Age difference will matter for K1 Visa

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My husband is 16 years younger than me and it is not 'normal' in Nepali culture for a man to marry an older woman, yet it was not mentioned in the interview.... Also we had a very short courtship(which is traditional in Nepal, but of course not where the bride is an older 'gori' woman) Neither issue came up at all. I know of another Nepal couple with the same age gap, older woman, that was approved just recently with no problems. I was not able to be there for the interview but we had a lot of evidence - the CO was impressed that everything was well organized and spent most time looking at our photos... I was able to visit one more time after our wedding and we had lots of photos with his family and friends and photos in different places when we were traveling, as well as hotel receipts, travel documents, chat logs, Pingo(phone) records, etc. Make sure your fiance is confident(but not 'scripted') if he is asked how he and his family feel about your age difference and the possibility of not having children - hopefully neither question will come up but best to be prepared.

Pattu Rani,

I think you hit on 2 very important points - for any couple, but especially for those of us with 'red flags' (or whatever you want to call them). 1 - having everything (lots of evidence) well organized; 2 - the beneficiary needs to be confident and prepared (but not 'scripted').

If I had to bet on it, that's what helped us the most. We were very well prepared for the visa, and things went quickly and smoothly. For the AOS, we weren't as prepared. We got 2 RFEs and it took longer. We made sure to be better prepared this time (for ROC)!

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