If tourist visa denied, is fiancee visa harder?

[desertjedi 0]

My girlfriend is a 43 year old Russian economist who owns two apartments in Russia and has a 21 year old daughter. We have met in Istanbul in 2011 for a week and I spent 3 weeks in her city in Russia back in 2012.

She wants to apply for a tourist visa to come see me in the US. If she is denied, would her denial make it any harder for her to get a fiancee visa to come to the US?

Edited April 7, 2013 by desertjedi

[Darnell 8,478]

If tourist visa denied, is fiancee visa harder?

In general, no.

Different, yes.

Harder? no.

Totally different rules for adjudication.

[jorgeYsarah 0]

My husband was denied a tourist visa once before we applied for his fiance visa, and it was not an issue for us. They asked about it in the interview, but we still got the visa.

[desertjedi 0]

Thank you both for your replies. I spoke with an immigration attorney and he pretty much told me to forget about a tourist visa. But yes, you're right. If you're denied for a tourist visa, it will probably have no effect on your K-1 applicaiton. But he said the "correct" way to bring a boyfriend/girlfriend to the US is with a fiancee visa.

[Lalakers3 0]

Keep in mind that if she is granted the K-1 (single entry) visa it is good for 6 months. Once she arrives you will have 90 days to get married and start the Adjustment of Status process or she will have to leave the US. If she wants to go back for a visit before she becomes a perm resident she will have to apply for another visa to get back...