Why does it is take so long to get a K1 visa

[payxibka 10,047]

If the past marriages ended in amicable terms then all is fine, but some people have difficulties locating ex-wifes addresses and other information that the embassy requests. It's not easy calling your ex-wife and telling her you want to marry a foreigner and asking for her cooperation.

Also, I believe certain embassys will view past failed marriages as good indicator's of the future outcome of a K1 visa (not saying that this is the case with the OP). If both petitioner and beneficiary were never married and there were no children etc., then it would be simple. Throw in a divorce and a few kids and you complicate the process.

Every embassy is different, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling the OP that two past divorces won't present problems. IMO.

Then I am in big trouble because I and my fiancee are both divorced and have kids from our previous marriages.....

[Andy 2]

Every embassy IS different, but their purpose in the process is the same, even if they set about their task with a different perspective for any of various reasons.

There are some factors to consider though. For example, it is not the consulate's role to determine 'future outcome' of a K-1, other that that the couple are genuine about their intent to marry and have evidenced a genuine relationship as the basis of that, and that they intend to live together as man and wife in the US. The fact prior marriages may have failed, and for the most part even who's fault that may have been, is not relevant in any but a secondary sense to the process of adjudication.

There is also no involvement of prior spouses or cooperation of such needed in the K-1 process. Both petitioner and beneficiary need to provide evidence of prior marriages - certificates to prove the marriage took place and divorce decrees, death certificates etc to show they were lawfully ended, but that is all. If the petitioner has children by prior marriages, that is of very little interest to the system as long as they are listed on the petitioner's G-325A. If the beneficiary has children by a prior marriage, they are of interest to the system in as far as any direct involvement in the case, but again, as long as they are listed so it is clear the petitioner knows of them, they don't really impact on adjudication.

That isn't to say that prior marriages and children don't play a part because like all other factors they are considered in the context of each case as a separate entity, and like every other aspect of the system embassies vary in their focus and concerns based on local factors (such as incidence of perceived visa fraud). But it's important to realize that the consulate's purpose is solely to determine the beneficiary's eligibility for a K-1 visa, thus even in high fraud posts where denials are higher than normal, if the couple focus on the need to provide sufficient and telling evidence of their genuine relationship, and assuming the beneficiary is not ineligible for any of the normal criminal, health, prior violation type reasons, the K-1 will still be granted.

I suspect that by and large, where K-1 visas are denied or sent into administrative review, it's because the couple made mistakes in the details or documents provided, or did not focus appropriately on the evidence they needed to provide, based in part on the local concerns of the consulate. Of course, that's not to say there are not some relatively harsh and problematic adjudicators who deny seemingly valid applications - there are always a few such - but no-one can predict these, so while they exist they don't represent a pattern to be considered when trying to navigate the system.

K-1 visas take so long because like any bureaucratic system, they require volumes of paperwork to be considered by numerous bureaucrats for brief periods each, between which the file sits on a shelf collecting dust in a long queue of dust-collecting files. Every now and then, a worker checks that the file hasn't been lost, but otherwise for the most part each of several hundred thousand cases pending in the system just get forgotten until they shuffle to the front of the queue and fall off the shelf into someone's lap to be dealt with in some way. Then, to assuage the convoluted thinking of lawmakers who don't believe in simple being best, the process is broken down into three stages between two different branches of government in three locations, thus requiring all the paperwork to be shuffled from place to place at the requisite time. It's inefficient, soulless and almost entirely non-responsive. On the UP side however, as much as it doesn't seem like it sometimes, the K-1 process for most couples is actually faster than almost any other visa process in the US immigration system.

[Melyssa 0]

Someone once said this is what goes on at USCIS.......

That image is making me feel dizzy. haha

[bostonparis 0]

I'm twice divorced and my fiance got his visa last week without a problem. Only one question asked about it: "Do you know you'll be her third husband?" AND I'm 10 years older than him.

[panamania79 2]

I am new on this web site. And of course, I have a lot of questions.I am just on the beginning of my prosess to get K1 visa.

Why can tell me why it is take so long to get K1 visa? Are they going to check all my docs that I have to provide? I mean, I was married 2 times before. Are they gonna check this info also?

Taty

They check everything,and they do background checks on both you and your fiance.It took them seven months just to send me my NOA2.As long as you have included your two divorce decrees along with your petition,your previous marriages should not pose a problem.Suerte paisana.

[em79sugar 1]

I was also married twice and my second marriage was within 2 years of my first divorce. However, I provided certified documents from the counties where the divorces took place to prove I was divorced. However, the US Embassy may ask your fiance if you were married before at the time of his/her interview and ask if they know why it didn't work out, so you need to discuss this with your fiance. This is a long process and I can tell you now, if I ever had to do this before I got married to my last two husbands, this would have definitely been my first and only marriage as this process is not for the faint of heart, weak or uncommitted. I wish you the best of luck!