Visiting within last two years...is 1 time sufficient?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Another visit would certainly show that your intentions are sincere.

Number of visits and total time together helps show a bona fide relationship on BOTH SIDES. In the higher fraud countries, like Thailand the concern is about both parties, not just the petitioner.

Nobody can tell you how much of anything will be enough but the best evidence of bona fides is time together.

pushbrk, could you please cite your reference for claiming that Thailand is a high fraud country? I have tried searching for a list of high fraud rate countries, and was unsuccessful. I did however find a list of "high admission" countries, and Thailand was not on that list.

Thanks.

My reference is my experience. I doubt you'll find an official list anywhere. The highest fraud country in Asia is the Philippines with China a close second. I doubt you can document that either.

If a single woman finds it hard to get a tourist visa from a country, you'll also find it's high fraud for a family based visa. A single male from the Middle east has a similar problem. All third world countries fall in a similar category with a couple African countries in a category of their own.

Pushbrk, I don't argue your experience or that Thailand may be a "high risk" country. I will only say it is nearly impossible for a single woman under age 65 to get a tourist visa in Ukraine, but Kiev is very "family friendly" regarding K-1, K-3 visas, or at least historically and in my experience they are. But I agree with you, more is better and more than one visit would be preferable anywhere. I will say, I brought stacks of "evidence" to the interview and the ONLY thing they showed an interest in was one photo from each of 6 visits there during the K-1 process. We were approved no questions asked, but people with many fewer visits were also approved no questions asked.

My advice to the OP is that one visit = maybe 1000 emails.

[TBoneTX 46,322]

I brought stacks of "evidence" to the interview and the ONLY thing they showed an interest in was one photo from each of 6 visits there during the K-1 process. We were approved no questions asked, but people with many fewer visits were also approved no questions asked.

Friend Gary: Kiev is an EXCEPTIONALLY easy consulate, at present. For the sake of others on here, please minimize implications (here and in other posts) that your experience will be typical. Besides the reality that many if not most other consulates are far tougher, bear in mind that a new Section Chief could be transferred to the Kiev consulate at any time, and that interview/evidence standards can change for the worse with zero notice. Si, man?

[baron555 934]

Only once required within 2 years prior to filing the petition.