US Immigration from Saudi Arabia

Hello,

I am immigrating to US and planning to land after a month. I received my immigration visa. I have some money saved in my current savings account in my home country.

I (the applicant) do not have a US bank account since I did not land. My spouse (the petitioner) has a US bank account and I don t mind transferring to her account.

How do I transfer my savings to US? Do I need to pay taxes on this transfer?

Hi everyone I hope anyone can advice me or share any information would be so helpful , and much appreciated.

I am the wife/ petitioner who live in the united statesThe spouse live overseas - Saudi Arabia we had our wedding cermoney on November 29th 2019 so menaning we are legally married and have an official marriage certificate, I only met him twice one month after the cermoney I came back to united states where I live and around march 2020 I decided to apply for his petition and we got our approval long story short he had his intrvew at riyadh embassy September the 7th 2021 and everything was completed and ok however he was missing one document so they gave him refusal notice under section 221g so good thing his case is still on refusal and the status show its refused but I am not sure it might still be on AP and he didn't tell me anything or update that he gave them the missing document, so there is a chance he might sent the document and the case only going under administrative process and after he get the approval for visa. My spouse tricked me and he is using me to enter the United States and to get a green card. I truly believed we were in real marriage we only been married for less than 2 years and now after long distance relationship I recently found out he been lying to me and this isn t a healthy and authentic relationship.He disappeared right after he attended the interview there is no communication between me and him until today he is not answering his phones or emails or anything. I reported this to both the Riyadh embassy in Saudi Arabia and NVC I SENT A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW MY PETITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BOTH EMBASSY AND NVC SIGNED UNDER MY NAME AND ALL THE REASONS FOR THIS REQUEST HOWEVER THE NVC ADVISED ME THE CAN HELP WITH THIS AND THE EMBASSY IS THE ONE CAN ASSIST ME THE EMBASSY EMAILED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THEY PUT A NOTE ON MY FILE SINCE THERE IS NO VISA ISSUED FOR HIM YET BUT THE CASE WILL SATY PENDING AND IT IS NOT WITHDRAW UNTIL NVC OFFICIAL CONTACT THEM. I ALSO REQUESTED THE EMBASSY TO RETURN HIS PASSPORT BEFORE ANY VISA APPROVAL AND THEY TOLD ME THTA THEY WILL SEND IT BACK TO HIM UPON MY REQUEST BUT WHEN I CHECKE THE STATUS OF HIS PASSPORT ONLINE IT SAYS THAT IT IS STILL WITH THE US EMBASSY. NOT SURE IF IT IS UPDATED BUT I AM VERY AFRAID THAT HE GET THE VISA APPROVAL AND COME TO THE STATES TO GET THE GREEN CARD I REALLY WANT TO AVOID ANY PROBLEMS AND STOP THIS PETITION PROGRESS BEFORE HE ENTER THE STATES AND THINGS GET MORE COMPLICATED. I TRIED TO CALL THE RIYADH EMBASSY AND THEY SAID THEY ONLY CAN BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND THEY WILL ANSWER THERE HOWEVER THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME WITH ANY UPDATE FOR MY CASE. THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO READ ALL THIS AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Hello everyone,

My bf (US citizen) and I (Saudi Arabian) are about to send in our I-129f petition and have some questions first that we d appreciate getting pointers on.

Bear with me a little because I d like to explain the whole situation to better inform your answers.

We are in a gay relationship, we met our second year of college in 2017 (I was on an F-1 visa) and have been together since. I returned to Saudi during the pandemic in 2020 after graduating and started working there. A few months later I decided to apply for a tourist visa to be able to visit my boyfriend. It got accepted but I never used it since I got accepted into some master s programs in california and thought it might be best to pursue that path. We never talked about marriage or where our relationship was going (we both assumed it was going to end when I had to return to Saudi but we still talked to each other everyday). So it seemed like a good idea for me to come back for my master s and we can pick up where we left off, hitting two birds with one stone.

The trouble though is when I did my interview for the F-1 visa, the consul officer didn t think I had strong ties to Saudi, and in hindsight she was right. She asked me who my bf is (I listed him as my US contact point under friend ) and I told her he s just a friend. That visa got denied, and we were crushed to think we weren t gonna see each other soon. A month later we met in Mexico and decided to apply for a K-1 as we realized we really want to be together and are ready to get married. And we have lots of evidence proving a bona fide relationship from our time in college.

Now I reazlied that in my tourist visa application I also listed him as a friend. So I m worried it s gonna look like I lied about my relationship with him for immigration benefits. The reason I never disclosed my relationship with him was 1) i never really understood the significance from an immigration point of view and 2) both my interviews were in Saudi and I didnt want them to know my sexuality for fear of safety, and it is second nature to me to tell all strangers that he s just my friend and hide my sexuality.

TLDR: i listed my boyfriend as a friend in two different non-immigrant visa applications and worried that will affect K-1 visa chances.

So I would like your advice on the following:

1) Will the 214(b) F-1 denial arouse suspicions of misrepresentation if we file the I-129F shortly after? Does it matter if we wait longer?

2) Will the officers be understanding of why I lied about the relationship due to fear of safety or use that against us in the K-1 application?

3) Any information on the US embassy in Saudi would also be appreciated. How tough are they and how likely is denial/acceptance?

Thank you.

Hi,

I got DQ d in June 2021, and from what I am reading my interview is still faraway. When I received DQ i was told by NVC via email to not travel.

Can I travel for tourism/family while waiting for my interview, or would that be a violation of NVC rules?

I know by law dual citizens must enter and exit the US with their US passport. But I'm wondering if this means one has to physically present their US passport to TSA when going through security if taking a flight out of the country (especially if you're planning to present the non-US passport at the destination). I know there's no exit immigration controls, but does the requirement to "exit" using a US passport mean just needing to take it and carry it with you so you can later come back, or does it have to be used at TSA and the like? And is there actually a difference for TSA procedurally in terms of which passport you present to them? I know travel records are kept for non-US persons.