Is there a list of "red flags"?

[YolyPetra 0]

Is there a list of "red-flags" on Visa Journey? Or can someone tell me what they may be? My beau/fiance is 6 years younger than I, is that a red flag?

Yoly

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Not sure if anyone has ever created a red flag list, but a 6 year age difference, either way is a big no worry. Good luck on your journey!

[Ladylethal 12]

I remember seeing a post about it, it was over a year ago so I'm not sure where you'd find that info now. Your age difference won't be a red flag though.

Edited July 4, 2007 by Luis&Laura

[Nagishkaw 510]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22216

[pushbrk 12,883]

Is there a list of "red-flags" on Visa Journey? Or can someone tell me what they may be? My beau/fiance is 6 years younger than I, is that a red flag?

Yoly

If you think it might be a red flag, then it may well be. "It" meaning anything, not specifically a woman bringing a man six years younger, unless it is. For instance, If you're 24 and he's 18, it has a lot more potential to lift a Consular officer's eyebrow than if you're 72 and he's 66.

Red flags are things that cause a Consular officer to suspect fraud. If you have them, you probably know it. I don't mean if you have them you're probably in a fraudulent relationship, I just mean you'll know they are red flags. By the time you've come here for advice and information, you've already chosen your mate. So the best thing to do is concentrate on showing evidence of a bonafide relationship. Show that the "red flag" is a red herring.

[YolyPetra 0]

No, we are a bonafide couple and won't have a hard time proving it, we've been living toether for the past year.

I think I'm a combination of scared/worried of the whole process and I had heard age could be a factor.

Also, our age difference was hard for me to accept at first because we are socialized to expect the man to be older, not the woman. Luckily I have friends and family who are more reasonable than I (as well as my fiance) who told me that was a silly thing to deter me from exploring this relationship. Now a year later, it seems silly to me too, but in ths process you are opening yourself up to a lot of 3rd party judgement.

We are by the way 30 and 24, so we are on the young end of the spectrum.

[Magnolia31 0]

Is there a list of "red-flags" on Visa Journey? Or can someone tell me what they may be? My beau/fiance is 6 years younger than I, is that a red flag?

Yoly

Don't worry! There are people on here with a 20 year age difference.

[kitkat1 5]

No, we are a bonafide couple and won't have a hard time proving it, we've been living toether for the past year.

I think I'm a combination of scared/worried of the whole process and I had heard age could be a factor.

Also, our age difference was hard for me to accept at first because we are socialized to expect the man to be older, not the woman. Luckily I have friends and family who are more reasonable than I (as well as my fiance) who told me that was a silly thing to deter me from exploring this relationship. Now a year later, it seems silly to me too, but in ths process you are opening yourself up to a lot of 3rd party judgement.

We are by the way 30 and 24, so we are on the young end of the spectrum.

At CDJ this is not usually an issue. But you should be prepared with a lot of relationship evidence as well as for the question to come up -- know exactly how you are going to answer an "accusations" they may throw at you.

[bora bora 1]

No, we are a bonafide couple and won't have a hard time proving it, we've been living toether for the past year.

I think I'm a combination of scared/worried of the whole process and I had heard age could be a factor.

Also, our age difference was hard for me to accept at first because we are socialized to expect the man to be older, not the woman. Luckily I have friends and family who are more reasonable than I (as well as my fiance) who told me that was a silly thing to deter me from exploring this relationship. Now a year later, it seems silly to me too, but in ths process you are opening yourself up to a lot of 3rd party judgement.

We are by the way 30 and 24, so we are on the young end of the spectrum.

At CDJ this is not usually an issue. But you should be prepared with a lot of relationship evidence as well as for the question to come up -- know exactly how you are going to answer an "accusations" they may throw at you.

CYA

[rebeccajo 14]

There are different red flags at the different consulates. Those red flags have mostly to do with societal norms for native couples in that nation, along with any societal abuse of US immigration policy.

Again - no two consulates are alike.

[Dan J 277]

USCIS adjudicators use this: http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?...8ce159d286150e2

Section 21.3 would be the relevant section.

Consulates on the other hand are as others have already mentioned. They are sensitive to cultural traditions and expectations and what would be considered a red flag will vary.