Wrong gender in K-1 visa: Does this create problems at the POE?

[Thilo 0]

Hi there!

I just got my passport with the K-1 visa in the mail. However, they put in the wrong gender: f instead of m! My flight is in three days, I won't be able to get a new visa on time...

Is there a chance that I will be rejected because of that?

Thanks!

[aussiewench 9]

This happened to another member recently. Contact the embassy as you will need to have it corrected.

[Thilo 0]

Really? They sent someone back because of that? If the name or birth date is wrong I would understand... but the gender? Can't they look in the sealed envelope to verify the information?

[lquin 0]

Really? They sent someone back because of that? If the name or birth date is wrong I would understand... but the gender? Can't they look in the sealed envelope to verify the information?

I agree that it needs to be changed...

[Not Available 0]

Dont take any chances... i would change it asap.

[john_and_marlene 162]

That's one of the risks of booking your flight before having the visa in you hand. You may have to rebook if the visa can't be corrected in time.

[Craig2006 0]

I would have it changed. The last thing you want is to be turned away at POE.

[maya62 7]

My stepson's visa had the wrong gender. We took it back to the consulate and they agreed that it should be changed. It took them 2 weeks to change ours, but I think that was just a function of it being a festival time in a country that is interminably slow to do almost everything (Asian consulate).

I would take your plane tickets with you to the consulate and explain that you have a flight booked and ask if there's anyway they can accomodate you. Hopefully, they'll help you promptly as it is their mistake (although I wouldn't phrase it that way to them... ). It may also help to have the USC give them a call or a fax... my husband (non-USC) was given the run around about getting the visa changed, but when I went in to the consulate myself (I am the USC), I was helped promptly. A very nice (native) guard suggested discreetly that I do this after seeing us wait in the lobby for nearly 2 hours. My husband had already been there twice before at that point.

The way they made this change was to stamp the incorrect visa "Cancelled without prejudice" in his passport and simply afix a second visa to a later page in the passport. At the POE they mentioned this and I explained what had happened and the CPB officer said it was a good thing we had it corrected because it could've caused problems had we left it as it was.

Good luck!!

Maya