Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Thanks a lot for your post. I feel the same, if we would have filed it in India, there would have been more chances of approval. Anyways moving forward, I have received a letter from the Consulate which reads that "Your case is sent back to USCIS for further investigation and adjudication as the officer determines that you have failed to show clear relationship between you and the petitioner". My fiancee called USCIS in California and they said that decision on your case is still not made and we will let you know as soon as we make any decision. It can take upto 120 days for the reviewing process. We were planning to get married in February but now I am confused if we should wait or just get married and file CR1.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-07 18:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Firstly thanks for your post again Catknit, Yes my fiancee is Indian by origin and this is arranged marriage. One of our common relative in US introduced me to my fiancee and then we started talking to each other on the phone/skype. After talking for about a month we both decided to meet in India. I flew to India when my fiancee was already in India on a holiday. We met in India and decided to get engaged. Then her mother came to India for the ceremony. She left to the States after about 10days after the Engagement and I came back to NZ. Our families never knew each other and never met before our Engagement. I submitted quite a lot proofs of the relationship to the Consulate which were, Pictures before and after engagement, Pictures of me and her with her family and my family, Picturs of the traditional Engagement ceremony, Video of the Ceremony, Skype screenshots and call history, Voip call history that I used to call her, Pictures exchanged through text messages, screenshots of the text messages(random), Call history of her landline phone in US and the gifts and cards that we sent each other on birthday and valentines. She called her congressperson before I got call from the CO about the visa refusal. Congresswomen emailed CO and they informed her after informing me that this relationship doesn't look like a genuine relationship and thats why officer didn't took the risk to issue him the Visa. I am still waiting for my documentation and letter from the CO. Congressperson adviced us to file K1 again or get married as this petition must have been expired by now. Me and my fiancee are waiting for the letter from the CO so that we could decide what we should do, appeal or just get married. Its quite stressful now, and we really can't wait any longer for this process.(Losing PAtience) It would be great if they re-adjudicate my case but I just dont want to wait another 6 months and get a refusal when we could have got married legally and filed for CR1. Also, I had no pictures of myself with any girl on any social sites and I was last active in 2010 on that social site, it said on the page. I just had few girls in the friend list.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-03 19:03:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Hi there, Thanks for your post and I totally agree with you. I guess in our relationship,only red flag is short/few visits. Me and my fiancee have only spent a month together in india and that was before filing the petiton. We both are same age, religion and neve married before. Yes our families are involved in our relationship and we had a proper traditional engagement ceremony in India. We also had family meetings and outings before/after the engagement. I am really confused about what we should do now. We are trying to figure out the exact reason of the denial from the consulate. Also, will it be okay if we file CR-1 after legal wedding as we can't plan traditional wedding before November,2013. No I was never posted on any matrimonial websites. Just hoping tht 2013 brings us all lots of happiness and joy.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-01 21:08:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	That would explain a lot and I *totally* could see a family doing that on the sly. To the OP - oldest trick in the scammer's book - woo an unsuspecting American with words of undying love, get the GC, get the citizenship, drop her like a hot potato and then sponsor your desi girl. Look, I'm not saying that is what you are doing. BUT, part of your job in presenting your relationship/case to the consulate is to convince the CO that this is all on the up and up. Old profiles showing anything remotely questionable gets your case sent back to USCIS thanks in large part to all those Indian guys that did [and continue] to scam. You're paying for their past sins - sad but true. Anyway, start looking at your relationship and case with the eyes of cynical CO. You'll see the phrase "red flag" used a lot - age differences, religion differences, divorces, kids from prior relationships, looking like an oddball match [for example, you're a PhD with a tenure track lecture position and she's a high school drop out with 2 kids working at the local fast food joint], anything like that??? Did you spend a decent amount of time together? Did you follow any cultural traditions for the engagement? What about family meetings??? COs familiar with South Asian traditions may look at a case presented to them lacking those features as "questionable". You need to try and get to the bottom of why your case was sent back. You will never get a hard and fast answer - but start thinking about it. Short of a posting on shaadi.com from your busybody aunt - something will most likely stand out to you. Then, you need to work on trying to fix that problem. Hi there, Thanks for your post. I totally agree with you. In our case family was involved and we had a proper traditional Engagement ceremony. Yes we had family meetings and outing as well after and before the ceremony too. However, I guess red flag in my case could be short visit as me and fiancee spent just about a month together in India. And no I was never posted on any matrimonial websites. We are now trying to figure out the exact reason from the consulate. Me and fiance are same age, religion and never married before.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-01 20:49:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Thanks there, I guess red flag in our case could be short visit. Me and my fiancee were together for about a month in the last 12 months.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-01 20:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Hi, Yes I am Indian citizen but residing in New Zealand and my Fiancee is US citzen and never filed any petition for anyone before.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2012-12-29 11:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 visa refused after 2 months from interview	Hi guys I am really depressed after hearing from the Consulate after 2 months from the interview that we cannot proceed with the case and its going back to USCIS for review. I haven't received letter from them yet so don't know the exact reason why refused. I had an interview scheduled on 1 November 2012 at 9:30am at Auckland Consulate General, NZ. Arrived around 9:15am and after crossing the security guards, a very lovely and friendly lady collected all my documents from me and she also told me few more documents that she needed from me. After that she asked me to pay the visa fee and wait for the officer to call me for an interview. Paid visa fee at 9:40am 10am - still waiting 10:30am - still waiting Applicants walking in, are getting interviewed and they are leaving the building. 11:30 - everybody left, only me in the office and the staff. 11:40 - officer called my name FINALLY!! I was walking to the window and interview started. He started with simple questions like my fiancee's name, how we met, when we got engaged and all. Then there was pause for a while and officer started asking me questions like have you got a girl friend here in NZ or has she got a bf in States. I was like WT****!!! I said no no way. He then asked me if I was dating someone in the past and if she was dating? Then all of sudden questions came up from my bebo page which I created few years back(Teenage) and never used. Questions were like, who's this girl ? I was just standing and thinking, then I said yeah old friend, she used to work with me long time back. Then more questions about few other people who were on bebo came up! Finally I was asked some more questions about my family, my job and my qualification. Though we came to an end but no then questions about my fiancee started again. What colour does she like? Her favourite kind of music and what side of the bed she sleeps? I was like "SORRY"?? Officer repeated I mean how does she like to sleep, on her back or..? This wasn't the end, I was asked few more awkward questions like Why will I marry her in next few months and why my job is not relevant to my studies. Also, questions like have I ever been to Germany and all! At the same time officer was also going through all the documents and was giving me a funny look as if it was all joke. Next minute, he chuck my passport out through the window(he literally did) and said that my case is still pending and waiting for the documents. And he handed over me the refusal letter with list of required documents. I was shocked and literally in tears nd ask officer slowly, is it a refusal? He said no bring these! said see you and left. And this interview took about an hour. 12:45pm - Interview Finished (I FELT LIKE I WAS BULLIED AND TREATED IN AN EXTREMELY BAD MANNER) This wasn't all, after a week (7th Nov 2012) I went with the list of the documents that they asked for and the lady said that I need one more document!! After about 3 weeks (29th Nov 2012) I went with that last document and case officer(Lovely lady) said that I am not sure if that's all but I will give you a ring in the evening if we need any more documents or not! She noted my number and I left. No body called me that day, next day i couldnt wait and on top of that my lady was forcing me from US to call her and ask, how's it?. (4th December)When I called her she said I think thats all the documents that we need and now she will email me after officer tells her something, hopefully today or tomorrow. No communication again. I called on 7th December and I was informed that officer is going on leave till 17th December and I will be informed after that. 28th December in the morning I was informed that my application had been Denied and is going back to USCIS for review!! Me and my fiancee were heart broken and were really disappointed. I really dont know what to do now! Should we do appeal or should we just get married and apply for K3 visa. Please guys, I really need your assistance.	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2012-12-29 11:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR1 visa refusal under 221(G)	Sorry to hear that you were grilled that way but I would highly recommend that you should call your husband and take him along to the interview nxt time to prove your bonafide relationship and ofcourse collect lots of pictures of you and your hubby. Also take along any pictures exchanged via email or mms. They have a doubt on your relationship, so dont give them a chance to say no, just call your husband to your country and take him along. Don't worry they won't decline without any reason. Be strong and think positive!	upgrade2012	Male	New Zealand	2013-01-01 22:09:00