fiance visa denial

[Eesaan 5]

My fianc'es visa was denied. the usa consulate asked me to come, I couldnt due to work.The usa consulate said they were sending my case back to the usa .What does this mean?

[mrs. wife! 3]

My fianc'es visa was denied. the usa consulate asked me to come, I couldnt due to work.The usa consulate said they were sending my case back to the usa .What does this mean?

What was the reason for the denial? Which consulate? Give us more detail please.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

What has likely happened is that since you were requested to attend the interview and didn't they have decided that the relationship is not valid. They will send the petition back to the USCIS with the request that it be reviewed and revoked. USCIS will look at the application again and either revoke it or revalidate it - or just sit on it until it expires. You will be given the opportunity to address any reasons for its revocation or will have to go through the whole interview process again if it is returned to the Consulate. If they sit on it until it expires then you will have to refile and go through the whole process again, this time making sure you attend any interview and be prepared to argue for the validity of your relationship.

Your best interest is to try and get them to keep the application at the overseas consulate instead of returning it to the US, and request another interview at which you must attend and provide evidence to counter why they think the relationship is not valid.

Some of the consulates are very difficult to deal with. Without knowing what Consulate you are at it is difficult to give you more specific information. The first thing you need to do, though, is find out exactly why the visa was denied. Your fiance should have received a letter stating the exact reason. That is the issue you need to address. You may find more specific help in the Regional forums for your fiance's country as there will be others there who have gone through this same situation. Their experience and advice would be very useful to you.

Good luck.

[Eesaan 5]

What has likely happened is that since you were requested to attend the interview and didn't they have decided that the relationship is not valid. They will send the petition back to the USCIS with the request that it be reviewed and revoked. USCIS will look at the application again and either revoke it or revalidate it - or just sit on it until it expires. You will be given the opportunity to address any reasons for its revocation or will have to go through the whole interview process again if it is returned to the Consulate. If they sit on it until it expires then you will have to refile and go through the whole process again, this time making sure you attend any interview and be prepared to argue for the validity of your relationship.

Your best interest is to try and get them to keep the application at the overseas consulate instead of returning it to the US, and request another interview at which you must attend and provide evidence to counter why they think the relationship is not valid.

Some of the consulates are very difficult to deal with. Without knowing what Consulate you are at it is difficult to give you more specific information. The first thing you need to do, though, is find out exactly why the visa was denied. Your fiance should have received a letter stating the exact reason. That is the issue you need to address. You may find more specific help in the Regional forums for your fiance's country as there will be others there who have gone through this same situation. Their experience and advice would be very useful to you.

Good luck.

they denied her because she didnt know the high school I went to. So if I go thru it again will I have to pay again? The consulate sent it back by time I was able to travel. They told me they sent it back to the usa

[Sam he Amy 0]

Is that exactly what it said in the letter? That she didn't know what high school you went to? I wonder if others who had their spouses go through the interview, had this question asked to them. I don't know if she would remember my high school because I wouldn't even know her's.

[Brit Abroad 166]

It amazes me that with modern technology available, the various consulates don't do a joint interview using video conferencing at a convenient location for each person. Two consular officials could view both parties and you'd have more than one person's opinion.

[Penguin_ie 6,000]

It amazes me that with modern technology available, the various consulates don't do a joint interview using video conferencing at a convenient location for each person. Two consular officials could view both parties and you'd have more than one person's opinion.

Because that would be too easy; they want the petitioner to make an effort and spend time and money to be at the interview, to show how much they want their loved one to have the visa.

[baron555 934]

they denied her because she didnt know the high school I went to. So if I go thru it again will I have to pay again? The consulate sent it back by time I was able to travel. They told me they sent it back to the usa

First you state that they denied because you didn't attend the inteview (something about something else was more important?), and now it was because she didn't know the name of the high school you attended?

How old are you, 19? Knowing the name of the high school is NOT a reason for a visa denial.

There is a lot more to this story that you are telling us, correct?

With no timeline info or other info, we do not even know the country involved; some consulates do require the SO to attend the interview.

Yes you have to go through with everything again. Hope you are better prepared next time.

[Minya's wife 25]

No, they didn't deny the visa because she didn't know what high school you went to....the fact that she didn't know raised questions in the CO's mind about the validity of your relationship. You were then presented with the opportunity to convince them, by attending personally an interview at the consulate. You chose not to go, which signaled to the CO that his/her suspicions were right, this is not a valid relationship. They have sent the petition back stateside. Here it will either expire, or you will get communicaiton from USCIS about whether you want to continue with this petition or not.

You may want to consult an immigration attorney about your options at this point.

[brightskte 18]

I can see nothing more important than getting my fiance here. If they requested you to attend the interview, you should have done it, work or no. The fact that you didn't attend when requested to would put a big ole red flag in any CO's mind. Afterall, if it would better your chances of an approval, why wouldn't you be there???

I don't think her reason for denial is the fact that she didn't know your high school. I think it was because she didn't know some information about you and you didn't show up like they asked you to. If I were a CO I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing. When things like that happen it does look like a sham. I'm not saying it is, I'm saying that to a person that's trained to see through sham relationships, from the actions on that day it looks fishy.

Everything is speculation until you see or have her read to you exactly what was on that paper.

If your petition comes back to the US and expires you will have to start all over again, including paying again.

[JERIII 8]

I can see nothing more important than getting my fiance here. If they requested you to attend the interview, you should have done it, work or no. The fact that you didn't attend when requested to would put a big ole red flag in any CO's mind. Afterall, if it would better your chances of an approval, why wouldn't you be there???

I can't speak for the OP, but perhaps

- because he might be fired if he left work long enough to fly to an interview? If I had to fly to my wife's country,

attend an interview and fly back it would probably take at least three days.

- because he can't afford to go? (At the wrong time of year, it would cost over $1600 for me to fly round trip to Moldova, enough money to pay for the AOS.)

Edited March 2, 2010 by JERIII

[brightskte 18]

I can't speak for the OP, but perhaps

- because he might be fired if he left work long enough to fly to an interview? If I had to fly to my wife's country,

attend an interview and fly back it would probably take at least three days.

- because he can't afford to go? (At the wrong time of year, it would cost over $1600 for me to fly round trip to Moldova, enough money to pay for the AOS.)

But when you've been requested to go, you know that you being there or not being there can mean the difference between an approval and a denial. That's all I'm saying. The OP said nothing about being fired, or not having enough money. He simply said because of work, which to ME, looks like he just saw the schedule and said "Well oops! I have to work that day!". This may not be the case, but I sincerely doubt that if you asked the day after you found out about your interview(usually a month or two) that you would be fired. As long as you work it out in advance and not leave them hanging. Heck, I'd take an attendance point if it meant I could be there for Mathew's interview, but I'm taking one of my weeks vacations to be there that week with him.

Or maybe I'm spoiled by being union.

[baron555 934]

I can't speak for the OP, but perhaps

- because he might be fired if he left work long enough to fly to an interview? If I had to fly to my wife's country,

attend an interview and fly back it would probably take at least three days.

- because he can't afford to go? (At the wrong time of year, it would cost over $1600 for me to fly round trip to Moldova, enough money to pay for the AOS.)

Hey everyone, let's stop the speculating. Obviously it wasn't a big enough priority for him to attend. Period. Let it go at that or else a Mod will step in and close down the thread.

The OP didn't give much info and for all we know it's a Troll Posting.

[brightskte 18]

Hey everyone, let's stop the speculating. Obviously it wasn't a big enough priority for him to attend. Period. Let it go at that or else a Mod will step in and close down the thread.

The OP didn't give much info and for all we know it's a Troll Posting.

Exactly. Everything is speculation.

[Audy_Rob 26]

they denied her because she didnt know the high school I went to. So if I go thru it again will I have to pay again? The consulate sent it back by time I was able to travel. They told me they sent it back to the usa

There is another thread in this very forum about Guangzhou Consulate.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=239507

In this thread the OP posts that his fiancee was denied for not knowing his job title for his work in 1994. I posted a reply that I thought such a question would not carry much weight in a CO's decision. Another member seemed to jump on me for not believing a CO would use such a question to discount the validity of the relationship.

I do not know for sure, but i think if a CO wants to prohibit the Visa issuance, they will find some trivia question to ask. I know my fiancee does not know the name of the high school I attended nor does she know what my job title was in 1994. The Consulate will not know either answer. But I have told my fiancee if they ask her a question she does not know, to say the truth and tell them she does not know.