K1 visa refusal at embassy level

[NarayanN 0]

I filed for k1 visa for my fiancee in Nepal. Her visa was refused pending additional evidence of relationships after the interview in the embassy. Little background. I met my finance via mutual friends and remained in contact via social media for the past 2 years. I went to meet her in Nepal in February 2024. We took lots of pictures together. I went back to Nepal again in December but with limited time of 2 weeks with my cousins and sisters. I spent time with her but most of my time was spent traveling to spiritual sites with rest of my family. My fiancé couldn’t join me because her mother was sick. We spent about 5 days together this 2nd visit. I did travel to her village to meet with rest of her family members. Unfortunately I did not take whole lots of pictures with her family (took few videos) because I  thought the pictures we had were enough. We didn’t officially get engaged and wanted to Marry her once she gets to US on K1. Our visa was refused and requested more evidence (engagement pictures OR pictures with family, social media posts etc). I’m planning on traveling back to Nepal to officially get engaged and submit the evidence. Is there anything I should do different. Just wanted some guidance from those of you who faced similar situations. Thank you! 

[MalloryCat 482]

you could get affidavit letters from your fiances family while you are there, that would be good as secondary evidence in your situation.

but many pictures with family and friends (probably in different locations, like at their house, out doing an activity, stuff like that) should be your primary evidence

did you provide passport stamps, plane tickets, anything like that as well? proof that you were actually in the same country helps a lot

[TBoneTX 46,694]

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum -- OP is at that stage.

[EatBulaga 446]

5 hours ago, NarayanN said:

I filed for k1 visa for my fiancee in Nepal. Her visa was refused pending additional evidence of relationships after the interview in the embassy. Little background. I met my finance via mutual friends and remained in contact via social media for the past 2 years. I went to meet her in Nepal in February 2024. We took lots of pictures together. I went back to Nepal again in December but with limited time of 2 weeks with my cousins and sisters. I spent time with her but most of my time was spent traveling to spiritual sites with rest of my family. My fiancé couldn’t join me because her mother was sick. We spent about 5 days together this 2nd visit. I did travel to her village to meet with rest of her family members. Unfortunately I did not take whole lots of pictures with her family (took few videos) because I  thought the pictures we had were enough. We didn’t officially get engaged and wanted to Marry her once she gets to US on K1. Our visa was refused and requested more evidence (engagement pictures OR pictures with family, social media posts etc). I’m planning on traveling back to Nepal to officially get engaged and submit the evidence. Is there anything I should do different. Just wanted some guidance from those of you who faced similar situations. Thank you! 

 

If you have videos of the last visit and are handy with multimedia tools, you can play/stop videos and snip or screenshot to pics/photos.

A one-minute video can result in multiple pics/photos.

[Sam Burns 168]

16 hours ago, NarayanN said:

We didn’t officially get engaged

If you’re not engaged then I get why the application was refused since you have to be engaged, it’s a fiance visa

Edited Tuesday at 10:50 AM by Sam Burns

[MalloryCat 482]

1 hour ago, Sam Burns said:

If you’re not engaged then I get why the application was refused since you have to be engaged, it’s a fiance visa

i mean being "engaged" isn't a legal status.

you can say youre engaged or call someone your fiance without an official proposal or an engagement party. or even engagement pictures. we didn't take engagement pictures until after my husband (then fiance) arrived in the US on his K1 visa.

it sounds like the officer doing the interview didn't feel like there was enough, the culture in Nepal probably played a big part in that.