What am i going to do????

[teddybär 0]

My fiance and i filed for K1 and just got approved by USCIS recently. So that means the case would be here at my home consulat soon.

Now i think i have big problem, and i dont know what im going to do.

I read that they check previous visa applications and outcomes.

So i was in the states with an B1/B2 visa for 6 months and stayed with friends, before me a friend stayed with the same friends too, she extended her stay for a year. I left in March 2007 (didnt overstay, was under the 6 months i was granted). I think in fall 2007 the friends sister stayed with our friends too, extended for a year too.

Now im concerned they see that at consular checks and i get denied eventhough i didnt do anything wrong.

But on the other hand they granted us the B-visas too. Shouldnt they have seen it back then too. Or when the other 2 extended their stays? Im so scared, i dont know what i could do.

[Otto 83]

If you've done nothing wrong there is no reason to deny you on this basis. Last I checked, visiting friends/relatives in the US is not a reason to deny future visas.

[YuAndDan 153]

If you've done nothing wrong there is no reason to deny you on this basis. Last I checked, visiting friends/relatives in the US is not a reason to deny future visas.

Ditto that, the actions of OTHERS have NO affect on your case.

Update profile it helps knowing what consulate you will be dealing with: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=01

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=62776

Edited February 28, 2009 by YuAndDan

[teddybär 0]

I mean cause in all our visitor-visa applications is the same address. Im so scared, we waited so long. I dont want it to be ruined

[Otto 83]

I mean cause in all our visitor-visa applications is the same address. Im so scared, we waited so long. I dont want it to be ruined

Relax - this is not something I would spend too much time being concerned about.

[teddybär 0]

what if they think i was working or something?? Im so worried, im actually crying. Im so worried, i coldnt even proof i was working, cause how will u poff that?

[teddybär 0]

Do u think they consular officer will check in with our friends?

[teddybär 0]

I think im going nuts, i always worry so much. Now i found this online.

We have a variety of tools available, in addition to the consular interview, to separate fact from fiction in

visa applications. Consular Fraud Prevention Managers and locally-engaged staff conduct field inquiries,

visit Civil Registries, telephone employers or schools, and consult local contacts. We employ increasingly

sophisticated electronic search capabilities to detect links between different fraudulent cases or to check an

applicant's story against available sources of data. Consular officers often consult Internet resources

including maps and satellite photos to verify the information contained in visa applications...........

........In many cases, based on DS's excellent liaison relationships

with local police, a perpetrator of fraud not only is rejected for a visa, but is then placed under arrest at the

front gate on departing the Embassy. I believe that this coordination with DS is a very powerful factor in

deterring terrorist attempts to secure visas, as well as deterring other kinds of fraud

full link:http://www.aila.net/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22373&linkid=161275

the things i marked really scare me

[NKH87 0]

I have to admit, the line about getting arrested is really scarey. But isnt this just about terrorists or really serious cases. Or am i getting this all wrong?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I think im going nuts, i always worry so much. Now i found this online.

We have a variety of tools available, in addition to the consular interview, to separate fact from fiction in

visa applications. Consular Fraud Prevention Managers and locally-engaged staff conduct field inquiries,

visit Civil Registries, telephone employers or schools, and consult local contacts. We employ increasingly

sophisticated electronic search capabilities to detect links between different fraudulent cases or to check an

applicant's story against available sources of data. Consular officers often consult Internet resources

including maps and satellite photos to verify the information contained in visa applications...........

........In many cases, based on DS's excellent liaison relationships

with local police, a perpetrator of fraud not only is rejected for a visa, but is then placed under arrest at the

front gate on departing the Embassy. I believe that this coordination with DS is a very powerful factor in

deterring terrorist attempts to secure visas, as well as deterring other kinds of fraud

full link:http://www.aila.net/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22373&linkid=161275

the things i marked really scare me

You have been given the correct answer to your questions, unless there is something you aren't sayin you have nothing to worry about. Previous, legal, visits to the USA do not affect your K-1. They do not care why you were here or where you stayed. You came, visited and left, within thew visa time frame.

If you wish to continue to worry about nothing, do so with my blessing. But it seems pointless to ask a question over and over, get the answers that should relieve your worries and continue to ask the question expecting a different outcome.

[Jasman0717 9]

Do u think they consular officer will check in with our friends?

The petition is about you and not your friends so don't worry about that.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I think im going nuts, i always worry so much. Now i found this online.

We have a variety of tools available, in addition to the consular interview, to separate fact from fiction in

visa applications. Consular Fraud Prevention Managers and locally-engaged staff conduct field inquiries,

visit Civil Registries, telephone employers or schools, and consult local contacts. We employ increasingly

sophisticated electronic search capabilities to detect links between different fraudulent cases or to check an

applicant's story against available sources of data. Consular officers often consult Internet resources

including maps and satellite photos to verify the information contained in visa applications...........

........In many cases, based on DS's excellent liaison relationships

with local police, a perpetrator of fraud not only is rejected for a visa, but is then placed under arrest at the

front gate on departing the Embassy. I believe that this coordination with DS is a very powerful factor in

deterring terrorist attempts to secure visas, as well as deterring other kinds of fraud

full link:http://www.aila.net/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22373&linkid=161275

the things i marked really scare me

Don't worry about it! Yes, they have access to more information now, and this in turn allows them to check things they never could before, easily.

They will only look at your information, not your friends/family, to determine if your visa request is valid.

As posted earlier, what you stated in your OP has no reason to worry about, unless your hiding something!

And if you are - then they may probably find it out at the embassy.

[rebeccajo 14]

I think im going nuts, i always worry so much. Now i found this online.

We have a variety of tools available, in addition to the consular interview, to separate fact from fiction in

visa applications. Consular Fraud Prevention Managers and locally-engaged staff conduct field inquiries,

visit Civil Registries, telephone employers or schools, and consult local contacts. We employ increasingly

sophisticated electronic search capabilities to detect links between different fraudulent cases or to check an

applicant's story against available sources of data. Consular officers often consult Internet resources

including maps and satellite photos to verify the information contained in visa applications...........

........In many cases, based on DS's excellent liaison relationships

with local police, a perpetrator of fraud not only is rejected for a visa, but is then placed under arrest at the

front gate on departing the Embassy. I believe that this coordination with DS is a very powerful factor in

deterring terrorist attempts to secure visas, as well as deterring other kinds of fraud

full link:http://www.aila.net/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22373&linkid=161275

the things i marked really scare me

You have been given the correct answer to your questions, unless there is something you aren't sayin you have nothing to worry about. Previous, legal, visits to the USA do not affect your K-1. They do not care why you were here or where you stayed. You came, visited and left, within thew visa time frame.

If you wish to continue to worry about nothing, do so with my blessing. But it seems pointless to ask a question over and over, get the answers that should relieve your worries and continue to ask the question expecting a different outcome.

Jeez Gary.....

The poster is overwhelmed by things they are learning. If they are going out on the internet and looking up information instead of accepting every answer they get on VJ as the gospel truth, IMO they need a pat on the back rather than 'your blessing'.

[rebeccajo 14]

Don't worry about it! Yes, they have access to more information now, and this in turn allows them to check things they never could before, easily.

They will only look at your information, not your friends/family, to determine if your visa request is valid.

As posted earlier, what you stated in your OP has no reason to worry about, unless your hiding something!

And if you are - then they may probably find it out at the embassy.

Yup.

The link the OP put up is from Senate Judiciary Committee testimony about modern methods employed to stop terrorist transit through consular fraud.

If intending immigrants have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to fear. The visa process though will take a bit longer than it used too prior to the implementation of these background checks.

[teddybär 0]

Thank your for everybodys help. I guess i need to calm down a bit and stop reading so much online. I was just scared that all the waiting would be useless, just because of being denied of a visitor stay.

Im definetely no terrorist, drug user, criminal.....

It wasnt an issue when they approved the visas, so why now. You guys are right. Im just really keyed up about this whole process and want it to be over.

Edited March 1, 2009 by teddybär