Is Age Difference and Issue?

[NDB052714 122]

Awhile back as I was reading info on filing for a K-1 Fiance Visa, I remember being struck by the statement that USCIS looks for red flags, and age difference was listed. I wonder, has anyone had difficulty securing a visa based on age difference? I wonder...what are they looking for? what are the parameters? Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences to offer? I don't understand how anyone could possibly judge the validity of a relationship based on that criterion alone. Thank you!

[A'n'L 735]

USCIS don't care about age difference, but the local embassy will/might. It all depends on your country, red flags are typically constituted by circumstances that are uncommon according to local traditions.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

A big age difference (usually with the foreigner being younger) can mean that the younger fiance is using the older petitioner for a greencard.

It's not that criterion- age difference- alone that will mean denial, but a red flag means they will look more closely into other aspects of the relationship such as religious and educational differences, other immigration attempts, previous relationships, how much you communicate and so on.

An age difference red flag can often be overcome by spending a lot of time together, meeting eachother's family and so on. As AnL mentions, it also depends on the culture of the country of the beneficiary. For example, in the Philippines it is culturally acceptable for young ladies to be with older men, so this is less of a red flag than, say, a young man with an older woman past childbearing age in an African country.

[soulstriker 274]

depends on the country and how big the age gap is

[arken 4,197]

Awhile back as I was reading info on filing for a K-1 Fiance Visa, I remember being struck by the statement that USCIS looks for red flags, and age difference was listed.

I wonder, has anyone had difficulty securing a visa based on age difference?

Look into this, seems like age difference was a major factor in this case: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/568104-visa-denied/

I wonder...what are they looking for? what are the parameters? Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences to offer?

They are looking for a genuine relationship between the two. Like other said, USCIS probably doesn't care and will approve the i129F. The COs will be well aware of the tradition, culture and norms of the country they are stationed in. Those factors will come into play.

I don't understand how anyone could possibly judge the validity of a relationship based on that criterion alone. Thank you!

Not only on age factor, that's why you have a chance to prove that your relationship is bonafide.

[baron555 934]

depends on the country and how big the age gap is

AND......who is older.

[gradtaai 8]

20 year difference is very common for Thailand. If you can show a continuing relationship from the time you met her in 2014 until now, the age difference won't matter much.