221 G after K1 Interview in Mumbai

[AAAA27 37]

16 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

He said it happens more than you'd think. Especially in AOS interviews in local US offices. He'll go to interviews with his clients and when he asks why there's a request of information or questioning anything, he right away asks for the supervisor. The CO office will admit that they don't have the authority.

If the day we had interviews was one of the busiest days and they need to to get through everyone as quickly as possible, they could have just grabbed someone and said "just interview and move on"

I didn't realize that there could potentially be CO's who didn't have "authority".Logically , they know what type of visa we are there to interview for, so I imagine that whoever we go to knows and has has the "authority' to interview us and make the appropriate decision??

Anyway we can just speculate I guess. Hopefully, next week will be a good one for all of us!

[Tara & Rohit 224]

2 minutes ago, AAAA27 said:

I didn't realize that there could potentially be CO's who didn't have "authority".Logically , they know what type of visa we are there to interview for, so I imagine that whoever we go to knows and has has the "authority' to interview us and make the appropriate decision??

Anyway we can just speculate I guess. Hopefully, next week will be a good one for all of us!

I know it all sounds very conspiracy theory... but I can see what he was talking about. During my fiance's interview, they asked him why we didn't get married while he was here working on ships. He had a CD-1 visa, which is for crew members of flights and ships to allow entry of a country for short periods of time. You wouldn't be able to get a marriage license with it nor adjust the status later. Wouldn't someone who has experience with consular interviews and knowledge of different visas know this?

[AAAA27 37]

3 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

I know it all sounds very conspiracy theory... but I can see what he was talking about. During my fiance's interview, they asked him why we didn't get married while he was here working on ships. He had a CD-1 visa, which is for crew members of flights and ships to allow entry of a country for short periods of time. You wouldn't be able to get a marriage license with it nor adjust the status later. Wouldn't someone who has experience with consular interviews and knowledge of different visas know this?

Ya I can see where you are coming from. It's too bad that we are doing this the right way and simple judgment of error or lack of knowledge can ruin the whole thing. But they have our passports and that is definitely a good sign methinks!

[Tara & Rohit 224]

2 minutes ago, AAAA27 said:

Ya I can see where you are coming from. It's too bad that we are doing this the right way and simple judgment of error or lack of knowledge can ruin the whole thing. But they have our passports and that is definitely a good sign methinks!

I agree. At least we know that something is happening... no matter the speed, it'll all be over soon

[geowrian 22,338]

6 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

During my fiance's interview, they asked him why we didn't get married while he was here working on ships. He had a CD-1 visa, which is for crew members of flights and ships to allow entry of a country for short periods of time. You wouldn't be able to get a marriage license with it nor adjust the status later. Wouldn't someone who has experience with consular interviews and knowledge of different visas know this?

What he said was not incorrect. There's no issue getting married with CD-1 status. You are correct that you cannot AOS from CD-1 status. But marriage itself is fine.

While I'm certainly not suggesting one should or shouldn't get married during the short stay associated with it, presumably he asked the question to try to understand the reasoning for not doing so. The specific answer wouldn't matter...but having a logical reason may.

[Tara & Rohit 224]

7 minutes ago, geowrian said:

What he said was not incorrect. There's no issue getting married with CD-1 status. You are correct that you cannot AOS from CD-1 status. But marriage itself is fine.

While I'm certainly not suggesting one should or shouldn't get married during the short stay associated with it, presumably he asked the question to try to understand the reasoning for not doing so. The specific answer wouldn't matter...but having a logical reason may.

Thank you for the clarification! Either way, we wouldn't have married during his time here. No regrets when it comes to that

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

1 hour ago, Tara & Rohit said:

My attorney is convinced that our CO either didn't know what he was doing or didn't actually have the authority to approve the visa.

COs review documents and interview applicants. Once convinced the applicant is eligible for a visa, the CO makes the approval decision and hand over the "Congratulation, your visa is approved" document. The Supervisor actually signs off on the visa before it is issued on the passport. In rare cases, a supervisor could overrule a CO and deny a visa if there is cause; this is more true of non-immigrant visas. 

 

23 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

I know it all sounds very conspiracy theory... but I can see what he was talking about. During my fiance's interview, they asked him why we didn't get married while he was here working on ships. He had a CD-1 visa, which is for crew members of flights and ships to allow entry of a country for short periods of time. You wouldn't be able to get a marriage license with it nor adjust the status later. Wouldn't someone who has experience with consular interviews and knowledge of different visas know this?

COs are trained to spot anomalies, and experienced ones tend to ask questions that on the surface may appear odd, but are actually intended to lead to a certain point. You have to realize, and it's been noted occasionally on this forum, India is classified as high-fraud, and Mumbai tackles all of India's immigrant visas cases. Mumbai K-1s have gotten trickier because a number of previous applicants, though secretly married, used the K1 guise to get their "fiance" into the US faster. 

 

Marriage in the US on a non-immigrant visa is totally legit.

[Tara & Rohit 224]

8 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Marriage in the US on a non-immigrant visa is totally legit.

 

Never said it wasn't. We all have to do what works for us and that particular option wasn't what we chose to do. Everyone is different and should do what works for them! 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

3 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

Never said it wasn't. We all have to do what works for us and that particular option wasn't what we chose to do. Everyone is different and should do what works for them! 

Agreed

 

My point was more along the lines of the COs line of questioning as you related. 

[Tara & Rohit 224]

6 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

Agreed

 

My point was more along the lines of the COs line of questioning as you related. 

Just hoping it will all be over soon and maybe one day (a LONNGGGG time from now) I'll look back on this experience and laugh 

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

23 minutes ago, Tara & Rohit said:

Just hoping it will all be over soon and maybe one day (a LONNGGGG time from now) I'll look back on this experience and laugh 

That's what we do now..   after a relatively smooth, but 11-month long, CR1 journey. And our just completed ROC process. 

[Rahul thakur 15]

3 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

That's what we do now..   after a relatively smooth, but 11-month long, CR1 journey. And our just completed ROC process. 

10 hours ago, AAAA27 said:

My passport reached the consulate on April 9th and the case was updated on that day to reflect administrative processing. Radio silence since. You think they have made us wait enough but apparently not. I was pretty thrilled that they asked for my passport in 3 days of submitting documents so I allowed myself to get a bit too excited. Oh well! 

My 60 days completed today but the thing is good Friday is tommorw  n I can't call them it's 3 holidays I 'll call on money I hope there is good news

[ujones 148]

57 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

My 60 days completed today but the thing is good Friday is tommorw  n I can't call them it's 3 holidays I 'll call on money I hope there is good news

Keep us posted please .. hope you hear something good when you call 

[Rahul thakur 15]

20 hours ago, ujones said:

Keep us posted please .. hope you hear something good when you call 

I just call today to embassy n my 60 days completed n they checked n they gave me one of email address n said email them I did last see what happened n I hope I hear something good 

[ujones 148]

19 minutes ago, Rahul thakur said:

I just call today to embassy n my 60 days completed n they checked n they gave me one of email address n said email them I did last see what happened n I hope I hear something good 

So embassy is working on Good Friday ? Hope you get a positive response