What are the chances of a visa application being denied?

[Palala2018 28]

3 hours ago, Paula&Johnny said:

I'm sorry to tell you but she is lying about this.

There is not such thing about brazilian visa for brazilian citizens NEVER!

If she told you that she can't come back after visit Brazil is because she doesn’t have a valid visa and she is afraid to travel and receive a ban.

 

I'm from Brazil and I can tell you that this history is really common here in the US.

 

If you really want to check out look her passport and you will see.

 

Ask her about the student visa application. 

I hope she is really not lying to you to get an green card.

Good luck 

This exactly, I am a citizen of Brasil as well and they would NEVER accept a brasilian citizen entering brasil  with a visa, that's ridiculous. I have dual citizenship actually and even if I wanted to enter on my american passport they would find that highly unacceptable.(when i was a kid there were talks with the military police when trying to enter as my mum had a visa as a us citizen and i was waiting in line with her, they made me wait in the other line with my dad as we both are brasilian citizens with passports)

 

I wish you the best but there are some red flags here. At best there is a serious language barrier and at worst there is intentional deception 

[SalishSea 17,839]

5 hours ago, CKnight said:

She is here legally in terms of being on the student visa. However, she is waiting for an answer on the visa, because she had to reapply for it, which means she is in limbo. I am going off of what she told me. But as I said in another post, I don't know that it makes sense to apply for a visa to enter your own country if you are already a citizen. 

Student visas and work visas for au pairs are two different things.

 

No country requires its own citizens to apply for a visa, unless they have abdicated their citizenship.  I'm not sure where you got this idea, or why you're so fixated on it, but if she's telling you this, there is more to her story.

 

You should do lots of reading and become educated about the immigration process.  You'll need more than a cursory grasp of it to proceed from here.

[SalishSea 17,839]

OP,  your GF's story just doesn't add up.  It screams of desperation to stay in the US, which is why posters have used the term "visa shopping."  You seem young, and I hope you will think very carefully about whether you could be getting played here.  Sometimes love blinds us to the alarm bells that would otherwise be going off when faced with duplicity.

[PGA 240]

Here is what you do, a simple test: tell her you love her and are going to start looking for jobs in Brazil, you'd like to go visit with her and check out some apartments to rent. My bet is you'll know within a week (if not minutes) what her real purpose is. I've had years now living with my wife in Peru....I'm pretty sure she's legit 😆

[SalishSea 17,839]

10 minutes ago, PGA said:

Here is what you do, a simple test: tell her you love her and are going to start looking for jobs in Brazil, you'd like to go visit with her and check out some apartments to rent. My bet is you'll know within a week (if not minutes) what her real purpose is. I've had years now living with my wife in Peru....I'm pretty sure she's legit 😆

This is a great idea!

[PGA 240]

3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

This is a great idea!

Yes, so simple. I am surprised that more people don't do this, but I guess maybe they're afraid to find out the answer...

[SalishSea 17,839]

Just now, PGA said:

Yes, so simple. I am surprised that more people don't do this, but I guess maybe they're afraid to find out the answer...

Yup.  It would help prevent much of the heartache posts we see here after the fact.

[Adventine 3,196]

18 minutes ago, PGA said:

Here is what you do, a simple test: tell her you love her and are going to start looking for jobs in Brazil, you'd like to go visit with her and check out some apartments to rent. My bet is you'll know within a week (if not minutes) what her real purpose is. I've had years now living with my wife in Peru....I'm pretty sure she's legit 😆

 

This is what my USC husband did. Before marriage, he came to live with me in my home country, negotiated a telework arrangement with his US employer, and stayed throughout my country's COVID lockdowns.

 

Highly recommended for anyone (of any nationality) wondering if their relationship is legit.

[aaron2020 11,651]

6 hours ago, CKnight said:

We met in June of last year. To all of the comments suggesting she is lying or using me to get a green card: She didn't come to the United States with intent to marry. Also, she isn't pressuring me to marry her. I recognize that there are many scams and bad intentions with marrying a foreigner, but in my case, I think this has do her perhaps not knowing all of the details. 

You came here looking for help.  We are giving you advice on what we have seen.  It's up to you and only you to determine if she is genuine or scamming you.  Have a look on VJ and see how many people want their ex-spouses deported for scamming them, getting green cards, and going why isn't the US Government doing anything to help them punish the scammers.  

You came.  You got advice.  It's up to you to do what's right for you.  You are the best position to know and protect yourself.

Good luck.

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

6 hours ago, CKnight said:

We met in June of last year. To all of the comments suggesting she is lying or using me to get a green card: She didn't come to the United States with intent to marry. Also, she isn't pressuring me to marry her. I recognize that there are many scams and bad intentions with marrying a foreigner, but in my case, I think this has do her perhaps not knowing all of the details. 

So if the reason is not a green card you can tell her to fix her status and then you can married her.  What do you think? 😉

Or go to Brazil with her, get marry and she can wait the process there. 

Tell her the first option and you will get her reaction. 

 

....but wait.

In October you asked about K1 4 months after you met her, and you were thinking about imigration process?? Can I ask you why are you asking about imigration process so earlier in your relationship? Does she brought to you this "issue" since the beginning of your relationship??

 If so, this is even more common 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by Paula&Johnny

[JFH 12,190]

I would also recommend that she signs up for an account here and posts her questions. It seems you are somewhat confused about visas for the US - and that’s perfectly understandable, this is all unchartered territory for you. 

[TBoneTX 45,328]

Off-topic and noncontributory posts have been removed.

Thread is moved from the K-3 Process forum to General Immigration Discussion.

[CKnight 1]

My girlfriend came into the United States as an Au-pair under the J1 work visa. She said that she applied for the student and tourist visa about three months before her J1 visa was set to expire. It has been just about a year since she applied, and she has not heard anything  regarding whether or not she will receive the student and tourist visa. Apparently, she wanted to changed her status by applying before the J1 visa expired. She was also recently finger-printed in the process, but has not heard a definitive answer yet. If the visa is denied she will have to return home unless we get married. I am not sure that we will get married in the U.S., but what are the chances of receiving a denial on either of those visas? What would cause an application to be denied?

Edited May 3, 2021 by CKnight

[Crazy Cat 41,898]

I thought this was explained pretty well on your last thread.  The term "visa shopping" comes to my mind. " If the visa is denied she will have to return home unless we get married"  Good luck.

 

 

[CKnight 1]

2 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

I thought this was explained pretty well on your last thread.  The term "visa shopping" comes to my mind. " If the visa is denied she will have to return home unless we get married"  Good luck.

 

 

Lucky Cat: That didn't quite answer my question on this thread. My question is, what are the chances of a denial concerning her visa applications?