Fraud Prevention Manager email

[Ace Buenaventura 0]

Hi. I received an email from FPMManila@state.gov, the Fraud Prevention Manager of the US Embassy here in Manila, The Philippines telling me something like this (will copy paste):

 

"Good day.

 

On behalf of the United States Department of State, the U.S. Embassy hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. You should not attempt to travel with your visa to the United States, as you will not be permitted to enter the U.S. and will be returned to your point of origin.

 

 

We ask you to come to the U.S. Embassy at your convenience.  Please let us know by responding to this email when you intend to come. 

  

 

We appreciate your cooperation."

 

 

Does anybody know what's going on? I have been using my B1/B2 Visa since 2016?

 

 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,400]

the B1/B2 has been cancelled and they want to stamp the passport as such

i would say that now they have notice of your K1 application and believe there would be an attempt to AOS on a visit here

[Crazy Cat 41,284]

1 hour ago, Ace Buenaventura said:

Hi. I received an email from FPMManila@state.gov, the Fraud Prevention Manager of the US Embassy here in Manila, The Philippines telling me something like this (will copy paste):

 

"Good day.

 

On behalf of the United States Department of State, the U.S. Embassy hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. You should not attempt to travel with your visa to the United States, as you will not be permitted to enter the U.S. and will be returned to your point of origin.

 

 

We ask you to come to the U.S. Embassy at your convenience.  Please let us know by responding to this email when you intend to come. 

  

 

We appreciate your cooperation."

 

 

Does anybody know what's going on? I have been using my B1/B2 Visa since 2016?

 

 

 

Agree that it appears your B1/B2 has been revoked.  What is the status of your K-1?

 

Please fill in your timeline....Thanks.

Edited January 6, 2020 by missileman

[Ace Buenaventura 0]

Hey guys! Thanks for the response but I haven't actually applied for a K-1 visa yet. I have been using my B1/B2 only and yet I received this email? I am so confused why??

[geowrian 22,337]

It's impossible for anybody here to know why they likely revoked your visa.

You may or may not know a reason why they would do so.

[Crazy Cat 41,284]

1 minute ago, Ace Buenaventura said:

Hey guys! Thanks for the response but I haven't actually applied for a K-1 visa yet. I have been using my B1/B2 only and yet I received this email? I am so confused why??

Then it is more mysterious, but the fact remains that your B1/B2 is gone.  Maybe you used it too often.

[Unlockable 7,314]

13 minutes ago, Ace Buenaventura said:

Hey guys! Thanks for the response but I haven't actually applied for a K-1 visa yet. I have been using my B1/B2 only and yet I received this email? I am so confused why??

How often have you been using your B2? And for how long were your stays?

[Ace Buenaventura 0]

11 minutes ago, Unlockable said:

How often have you been using your B2? And for how long were your stays?

First entry was like 1 week. Second entry was 6 months. Third entry was like 5 months. I have a Fiancè in New York City. 😔

[geowrian 22,337]

1 minute ago, Ace Buenaventura said:

First entry was like 1 week. Second entry was 6 months. Third entry was like 5 months. I have a Fiancè in New York City. 😔

I see 3 possible reasons.

[Unlockable 7,314]

1 minute ago, Ace Buenaventura said:

First entry was like 1 week. Second entry was 6 months. Third entry was like 5 months. I have a Fiancè in New York City. 😔

Now we are getting somewhere. 5 and 6 months in the US will definitely raise suspicion.

 

How much time in between the 6 month stay and the 5 month stay?

[Unlockable 7,314]

11 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I see 3 possible reasons.

Indeed.

 

@Ace Buenaventura,

 

technically, we do not know specifically why your B2 was cancelled. but from our experience, you extended amount of time in the US is the closest guess we can have. You are now learning why it is so difficult for young single Filipinas to obtain visitor visas. Because they have a higher risk of staying too much in the US. You went from being in the US 1 week to staying here for months. That is a huge jump in vacation time. And if there was short amount of time you spent back home in the Philippines between the 6 month stay and the 5 month stay, it looks even worse.

[carmel34 3,576]

A tourist B visa is for short visits to the US, not to live with your fiance for extended periods of time.  SInce you evidently violated the terms of the B visa, it has been revoked.  Your US fiance will have to file a petition for a K-1 for you, or get married outside the US and file for a CR-1 visa to enter the US next time.  You're looking at 8 months to a year or more.  During that time your fiance can visit you.  Good luck!

[Ace Buenaventura 0]

25 minutes ago, Unlockable said:

Now we are getting somewhere. 5 and 6 months in the US will definitely raise suspicion.

 

How much time in between the 6 month stay and the 5 month stay?

😭 after the 6-month stay, I went back to the Philippines and stayed for 6months before I went back again in New York and stayed for 5 months. 😭

4 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

A tourist B visa is for short visits to the US, not to live with your fiance for extended periods of time.  SInce you evidently violated the terms of the B visa, it has been revoked.  Your US fiance will have to file a petition for a K-1 for you, or get married outside the US and file for a CR-1 visa to enter the US next time.  You're looking at 8 months to a year or more.  During that time your fiance can visit you.  Good luck!

We are planning to really get married this June 2020. Using my B1/B2 visa again to enter. But now, I guess it's been revoked. 😭😭😭

[Boiler 44,927]

He will need to do the visiting.

[Ace Buenaventura 0]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

He will need to do the visiting.

He was just here on February 2 to 10, 2019 and December 25, 2019 to January 3, 2020. And met my family and friends recently. I don't know what to do now if ever they revoked my B1/B2 which I plan to use on June 2020 to finally get married either in New Hampshire or Maine by the water. 😭💔