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Ragazza   0

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Dear VisaJourney members!

I would appreciate your comments regarding the following.

My husband has recently filed an I-130 petition for me with all the required documents following the instructions provided on this forum (and I would like to thank all those who helped to create this forum).

However, one issue came to my mind just now. When I filed an application for a tourist visa in 2013, I didn't mention my future husband as my contact in the US, although we knew each other and planned to meet. I did so for two obvious reasons: 1) We were not dating at that time in the normal sense, I mean we planned to meet up but I as well stayed in the hotels and went to some places in the US without him, so I would not say that he was my only contact in the US, and 2) I knew I would have been rejected a tourist visa if I mentioned some guy as a contact in the US.

From our I-130 application, it is obvious that we met before I obtained the US tourist visa.

Could you please advise on how we can avoid our case being treated as a fraud or something like that? At the actual visa interview (for immigrant visa), can I say that I didn't mention my husband-to-be as a US contact because (as I honestly stated) our relationship was not as developed at that time and I didn't consider him to be my primary contact in the US? Overall, do you think it can be a problem at all? I applied for tourist visa in 2013, and we got married only 2 years later.

Thank you and I would appreciate your comments.

MordecaiRigby Contributor

MordecaiRigby   29

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I don't think it will be an issue at all.

If they even ask about this at the interview (which I doubt they will), just answer truthfully: you weren't dating at the time; he was just an acquaintance in 2013.

January 2011 - met in USA

Sep 28, 2013 - wedding in Poland

USCIS:

Sep 23, 2015 - mailed I-130 package to Chicago lockbox

Nov 3, 2015 - I-130 approved (29 days from NOA1)

Nov 12, 2015 - received NOA2 via snail mail

NVC:

Jan 2, 2016 - DS-261 submitted

Feb 6, 2016 - DS-260 submitted

CONSULATE:

Apr 26, 2016 - medical exam

May 10, 2016 - interview at the Embassy in Warsaw, Poland - result: APPROVED!

May 16, 2016 - visa in hand

POE:

Jul 23, 2016 - POE: Chicago O'Hare

NATURALIZATION:

Dec 16, 2019 - filed N-400 online

Feb 24, 2020 - naturalization interview in Phoenix, AZ

Mar 10, 2020 - naturalization oath ceremony in Phoenix, AZ

Ragazza Apprentice

Ragazza   0

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I don't think it will be an issue at all.

If they even ask about this at the interview (which I doubt they will), just answer truthfully: you weren't dating at the time; he was just an acquaintance in 2013.

Thank you so much for your prompt comment and advice. I might be paranoid already, but hopefully they won't ask about that :)

 
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