Need help with CR1

[JY&MD 0]

14 hours ago, valentinasc said:

I apologise in advance if i sound like a big .

In my opinion, you have not thought this well. 

You fell in love, whatever, got married but met only 1 time? and you both can't afford many expenses, so what do you think will happen?

What i learned from my journey is that this hasn't been easy and immigration is strict (as it should be).

 

Lawyers make many mistakes, and they do not guarantee visa approval.

 

Casablanca i's not an easy embassy, i wish you well, but i encourage you to be ready of a possible denial. There's no way you could be married to someone and in the course of 4 years only see each other in 1 occasion.

 

 

no not at all please im here for ur tips.

you are correct we have not thought this through, in our heads we didn't think that immigration will need all this as we are in love and already have plans we literally talked about everything and we didnt get married the first or second year but third year, we got to know each other very well probably more than i should lool.

we hired a lawyer not hoping to get an approval but to ease the process and avoid delays as we as we are eager to be with each other, if the lawyer had advised us to do something to help our case we would have done it, plus we did not know that morocco is known for visa fraud.

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my topic

[JY&MD 0]

13 hours ago, Litlwondr said:

Dont feel bad about only meeting once.  This is unheard of for a US citizen for the most part; but Muslims really do not date as to not fornicate.  We married on our first meeting and have been married for one year now; but we have visited four times and I plan on going again next month.  The consulate is very rude and mocking.  They do not help with anything as far as answering questions, etc. They do not get in a rush for anything.   Good luck is all I can say and one never knows as to what they decide.  

Thank you, I'm not worried about the consulate or CO they could be as rude as they want it's their job and i wouldnt expect them to go easy on me, they can ask whatever they want mock me however they want, I will answer every single question bcuz what my wife and I have is based on a long love story and nights of talking. what really worries and bugs me is the fact that we will waste more time and we will have to postpone our plans and most importantly my wife i do not want her to go through all of this and she already has enough on her plate.

I appreciate the time taken to write me, good luck to you as well.

[DiegoRlz 2]

22 hours ago, adil-rafa said:

strong points for your case

you have communicated a long time

you are so close in age

you have taken time to know all these little and big things and can answer them at interview

you have discussed plans for life in the US and they will ask (work or study)

 

weak points

you did not send photos

you married on first "in face " meeting

she has not met Moroccan family especially moraccan mother 

you did not marry in Morocco

you need more face time 

if interview is in 2019 you may need to meet  again for the 2 year rule

 

no one can say what the CO will do but the closeness of ages and length of time you have known each other (hope the lawyer put that in cover letter) will be great advantage

for interview

dress for success

answer the quesitons quickly with no hesitation

do not elaborate on any question unless asked to

be confident

be very serious as this is serious to the embassy

incha allah you will be ok

what is the 2 year rule?

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

You got married on the first visit and have only seen each other once? That’s a problem for Morocco.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

3 hours ago, DiegoRlz said:

what is the 2 year rule?

the petitioner and beneficary need to have met within 2 years of the interview

 

here's an example of what happens when  the 2 have not met within the 2 years

 

The director denied the petition after determining that the petitioner had failed to establish that she and the beneficiary had met within the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, as required under section 214(d) of the Act or that such a meeting would have constituted an extreme hardship or violated the customs of the beneficiary's culture or social practice. Decision of the Director, dated March 21,2008.

 

from this pdf letter of a denial

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D6 - Fiancees and Fiances of U.S. Citizen (K-1)/Decisions_Issued_in_2008/Nov242008_02D6101.pdf

 

Please note all my info comes from USCIS 

Edited September 27, 2018 by adil-rafa

[geowrian 22,338]

2 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

the petitioner and beneficary need to have met within 2 years of the interview

2 years of filing the petition*

 

Also, this applies for an K-1 visa, not a CR-1 visa.

That said, having not met for 2 years in either case does not bode well for showing a bona fide relationship at the embassy stage.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

5 minutes ago, geowrian said:

2 years of filing the petition*

 

Also, this applies for an K-1 visa, not a CR-1 visa.

That said, having not met for 2 years in either case does not bode well for showing a bona fide relationship at the embassy stage.

Casa will deny a CR1 if the 2 have not met within 2 years

also this was the reason they denied San's husband in Nigeria and she had been there just 4 months before/ took a year to go thru the return of her petition to prove the embassy wrong

[valentinasc 330]

6 hours ago, JY&MD said:

no not at all please im here for ur tips.

you are correct we have not thought this through, in our heads we didn't think that immigration will need all this as we are in love and already have plans we literally talked about everything and we didnt get married the first or second year but third year, we got to know each other very well probably more than i should lool.

we hired a lawyer not hoping to get an approval but to ease the process and avoid delays as we as we are eager to be with each other, if the lawyer had advised us to do something to help our case we would have done it, plus we did not know that morocco is known for visa fraud.

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my topic

Trust me, i've met my husband while working in Greece and when he was "just move in to the States with me" it was not as easy as thought, we learned how hard it was after he proposed, before that we didn't do any research, nothing haha and we have had a lawyer and i wish we didn't have her, she was not helpful at all >.< i had to do everything and i still don't get why we hired her for ...

 

Good luck

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

17 hours ago, valentinasc said:

Trust me, i've met my husband while working in Greece and when he was "just move in to the States with me" it was not as easy as thought, we learned how hard it was after he proposed, before that we didn't do any research, nothing haha and we have had a lawyer and i wish we didn't have her, she was not helpful at all >.< i had to do everything and i still don't get why we hired her for ...

 

Good luck

Normal

A lawyer tells u what documents and proofs u have 

you submiit them to the office

he copies them for immigraiotn and mails them in

 that is all he/she does

 

Just a simple note

when the Florida woman (from 90 day financee)  went to a lawyer after denial of the K1, the lawyer told her she could appeal and for K1 there is no appeal

anyone hiring a lawyer for this process needs to hire a good immigration lawyer not just any lawyer

[Litlwondr 4]

On 9/27/2018 at 9:24 AM, JY&MD said:

Thank you, I'm not worried about the consulate or CO they could be as rude as they want it's their job and i wouldnt expect them to go easy on me, they can ask whatever they want mock me however they want, I will answer every single question bcuz what my wife and I have is based on a long love story and nights of talking. what really worries and bugs me is the fact that we will waste more time and we will have to postpone our plans and most importantly my wife i do not want her to go through all of this and she already has enough on her plate.

I appreciate the time taken to write me, good luck to you as well.

You are very sweet and I totally understand. Although our love story is not very long, it is the best love story we both know.  It is a very stressful time is all I can say.  I hope he receives whatever email/mail was sent to him so we know what to do now.  Supposedly some sort of application , according to NVC.  I have no idea as I have researched it and can't find a clue.