Instructions For Form I-129f - Petition For Alien Fiance(E) (Page 6 of 15) in pdf

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:

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.

B. Convictions for homicide, murder, manslaughter, rape, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, torture,

trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal

restraint, false imprisonment, or an attempt to commit any of these crimes.

C. At least three convictions for crimes relating to a controlled substance or alcohol not arising from a single act.

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