K1 visa process all the same regardless of country. True or not?

[Kish.2328 9]

Hi! I wanted to help a friend file his petition for his fiancee who live in Indonesia. Is the process all the same regardless of country? Or are there some exceptions specifically Indonesia? I am quiete familiar on how it goes in the Philippines since I have done it myself. If the process is the same as mine - I think it will be a big help to my friend.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Hi! I wanted to help a friend file his petition for his fiancee who live in Indonesia. Is the process all the same regardless of country? Or are there some exceptions specifically Indonesia? I am quiete familiar on how it goes in the Philippines since I have done it myself. If the process is the same as mine - I think it will be a big help to my friend.

Actually, the Philippines is an exception. The process is more or less the same in most other countries, but most other countries don't have the same exit processing requirements. For example, the CFO seminar is something that's particularly unique to the Philippines. A medical exam is required in every country. The process for scheduling an interview varies from one country to another.

The odds of approval vary dramatically from one country to another.

[Kish.2328 9]

Actually, the Philippines is an exception. The process is more or less the same in most other countries, but most other countries don't have the same exit processing requirements. For example, the CFO seminar is something that's particularly unique to the Philippines. A medical exam is required in every country. The process for scheduling an interview varies from one country to another.

The odds of approval vary dramatically from one country to another.

Great! So I guess I can be a good help to a friend. Yeah - that CFO seminar is another thing in the Philippines - it kinda made me feel they are just doing it to get money out of it but its fine, some of the information they have given was kinda helpful to say the least. So does that means, in Indonesia, once the I-29f is approved, next step is the medical exam to one of the accredited physicians and then the interview and if visa is approved, thats pretty much it? no government seminar just like CFO in the Philippines?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi! I wanted to help a friend file his petition for his fiancee who live in Indonesia. Is the process all the same regardless of country? Or are there some exceptions specifically Indonesia? I am quiete familiar on how it goes in the Philippines since I have done it myself. If the process is the same as mine - I think it will be a big help to my friend.

The petition process is the same. The visa process at the consulate is unique to each consulate. It varies from very easy to extremely difficult.

Actually, the Philippines is an exception. The process is more or less the same in most other countries, but most other countries don't have the same exit processing requirements. For example, the CFO seminar is something that's particularly unique to the Philippines. A medical exam is required in every country. The process for scheduling an interview varies from one country to another.

The odds of approval vary dramatically from one country to another.

Perhas a better way to present it. The process is more or less the same, the results differ greatly.

[Rufus2012 175]

The odds of approval vary dramatically from one country to another.

Really? DoS stats for last year had a 99.2% approval rate for K-1s (IIRC, it was 96% without issue, and 3.2% on appeal). With about 33,000 K-1s worldwide, unless you have a small minority of countries accounting for the majority of rejections, I have to think everyone has a similar approval rate, as it is so high.

Here's the link - the report is an aggregate and I could not find a breakdown by country:

http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/FY2010NIVWorkloadbyVisaCategory.pdf

Edited February 21, 2012 by Rufus2012

[TBoneTX 44,679]

Really?

Yes.

the report is an aggregate

Aggregated statistics mean little, and face-to-face visa interviews mean everything.