Daughter denied visa to come to our wedding!

[desertjedi 0]

My fiancee is Russian and will be arriving in the US next Saturday after being approved for a K-1 Visa. We then had her daughter, who is a 24 year old accountant who owns her own apartment, apply for a B-2 visa so she could come to our wedding. It was denied. This saddens us deeply. I can't even imagine why my country could deny a mother's own daughter from attending her wedding. The daughter told us of other outcomes while she was at the US Consulate in Ekaterinburg:

- A Russian mother and son had already been to the US three times. When they went to apply for another trip, the mother was approved but the son was denied. The explanation ? "New rules."

- A couple of women wanted to visit America to see the sites in New York City. No problem! They were granted a visa.

It blows my mind that a government has the power to inflict such pain on families! Especially with direct blood relatives!

[Boiler 45,767]

She applied for a Visitor visa if this was so important then this should have been something to look at when deciding which route to take.

Assuming she is not married her mother can sponsor her to immigrate when she has her GC.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

As Boiler mentions, when making the decision about which type of visa to apply for, having family at the wedding should have been a major factor. My wife's mother and brother would not have been able to obtain US visas to attend the wedding had we went the K-1 route. As a result, we married in Colombia and 6 of my US family members easily traveled there to attend the nuptials. You're, in effect, blaming US immigration policy for your own poor planning. It's not too late, though. You can abandon the K-1, get married in Russia, and apply for CR1 visa.

[Boiler 45,767]

Or get married in the US and then have a blessing whatever that all her family and friends can attend?

[Dashinka 24,654]

Or get married in the US and then have a blessing whatever that all her family and friends can attend?

We did something like this as we thought it would be very difficult to have my fiance's son get a visitor visa to come over. At our wedding in the US we set up a webcam and had it at a time that was reasonable for my wife's family. Then we went back to Russia after she got her GC and had several celebrations there with all my new family.

Good Luck!

[Transborderwife 4,666]

It's sad but it's a part of life unfortunately.

[MacUK 983]

My fiancee is Russian and will be arriving in the US next Saturday after being approved for a K-1 Visa. We then had her daughter, who is a 24 year old accountant who owns her own apartment, apply for a B-2 visa so she could come to our wedding. It was denied. This saddens us deeply. I can't even imagine why my country could deny a mother's own daughter from attending her wedding. The daughter told us of other outcomes while she was at the US Consulate in Ekaterinburg:

- A Russian mother and son had already been to the US three times. When they went to apply for another trip, the mother was approved but the son was denied. The explanation ? "New rules."

- A couple of women wanted to visit America to see the sites in New York City. No problem! They were granted a visa.

It blows my mind that a government has the power to inflict such pain on families! Especially with direct blood relatives!

They don't care about the reasons why someone wants to go to the States.

Weddings, births, graduations, illnesses...

It doesn't matter.

ALL they care about is that the tourist will leave at the end of the trip. Your fiances daughter obviously didn't convince them that she will.

It's probably nothing that she did wrong. It's the past actions of young women and men who've been granted their tourist visas and gone hunting for a USC spouse as soon as they've got out of the airport.

[desertjedi 0]

No... Thank you for the sage wisdom Russ but I would never consider which route to take based simply on the desire to have guests attend. And if I had the wedding in Russia, none of my relatives would have attended. Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Obviously, my decision to go K-1 was obviously a good one simply due to the fact that was approved... something not everyone achieves. And for sure the daughter's performance at the interview had nothing to do with the outcome. The result was probably a fait accompli before the interview even started. Thanks for the info Boiler but her daughter has no desire to immigrate to the country. I thought about a webcam but the wedding will be on the beach.

[yuna628 9,689]

No... Thank you for the sage wisdom Russ but I would never consider which route to take based simply on the desire to have guests attend. And if I had the wedding in Russia, none of my relatives would have attended. Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Obviously, my decision to go K-1 was obviously a good one simply due to the fact that was approved... something not everyone achieves. And for sure the daughter's performance at the interview had nothing to do with the outcome. The result was probably a fait accompli before the interview even started. Thanks for the info Boiler but her daughter has no desire to immigrate to the country. I thought about a webcam but the wedding will be on the beach.

Have someone record the wedding for you

There are also ways to get a webcam, via a phone or an ipad wirelessly. You could use a backup battery with a large amount of backup hours for power. There are also providers of this service for you for a fee of course.

[Boiler 45,767]

I know that there are wedding planners who can do this, I live in the boonies and they can broadcast from here. Beach should not be an issue.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

I know that there are wedding planners who can do this, I live in the boonies and they can broadcast from here. Beach should not be an issue.

I agree with this. Find a planner who is willing to do this

[vbtwo 54]

Yes it sucks. They didn't give my mother-in-law a visa to come here for our wedding either. They consider a lack of really close relatives back home and having really close relatives in the US a huge minus in the chances of getting a visa.

If the daughter would be married and preferably with children, then she would most likely have gotten a visa as the husband and children would remain behind to ensure she came back.

Sadly, a job and an apartment are not enough guarantees in Russia and Ukraine.

[baron555 934]

It blows my mind that a government has the power to inflict such pain on families! Especially with direct blood relatives!

Stop.......be thankful your government allowed your foreign fiance to immigrate to the US.

[desertjedi 0]

You're right, Baron555. We don't live in an ideal world and I was reacting out of pain.

I mentioned the webcam to a friend and he said to just video-Skype from a phone or tablet.

[desertjedi 0]

My concern now is how to get my daughter-in-law over here for a visit. She may get married this summer - maybe that will make the difference!