny your petition for failure to submit requested evidence or
supporting documents in accordance with 8 CFR part 103.2(b)(1) and these Instructions.

For additional information on required documentation, see the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov/I-129F
or refer to the regulations in 8 CFR 214.2(k) that governs petitions for nonimmigrant alien fiancé(e)s and
spouses.

1. Evidence of U.S. citizenship which may include any of the following:

A. A copy of your birth certificate issued by a U.S. civil authority;
B. A copy of your original Certificate of Naturalization;
C. A copy of your original Certificate of Citizenship;
D. A copy of your Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States;
E. A copy of your valid, unexpired U.S. passport or passport card issued with a validity period of at
least five years; or
F. A statement executed by a U.S. consular officer certifying that you are a U.S. citizen and the bearer
of a currently valid U.S. passport.

Photographs
You must submit one color passport-style photograph of yourself and one color passport-style
photograph of the beneficiary taken within 30 days of filing this petition. The photos must have a
white to off-white background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish, and be unmounted and
unretouched.

The color passport-style photos must be 2 by 2 inches. The photos must be in color with full face, frontal
view on a white to off-white background. Head height should measure 1 to 1 3/8 inches from top of hair
to bottom of chin, and eye height is between 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from bottom of photo. Your head must
be bare unless you are wearing headwear as required by a religious denomination of which you are a
member. Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the
photo.

Evidence for Petitions to Classify a Fiancé(e) as a K-1 Nonimmigrant

In addition to the evidence described above, you must submit evidence of:
 A. Intention to Marry Within 90 Days of Entry. Submit evidence that you and your fiancé(e)
intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e)’s entry as a K-1 nonimmigrant. Evidence of your
intention to marry may include statements of intent to marry signed by both you and your
fiancé(e) or any other evidence that establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, your mutual
intention; and

B. In-Person Meeting. Submit evidence that you and your fiancé(e) met in person during the 2-year
period immediately before you filed this petition. Evidence of this meeting may include, but is
not limited to, a written statement from you and/or your fiancé(e) stating the circumstances of
your meeting, a copy of airline tickets, passport pages, or other evidence. If you believe you
qualify for an exception to the in-person meeting requirement, submit evidence in support of the
exception.

What Is the Filing Fee? - The filing fee for Form I-129F is $535.

Use the following guidelines when you prepare your check or money order for the Form I-129F
filing fee:
1. The check or money order must be drawn on a bank or other financial institution located in the United
States and must be payable in U.S. currency; and
2. Make the check or money order payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

NOTE: Spell out U.S. Department of Homeland Security; do not use the initials “USDHS” or “DHS.”

Processing Information

Initial Processing. Once USCIS accepts your petition we will check it for completeness. If you do not
completely fill out this petition, you will not establish a basis for your eligibility and USCIS may reject or
deny your petition.

Requests for More Information. We may request that you provide more information or evidence to
support your petition. We may also request that you provide the originals of any copies you submit. If
USCIS requests an original document from you, it will be returned to you after USCIS determines it no
longer needs your original.

Decision. The decision on Form I-129F involves a determination of whether you have established
eligibility for the immigration benefit you are seeking. USCIS will notify you of the decision in writing.