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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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Because they had good jobs and life style and probably would not disappear into the US to work in bars.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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You don't know until you try, did you try?

Don't expect any help from your congressman or senator, tell you the NVC is under the jurisdiction of the DOS that is under the jurisdiction of the executive branch, or in other words, the president of the US.

Could try sending a letter to Obama, but he doesn't seem to answer his mail.

If you are a tax paying US citizen, can apply for what they call adjustment of status, as your spouse your wife will maintain number one priority. Different sections on this board tell you how to do this. Have to maintain residency here, she will get a visa, then a green card, then US citizenship with a US passport. Then you are free to go anywhere you want to. As long as you are paying taxes to the US.

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The US is actually ranked as one of the most difficult countries in the world to get a visitors visa for.

Millions of people visit every year, but billions don't have the opportunity.

Hardest countries to get visa to visit #9

Yes it is there, but it says: "For your average tourist, this is generally a straightforward process, but if you’ve got a criminal record then think again. If you’ve ever dabbled in illegal drugs and been caught, consider the US to be off limits."

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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Well, he was a bit testy.

But I agree that people on this board do seem to be unduly pessimistic about getting tourist visas.

You tend to see the shall we say dubious end of the spectrum, most people would just apply and get one and never think twice about it.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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You tend to see the shall we say dubious end of the spectrum, most people would just apply and get one and never think twice about it.

Haha.. don't say "you". I agree with you and that is exactly what I did with the lady I'm dating. See my thread called:

B1/B2 Business/Tourist Visa For Thai Lady
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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It was akin to the Royal We.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Here's my take on this. The tourist visa application takes 20 minutes to fill out and costs $160. This visa is soley based on the information in the application, requested documents and interview that last 5 minutes. There is no law that you can't apply for your spouse or you can't apply with an petition for an I-130 on file.

Apply for it! If denied you're only out $160 and it is a dry run for your CR-1 or K-1 interview. Don't lie; if they ask if you have an I-130 on file tell them and make sure your spouse is prepared to show why your they will leave the US once the visa is up.

I would like my wife and my new son to visit my family while we are waiting for the I-130 petition approval. I plan on applying on a tourist visa for the wife next month. If I get denied I'm out $160. I've lost more money on worse stuff than that and it will make me feel better having tried. I don't know why people on here keep saying You Can't Do That! when it's not illegal to try. I see it here a lot on the posts. The worst they can say is denied, have a nice day.

I have to agree with the OP that some people go overboard on here. I read posts about how you need to bring mountians of evidance to your interview and then read a consular review that says the CO didn't look at it; only the photos. If it makes you feel good bring everything but it's not my style. People told me I needed a three inch stack of paper for my sons CRBA on top of the requested information and the CO only wanted to see 4 photos and was more interested in the interview part. I now believe that the CO's rely more on body language and not the content of your anwsers to the questions asked but how you answer. The CO may look at 50 applications a day. Do you really think their reading every single one?

If you think the US visa process is terrible or takes to long I suggest you try getting an employment visa to India. It will make you look at the US process and say hey this isn't so bad. That said I do think they need to speed up the process times of family based visas. Why should it take 8 months to adjudicate 3 pieces of paper.

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The US is actually ranked as one of the most difficult countries in the world to get a visitors visa for.

Millions of people visit every year, but billions don't have the opportunity.

Hardest countries to get visa to visit #9

I think your post is really misleading. If you actually look at the link, what it says about the U.S. is:

United States

For your average tourist, this is generally a straightforward process, but if you’ve got a criminal record then think again. If you’ve ever dabbled in illegal drugs and been caught, consider the US to be off limits.

Personally, I don't mind at all that we keep out a significant number of criminals and drug dealers -- it should be difficult for them to get visas. "Billions" don't apply for a visa, so there is no way of knowing whether they would get one or not.

Just to clarify -- I'm not saying that your wife, if her visa happens to be denied, is a criminal or a drug dealer! There are other reasons (the primary one being the inability to overcome the presumption of intending immigration that Congress wrote into the law). But, if you have strong ties to your current job (i.e., your contract is valid for a while longer), and there are no other issues you haven't mentioned, unlike other posters, I think she's likely to be approved. Good luck to both of you.

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Filed: Other Country: United Kingdom
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I think your post is really misleading. If you actually look at the link, what it says about the U.S. is:

United States

For your average tourist, this is generally a straightforward process, but if youve got a criminal record then think again. If youve ever dabbled in illegal drugs and been caught, consider the US to be off limits.

Personally, I don't mind at all that we keep out a significant number of criminals and drug dealers -- it should be difficult for them to get visas. "Billions" don't apply for a visa, so there is no way of knowing whether they would get one or not.

Just to clarify -- I'm not saying that your wife, if her visa happens to be denied, is a criminal or a drug dealer! There are other reasons (the primary one being the inability to overcome the presumption of intending immigration that Congress wrote into the law). But, if you have strong ties to your current job (i.e., your contract is valid for a while longer), and there are no other issues you haven't mentioned, unlike other posters, I think she's likely to be approved. Good luck to both of you.

The article was written by a British publication so of course it focuses on VWP scenarios so yes for the average tourist it's relatively straightforward to get to the US.

But it's not just drug dealers that are being kept out. Last time I flew in to the States there was a guy on the flight who was refused entry and sent back to the UK.

His crime? 30 years earlier he'd got into a brawl and found himself with a conviction for Actual Bodily Harm. He'd not been in any trouble since then and had brought his family for a once in a lifetime vacation. The hardened criminals and drug dealers you want to keep out just lie on their ESTA application.

But for a lot of people around the world there's just not much they can do to get past the presumption of immigration intent due to the US arrogance that everyone in the world wants to live there.

And I think you'll find that a lot of posters told the OP that his ties to Dubai were beneficial to his wifes application.

August 2000: We start e-mailing. I'm in Bosnia, she's in Florida

October 29th 2000: She sends me e-mail asking if I would marry her

October 29th 2000(5 seconds later): I say yes

November 2000: She sends me tickets to Orlando for when I get back

December 6th 2000: Return from Bos

December 11th 2000: Fly to Orlando, she meets me at airport

December 22nd 2000: I fly back to UK

January 3rd 2001: She flies to UK (Good times)

Mid February 2001: Pregnancy test Positive

Mid February 2001: She flies back to US

March 2001: Miscarriage, I fly to US on first flight I can get

May 2001: I leave US before my 90 days are up

June 2001: I fly back to US, stopped at airport for questioning as I had only just left

September 2001: Pregnancy test Positive again

September 2001: She falls sick, I make decision to stay to look after her as I am afraid I may have problems getting back in.

April 16th 2002: Our son is born, we start getting stuff together for his passport

March 6th 2003: We leave US for UK as family

Early April 2003: Family troubles make her return to US, I ask Embassy in London about possibilities of returning to US

April 16th 2003: London Embassy informs me that I will be banned from the Visa Waiver Program for 10 years, my little boys first birthday

June 13th 2006: I-129f sent

August 11th 2006: NOA1 Recieved

After our relationship breaks down she admits to me that she had never bothered to start the application process

 
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