Filing K-1 red flag

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"divorce followed very quickly by an engagement to foreign beneficiary is often a red flag for consular officers." i read this from somewhere. Any idea on this?

[Audy_Rob 26]

While I think this should be a red flag within the divorce's mind, I certainly do not believe the Adjudicators give it a moments thought. As long as you are both divorced or able to marry before the Petition was filed you are good to go.

Every day I read numerous posts from many successful petitioners who hold up filing their petitions while they wait for their divorce to go through. It is very common and nothing to worry about.

Good luck. No worries.

[NVC FAN :( 18]

i agree, as long as your both free to marry, that is the rule. anything other than that would just be speculation by the consular. i personally know a guy that has been divored twice, and had no trouble for his third wife from ph.

gl

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Thank you so much for you encouragement.

[SunDrop 59]

While I think this should be a red flag within the divorce's mind, I certainly do not believe the Adjudicators give it a moments thought. As long as you are both divorced or able to marry before the Petition was filed you are good to go.

Depends on the divorce! Had we still been in the US when my divorce was officially finalised January 28th we'd have gotten married January 29th and were actually engaged before my divorce came through. Doesn't mean there was any adultery (except legally, I suppose! lol) since I had been separated for 4 years before meeting my fiance and 7 years at the time our divorce happened.

It isn't a problem for I-129F adjudication at the service center, because as others have stated, they are interested in your having met within the past 2 years. However, my understanding is that this sort of issue should be taken into account once your visa application gets to consular level as they factor in cultural norms as well.

This is why some people have problems when their USC fiance/ee hasn't met their family, why some consulates request a timeline of relationship where others don't, age differences are also country dependent and so would be engagement/ remarriage speeds post divorce.

It's really a question you should address within your regional forum for the most accurate responses.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Give SunDrop's reply more weight than the two preceding it.

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Thank you so much SunDrop on your reply and TBoneTX support. I did take it into serious consideration, and made some findings on the cultural aspect from Cameroon culture.

In Cameroon, it is culturally and legally correct to divorce your partner today, and walk into the counsel office to sign with a new spouse on the same day. Meaning, yes engagement/ remarriage speeds post divorce in Cameroon is not a big deal and it is very common.

He was married to a German lady, about 8 years older than him; he has never been to Germany; he was working in Cameroon and met her there. She travelled to Germany after their marriage to visit her family, and never returned, and he tried contacting her to no avail.

This was in 2001, and he has never been in touch with her since she left Cameroon. I was wondering what the embassy might need to prove all of this if it comes up.

Thanks,

Depends on the divorce! Had we still been in the US when my divorce was officially finalised January 28th we'd have gotten married January 29th and were actually engaged before my divorce came through. Doesn't mean there was any adultery (except legally, I suppose! lol) since I had been separated for 4 years before meeting my fiance and 7 years at the time our divorce happened.

It isn't a problem for I-129F adjudication at the service center, because as others have stated, they are interested in your having met within the past 2 years. However, my understanding is that this sort of issue should be taken into account once your visa application gets to consular level as they factor in cultural norms as well.

This is why some people have problems when their USC fiance/ee hasn't met their family, why some consulates request a timeline of relationship where others don't, age differences are also country dependent and so would be engagement/ remarriage speeds post divorce.

It's really a question you should address within your regional forum for the most accurate responses.

[SunDrop 59]

Thank you so much SunDrop on your reply and TBoneTX support. I did take it into serious consideration, and made some findings on the cultural aspect from Cameroon culture.

In Cameroon, it is culturally and legally correct to divorce your partner today, and walk into the counsel office to sign with a new spouse on the same day. Meaning, yes engagement/ remarriage speeds post divorce in Cameroon is not a big deal and it is very common.

He was married to a German lady, about 8 years older than him; he has never been to Germany; he was working in Cameroon and met her there. She travelled to Germany after their marriage to visit her family, and never returned, and he tried contacting her to no avail.

This was in 2001, and he has never been in touch with her since she left Cameroon. I was wondering what the embassy might need to prove all of this if it comes up.

Thanks,

He'll need proof that he's divorced before you can file the K-1 petition.