Wife did not make it past homeland and got k-1 cancelled

[Ayman___ 92]

Because she was wearing a wedding set doesn't mean send her back to her country.I wore my set like most women do even before My husband and I married.Just engagement ring goes inside and wedding band on outside no big deal .It's Normal

[Darnell 8,479]

The person interviewing was using scare tactics. He asked her to describe my house. He proceeded to tell her that he was going to send police officers to my home to see if the home description would match. He then asked her if all the information was true in our application. She started to talk and I have no idea what happened but they sent her back.

My fiancee is not fluent in english, so I think that the word police and arrested threw her off the charts.

Everybody has a boss. suggest you contact the assistant boss at the CBP POE and file a formal complaint. This 'fella' was doing it wrong, for entrance into the USA for a K-1 visa holder.

Edited April 26, 2012 by Darnell

[Darnell 8,479]

Trying to figure out if I can apply for a waiver or do I start all over again. They would not let her in and told me they cannot offer me any legal advice on what to do. They told me to go home.

If 'they' = CBP staff, well they are not to offer advice to you. However, you can get a boss there, and find out what happened with HIS STAFF MEMBER, suggesting that his STAFF member needs to be tested for drug usage.

This 'thing' , this occurrence, what happened to your fiance, is not normal. For it to happen, one of several things must have occurred:

1. CBP got some electronic notice from the IV unit that something wasn't right, and did their process to find fraud at the POE, via questioning process.

2. CBP officer that interviewed her was on drugs that day.

3. CBP officer was poorly trained, not knowing squat about K-1 visa intake

4. It was time for a secondary interview - there's some percentage of incoming immigrants that ARE taken to secondary and grilled in this fashion, for no other reason than this is part of the job.

Now, I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV - but (IMO) somethinng is terribly wrong at CBP POE, nothing was wrong with your fiance. So, have a think, and start to formulate your next steps. At a minimum (again IMO) , you should file a complaint on that CBP POE officer, and you should talk to the boss, and you should ask that the CBP POE officer be immediately tested for drug usage, and the call DoS Hotline and inquire for casefile status on your fiance's case.

In the end, if you can prove up 'procedural error' and quickly, she might be allowed to cross into the USA again. But you've some work to day, on Thursday.

[Darkmoonfaerie 19]

Because she was wearing a wedding set doesn't mean send her back to her country.I wore my set like most women do even before My husband and I married.Just engagement ring goes inside and wedding band on outside no big deal .It's Normal

I've never heard of anyone wearing their wedding ring before marriage (other than you). I know married women who wear their wedding band on the outside of their ring due to the design of the rings. I would see someone wearing a wedding rind and assume they were married. Guess you learn something new every day...

[Ayman___ 92]

I've never heard of anyone wearing their wedding ring before marriage (other than you). I know married women who wear their wedding band on the outside of their ring due to the design of the rings. I would see someone wearing a wedding rind and assume they were married. Guess you learn something new every day...

Really lol It's a set

[Boiler 46,107]

Wife did not make it past homeland and got k-1 cancelled

[TBoneTX 46,119]

Assuming that there was no overt irregularity (such as a married person trying to enter on a K-1), or that CBP found something that the consulate had overlooked, I very highly recommend that the OP follow Darnell's advice in post #93 just above.

Getting a lawyer is a good idea, but Darnell's recommendation is the speediest path toward learning what happened and divining a possible solution.

Before Mrs. T-B.-to-be was to enter, I asked a (very sharp) immigration attorney about the possibility and frequency of K-1 holders' being denied entry at POE. He said, "It doesn't happen very often, because CBP figures that the person has recently been grilled by the consulate. However, any K-1 entrant can be refused entry for any reason that the consulate would have found to refuse issuance of the visa."

Edited April 26, 2012 by TBoneTX

[Iyawo Ijebu 157]

Nor mine could've described my family beyond how many siblings I have

Is there a chance that she needed a translator and none was provided? I know my wife (who speaks English well) was completely lost when she landed in Houston and "whatever it was they were speaking, was not English" (what she described could be nothing more than a thick Texan twang).

Texas is really not USA , it's a whole 'nother kuntry, yah hear

[Darnell 8,479]

hindsight is painful:

1. always ask for an interpreter

2. she should have stayed in the 'holding tank' with CBP - at least she would be IN the USA, and the procedural errors could have been fixed the next week, with an easier outcome.

3. the CBP officer 'grilling' her , was out of line. You (and anyone else) can't see this in real time, so keeping her in the country would have been useful to 'fix' this fella's procedural errors and uncover other silliness and stupidity.

4. Her lack of English? that part was taken advantage of, she was quickly sent elsewhere.

5. the airlines were trying to coerce the man into paying for the ticket. Not paying for the ticket would have been a good thing, as it forces more review of all.

I'm truly sorry this happened to your lass.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

I'm so sorry for what happened. I hope you can get it all sorted out. No advice...but hang in there!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Really lol It's a set

So? Mines a set as well but I only wore the engagement ring until after the wedding, then I wore the WEDDING ring denoting I was married. It's likely that if the ring WAS seen it was simply one red flag in a list of things that were off...

[Sapphire Moon 25]

OP please update us when you find out what the reasoning of her denial was for at the POE.

This is scary that even though our loved one is grilled mercilessly at the interview, that there is still a chance that they could be denied at the POE.

If I were in her shoes, she is probably in shock right now. What an ordeal to have to go through.

I hope this gets resolved ASAP.

Good Luck.

Everybody has a boss. suggest you contact the assistant boss at the CBP POE and file a formal complaint. This 'fella' was doing it wrong, for entrance into the USA for a K-1 visa holder.

[sabi 148]

So you don't speak Korean and her English is not great. And you were ok with just buying her a ticket home and going home yourself? Was for fiancee wearing her wedding band?

Yeah I was thinking the same, which language do you guys communicate in?

Wedding ring- a red flag, calling your fiance your wife- a red flag. I am sorry but what for us seems to be silly to be denied for, for the officers it is simply a sign something isn't right. I am sorry it happened to you but things do happen for a reason and I am sure the officer had his/her reason to send you fiance back. It's happening so seldom that I don't think it would just happen because someone had a bad day...

Good luck and I hope if your relationship is genuine you will find a way to be with your love!

[Ayman___ 92]

So? Mines a set as well but I only wore the engagement ring until after the wedding, then I wore the WEDDING ring denoting I was married. It's likely that if the ring WAS seen it was simply one red flag in a list of things that were off...

SO? My opinion is it doesn't matter unless she said he's my husband.I never had a problem with me wearing my set this way; all knew I was engaged.I never said he's my husband before we married People have their own customs and the way they wear the rings It's only my opinion as I said but I don't know what happen with this lady when she arrived

[islandbaby 1]

sorry to hear that.. maybe call the uscis and tell them your case, they are more knowledgeable regarding with your situation. good luck!