K1

[Rhonda2011 0]

I received an email yesterday that my returned K1 Visa petition has expired.How can i contact the uscis to tell me the specific reason or reasons why my Ki1 visa has being denied?Please help

[Ryan H 3,813]

Here is the Contact Us page from USCIS. With an expired petition, they may not say anything except "start over." When the USCIS gets a K1 petition sent back from an Embassy or Consulate, they have 3 options: reaffirm it, send you a notice of intent to revoke approval, or let it expire. In your case (and in many other cases based on other postings I've seen), they let yours expire.

When was the K1 interview? I read your timeline and I see you are now married and have filed for the CR-1 visa.

Edited February 1, 2011 by Ryan H

[marriedtomrg 141]

Ummm...I'm confused. Your profile says you applied for IR1/CR1 visa (spouse of US citizen), but you say your K1 petition (I-129F) expired?

I received an email yesterday that my returned K1 Visa petition has expired.How can i contact the uscis to tell me the specific reason or reasons why my Ki1 visa has being denied?Please help

[Rhonda2011 0]

we filed for a K1 visa in 2009 and we had an interview in April 2010but the visa was denied.So we got married and refiled the CR1We just want to know if there is a way we can get the USCIS to explain to us why exactly they refused to issue the k1 visa.Any suggestions please.

[Ryan H 3,813]

We just want to know if there is a way we can get the USCIS to explain to us why exactly they refused to issue the k1 visa.Any suggestions please.

As I said above, they may not tell you anything other than start over (which you have done with the CR-1).

You could contact your Representative or Senator and ask them to do an inquiry on the K1 case.

No guarantees that you will get the answers you seek regardless.

[Tero 105]

When our K-1 was revoked, the reason was given. Did they not give the beneficiary a form explaining the reason for the denial? And when the case was revoked by USCIS, the reason should have been given.

[Ryan H 3,813]

When our K-1 was revoked, the reason was given. Did they not give the beneficiary a form explaining the reason for the denial? And when the case was revoked by USCIS, the reason should have been given.

From what the OP has stated, USCIS did not revoke the petition, they let it expire. Revoking it and letting it expire are two different things.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

When you filed your CR1 they looked at the K1 file and if you didn't overcome what the complaints were they should have issued a NOID on the CR1 ( I am helping a friend in just that position now )

[Tero 105]

From what the OP has stated, USCIS did not revoke the petition, they let it expire. Revoking it and letting it expire are two different things.

"we filed for a K1 visa in 2009 and we had an interview in April 2010but the visa was denied.So we got married and refiled the CR1We just want to know if there is a way we can get the USCIS to explain to us why exactly they refused to issue the k1 visa.Any suggestions please." That is the exact quote from the OP's second post. You only read the OP's first post. When a visa is denied at the interview, they usually send it back to the USCIS for revocation.

[Ryan H 3,813]

"we filed for a K1 visa in 2009 and we had an interview in April 2010but the visa was denied.So we got married and refiled the CR1We just want to know if there is a way we can get the USCIS to explain to us why exactly they refused to issue the k1 visa.Any suggestions please." That is the exact quote from the OP's second post. You only read the OP's first post. When a visa is denied at the interview, they usually send it back to the USCIS for revocation.

I did read the OP's second post and you are still missing the point so I'll try and clarify. The Embassy/Consulate did not issue the visa and sent the petition back to USCIS. When the USCIS receives a petition back from an Embassy or Consulate, they will do one of the following three things:

1. Reaffirm the petition and send it back to the Embassy/Consulate for another interview.

2. Send the petitioner an notice of intent to revoke the petition. The petitioner would have to respond to the notice and would be told the reasons why the visa was refused.

3. Since K1 petitions have an expiration date, USCIS can simply let them expire and that would be it. I have seen many posts from other people where this has happened.

This is what I am interpreting from the OP's SECOND post:

The OP and their significant other filed for a K1 in April 2009 and had the K1 interview in April 2010. They were not issues a visa in April 2010 and the petition was sent back to USCIS. The USCIS let the petition expire without taking any action on it. Now, the OP and beneficiary got married after not receiving a K1 visa and have filed for a CR-1 visa.

This discussion is starting to stray from what the OP is asking about. What the OP is trying to find out is what were the reasons for not getting a K1 visa in the first place and how can they find out what those reasons are.

[Tero 105]

I did read the OP's second post and you are still missing the point so I'll try and clarify. The Embassy/Consulate did not issue the visa and sent the petition back to USCIS. When the USCIS receives a petition back from an Embassy or Consulate, they will do one of the following three things:

1. Reaffirm the petition and send it back to the Embassy/Consulate for another interview.

2. Send the petitioner an notice of intent to revoke the petition. The petitioner would have to respond to the notice and would be told the reasons why the visa was refused.

3. Since K1 petitions have an expiration date, USCIS can simply let them expire and that would be it. I have seen many posts from other people where this has happened.

This is what I am interpreting from the OP's SECOND post:

The OP and their significant other filed for a K1 in April 2009 and had the K1 interview in April 2010. They were not issues a visa in April 2010 and the petition was sent back to USCIS. The USCIS let the petition expire without taking any action on it. Now, the OP and beneficiary got married after not receiving a K1 visa and have filed for a CR-1 visa.

This discussion is starting to stray from what the OP is asking about. What the OP is trying to find out is what were the reasons for not getting a K1 visa in the first place and how can they find out what those reasons are.

I know we are all trying to help the OP here. We can speculate all we want but the OP has not yet mentioned what letter was given to the beneficiary when the visa was denied at the interview. Usually the letter handed to the beneficiary after the interview gives a brief reason for the denial and their next line of action. They cannot just refuse you a visa and not give you a proper document stating the reason for the denial and what their next action is going to be. We have been denied a visa before, and I know from personal experience. We can go back and forth on this issue until the OP tells us what was stated in the denial letter.

OP, please help us out here, if you don't mind, please tell us what was stated in the letter after the interview, so we can have a better understanding of your situation.