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Amnazaid   46

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Just now, SJI said:

What did u show as the ourpose of your visit. My girl fried just mentioned tourism purpose and didnot mention me. Did they ever wuestion you about the reason of your visit visa denial during k1 visa interview?

I want to meet my finace.. i was missing him so much.. so i planned to meet him again.. they didn’t gave me any reason.why they are rejecting..! They was asking me a same questions again and again..! And cross questions too..!! Yes they asked me why you are going to usa..!! I told them to meet my finac

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7 hours ago, NuestraUnion said:

You can’t  plan to use a visitor visa to come over, get married, and stay in the US. That IS considered fraud.

 

You ever wonder why it is so hard for some to get visitor visas to the US? Because too many people do exactly as you described above. So now immigration puts extra scrutiny to those that want to visit. If they have nothing to return to in their home country, like your fiancé, then what is stopping them from staying in the US.  So they are deemed a high risk of overstaying a visitor visa.

 

Your lawyer knew what he/she was doing. They knew it is a loophole that is difficult for immigration  to prove. This was simply a gamble to see if they can get your fiancé here faster.

 

This is not to chastise you or judge you but to educate you. I believe you sincerely did not know any better. But to answer your question, it should not have an effect on your K1 case.

 

Like you perfectly said. There is a loophole. the days of cases like this one where a lawyer advises to use a visitor visa to get in, marry and then adjust are gonna be over when the current administration decides to put a stop to adjusting status to those that came on a tourist visa, ESTA or whatever. At least OP was very honest with his case. Others just go with the "I change my mind suddenly and decided to get married" syndrome.

OP,  be careful with what that lawyer may suggest. You will want to be honest all the time when it comes to immigration. A lie now in any way will come to hunt you both in the future.

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10 hours ago, SJI said:

There is nothing staged here. We met 3 times already. After our first trip, I wanted to through K1 visa process and consulted an attorney. she told my fiance to try through visit visa first to see if she can come here without going through the k1 visa process.She didnot mention me in the visit visa even though we were already in relationship.  Her purpose of visit was tourism. She was denied as she could not show strong ties to her place of residence.

You got my question wrong.

Your lawyer is either incompetent or an outright fraud...either way, get rid of him or her. You cannot come to the USA on a visitor's visa with a mindset to marry and stay here. 

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2 minutes ago, NYCruiser said:

Your lawyer is either incompetent or an outright fraud...either way, get rid of him or her. You cannot come to the USA on a visitor's visa with a mindset to marry and stay here. 

Not at all. My lawyer is neither of them that you described.

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1 hour ago, Sunnyland said:

 

Like you perfectly said. There is a loophole. the days of cases like this one where a lawyer advises to use a visitor visa to get in, marry and then adjust are gonna be over when the current administration decides to put a stop to adjusting status to those that came on a tourist visa, ESTA or whatever. At least OP was very honest with his case. Others just go with the "I change my mind suddenly and decided to get married" syndrome.

OP,  be careful with what that lawyer may suggest. You will want to be honest all the time when it comes to immigration. A lie now in any way will come to hunt you both in the future.

Our relation is genuine and there is no doubt in that. I guess many lawyers suggest the visit visa option to see if k1 visa process ca be bypassed. This is not a new norm.

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A badgering post has been removed, along with a reply to it that violates a provision of the site's Terms of Service:

"Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Forums."

 

Restrict yourselves to interpreting the OP's questions literally and answering her precise questions.

 

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11 hours ago, SJI said:

She is originally from India. When she filled out DS-160 form for her visit visa in the past, she checked "No" for the question "If you have any immediate family member. But for the k1 visa, that question was answered "Yes" since I am her fiance. I discussed with my lawyer about it and she said it should not be a problem with her previous response to "No" on the visit visa case. Can someone verify that for me or if anyone had such experience?

 

You're supposed to answer "No" again, fiance is by no means an immediate family member, for legal purposes fiance is no different from boyfriend.

 

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