So sad!

[Umka36 781]

OP, another option is to meet in another country between the two of you:

https://embassy-finder.com/travel-with_gambia_passport

[indiana_sweetie 120]

gambia is on the ban list reply trough senegal

gambia with that dictator they have a ban

I know nothing about Gambia, and wanting to know, I looked it up, and was greeted with the ominous message that all government officials from The Gambia are banned from getting a US visa and there is a very high number of people trying to leave the country. In light of the political problems, my guess is this is making things even harder for the OP.

Not every country's citizens are easily granted visitor visas. My husband's country is in Europe but has no waver program and generally visitor visas are not given to unmarried men there, so there was zero chance for my hubby to come here to meet or visit me. We married in his country and I visited again, on a credit card.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

Is there a chance your fiance talked about his business prospects? As in when talking about you, he may have also talked about his wants to move his business over here, even if it's with you? Could they have felt that there's a business side to his motives?

Have you ever sent him money?

Has he tried to come to the US before? Gone to any countries that may raise flags?

Does he know the names of family and friends of yours? Your birthday? How long you were married before, even a general idea or knowing the exhusbands name? Children's birthdays if you have any? The grades they're in if you have any? Where ya'll met, how did you meet? What did you do during the time ya'll were together? When do you plan on getting married? What are your plans when you get to the US? <-- Some people actually shoot themselves in the foot when they answer the last two.


Are there any questions that they could have asked him that you think HE couldn't have answered. It's good that you know him better than your exhusband, but does your fiance know YOU just as well?


I think ya'll need more face time, or at least date longer.


The process over all to get to interview is incredibly easy, assuming you don't mess up paperwork. The interview is meant to be the hard part.

[NYCruiser 423]

That is going to be something you have to figure out for yourself.

What others have done may not be what you want to do.

BTW it is very easy to fake who you are on skype and phones. Heck some are good enough to fake it for months in person.

It is a risk we take loving someone, but sadly when it comes to international relationships it is not a risk the government wants part of.

I am by no means saying this is you or your fiance's case, but have a look at 90 Day Fiance on TLC. Some of it is incredible what people do to get Green Cards. TiVo it if you dont have time. I have no idea how these people get on the show..

im from the UK so i never had to apply for a visa previous to me visiting cause my country i was from was under the VWP (visa waiver program) i just filled out a form on the plane this was before it went electronic... Some countries need to apply for a b2 i believe that the tourist visa which allows them to come and vacation for a short period of time... I dont know the condition of the b2 tourist visa since but i know once i entered the country i could stay for max 90days at any 1 time then i would need to depart... Some people on the AOS forums came on the B2 tourist visa got married within a month and filed straight for the AOS to get there green card

being from the Gambia, he cannot get a visa to come to the USA due to the fact that a petition has been filed for me (immigrant intent). Overstays by Africans are very common in the USA. Remember what they make in a year there, one can make in a month here...or less....so...:-(

[malenonimmigrant 10]

A lot of fraud marriages coming from Africa for the sake of getting a green card. It's pretty rampant so I can see why they denied you as you only visited him once and that too for for only 1 week! That's a huge red flag. You can have all the paper evidence in the world (boarding passes, chat logs, joint bank accounts) but all that stuff can be made up and not show true bonafide relationship. The immigration officers had every right to doubt you. Gather more legitimate evidence and show that you are truly in a relationship and you'll have no problems.

[AJS15 7]

I think we are going to have my daughter in law and son take over my business and I'm moving there ? I love it there and we have decided we are happy wherever we are as long as we are together! Thanks for all the advice! If we decide in a few years to try again after we get married we will try the CR-1. I appreciate you all!

[ceisenbruch 53]

I think we are going to have my daughter in law and son take over my business and I'm moving there ? I love it there and we have decided we are happy wherever we are as long as we are together! Thanks for all the advice! If we decide in a few years to try again after we get married we will try the CR-1. I appreciate you all!

Wow! Congratulations!! That's amazing, best of luck to you.

[Mocking bird 0]

Don't mind asking you have any babies ??

[usmsbow 801]

http://mypathtocitizenship.com/which-countries-are-on-the-uscis-high-fraud-list/

all African countries are on the high fraud list / the above webpage shows them in red

sorry, not AOS but with only a 2 year green card you have to apply again after 2 years to extend the green card before he can apply for citzenship

i was wrong about AOS but still it is expensive

and you need more face time

Not to digress, and I don't disagree with your overall point, but that map (and list) isn't very useful for K-1 applicants. For instance Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines are high fraud countries, but super easy for K-1 applicants.

[RobertM54 36]

I think we are going to have my daughter in law and son take over my business and I'm moving there ? I love it there and we have decided we are happy wherever we are as long as we are together! Thanks for all the advice! If we decide in a few years to try again after we get married we will try the CR-1. I appreciate you all!

Congratulations on your decision. If I did not have such a fantastic job, I would move to my lady's country today. It sounds like your son is an adult and so you are a mature woman entering into this relationship with your eyes open. While some focus on the scammers, the many Westerners who love Africa love it for the people - warm, friendly and trustworthy. Sadly, perhaps not so much now as in the past. . There are so many advantages to moving to your fiance's country in building a relationship that they can believe in. And it does not take a lot of money to live there, so if you have any savings at all, you should be comfortable. By living with your man, you will address almost all of the concerns the embassy has about the validity of your relationship.

What infuriates me is that DHS is preparing to grant amnesty to millions who are here illegally (and with no bonifide relationship to an American). At the same time the Department of State decides it has to be the relationship police. They claim some kind of legislative mandate to arbitrarily pass judgement and the validity of relationships. Well DHS has a lot of legislative mandates which they are systematically ignoring. DOS over-interprets legislative intent. DHS ignores it . So people who are completely legal in every respect are denied an easy shot at happiness by some low-level bureaucrat passing judgement on the quality of their relationship. While at the same time, DHS prepares to legalize millions of people who have been illegally living and working in the USA.

[usmsbow 801]

Congratulations on your decision. If I did not have such a fantastic job, I would move to my lady's country today. It sounds like your son is an adult and so you are a mature woman entering into this relationship with your eyes open. While some focus on the scammers, the many Westerners who love Africa love it for the people - warm, friendly and trustworthy. Sadly, perhaps not so much now as in the past. . There are so many advantages to moving to your fiance's country in building a relationship that they can believe in. And it does not take a lot of money to live there, so if you have any savings at all, you should be comfortable. By living with your man, you will address almost all of the concerns the embassy has about the validity of your relationship.

What infuriates me is that DHS is preparing to grant amnesty to millions who are here illegally (and with no bonifide relationship to an American). At the same time the Department of State decides it has to be the relationship police. They claim some kind of legislative mandate to arbitrarily pass judgement and the validity of relationships. Well DHS has a lot of legislative mandates which they are systematically ignoring. DOS over-interprets legislative intent. DHS ignores it . So people who are completely legal in every respect are denied an easy shot at happiness by some low-level bureaucrat passing judgement on the quality of their relationship. While at the same time, DHS prepares to legalize millions of people who have been illegally living and working in the USA.

DHS does what the President tells it to do. The State Department does the same. You make it sound like the two agencies are doing things on their own whim and fancy. If that's the case (which it certainly isn't for DHS), it is due to the white house giving them that latitude.

[AJS15 7]

Don't mind asking you have any babies ??

No I just have my 21 year old son and he doesn't have kids

[AJS15 7]

Congratulations on your decision. If I did not have such a fantastic job, I would move to my lady's country today. It sounds like your son is an adult and so you are a mature woman entering into this relationship with your eyes open. While some focus on the scammers, the many Westerners who love Africa love it for the people - warm, friendly and trustworthy. Sadly, perhaps not so much now as in the past. . There are so many advantages to moving to your fiance's country in building a relationship that they can believe in. And it does not take a lot of money to live there, so if you have any savings at all, you should be comfortable. By living with your man, you will address almost all of the concerns the embassy has about the validity of your relationship.

What infuriates me is that DHS is preparing to grant amnesty to millions who are here illegally (and with no bonifide relationship to an American). At the same time the Department of State decides it has to be the relationship police. They claim some kind of legislative mandate to arbitrarily pass judgement and the validity of relationships. Well DHS has a lot of legislative mandates which they are systematically ignoring. DOS over-interprets legislative intent. DHS ignores it . So people who are completely legal in every respect are denied an easy shot at happiness by some low-level bureaucrat passing judgement on the quality of their relationship. While at the same time, DHS prepares to legalize millions of people who have been illegally living and working in the USA.

Yes I agree! I wish there was a way to figure out the good from the bad! I love my man so much and just want to be with him but because a embassy worker decided that we aren't in love, I have to live without my fiance being here on my birthday next Saturday! We were planning on getting married that day too!

[RobertM54 36]

DHS does what the President tells it to do. The State Department does the same. You make it sound like the two agencies are doing things on their own whim and fancy. If that's the case (which it certainly isn't for DHS), it is due to the white house giving them that latitude.

I absolutely understand who is showing preference to non-citizens and subjecting citizens to capricious treatment by bureaucrats. There are many comments about how arbitrary the CO decision can be. In this environment where amnesty is the mantra of the administration, it could easily ease up on the denials by DOS if this administration really cared about its hard working, tax paying, and law abiding citizens. Instead it gives preference to those illegals taking shortcuts and lets those of us who follow the rules to wait for the pronouncement from on-high (a junior bureaucrat) on whether our relationship is valid.

[mrx3214 4]

Most likely he answered some questions incorrectly. He didn't know enough about you and your family. Let's say he did know you and your family members. Maybe he got nervous and didn't answer none of the questions correctly. Resulting in a denial. You guys need to talk and go line by line. What happened at the interview. Good luck

At this point it's not hopeless, But you need to contact a lawyer.