IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS!

[ms. tai 0]

So, my marriage to a US citizen was deemed fraudulent after our answers didn't match. I found out while in Canada trying to enter the US.(2015). I have filed for a divorce early this year(hopefully she does not contest it😓  I have a British passport as well as a Bahamian Passport( I used only the Bahamian to travel back and forth). Will the embassy give me a tourist visa if I apply USING MY BAHAMIAN PASSPORT? Can I use my British passport to gain entry into the US ?

[VNN 147]

7 minutes ago, ms. tai said:

So, my marriage to a US citizen was deemed fraudulent after our answers didn't match. I found out while in Canada trying to enter the US.(2015). I have filed for a divorce early this year(hopefully she does not contest it😓  I have a British passport as well as a Bahamian Passport( I used only the Bahamian to travel back and forth). Will the embassy give me a tourist visa if I apply USING MY BAHAMIAN PASSPORT? Can I use my British passport to gain entry into the US ?

If both are valid, you can choose which you want to use to apply for tourist visa. You may or may not get the visa but you will not know actually apply. 

 

If you have UK e-Passport, you can apply for VWP first to see if you can travel under visa waiver program.

 

Tourist visa or entry to US for a non-USC is not a 100% sure thing.

 

[JFH 12,190]

I’m totally confused. Your post history shows you gained your GC in 2015 and lived here for 3 years but then moved to Canada due to a job offer. You then had a fiancé who was here doing an OPT that you wanted to marry and file for the AOS. Is this person whom you are divorcing? Or are you still married to the spouse before the fiancé? 

 

You can use either passport to apply to visit but if you have a fiancé here you will have an additional hurdle to overcome re immigration intent. 

[Going through 5,671]

I am confused by your posting history as well....one of your previous threads states that you are in the process of applying for citizenship?

[SalishSea 17,834]

Were you deported after your marriage was found to be fraudulent?

[ms. tai 0]

yes, i was deported after the marriage was found to be fradulent, but now i want to visit the US on a tourist visa, but I don't know if i should apply for one and what are my chances of getting it

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Being deported is an important piece of information. You can apply for an ESTA to use VWP with your UK passport, but having been deported before you will likely be directed to apply for a visa.  To be frank, the chances are high that you will be denied, but if you have the $160 to spare to try, why not?

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

Did you go before a judge prior to deportation? Did you have a lawyer representing you to contest the fraudulent marriage claim?

[Roel 7,192]

12 hours ago, JFH said:

I’m totally confused. Your post history shows you gained your GC in 2015 and lived here for 3 years but then moved to Canada due to a job offer. You then had a fiancé who was here doing an OPT that you wanted to marry and file for the AOS. Is this person whom you are divorcing? Or are you still married to the spouse before the fiancé? 

 

 

That post history is a wild ride.

 

IMO with deportation history, chances of tourist visa are pretty slim.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Definitely need a lot more specific information, but with that specific history, agreed, it's gonna be a challenge getting a tourist visa... at least this soon.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Ben&Zian

[ElDiablo 95]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

Being deported is an important piece of information. You can apply for an ESTA to use VWP with your UK passport, but having been deported before you will likely be directed to apply for a visa.  To be frank, the chances are high that you will be denied, but if you have the $160 to spare to try, why not?

That is wrong.

 

Being deported from the USA makes the OP permenantly ineligible to travel under the VWP.

 

Only option is to apply for a B2. 

[Boiler 45,525]

I assume you have a life time ban and will also need a waiver if otherwise approvable for a tourist visa.

 

I would holiday somewhere else.

 

 

[arken 4,197]

With such a conflicting and suspicious historical posts, which one or any could be the true one 🤔🤔 to be worth suggesting?

 

Dec 2017: A LPR in the process of applying citizenship (sounds fair)

Feb 2018: An international student applying for F1 visa (what happened to LPR status?? )

April 2018: Want to marry the fiancé who is currently in US under F1 OPT and start petitioning (already become a US citizen??)

Jun 2019: not able to enter US due to fraud marriage, B2 or VWP? (what happened to the citizenship??)

 

 

 

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

57 minutes ago, ElDiablo said:

That is wrong.

 

Being deported from the USA makes the OP permenantly ineligible to travel under the VWP.

 

Only option is to apply for a B2. 

Does it? I ask only because I have seen people here before say that various denials etc make people "permanently" ineligible for VWP but that isn't always the case. Happy to be corrected with a direction to an official site that states that. Anyway only costs a few dollars to apply and OP would find out for sure.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

47 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I assume you have a life time ban and will also need a waiver if otherwise approvable for a tourist visa.

 

I would holiday somewhere else.

 

 

Actually yes good point - if the deportation was for immigration fraud - the latter usually carries a lifetime ban. I'd check the ban situation first.