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If she is a senior citizen, honestly the return ticket should be fine. Just make sure she has a notebook/piece of paper with your contact information (and maybe one other person in the states), your address and maybe your job name and your title. Don’t depend on phones as they can die, lose power. You haven’t said the country you are from and I don’t know if she speaks English but if she doesn’t you could always tell the airline in advance that she may need assistance. This is what I used to do when my grandmother travelled. Having the contact info/address handy is important.

It seems like you followed everything by the book, I think you will be fine. I know people on your situation whose end goal was to immigrate and did not return home for the death of loved ones for fear of not being admitted back in. Something tells me you are genuine in seeking out your education. I hope you do well on your TOEFL.

Was just going to say this.

You may want to take some time off, get an internship in your country. I do think the fact you returned to your country is a good sign. But you may just need to give it some time, get an internship, and a job offer in writing for when you get the associates degree. The question is though, after the associates degree are you going to go for another degree?

I don’t know if anyone that has ever been on the hook. I think the system is too big and confusing for them to actually hold folks accountable. But you are smart to think carefully and think twice about it.

I do not have a valid source unfortunately, but based my statement on anecdotal data. A good friend works in higher education admissions. She used to work at a well known community college in Massachusetts and that school alone had anywhere from 50-75 international students every year. when I was in college in Boston many years ago, many of the international students of the local community college used our library. I admit I don’t have a source so I shouldn’t have thrown out an arbitrary number, but if one community college in one town in an average size state has that amount, think one can safely deduce that there r many more and close to thousands student visas granted for similar purposes in similar settings. many students for financial reasons go to community college first before transferring to four year schools, from the perspective of the embassy- as long as they have a plan and the finances to cover this plan, they don’t seem to care either way.

Why do you doubt that? I don’t think she will get a visa for other reasons…but thousands of international students are granted visas to go to community colleges every year.

I don’t really understand your question. However, when it comes to student visas, USCIS is not part of the decision making process. There are other qualifications needed of course, but the decision is largely with the embassy.

Uscis has nothing to do with a student visa. The process is strictly with your girlfriend, the embassy, and the school. As long as she can get an appointment before classes start, there’s no reason why she won’t have enough time. she has to prove she’s eligible for the visa and also prove ties to her country (just like any other non immigrant visa). She will also have to prove she can pay for her education assuming she does not have a full scholarship.

Something similar happened to my uncle. It was a huge mess. However he did have a lawyer that felt she would be successful in helping him , I don’t know on what basis. Unfortunately he died before we could find out. Maybe you can get divorced and mom can refuel, I’m not sure, definitelty need a lawyer. .

Why not wait till you get the job you know you want before starting this process? Seems a bit deceitful as it seems you already know you are not 100 percent sure about taking the job

Better to wait till you get approved.

Feel free to message me. I don’t live in Alabama but we can exchange ideas.

I’m so sorry to hear this. Is there no neighbor or anyone that can vouch? What about heading to your phone company or bank to ask them to print you out verification of address , I know you don’t have ID but if you have police report and PIN number the bank should be able to help. You may have to be call before you go. Keep pushing, even if you can login to one of your utility companies you all utilize you can print a bill that has address . Can you login to USCIS website and print something? Any emails? Search your mailing address in your email, you may have forgotten you used your mailing address to order something or sign up for something . Don’t give up. is it an apartment/rental or house? If apartment, go to leasing office, speak to landlord, anything. I understand at this point she may have destroyed some of your property but whatever you can salvage at this point would be good. if worse comes to worse do you have any family or friends in a different state? If you are not wedded to Alabama you may want to head where you have more support. I’ll let others chime in about replacing the documents.

Just depends. As many will tell you, uscis or consular may feel you are too married. I think you have a better shot as you are from West Africa where this practice is common. We are from Sierra Leone and did the same thing with no problem.

Sorry to hear all of this and sorry about your mother. Honestly, police behavior and helpfulness can definitely depend on the political views of the state you are in (which of course influence laws). Living in the north I have never ever heard of needing a warrant to make an arrest when it is clear a crime such as destruction of property has happened. Furthermore, most states do not allow a spouse to kick another spouse out so I’m surprised they weren’t able to help you back in BUT at the very least as others have mentioned they should have at least been able to help you get your things. I pray situation gets better however, one thing to mention, if she tries to make amends and invites you back in the house be VERY careful. This is part of the cycle of abuse, it might seem to make sense to return to the home but if you do please start making a game plan. 1. Even if the police didn’t get your things right away they should still be able to give you a copy of the report which you should keep for evidence. 2. If you do get access to your documents, take a picture and save it on the cloud, give the documents to a close friend or colleague for safekeeping if you don’t have a private place to store them outside of the home. 3. Open a separate bank account that she does not have access to, and start saving to rent your own place. If you are not working , start working now. Change or cancel any direct deposits that go into an account she has access to. 4. if possible, avoid phone calls and communicate through text or WhatsApp voicenotes for evidence down the line. I know you mentioned you don’t have a phone but if you are able to get some cash you can get a fairly affordable prepaid phone. I am sorry for the loss of your mom.

I am not entirely sure, and google will be able to help- BUT from my experience of traveling with food : 1) Yes 2) I highly doubt it because it falls under produce 3) I’m not entirely sure, if it’s dried like jerky it might be fine. Again, google may help 4) From my experience, no limit but of course you have to declare and if the customs officer decides to check- it should be fine as long as it doesn’t seem you have an amount that would be for commercial purposes

You could try, I’ve seen similar situations and the person was approved. It’s just hard to determine if the bank statement was the only reason you were denied. It’s really not the embassy’s job to determine how much the applicant will live on because when they school creates the threshold it’s not only tuition, it’s tuition, housing, books as well as living allowance. So even if it’s the exact amount (which I have seen been approved), it should be fine. It could be the last minute deposit. Why did you mail the bank statement to the school? All these things are done electronically.

Do you have a lease? It’s not very strong evidence but it’s something but really you need something stronger. What is your plan when you come back? Having an internship, job, another educational program is your best bet. However I think your travel history helps. I know you said you don’t know what you want to do but if you want to be strongly considered for this visa you need to figure it out.

Sounds like a good plan.

I think people are saying if you go down this path you should NOT bring these pictures, however- they could still find out. when I went through this process many years ago we did not know that it may be an issue. In our case, it was not an issue and we were issues the visa. have you ever thought of doing a spousal visa?

As many have said you can get denied for this. Personally, we had a traditional wedding, showed pictures to the officer. We were approved. This was in 2010 though. In Sierra Leone it’s actually a bit odd to NOT have a traditional wedding/engagement but I do realize that was almost 15 years ago and things may have changed. Also, K1 is really not the superior visa anyways. Maybe just get married since you are considering the religious ceremony and petition for your partner to come here as your spouse.

You may be able to petition him also but it depends on when your mom married him. I believe she would have had to marry him before you turned 18 for you to be eligible to petition

If you are confused hire a tax professional to do the taxes for you. you are a resident it seems.

Exactly! To the OP, if this is not the case I wouldn’t share this with any officials. It appears you were part of the immigration fraud and maybe things didn’t go your way. I’m not saying this is the case but if you are going to submit evidence you need something stronger than this.