TWIN CACTUS, Please weigh in!!! Other DR's too

[crew1980 1]

Tim,

Please can you give your opinion?? I know every case is different and the DR is a VERY special place when it comes to K1/K3 immigration. As you know, my husband came to America from Cuba as my fiance. Cuba is another one of those special places. However, I've a dear friend who has a fiance in the DR. They started their process in 2004. They were denied at the interview and what she has now found out is that the case has been sent back to the US.

Now, she has retained the services of an immigration lawyer who is advising her to start the process over again from the beginning, I-129f stage. I told her I disagree with this tactic. I think she should appeal, do the MTR or whatever is next after denial. I say this because it may be faster than waiting for the 27,000+ cases that are now in backlog. As it is now, if they re-apply, it could take up to 16 months before they get another interview.

Please Tim, and all other DR's, please weigh in on this. I know you can't tell her what to do. Can you just give your opinion/experiences and how things turned out for you. BTW, their case was very straight forward with absolutely no complications. Don't know what happened, I think it was a combo of not being in sinc at the interview and the CO just wanted to deny them. They had some pretty heavy interrogation at the interview.

Thanks,

Toria and Salvador

[anitacastillo 0]

Tim,

Please can you give your opinion?? I know every case is different and the DR is a VERY special place when it comes to K1/K3 immigration. As you know, my husband came to America from Cuba as my fiance. Cuba is another one of those special places. However, I've a dear friend who has a fiance in the DR. They started their process in 2004. They were denied at the interview and what she has now found out is that the case has been sent back to the US.

Now, she has retained the services of an immigration lawyer who is advising her to start the process over again from the beginning, I-129f stage. I told her I disagree with this tactic. I think she should appeal, do the MTR or whatever is next after denial. I say this because it may be faster than waiting for the 27,000+ cases that are now in backlog. As it is now, if they re-apply, it could take up to 16 months before they get another interview.

Please Tim, and all other DR's, please weigh in on this. I know you can't tell her what to do. Can you just give your opinion/experiences and how things turned out for you. BTW, their case was very straight forward with absolutely no complications. Don't know what happened, I think it was a combo of not being in sinc at the interview and the CO just wanted to deny them. They had some pretty heavy interrogation at the interview.

Thanks,

Toria and Salvador

Your friend may want to get married in another country that is easy for Dominicans to travel to (ie. Equador) and go through the interview process there. There is lots of discussion of this going on at Tim's website - dominicanstotheusa.com. Your friend should check out the website. Marrying in another country is more $$, but probably less time.

OT - It baffles me why Cuba takes so much less time than the DR. We waited 18 months for an interview and now are under FBI name check.

[crew1980 1]

Thanks for your reply. As for the time it takes the K1 process in Cuba, I think most of it has to do with how many people are coming out vs how much money can potentially come into Cuba. There are many who are going through this process in Cuba but many people are not coming out. They are waiting to see what is going to happen next in their beloved country. Cubans do want a better life but by and large, Cubans don't want to leave Cuba to get it.

Also, If 1 or 2 family members leave Cuba it is certain that they will funnel money into Cuba to help family survive. I think the Cuban gov't knows this and allows a certain number to leave since they know each will send back X amount of dollars. Not only dollars but goods too are being taken into the country. Of course all of this helps the gov't to get needed foreign dollars to spend.

Toria and Salvador