Spouse visa

[Marylander 3]

4 minutes ago, Godknowsus said:

I still don't know how they found out. They didn't ask during interview and we didn't tell since it wasn't a legal marriage . It was at church only.  It was 2 days after the visa was issued on passport.. they called my husband and told him he can't travel to US with that visa. they scheduled a second interview and when he went, they stamped 'cancelled' on his issued visa. 😢 We cried for weeks after that happened. It took us a while to come out of it.. 

We got married at church because my dad was very ill and he wanted to see our marriage. We only did the ceremony at church. We didn't register legally.  So we thought it would still be okay to move forward with k1 visa process. We didn't know that it would affect our fiance visa process. 

 

I am sorry to learn that you already got visa issue and cancelled after they found out the wedding. I am wondering what will happen if your husband didn't answer his phone or if he already gone to US with fiance visa. Same here we marry in church and the question never come up during interview. I still don't think they know about our wedding.

[Marylander 3]

7 minutes ago, Godknowsus said:

Yes I filed I-130 petition last month. 

During the second interview, My husband asked the officer what should we do now.. officer said we can apply for spouse visa.

Hopefully the previous k1 visa issue won't affect this one 

The previous K1 visa shouldn't be issue I guess. But they are going to be more scrutinize because they think it is fraud not telling them wedding while processing k1 visa. Just make sure that everything is in place. 

[Boiler 46,324]

Make sure you are legally married.

[Marylander 3]

15 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Make sure you are legally married.

Meaning we have to do at the court right! Is religious wedding acceptable? 

[Boiler 46,324]

45 minutes ago, Marylander said:

Meaning we have to do at the court right! Is religious wedding acceptable? 

Whatever is legal where you are.

[Unlockable 7,316]

This is yet another example of not to have these ceremonies. It simply is not worth it. Even if it is just a "church wedding" it could be still viewed as an official ceremony.

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

4 hours ago, Godknowsus said:

I still don't know how they found out. They didn't ask during interview and we didn't tell since it wasn't a legal marriage . It was at church only.  It was 2 days after the visa was issued on passport.. they called my husband and told him he can't travel to US with that visa. they scheduled a second interview and when he went, they stamped 'cancelled' on his issued visa. 😢 We cried for weeks after that happened. It took us a while to come out of it.. 

We got married at church because my dad was very ill and he wanted to see our marriage. We only did the ceremony at church. We didn't register legally.  So we thought it would still be okay to move forward with k1 visa process. We didn't know that it would affect our fiance visa process. 

 

That’s so sad 😞, you’d think they’d of given u a waiver purely because you did the ceremony for compassionate reasons, without legal registration, particularly if you had supportive medical documents... 

 

well i I hope your dad is better and wish you a speedy ir1 process

[Diane and Chris 651]

44 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

That’s so sad 😞, you’d think they’d of given u a waiver purely because you did the ceremony for compassionate reasons, without legal registration, particularly if you had supportive medical documents... 

 

well i I hope your dad is better and wish you a speedy ir1 process

Why would they give you a waiver?  

[TBoneTX 46,329]

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[Nitas_man 3,100]

Warning:

 

If you marry then enter the US on a K1 visa every single immigration benefit you ever get after including citizenship is jeopardized.  It is a deportable, unforgivable offense.

 

Of all immigration mistakes this one is the stupidest, most foolish on the list.

 

 

[Godknowsus 28]

2 hours ago, Nitas_man said:

Warning:

 

If you marry then enter the US on a K1 visa every single immigration benefit you ever get after including citizenship is jeopardized.  It is a deportable, unforgivable offense.

 

Of all immigration mistakes this one is the stupidest, most foolish on the list.

 

 

I'm glad they cancelled the visa while he was abroad. We didn't know that having a religious ceremony would be a problem. 🙁 we weren't legally registered at the time and that why we moved forward with the process thinking we could still do the legal registration in US. 

 

[Calicolom 266]

15 hours ago, Godknowsus said:

I still don't know how they found out. They didn't ask during interview and we didn't tell since it wasn't a legal marriage . It was at church only.  It was 2 days after the visa was issued on passport.. they called my husband and told him he can't travel to US with that visa. they scheduled a second interview and when he went, they stamped 'cancelled' on his issued visa. 😢 We cried for weeks after that happened. It took us a while to come out of it.. 

We got married at church because my dad was very ill and he wanted to see our marriage. We only did the ceremony at church. We didn't register legally.  So we thought it would still be okay to move forward with k1 visa process. We didn't know that it would affect our fiance visa process. 

 

People seem to forget, most of the civil employees working for the embassy, are local, they know the ins and outs of the country. They are the ones looking over documents, and making suggestions to the US embassy staff about the intending immigrant. 

[Madison S. 48]

15 hours ago, Marylander said:

I am sorry to learn that you already got visa issue and cancelled after they found out the wedding. I am wondering what will happen if your husband didn't answer his phone or if he already gone to US with fiance visa. Same here we marry in church and the question never come up during interview. I still don't think they know about our wedding.

It is important to note that occurrences such as these, even if discovered after use of the K1 visa, can cause serious problems. If, for example, the spouse were to have attained citizenship and then it was later found that they were ineligible for the K1, this could in theory be grounds for removal — because they entered the US on fraudulent terms. I would hate for this to be the case for anyone  

 

You can be considered “too married” for a K1 visa, so it is strongly advised to never have any sort of marriage celebration before entering the US, since K1s require you to marry within the US.

 

I’m sure the additional time apart from your spouse is very hard, but consequences for these actions are not out of the question, even years down the line. And nobody on VJ will advise you to lie or conceal information from a consular officer — misrepresentation is fraudulent. I advise you to apply for a CR1/IR1 visa and follow the rules, although this is additional time apart at this point  

 

I wish you both the best in being with your significant others soon. 

Edited September 13, 2019 by Madison S.

[aaron2020 11,651]

19 hours ago, Marylander said:

Hi Guy,

We applied for K-1 visa but had religious wedding on March , 2019 during K-1 visa process. We had K-1 visa  interview in July, 2019 and case send back to USCIS with 221g. So we decide to apply spousal visa. Will there be any problem for being marry in March and not told the counselor in the k1 interview if we apply for spouse visa now? Our marriage certificate date was March. 2019. Thanks

 

19 hours ago, Marylander said:

No.  the reason for refusal is interviewer didn't believe that we are genuine couple and didn't think we are going to get marry in US.

 

We didn't tell them we had a religious wedding.

Nice.  Lying for a K-1.  You hid the marriage certificate, claimed you were not married for the K-1 interview, and now you would like to use the marriage certificate for the CR-1.  Good luck.  

[aaron2020 11,651]

16 hours ago, Marylander said:

No. The question never come up. They only ask a few question. How do you meet? Do you speak same language? What do your fiance do for living? what is your fiance name,age, religous? etc..

The onus is on you to tell them that you were married and did not qualify for the K-1.  It's not a matter of they didn't ask, so we didn't tell them.  You lied by not disclosing material information.