Previous visa refusal

[Cam54 84]

I was refused a second j1 visa last year and not giving a reason so me and my fiancée decided getting married was the only way we could stay together, anyone here had previous visa refusals but been granted a k1, our petition was approved I'm just scared about interview

[Pitaya 2,577]

~~Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Forum~~

~ Difficult for members to understand your visa situation. You list Armenia as your interviewing county on your timeline, yet you show UK on your profile? ~

[Cam54 84]

Oops it's uk not Armenia, my story is in the introduction forum, il figure out how to link it here later

[Cam54 84]

~~Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Forum~~

~ Difficult for members to understand your visa situation. You list Armenia as your interviewing county on your timeline, yet you show UK on your profile? ~

I'm Catherine, 23 and a British citizen,

September 2011- go to university of California Santa Barbara to study with intention to stay for three months, meet my fiancée dan but he doesn't really hit my radar as I'm off having fun in the party school.

November 2011- dan invites myself and two other Brits to his family home for weekend for thanksgiving, we hook up and I think uh oh this is a nice one.

December 2011- decide I haven't seen all California has to offer so extend my visa to a full academic year all the while still dating dan

April 2012- doctors find big mass in my thyroid (6cm... Madness) so I'm scared I have cancer (it's benign don't worry), dan comforts me, I have to have surgery so my mum comes to stay to be with me and dan meets her, she adores him. This is when I start thinking maybe I want to stay even longer in this country with my gorgeous kind boyfriend

June 2012- extend my j1 visa again for 9 months on the basis that I find a job related to my degree

July 2012- find a job in a museum but it's part time so dans parents offer their home to me as I'd stayed with them a few times and renting a room was never cheaper than £650 anywhere else!! They were lovely and only charged me £150 a month .

July- December- happily lived with dan, missed home so planned to go back for Christmas

December 27th 2012- back in England, need to get a new visa as current has expired on passport, go to embassy expecting simple renewed visa and am flat out denied with no reason giving, bearing in mind I thought I was only visiting the uk i thought my life my over, I had nowhere to live and no job in the uk and I hadn't been away from dan for even a night in around 8 months at this point

January 1st 2013- dan suggests we get married so we can be together so we hastily put together our k1 petition...

And now it's August and our noa2 came back approved and currently waiting for interview

[Nurseling 34]

I'm Catherine, 23 and a British citizen,

September 2011- go to university of California Santa Barbara to study with intention to stay for three months, meet my fiancée dan but he doesn't really hit my radar as I'm off having fun in the party school.

November 2011- dan invites myself and two other Brits to his family home for weekend for thanksgiving, we hook up and I think uh oh this is a nice one.

December 2011- decide I haven't seen all California has to offer so extend my visa to a full academic year all the while still dating dan

April 2012- doctors find big mass in my thyroid (6cm... Madness) so I'm scared I have cancer (it's benign don't worry), dan comforts me, I have to have surgery so my mum comes to stay to be with me and dan meets her, she adores him. This is when I start thinking maybe I want to stay even longer in this country with my gorgeous kind boyfriend

June 2012- extend my j1 visa again for 9 months on the basis that I find a job related to my degree

July 2012- find a job in a museum but it's part time so dans parents offer their home to me as I'd stayed with them a few times and renting a room was never cheaper than £650 anywhere else!! They were lovely and only charged me £150 a month .

July- December- happily lived with dan, missed home so planned to go back for Christmas

December 27th 2012- back in England, need to get a new visa as current has expired on passport, go to embassy expecting simple renewed visa and am flat out denied with no reason giving, bearing in mind I thought I was only visiting the uk i thought my life my over, I had nowhere to live and no job in the uk and I hadn't been away from dan for even a night in around 8 months at this point

January 1st 2013- dan suggests we get married so we can be together so we hastily put together our k1 petition...

And now it's August and our noa2 came back approved and currently waiting for interview

Hi Catherine nice intro lol.

I am probably at the stage your at only I have my acpo received two weeks ago. Noa2 approval on the 29th July. Ok so no need to worry about being refused a visa before cos I saw a post from someone from uk who was refused a j visa and they still got their k1 visa approved. Just be honest at the interview with what ever they ask. Cos they will ask you about that previous application. You will be fine don't worry too much.

I'm Catherine, 23 and a British citizen,

September 2011- go to university of California Santa Barbara to study with intention to stay for three months, meet my fiancée dan but he doesn't really hit my radar as I'm off having fun in the party school.

November 2011- dan invites myself and two other Brits to his family home for weekend for thanksgiving, we hook up and I think uh oh this is a nice one.

December 2011- decide I haven't seen all California has to offer so extend my visa to a full academic year all the while still dating dan

April 2012- doctors find big mass in my thyroid (6cm... Madness) so I'm scared I have cancer (it's benign don't worry), dan comforts me, I have to have surgery so my mum comes to stay to be with me and dan meets her, she adores him. This is when I start thinking maybe I want to stay even longer in this country with my gorgeous kind boyfriend

June 2012- extend my j1 visa again for 9 months on the basis that I find a job related to my degree

July 2012- find a job in a museum but it's part time so dans parents offer their home to me as I'd stayed with them a few times and renting a room was never cheaper than £650 anywhere else!! They were lovely and only charged me £150 a month .

July- December- happily lived with dan, missed home so planned to go back for Christmas

December 27th 2012- back in England, need to get a new visa as current has expired on passport, go to embassy expecting simple renewed visa and am flat out denied with no reason giving, bearing in mind I thought I was only visiting the uk i thought my life my over, I had nowhere to live and no job in the uk and I hadn't been away from dan for even a night in around 8 months at this point

January 1st 2013- dan suggests we get married so we can be together so we hastily put together our k1 petition...

And now it's August and our noa2 came back approved and currently waiting for interview

Hi Catherine nice intro lol.

I am probably at the stage your at only I have my acpo received two weeks ago. Noa2 approval on the 29th July. Ok so no need to worry about being refused a visa before cos I saw a post from someone from uk who was refused a j visa and they still got their k1 visa approved. Just be honest at the interview with what ever they ask. Cos they will ask you about that previous application. You will be fine don't worry too much.