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[ceeja 0]

My fiancé applied for a tourist visa last year and was denied. We did not know about the K-1 visa at the time. 

Can this be held against us to get the K-1 visa

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

1 minute ago, ceeja said:

My fiancé applied for a tourist visa last year and was denied. We did not know about the K-1 visa at the time. 

Can this be held against us to get the K-1 visa

Most tourist visas are denied due to lack of strong ties to home country.  If this was the case for your fiance, then the answer is NO.  That denial, alone,  will not affect the K-1. 

[payxibka 10,044]

41 minutes ago, ceeja said:

My fiancé applied for a tourist visa last year and was denied. We did not know about the K-1 visa at the time. 

Can this be held against us to get the K-1 visa

K-1 is an immigrant intent visa.  Completely different set of criteria for approval than a tourist visa

[ceeja 0]

48 minutes ago, ceeja said:

My fiancé applied for a tourist visa last year and was denied. We did not know about the K-1 visa at the time. 

Can this be held against us to get the K-1 visa

Well hopefully this will not be a red flag for us....

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

1 minute ago, ceeja said:

Well hopefully this will not be a red flag for us....

It won't be as long as you guys were being truthful during the tourist visa interview. If you lied then yes it will come back to bite you.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

but it is best to know what country you are talking about

tourist denial may not be big but K1's in some countries are difficult regardless

if you want quality information the best way to get it is to let the VJ community know the embassy and circumstances 

age differences

religious differences

high fraud countries

all the above count 

[JVG 31]

2 hours ago, ceeja said:

My fiancé applied for a tourist visa last year and was denied. We did not know about the K-1 visa at the time. 

Can this be held against us to get the K-1 visa

Same religious beliefs, Philippines is the counrty

[FernandLevi 36]

7 hours ago, ceeja said:

Well hopefully this will not be a red flag for us....

Same position same country same reason for denial of tourist visa. My NOA1 is Dec 29th

[JVG 31]

1 hour ago, FernandLevi said:

Same position same country same reason for denial of tourist visa. My NOA1 is Dec 29th

It's my understanding that the tourist visa is totally different from the K-1 and usually it has nothing to do with it I guess I'm asking I'm not understanding completely you were denied a K-1 Visa because of this or you are not

[ceeja 0]

2 hours ago, FernandLevi said:

Same position same country same reason for denial of tourist visa. My NOA1 is Dec 29th

So has this been an issue for you ? My understanding is the tourist visa is entirely different from the k-1 and should not pose a problem.

[britishandusa 446]

53 minutes ago, ceeja said:

So has this been an issue for you ? My understanding is the tourist visa is entirely different from the k-1 and should not pose a problem.

It is almost impossible to get a tourist visa in the Philippines because of the amount of time people would come over on a tourist visa and just adjust status. Your K1 visa will be fine as long as you are honest about happened. Have you guys met within the last two years yet? That is a requirement of the K1 visa.

[ceeja 0]

Just now, britishandusa said:

It is almost impossible to get a tourist visa in the Philippines because of the amount of time people would come over on a tourist visa and just adjust status. Your K1 visa will be fine as long as you are honest about happened. Have you guys met within the last two years yet? That is a requirement of the K1 visa.

yes we have and we are so excited. I am just excited and nervous I do not want anything to get in the way of our happiness. 

[britishandusa 446]

Just now, ceeja said:

yes we have and we are so excited. I am just excited and nervous I do not want anything to get in the way of our happiness. 

Well, I wish you two the best of luck!

 

Here is a guide on how to apply for the K1 visa: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

 

Currently, it is taking 8-10 months before the visa is in hand. We're all here if you have any questions!

[ceeja 0]

1 minute ago, britishandusa said:

Well, I wish you two the best of luck!

 

Here is a guide on how to apply for the K1 visa: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

 

Currently, it is taking 8-10 months before the visa is in hand. We're all here if you have any questions!

Thank you so much We did mail the visa on Feb 14th and of course we are like sitting on pins and needles awaiting our turn.

[britishandusa 446]

Just now, ceeja said:

Thank you so much We did mail the visa on Feb 14th and of course we are like sitting on pins and needles awaiting our turn.

You can start following the February filers! I filed in June and followed the June forum and they were super helpful!