Money sent to fiancee....

[US_SL 2]

Hi guys,

I have sent monies to my fiancee (considerable amount) and that is mainly to re-do the kitchen in her house. This happened after my very first visit to see her and then i sent her the money to do the kitchen and we built a beautiful one. She was also unemployed at the time and i helped her during that time but since august this year she got a job (good one) and doing it right now but with greatest difficulty as the commute is very hard. We decided it is better she keep doing the job especially when it comes to her visa interview.

I am just wondering should we enclose this information at the interview if she is asked? If she say no, then it would a lie. My heart tells me to be upfront with the CO if inquired about it. Also if worse comes to worse she might leave the job and be unemployed until her visa interview (i am shooting towards february 2011) and in that case i have to support her until she comes here. She have enough assets but not cash. It is very practical for a fiance who lives in US to send money to his Fiancee who lives in sri lanka as it is a developing country.

Can you guys see any problem with this?

Thank you!

[thelastpetitioner 218]

they most likely wont ask her as they dont care.its not unusual for USC petitioners to support the beneficiary even tho its not suggested ( for moral reasons rather not visa related ones ).if asked,she can tell the truth,and you can be sure it wont effect her,unless there is a cultural requirement like pre marriage payment that could indicate you sent the money as to get married ( i dont know if it made sense or not,but i recently saw a case where the beneficiary got denied because the petitioner sent her money and it was a pre marital cultural requirement for the groom to pay the bride's family money,so the CO thought that they were already married,if sri lanka does not have cultural requirements like that,youre good to go.its also good to know that consulates judge each case based on the cultural requirements rather than financial status of the country )

Edited November 28, 2010 by ygr

[payxibka 10,045]

Hi guys,

I have sent monies to my fiancee (considerable amount) and that is mainly to re-do the kitchen in her house. This happened after my very first visit to see her and then i sent her the money to do the kitchen and we built a beautiful one. She was also unemployed at the time and i helped her during that time but since august this year she got a job (good one) and doing it right now but with greatest difficulty as the commute is very hard. We decided it is better she keep doing the job especially when it comes to her visa interview.

I am just wondering should we enclose this information at the interview if she is asked? If she say no, then it would a lie. My heart tells me to be upfront with the CO if inquired about it. Also if worse comes to worse she might leave the job and be unemployed until her visa interview (i am shooting towards february 2011) and in that case i have to support her until she comes here. She have enough assets but not cash. It is very practical for a fiance who lives in US to send money to his Fiancee who lives in sri lanka as it is a developing country.

Can you guys see any problem with this?

Thank you!

It is not important whether we see a problem with this but will the consulate officer. Since that is probably not known, it might be better to not present this type of evidence because you do not want to give a remote impression that the relationship is based on some sort of a financial arrangement.