Consulate requiring guarantee money?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Find out if she went to the consulate or the embassy.

US Ankara Consulate is what she said, and probably was whatever was listed on the paperwork which is the Embassy. I won't talk with her again until later this afternoon. She is working and probably crying at the same time.

There is nothing I can do about it now. I gave her everything I had and she is supposed to take care of the stuff she needs per the documentation on the Embassy website. She just needs to submit it and get an interview date.

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Ok - like I said, Umit and I just sent them our package, and they did not require any deposit on record (K-1). I would be very surprised if they asked for that for your K-1.

[Otto 83]

souns like they want a bribe

[pushbrk 12,157]

souns like they want a bribe

Right, it's not a bribe. It's either a misunderstanding or the "bride" is shaking down the groom. Most likely just a misunderstanding. Ask the wrong question and you get the wrong answer.

[blue123 0]

Find out if she went to the consulate or the embassy.

US Ankara Consulate is what she said, and probably was whatever was listed on the paperwork which is the Embassy. I won't talk with her again until later this afternoon. She is working and probably crying at the same time.

There is nothing I can do about it now. I gave her everything I had and she is supposed to take care of the stuff she needs per the documentation on the Embassy website. She just needs to submit it and get an interview date.

Other

When I received my 1st letter from Emassy for K3 it says on the DS-2000 (Evidence which may be presented to meet the public charge provisions of the law.

In the section about Affidavit of support -

6. An expression of willingness to deposit a bond, if necessary, with the immigration and naturalization service to guarantee that the applicant will not become a public charge.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Find out if she went to the consulate or the embassy.

US Ankara Consulate is what she said, and probably was whatever was listed on the paperwork which is the Embassy. I won't talk with her again until later this afternoon. She is working and probably crying at the same time.

There is nothing I can do about it now. I gave her everything I had and she is supposed to take care of the stuff she needs per the documentation on the Embassy website. She just needs to submit it and get an interview date.

Other

When I received my 1st letter from Emassy for K3 it says on the DS-2000 (Evidence which may be presented to meet the public charge provisions of the law.

In the section about Affidavit of support -

6. An expression of willingness to deposit a bond, if necessary, with the immigration and naturalization service to guarantee that the applicant will not become a public charge.

Putting $5k into a foriegn bank account is not considered a "bond" with the USCIS.

[payxibka 10,044]

Putting $5k into a foriegn bank account is not considered a "bond" with the USCIS.

and I have never heard a consulate actually quantifying an amount that must be resident in an applicant's bank account...

[daboyz 36]

souns like they want a bribe

Right, it's not a bribe. It's either a misunderstanding or the "bride" is shaking down the groom. Most likely just a misunderstanding. Ask the wrong question and you get the wrong answer.

Edited April 24, 2009 by daboyz

[Other 0]

When I received my 1st letter from Emassy for K3 it says on the DS-2000 (Evidence which may be presented to meet the public charge provisions of the law.

In the section about Affidavit of support -

6. An expression of willingness to deposit a bond, if necessary, with the immigration and naturalization service to guarantee that the applicant will not become a public charge.

DS-2000 is not required by the Turkish consulate. Only the I-134 and I have sufficient information to guarantee that the applicant will not become a public charge. Nothing else on the instructions talk about money except for the $131 processing fee (per person). So since she has a child she will need to deposit $262 into the consulate bank before the interview.

The only thing that this could possibly be is a mis-understanding.

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[minimule 3]

are you sure that she s not just a lil short on money??? if they wanted to bribe her, woudlnt they just ask for cash?

hummmm

[tallcoolone 102]

If you send $5,000 to you fiance you are a making a major mistake.

Either:

Misunderstand on her part

Shakedown on her part

Or her family/ boyfriend/ husband is coaching her

How much money have you sent her already in total?

Edited April 24, 2009 by tallcoolone

[Mrs. Disney 0]

Sorry but this sounds like a scam.

A friend of mine had her interview a few weeks ago and she didn't need any of that (apart from the Affidavit from the USC). It wasn't a consulate in Turkey but still, it doesn't sound right.

[rooster 1]

We can NOT immediately assume his SO is scamming him. It could be a simple misunderstanding from the CO to her or from her to him. Once he has a chance to clarify things with her, I'm sure he is quite capable a figuring things out. Not everyone is here to pull a scam on a USC.

[pushbrk 12,157]

We can NOT immediately assume his SO is scamming him. It could be a simple misunderstanding from the CO to her or from her to him. Once he has a chance to clarify things with her, I'm sure he is quite capable a figuring things out. Not everyone is here to pull a scam on a USC.

No need to over-react. Two people mentioned a shake-down as the less likely of two possibilities. Nobody assumed the SO was scamming him.

[youtube 0]

BE CAREFUL

Edited April 24, 2009 by youtube

[Other 0]

Some of you are way out of line. A scammer wouldn't have given as much personal information as I have on her including bank account information especially for only $5,000. A scammer wants to get in and out as quick as possible, take as much money as possible, and leave no trace of who they are. Large scams in excess of $100,000 might have fake IDs, housing, and bank accounts involved, but all of that costs money to setup. Someone like that would loose money trying to scam $5,000 if they did all that prep work.

This is definitly a case of mis-understanding by the consulate and my fiancee. That is exactly why I first posted here and double checked my other sources to find out why the consulate would have told her that. The consulate was right on what they requested if you were getting a different visa, but for a K1/K3 it isn't neccisary. It is possible that she went to the consulate without an appointment and ended up talking to someone who's whole purpose was to deter people from filing a visa. This would be a simple way to do it.

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