Spouse visa not granted

[EnyoEk 1]

Hello guys, 

I got married to my spouse in December 2016 and filed for a CR1 petition. Everything went smoothly and quickly until his visa interview day in February 2018. After replying all the questions, the officer kept all the documentation without the passport. He was given a paper where it said we will be contacted in 30 days. He was called to come in for a second interview and on that same day I was interviewed too on the phone. They contacted other family members for more verification. In September 2018 he was called by the consulate and all his original documents was returned to him. They also told him I will be contacted by the NVC or USCIS. Until now, I did not receive any mail from these offices, I called they NVC and I was informed that our file was returned to them, which they transferred to the USCIS in October 2018. 

Please, have anyone here gone through this kind of scenario? 

What can I do at this point? Would a lawyer help? 

Please I need your advises. 

Thank you all !

[Lemonslice 4,963]

Why do you think it was refused?

[US&TN 55]

You should ask what's the reason of denial and I think you may need a lawyer at this point 

Good luck!!

[Crazy Cat 42,218]

I would ask my Congressperson to intervene to get some information as to why it was denied........Knowing why is step #1.

[Ahmed&Freda 628]

3 hours ago, EnyoEk said:

Hello guys, 

I got married to my spouse in December 2016 and filed for a CR1 petition. Everything went smoothly and quickly until his visa interview day in February 2018. After replying all the questions, the officer kept all the documentation without the passport. He was given a paper where it said we will be contacted in 30 days. He was called to come in for a second interview and on that same day I was interviewed too on the phone. They contacted other family members for more verification. In September 2018 he was called by the consulate and all his original documents was returned to him. They also told him I will be contacted by the NVC or USCIS. Until now, I did not receive any mail from these offices, I called they NVC and I was informed that our file was returned to them, which they transferred to the USCIS in October 2018. 

Please, have anyone here gone through this kind of scenario? 

What can I do at this point? Would a lawyer help? 

Please I need your advises. 

Thank you all !

Some cases take at year or more at USCIS once returned.  Since your case arrived in October they may still be working on it.  You can contact them (USCIS), and ask to speak to a tier 2 officer to attempt to get more information on where they may be with your file.  You can contact your congressman, state representative and ombudsman as well.   An attorney would not be much help at this point.   You will receive  a NOIR from USCIS when they are complete their review.  Depending on what it says that may be time for a lawyer.  Hopefully you and your husband have some idea on why it may have been returned and have already compiled evidence to rebut as USCIS will only give you 30 days to respond to the NOIR with your evidence.

[portorusa 431]

What country is your husband from? What consulate?

[EnyoEk 1]

3 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

Some cases take at year or more at USCIS once returned.  Since your case arrived in October they may still be working on it.  You can contact them (USCIS), and ask to speak to a tier 2 officer to attempt to get more information on where they may be with your file.  You can contact your congressman, state representative and ombudsman as well.   An attorney would not be much help at this point.   You will receive  a NOIR from USCIS when they are complete their review.  Depending on what it says that may be time for a lawyer.  Hopefully you and your husband have some idea on why it may have been returned and have already compiled evidence to rebut as USCIS will only give you 30 days to respond to the NOIR with your evidence.

Thank you for all the information. I just contacted my district congressman, I will file the privacy waiver and they will look into this matter on my behalf. I will you keep you updated. 

[EnyoEk 1]

5 minutes ago, portorusa said:

What country is your husband from? What consulate?

Togo, it’s in west Africa 

[EnyoEk 1]

4 hours ago, missileman said:

I would ask my Congressperson to intervene to get some information as to why it was denied........Knowing why is step #1.

I just contact the congressman office in my area. Let’s see what comes out. Thank you. 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

8 minutes ago, EnyoEk said:

Togo, it’s in west Africa 

Reason for denial?  What did the slip say?  What did they say when they talked to you?

Edited July 15, 2019 by Nitas_man

[Boiler 46,059]

Never seen a case when the why was not known. Now sometimes it can take a lot of posts to drag it out.

[JeanneAdil 6,633]

about 6 months after the case reaches the US office,  you will get either a NOID or NOIR
 

A NOID is a letter issued by USCIS when the officer determines that the applicant has not demonstrated eligibility for the requested immigration benefit. ... Your NOID response is likely your last chance to convince the USCIS adjudicator of your eligibility. NOIDs differ from Requests for Evidence (RFEs).

 

For NOID you need to rebute the issues that will be listed and have STRONG evidence showing that the issues are incorrect

you have only 30 days to respond to a NOID

 

Salvaging a visa petition after receiving a Notice of Intent to Revoke (NOIR) is difficult, ... USCIS can issue a NOIR for any type of visa petition: immigrant petitions .... provided to the you in the NOIR, you will have a strong argument on appeal.

appeals can take a year or more /ours was over a year and marriage was declared bona fida and we were told to reapply

 

As for the Congressman ,  he/she can not be much help/  he /she can get only a copy of the correspondence sent to you 

they do not control immigration which works on our fees not under a Federal budget

 

 

[Mrs. RiRi G 153]

What was the reason for denial?

[Shawntina Sekyi A 5]

Greetings,  I see everyone is asking for a reason... sigh this day & age a reason is not needed ... you can be refused on a assumption alone... Anyway I was also in your shoes 2 years ago Our case was sent back in 2016  no reason given orally or written on the 221g form either.I did everything in my power to keep it from going back, I even visited the embassy, reached out to my state representative ( great thing about it ) was we were able to track the case via diplomatic pouch otherwise you guys are have to wait until it’s returned to the usics , they review consular notes.. they will then issues Noird.  Sigh it had taken about two years to find out  why our petition was sent back ...,All because the officer wanted to know how I could a afford a trip to Africa , few other things that my husband answered in both interviews along with  monds of evidence sent to the usics &   nvc again it was all based on Assumptions   hang in there it’s all worth it in the end.... Love Conquers All🤞🏾🥰

[SalishSea 18,125]

Sounds like they had a Stokes interview via phone, so one could infer that they suspect fraud.