From Administrative Processing to Refused

[JD610 0]

My fiancé had his interview in London on August 18th. He was told his visa would be approved pending a confirmation phone call to ACRO. The officer kept his passport and documents. His status stated "AP" for a few days and on the 24th, it was updated to "Refused" and to refer to the paper that was received during his interview. He obviously was not given any such document. He has phoned the embassy and has been instructed to send an email to the general mailbox as she does not have access to any information nor can she transfer him to someone that does. Email was sent a two days ago. He has contacted ACRO to inquire about the contact between themselves and the embassy. They explained exactly what communication took place and confirmed his history on file, which is what was discussed during the interview, plus offered him the transcripts of the phone call for his records. Needless to say we are confused. Does anyone have any previous experience with this? How can we find out the denial reason? At what point will his passport be returned? As you can imagine, we have had a very hard time processing all of this... and are desperate for answers.

[mallafri76 1,012]

I guess there was something on his police cert that was cause for the refusal. Have you looked into a waiver, depending on what's on his police cert? Even though he was honest and up front about previous arrests/record, some crimes will still prevent him from immigrating to the US.

Keep emailing the embassy to try and get answers or at least get the refusal letter. Maybe try getting your Senator involved. That helped us at the NVC stage.

[Illiria 980]

What was he convicted of? Knowing this those who are knowledgable can then tell you if it should be reason for denial and if it is waiverable.

Wait on the email back from them, two days isn't enough time for a reply. You can contact your congressperson' office and ask them to try and find out the denial reason if you don't get a reply in a reasonable amount of time, you will both have to fill out permission for them to request the information.

[lost_at_sea 995]

Yes, sounds like there was something unsatisfactory on his police report. Has he been convicted in the past? If so, has he had prison sentences?

There may well be a document arriving in the mail, regarding the refusal document mentioned.

[JD610 0]

He has never been imprisoned, or committed crimes of Moral Turpitude, he had one DUI 19 years ago, and a caution for common assault. The officer explained to him that common assault is not a concern, they are focused on aggravated assault and they are not concerned about cautions. We are trying to be patient and wait on emails or postal mail. I have read on travel.state.gov all possible denial reasons. I assume we just have to wait and see and start preparing for the waiver process.

[Max! 10]

He has never been imprisoned, or committed crimes of Moral Turpitude, he had one DUI 19 years ago, and a caution for common assault. The officer explained to him that common assault is not a concern, they are focused on aggravated assault and they are not concerned about cautions. We are trying to be patient and wait on emails or postal mail. I have read on travel.state.gov all possible denial reasons. I assume we just have to wait and see and start preparing for the waiver process.

Go with good attorney and get 601 process for waver going it will take some time to approve but from my openion that's best option

Also ask your state senator office for help as well. Maybe they can help

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[Scandi 4,102]

I don't know how it works in England but in Sweden we have something called NOVA where they list people who have been or who could possibly be getting into some kind of "heavy criminality". This list has been leaked in the past and turned out that people who have never been involved in any crimes whatsoever were on the list, only because they hung out with the wrong crowd or were married to a criminal. This is just one of many lists the govt is sitting on (they love to list people).

Having the wrong ties and connections can put you on that list, but I'm not sure if that's enough to refuse you a visa or not. The govt is working against you as much as they can if they believe you're a "bad person" even if you've never actually done anything. Not saying this is what's happening in your case, just saying there's bunch of stuff going about behind the scenes that most people don't know about.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

England is not a difficult embassy.

He needs to be upfront about his past.

[HackyMoto 13]

England is not a difficult embassy.

Maybe he went to the tougher UK one then? ? Edited August 27, 2016 by HackyMoto

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

He had to provide his criminal background at time of interview so I would suspect they checked on family, ties to family even a gang and organizations he belonged to

A congressman can only get the same answers you already have / He will get no additional infromation / he is privay to your information but he is not allowed the private informaiton of this foreigner / they request information from hOmeland Security / if you ask one and give him the release paper to help, put your name in google and you will see what happens and who gets the request to help

You can apply for a waiver and hire the attorney but be prepared as ACRO paperwork is hard to overcome / they do keep a list and if the common assault was newer than the 19 year old DUI, it may be the issue especailly if it was a former GF