Need HELP QUICK!!!

[TheLittleMonster 1]

Hi everyone.... i need help quite quickly so if any of you have an answer or even a thought about this...PLEASE respond!!!

My wife just went in to the US embassy Bogota, Colombia, for her Immigrant Visa interview. We were temporarily denied. He said, "Not that i think your lying, but i dont have enough proof of your marriage". Having obviously submitted our marriage certificate, my wife asked what more proof could she give? He said, "oh i dont know, maybe bringing your husband in for an interview". My wife and i were told by there spokespeople the Visa call center(whome you have to call as the embassy states that they are the official spokespeople and that you shouldnt call the embassy), that I the petitioner(Husband and US citizen) was not allowed to go. He replied, " well they dont know anything". Mind you, this is the OFFICIAL SPOKESMEN!!!! But they dont know anything.

Ive been living here for the past year, because though economically it would be smarter to go back to the US and work, my wife and i HATE being apart. We Love eachother so much it literally pains us to be apart. And here, i cannot work, my wife is leaving and they work by 6 month to 1 year contracts. so she cannot either as we are trying to leave. We are houskeeprs tho in our own house for her mother and are teaching a class, we are teaching her cousin english. Tho she stated that he said, "so both of you dont have jobs, what do you do all day???" WERE MARRIED!!!! What do you think we do all day??? haha Enjoy being MARRIED to eachother!!! And the wonderful consular officer still cant see or have enough prrof we are married. I mean what does he think, i stayed down here cause our marrige is a sham and we sit in different rooms and hate eachother???

Next, he stated that my affidavit was not enough support. Although, by the Department of states rules, if you dont make enough money you can add your assets to the affidavit to compensate, and they must equal 3x the difference if for a spouse or child. Anything else is x5 the difference. My assets are over what we need. But ok, its not enough support. My father and i filled out an I864 and my father filled out an I864a for it. After the consular officer stated that i needed cosupport, my wife said, "i have it, my husband filled anI864 and his father filled out an I864a. My father makes enough money to support a family of 9. But he absolutely refused to look at it. and said to bring it in nxt time. BUT he demanded that my father or whoever is cosupporting needs to fill out a form I134...... I dont have to but they do. Again remember this is an IMMIGRANT VISA, NOT a NON-Immigrant visa. So now we have to do that because he said so and we dont want to take any chances. But does this make sense to anyone??? It doesnt to me considering that every place i looked for information on the affidavit of I134 is for NON-IMMIGRANT visas; usually for K visas and whatnot. Could he be mistaking the visa we are applying for?? We do have a K visa filled for my wife but both the Cr1 and the K visa were approved at the same time. Either this man is a complete idiot and cannot even read the correct case number, or im just baffled.

Im leaning toward the first because this man was a complete #######!!! He would not let my wife ask a single question and anything she responded to was like she was a piece of ######. So much so, my father called the NVC to ask for some info on the I134 and explained what happened. Theyre reply was to file a formal complaint with the Dept. of State, because this was absolutely absurd. We obviously will not until we have the visa and my wife is in the US.

So does anyone have any feedback to why he would require a I134 affidavit for an IMMIGRANT VISA??? Has anyone had this trouble or anything like it???

Please let me know any info. or any feedback you may have as im kinda in the dark on these new requirements.

Thank you all so much!!

Much Love,

The Little Monster

[j-manu 0]

Sorry to learn of your situation. You may have grounds to file a complaint, but it may be wise to have your father fill out this form and submit that one. If that does not work, may be you father can contact his local congressman and ask for his/her help.

Good luck.

[meauxna 15]

Please let me know any info. or any feedback you may have as im kinda in the dark on these new requirements.

Thank you all so much!!

OK Little Monster, the following is pure speculation & zero fact.

It's been my observation from reading others' posts that an interview will go weird like this.

(ok, this part is fact)

#1, assets are allowed. Assuming you documented them correctly, no problemo.

#2, it's not super-duper clear what you've done with the I-864A, but let's give you the benefit of the doubt and say you & dad did all that just fine

#3, it's not required that the USC petitioner attend the interview

(back to the observation non-fact part)

So, the CO throws all this weird jabber at you, turns you completely upside down in a panic, you spend the weekend looking for all the evidence you can shove at them and then....

That's right, your wife gets a call to come pick up her visa.

No explanation--maybe some COs just like to watch folks twist in the wind while they are doing the *normal* pre-visa-issue checks. Maybe he was trying to rattle her to see what he could get--like a fishing expedition.

More facts: no, I have never seen a CO ask for an I-134 for an IV because *it's not allowed in the law*. That's the main thing that makes me think the CO is just being contrary.

?Did your wife leave her passport at the Embassy?

Things that you CAN do, ASAP, are:

-prepare documentary evidence of your marriage. Answer his question with *evidence*, not defensiveness. There is some sort of paper trail for your co-mingled activities, even if it's affadavits from people in your neighborhood (businesses etc). If you've been there a year, you've left a trace.

-Do whatever you do to get an appointment at the Embassy. If you can speak to the CO who did the interview, fine. If you can only speak to the information worker, fine. Find out what you have to do to present the 'requested evidence' and BOTH of you appear to do so.

Back to speculation-land: I wonder if you won't just get the call out of the blue. Like I said, I have read reports of interviews that go like that, quite discouraging, nonsensical requests, get the visa call shortly afterward.

Just another way to look at it, and some encouragement that you *will* get this settled, and it likely won't take that long.

[Mononoke28 135]

Even if the I-134 is not required for immigrant visas you should fill one out, do as the CO says because you need him to grant your wife the visa. This is not a time to complaint and win the battle, once she gets her visa, you're game.

Also, the spouse IS allowed to go to the interview with the beneficiary. It is not a requirement but if you can go, you should. And as far as extra evidence, try to bring in as many pictures of you together to the next interview, bank statements or any other contracts in both your names if you have them, affidavits from family and friends who can testify you have a bonafide marriage. I think that should be plenty of evidence and most importantly go with her to the interview if you can.