CR1 Spousal Visa.

[otedes 1]

@old-fella

1 and woman 1 relationship started in 2007. we never had a legal marriage and she travelled to Europe in 2009. While she was still outside the country, I filled a dv lottery for 2011 and 2012 fiscal year and she was selected. So I became a beneficiary. I suggested that she comes back for us to register the marriage with the civil authority. Initially she agreed to come back. This made us filled form ds 230 part I and Part II while she in Europe .  Then we mailed  the completed forms to kcc. After some months later, kcc sent an email notification that it has completed processing our case and should get prepared for the interview in Accra,Ghana on January 4, 2012 . I informed woman 1 to come back and she refused. That was when our relationship ended. So we never attended the interview.

I met woman 2 through sister in law of woman 2 in 2014 and we got married in 2015 on her first visit . Sister in law of woman 2 marries woman 2 cousin in London. Sister in law of woman 2 is my colleague worker. Uncle of woman 2 who is a citizen of USA came to witness the marriage as well as the cousin in London. Both local families of I and woman 2 also witnessed the occasion in a grand style. Woman 2 filled for me and I went for interview in 2016.

Co asked me that I have married before and said no. Then she mentioned woman 1 name who was she to me and I answered she was my girlfriend. Before I realized she has refused the visa with no legal marriage remarks and she didn't allow me to explain further.  

I have no child with woman 2.

Woman 2 had married before but divorced. 

Woman 2 filled the petition in United States.

Thanks for your patience.  

 

[Teemo 252]

7 minutes ago, otedes said:

@old-fella

1 and woman 1 relationship started in 2007. we never had a legal marriage and she travelled to Europe in 2009. While she was still outside the country, I filled a dv lottery for 2011 and 2012 fiscal year and she was selected. So I became a beneficiary. I suggested that she comes back for us to register the marriage with the civil authority. Initially she agreed to come back. This made us filled form ds 230 part I and Part II while she in Europe .  Then we mailed  the completed forms to kcc. After some months later, kcc sent an email notification that it has completed processing our case and should get prepared for the interview in Accra,Ghana on January 4, 2012 . I informed woman 1 to come back and she refused. That was when our relationship ended. So we never attended the interview.

I met woman 2 through sister in law of woman 2 in 2014 and we got married in 2015 on her first visit . Sister in law of woman 2 marries woman 2 cousin in London. Sister in law of woman 2 is my colleague worker. Uncle of woman 2 who is a citizen of USA came to witness the marriage as well as the cousin in London. Both local families of I and woman 2 also witnessed the occasion in a grand style. Woman 2 filled for me and I went for interview in 2016.

Co asked me that I have married before and said no. Then she mentioned woman 1 name who was she to me and I answered she was my girlfriend. Before I realized she has refused the visa with no legal marriage remarks and she didn't allow me to explain further.  

I have no child with woman 2.

Woman 2 had married before but divorced. 

Woman 2 filled the petition in United States.

Thanks for your patience.  

 

Some of your circumstances are suspect. I really hope for your sake this is a real marriage for love, you should be assured that if it is a sham marriage for papers, it will be found out at some point in the process and the penalty can be steep. 

 

Good luck in whatever you decide. 

[Jojo92122 1,924]

Here is your problem.  At your interview, you said "no" to previous marriages, but YOU filed the DS-230 for the DV as a MARRIED man.  In order to apply as the spouse of a DV winner, you would have needed to send in a marriage certificate.  See the problem?  Were you lying on the DS-230 for the DV or were you lying at your interview?  You may be branded a liar which means any case for you will be hard.

Edited June 21, 2018 by Jojo92122

[otedes 1]

 

I know I have read flags but the marriage is real. I don't have any intention to deceive the government of united states for any immigration benefits otherwise that I will post my problem here for help.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

1 minute ago, otedes said:

 

I know I have read flags but the marriage is real. I don't have any intention to deceive the government of united states for any immigration benefits otherwise that I will post my problem here for help.

Your problems involves potentially making a material misrepresentation that may carry a lifetime ban.  This is why you really need a good lawyer.

[old-fella 109]

6 minutes ago, otedes said:

 

I know I have read flags but the marriage is real. I don't have any intention to deceive the government of united states for any immigration benefits otherwise that I will post my problem here for help.

posting here for help or being truthful here has no impact on US goverment. This is a public forum and we all come here to help people with our experience and knowledge out of our good heart. none of us (that's what i think) work for USCIS, NVC or Embassy. 

 

You have a steep hill battle to fight. The situation you created is what you created. so you have to face. My advise "GET A GOOD LAWYER WITH PAST EXPERIENCE ON SIMILAR CASE". (JUST SO YOU KNOW, GOOD LAWYER DON'T COME CHEAP OR DO PRO BONO WORK)

 

I hope and I pray that this marriage is not SHAM for visa. because the whole thing is so stressful and no one should go through it to be duped later. 

Edited June 21, 2018 by old-fella

[otedes 1]

I agree I made a mistake but If I answered yes and Co asked for marriage certificate, I wouldn't have gotten it for her.

And I filled married on form ds 230 but the woman 1 failed to return from Europe for legal marriage registration. 

So please in my second interview what advice you people have for me. And again my marriage with woman 2 is bona-fide one.

[otedes 1]

Thanks for your inputs

[Jojo92122 1,924]

1 minute ago, otedes said:

I agree I made a mistake but If I answered yes and Co asked for marriage certificate, I wouldn't have gotten it for her.

And I filled married on form ds 230 but the woman 1 failed to return from Europe for legal marriage registration. 

So please in my second interview what advice you people have for me. And again my marriage with woman 2 is bona-fide one.

So instead of answering truthfully, you choose to lie?

 

What did you send in with the DS-230 to show you were married to the DV winner?  Did you send in a marriage certificate?

 

The US doesn't care if your marriage to woman 2 is bona-fide if they determined you LIED and made a MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION in an attempt to commit VISA FRAUD and IMMIGRATION FRAUD.   This is your problem and a good lawyer is your only possible way out.

[old-fella 109]

likely they would have had made a decision before the interview. Hope you front-loaded evidence 

One advise to everyone here  "DONT LIE"

 

Agreed with @Jojo92122

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shumway1756 304]

5 minutes ago, otedes said:

I agree I made a mistake but If I answered yes and Co asked for marriage certificate, I wouldn't have gotten it for her.

And I filled married on form ds 230 but the woman 1 failed to return from Europe for legal marriage registration. 

So please in my second interview what advice you people have for me. And again my marriage with woman 2 is bona-fide one.

The advice is simple. Tell the truth, own up to your mistake (it's very obvious the DS-230 contained misrepresentation), and LAWYER UP. And don't keep your expectations too high.

[Roel 7,193]

10 minutes ago, otedes said:

 

And I filled married on form ds 230 but the woman 1 failed to return from Europe for legal marriage registration. 

You don't seem to understand the problem. You filed DV lottery applications with a LIE - by saying you're married when you were not. Even if she's return from Europe and you'd get married after it would still be a LIE because at the moment of filing you were single. It's not her fault that she 'failed' something. It's yours. 

 

10 minutes ago, otedes said:

So please in my second interview what advice you people have for me. And again my marriage with woman 2 is bona-fide one.

I don't think it matters at this point. Lying to immigration means no entry to the US ever. Tell your spouse to move to your country. 

[otedes 1]

I didn't send any marriage certificate to the embassy. We didn't attend any interview for the dv lottery. 

[Jojo92122 1,924]

3 minutes ago, otedes said:

I didn't send any marriage certificate to the embassy. We didn't attend any interview for the dv lottery. 

You have already stated that you didn't go to an interview for the DV lottery.  We got it.  We understand you didn't do this part.  No need to keep repeating it.

 

What proof did you send in with your DS-230 to show that you were married to the DV winner?  You did send in the DS-230, so what happened here?

[shumway1756 304]

4 minutes ago, otedes said:

I didn't send any marriage certificate to the embassy. We didn't attend any interview for the dv lottery. 

But you filled out the DS-230. Not going to the interview doesn't negate that. 

I think this thread has officially gone as far as it can go. We're not reaching the OP.