K-1 visa rejected.. feeling awful :-(

[Jarun 1]

Not that it helps, but we got the same letter for denial, petition was sent back to NVC, then they sent it back to USCIS for review, which apparently means it will expire. We did get another letter saying this doesn't preclude us from filing another K-1 petition, but it will be scrutinized very thoroughly, rest assured, that's what they said. And if we choose to marry same thing. We are pretty sure denial was due to age difference, older woman, younger man, and needed more time together. We have done that and will file again, never give up!

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Here is the letter that was given to my fiance.

I was able to view it, sorry I do not have more ideas to offer. Ask in your regional forum if this letter format is the general letter they send out.

[TBoneTX 45,298]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Case Progress subforum. ***

[Mel&Lal 12]

I am sorry for your denial.......this makes me very scared because I know we have lots of red flags and I am not sure how to over come them and after reading this, puts dread in my heart.

[Mufmer 24]

what i think is your fiancee has showed some extra papers to Counslor Officer, which u did not submit to USCIS, reason with those extra papers they have sent back ur Petition to USCIS, this is what written in ur letter u have attached.

[sutherland 0]

Yes we meet last October when got engaged .but they don't care about we have phone log photo email from our relationship started .but when co ask my man when first meet he said 2009 . But at that time we just and nothing more. When my marriage end I call him and we talk almost everyday .during that time we fell in love . He told that but co told him she prove that meet in 2009. This crazy because we were not in relationship then . Our relationship started in 2011 he told that but. She not listen . She said that we were not telling the truth.

[sutherland 0]

I sent a letter to them today explaining the whole in details and request a second interview .i praying for answer .the thing I am here in Nairobi until Saturday.

[MGAF 1]

I'm the OP for this thread.

As I mentioned earlier, we weren't given a specific reason for denial.

However, after much self-analysis of the interview, my fiance and I reached the conclusion that maybe the denial was because he revealed that we chose K1 because it was the fastest option. His interview went something like this:-

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CO: Why do you want to get married in the US (instead of my fiance's country)?

A: We want to settle in the US. We consulted an attorney who told us that K1 is fastest way.

CO: Well, your attorney lied to you. ( I think the CO mentioned that CR1 takes same amount of time ...but not sure)

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We have come up with 2 possible theories for denial reason

1. Since the petition may have been created with incorrect legal information , he felt that the petition must be reviewed again. (We think this would be flimsy reason yet possibly justifiable reason to send it back to USCIS)

2. He might have insinuated that we were trying to "game the system" because we chose the fastest option rather than making our plans first and then applying for the appropriate visa. (We think this reason is also flimsy but maybe there is some law which prohibits choosing the course of action based on processing times)

Interested to know what the folks in the forum think of these theories or if they have any other theories.

[Boiler 45,519]

Neither.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

I don't think it is either of these things. It is true that K1 and CR-1 take about the same time now, but that/ your theories would not be the cause for denial.