What supporting documentation do I need to file with my K1 fiance visa petition?

Once of the most important pieces of the fiance visa petition is the supporting documentation.

You will need to provide a number of supporting documents and a variety of information about you and your fiance. Here is a list of the items most couples will need:

1. Photocopy of your U.S. Passport (copy all pages, even the blank ones); U.S. birth certificate; OR Certificate of Naturalization.

2. If you or your fiance were previously married, certified copies of divorce decrees from any prior marriages. You should be able to obtain this from the court where the divorce took place.

3. Photographs of you and your fiance together. (Preferably photographs that are date stamped or otherwise show the date taken.)

4. Photocopies of plane tickets, hotel receipts, restaurant receipts, and other similar documents to evidence that you traveled to meet your fiance in person.

5. Obtain (4 each) passport style photographs of you and your fiance (not together.)
The photographs must be taken no later than 30 days before the petition is filed. Make sure your petition is almost ready to file before you have these pictures taken.

6. If you or your fiance have ever changed your name you will need to provide copies of the legal documentation evidencing the name change.

7. If you have ever been convicted of any of the crimes listed in paragraph 9 of Form I-129F you must obtain certified copies of all court and police records related to the convictions.