IR1 visa refused, Please help!!!

[thav 0]

I went to the interview for IR1 Visa with U.S. consular officer with my wife in Cambodia, The interview didn't go so well becase I could not answer the question they asked me. I have a disabilty, I can not work, SO i have to have a sponsor to help me. At the interview, the u.s. officer asked me about my sponsor's information,and I don't remember so I could not answer the question. The U.S. officer dinied my sponsor by saying that I didn't know my sponsor, and think I was lying to them. What should I do. should I get a lawer or what? I will appreciate your replys.

[ninjarocket 1]

Your co-sponsor takes financial responsibility should your wife ever become a financial burden to the authorities within the US. The co-sponsor is therefore someone you ought to know well: e.g. a family member, business partner, close friend, etc.... hence, the consulate officer isn't going to be very convinced if you can't remember. They will just assume you grabbed any random person off the street to act as your co-sponsor.

Do you have a chance at a second interview or will your case be sent back to USCIS? Sounds like you need to find this out and possibly contact your congressman ASAP so that your case remains at the consulate. In the mean time, you need to re-assess your relationship with your sponsor. If the sponsor is someone you know well, you need to be better prepared so that you can answer the questions the consulate officer will ask. Otherwise you will need another co-sponsor.

Another possibility is that you are suffering from memory loss for some medical reason. If this is the case, it would be very helpful to have a letter from your doctor as evidence.

The main problem with having a lawyer here is that the lawyer will not be present during the interview with the consulate officer. You might want to consult a lawyer if your case is sent back to USCIS and you want to appeal the decision. You might also want to consult a lawyer if you have been unfairly discriminated against because of some medical condition.

I went to the interview for IR1 Visa with U.S. consular officer with my wife in Cambodia, The interview didn't go so well becase I could not answer the question they asked me. I have a disabilty, I can not work, SO i have to have a sponsor to help me. At the interview, the u.s. officer asked me about my sponsor's information,and I don't remember so I could not answer the question. The U.S. officer dinied my sponsor by saying that I didn't know my sponsor, and think I was lying to them. What should I do. should I get a lawer or what? I will appreciate your replys.

[thav 0]

Your co-sponsor takes financial responsibility should your wife ever become a financial burden to the authorities within the US. The co-sponsor is therefore someone you ought to know well: e.g. a family member, business partner, close friend, etc.... hence, the consulate officer isn't going to be very convinced if you can't remember. They will just assume you grabbed any random person off the street to act as your co-sponsor.

Do you have a chance at a second interview or will your case be sent back to USCIS? Sounds like you need to find this out and possibly contact your congressman ASAP so that your case remains at the consulate. In the mean time, you need to re-assess your relationship with your sponsor. If the sponsor is someone you know well, you need to be better prepared so that you can answer the questions the consulate officer will ask. Otherwise you will need another co-sponsor.

Another possibility is that you are suffering from memory loss for some medical reason. If this is the case, it would be very helpful to have a letter from your doctor as evidence.

The main problem with having a lawyer here is that the lawyer will not be present during the interview with the consulate officer. You might want to consult a lawyer if your case is sent back to USCIS and you want to appeal the decision. You might also want to consult a lawyer if you have been unfairly discriminated against because of some medical condition.

Thank you so much for your advises. yes i am suffer from memory lost. I even can't remember my wife's phone number. I always have probem adding multipul bills in currency. I used to be a military in Cambodia. during the war I got shot in my head. From then, I have a sizure disorder and memory lost. But the problem is I went to get my brain examin and the result from a cat scan said that my brain is normal, thay was why the consular officer did not believe me that I have the memory lost. my case is still remain at consulate. Do you think it will be helpful if my sponsor go over Cambodia and presents himself with me during the interview with U.S. consular officer?

I feel very bad so do my wife.

[ninjarocket 1]

Thank you so much for your advises. yes i am suffer from memory lost. I even can't remember my wife's phone number. I always have probem adding multipul bills in currency. I used to be a military in Cambodia. during the war I got shot in my head. From then, I have a sizure disorder and memory lost. But the problem is I went to get my brain examin and the result from a cat scan said that my brain is normal, thay was why the consular officer did not believe me that I have the memory lost. my case is still remain at consulate. Do you think it will be helpful if my sponsor go over Cambodia and presents himself with me during the interview with U.S. consular officer?

I feel very bad so do my wife.

Maybe the first thing you could try is to write to your congressman explaining your problem at the Cambodian embassy, explaining the same reasons for memory loss that you have here. My guess is that memory loss is something that is difficult for doctors to quantify exactly, so they tend to go by physical things they can more easily recognize such as brain scans. It's not clear to me whether you were in the Cambodian or US military, but having an injury incurred while in the US military ought to carry a lot of weight. Sustaining an injury while fighting on the same side as the US might also carry some weight (I don't know too much about the war in and around Vietnam). To me it would seem pretty bad for you to have sustained an injury while fighting on the same side as the US (i.e. for freedom, liberty and all that) only to be unfairly penalized during your interview because of long term damage caused by this injury.

It's important to act fast in case they decide to send your package back to USCIS instead of giving you another shot at an interview. Since the consulate officer had no reason to doubt your relationship with your spouse (only that with your co-sponsor), they ought to give you another chance.

Whether your co-sponsor will be allowed into the embassy will depend on the consulate. Maybe you can contact the consulate in advance to find out whether they will allow this?

What you can also to is accumulate evidence that establishes connections (preferably over a period of time) with you co-sponsor.

It would also be helpful if you had some record(s) relating to your war injuries.

[Dakine 26]

Call your senator or congressman. Did you get a paper stating why you are denied?

[e-migra 4]

I'm really sorry... good luck!!!!

[frali 2]

Is this for real?

[thav 0]

Thank you so much for your advises. yes i am suffer from memory lost. I even can't remember my wife's phone number. I always have probem adding multipul bills in currency. I used to be a military in Cambodia. during the war I got shot in my head. From then, I have a sizure disorder and memory lost. But the problem is I went to get my brain examin and the result from a cat scan said that my brain is normal, thay was why the consular officer did not believe me that I have the memory lost. my case is still remain at consulate. Do you think it will be helpful if my sponsor go over Cambodia and presents himself with me during the interview with U.S. consular officer?

I feel very bad so do my wife.

Maybe the first thing you could try is to write to your congressman explaining your problem at the Cambodian embassy, explaining the same reasons for memory loss that you have here. My guess is that memory loss is something that is difficult for doctors to quantify exactly, so they tend to go by physical things they can more easily recognize such as brain scans. It's not clear to me whether you were in the Cambodian or US military, but having an injury incurred while in the US military ought to carry a lot of weight. Sustaining an injury while fighting on the same side as the US might also carry some weight (I don't know too much about the war in and around Vietnam). To me it would seem prthaetty bad for you to have sustained an injury while fighting on the same side as the US (i.e. for freedom, liberty and all that) only to be unfairly penalized during your interview because of long term damage caused by this injury.

It's important to act fast in case they decide to send your package back to USCIS instead of giving you another shot at an interview. Since the consulate officer had no reason to doubt your relationship with your spouse (only that with your co-sponsor), they ought to give you another chance.

Whether your co-sponsor will be allowed into the embassy will depend on the consulate. Maybe you can contact the consulate in advance to find out whether they will allow this?

What you can also to is accumulate evidence that establishes connections (preferably over a period of time) with you co-sponsor.

It would also be helpful if you had some record(s) relating to your war injuries.

I went to the second interview, but they did not want to talk to me. the officer said that I must go to work in order to provide finacially to support myelf and my wife. I don't understand why the officer wanted me to go work even though my doctor sign a letter stated that I can't work, one time I tried to go to work,but my superviser sent me home because I got a headach and felt at work. Now I am in a dead end, I don't know what to do.