K 1 Visa Red Flag? Misrepresentation suspected?

[JFH 12,191]

Why the secrecy over which country this is that we are talking about? Are we allowed to know? 

 

Apply for whichever visa you want, no visa will make the CO unsee what she put in the original DS-160 or the notes that were made during the B-2 interview. 

[Californiansunset 336]

2 hours ago, Gerty said:

Thank you all for your contributions.

 

This is it, on her ds 160 form filled, she filled her point/contact person in the US as the hotel she will be staying and not me. Although she travelled one month later which we assumed could be the saving grace, And by the time she visited the U.S,  she stayed with me, therefore we have no record to prove that she stayed in a hotel (which at least is expected of any tourist). This is the reason we are scared if we have misrepresented in the tourist visa visit, and we thought that it might be an issue for our K1 visa application. 

 

What can we, therefore, do to remove this stigma of negligence/impediment to our k1 visa application. Is it advisable that I should also visit her in her country of residence, and she also visits me one more time before filing our K1 application, or we should get married in her home country and we go for CR1 (marriage-based application) rather?

 

Thank you for your comments. 

Thank you all for your contributions.

 

This is it, on her ds 160 form filled, she filled her point/contact person in the US as the hotel she will be staying and not me. Although she travelled one month later which we assumed could be the saving grace, And by the time she visited the U.S,  she stayed with me, therefore we have no record to prove that she stayed in a hotel (which at least is expected of any tourist). This is the reason we are scared if we have misrepresented in the tourist visa visit, and we thought that it might be an issue for our K1 visa application. 

 

What can we, therefore, do to remove this stigma of negligence/impediment to our k1 visa application. Is it advisable that I should also visit her in her country of residence, and she also visits me one more time before filing our K1 application, or we should get married in her home country and we go for CR1 (marriage-based application) rather?

 

Thank you for your comments. 

I highly doubt you will have any problems. It would help a lot if you would mention the country you guys are filing from. Countries with a high fraud percentage are more likely to give out a misrepresentation ban compared to low fraud countries.

When i was asked who i would go visit (asked by CBP though, not by a CO) I never mentioned my boyfriend. I had friends in the US and also put them down as point of contact and where I was staying bc I partly did. Looking back I should’ve been honest but I didn’t know better at that point and was always told not to say that I have a bf there (which is wrong). Never ever was I questioned about it at my K1 or AOS interview.

[Sarah&Facundo 602]

2 minutes ago, Californiansunset said:

I highly doubt you will have any problems. It would help a lot if you would mention the country you guys are filing from. Countries with a high fraud percentage are more likely to give out a misrepresentation ban compared to low fraud countries.

When i was asked who i would go visit (asked by CBP though, not by a CO) I never mentioned my boyfriend. I had friends in the US and also put them down as point of contact and where I was staying bc I partly did. Looking back I should’ve been honest but I didn’t know better at that point and was always told not to say that I have a bf there (which is wrong). Never ever was I questioned about it at my K1 or AOS interview.

Same. My husband (then boyfriend) said he was "visiting friends." And that was in 2016. Meanwhile in our packet we had all over the place we began dating in 2012. No one gave it a second glance lol You'll be fine. 

[Gerty 0]

7 minutes ago, Californiansunset said:

I highly doubt you will have any problems. It would help a lot if you would mention the country you guys are filing from. Countries with a high fraud percentage are more likely to give out a misrepresentation ban compared to low fraud countries.

When i was asked who i would go visit (asked by CBP though, not by a CO) I never mentioned my boyfriend. I had friends in the US and also put them down as point of contact and where I was staying bc I partly did. Looking back I should’ve been honest but I didn’t know better at that point and was always told not to say that I have a bf there (which is wrong). Never ever was I questioned about it at my K1 or AOS interview.

Thank you, she got her tourist visa in her home country Ghana, although she resides lives in Lithuania in Europe, and that is where she will be having her interview if we file the k1 visa. And the CO in Lithuania are somehow tough on Africans. That makes us fear should in case, the CO will be taking it up in the case of the tourist visa. But to perfect the whole thing, am thinking of Visiting her in Lithuania before filling the K1 to further buttress our being together and making it an error to talk about because of her visit. 

[JeffreyB01 0]

You didn't break any laws. It would be like him flying to you. Going to your boyfriend's and not hotel isn't an issue. You guys chose to stay at his place. Like if he flew to you, and instead of staying at hotel he stayed with you. Having pictures together establish you have seen each other. If you have a way to print messages, all of them, do that.

[bakphx1 789]

If you arrived and left according to the terms of your visa, I can't see there being an issue.  If you arrived with the intention of immigrating on that same trip, that's where you'd run into trouble. 

 

In reviewing the K1 visa, I can't imagine they'll spend two seconds trying to second guess your visitor visa. As long as you didn't overstay or get arrested while visiting I wouldn't worry even a little bit about it. 

[Californiansunset 336]

8 hours ago, Gerty said:

Thank you, she got her tourist visa in her home country Ghana, although she resides lives in Lithuania in Europe, and that is where she will be having her interview if we file the k1 visa. And the CO in Lithuania are somehow tough on Africans. That makes us fear should in case, the CO will be taking it up in the case of the tourist visa. But to perfect the whole thing, am thinking of Visiting her in Lithuania before filling the K1 to further buttress our being together and making it an error to talk about because of her visit. 

Where did you get that info from? There were multiple Africans residing in Germany in my German immigration forum group and non of them had issues at their K1 interview. They were scared that they would be treated differently but they weren’t. They all said afterwards the interview was a breeze and how silly it was to worry so much in hindsight. I would think that it’s the same with your gf from Ghana being interviewed in Lithuania. „High fraud-person“ being interviewed in low fraud country. What would worry me more about that scenario is indeed that since she got her tourist visa in Ghana instead of Lithuania, the CO there would a lot more likely seen it as a misrepresentation what she did. I highly doubt she would’ve gotten her visa in Ghana had she been honest... it all depends whether the CO in Lithuania is going to consider this scenario I think...🤔

[TBoneTX 46,303]

1 hour ago, bakphx1 said:

If you arrived and left according to the terms of your visa, I can't see there being an issue.  If you arrived with the intention of immigrating on that same trip, that's where you'd run into trouble. 

 

In reviewing the K1 visa, I can't imagine they'll spend two seconds trying to second guess your visitor visa. As long as you didn't overstay or get arrested while visiting I wouldn't worry even a little bit about it. 

^^ This. ^^