Just had my K-1 Visa Interview - Feedback Please!

[kb24 0]

Hi Guys! I am hoping someone can offer words of wisdom... I just returned to the US from the Bahamas were my fiance and I attended our consular interview together. I am a US citizen and I petitioned to bring my fiance from the Bahamas to the US so we can get married (I-129F). Here is some background info. My fiance went to college in Arkansas, after he graduated he was allowed OPT work for 1 year and worked in Florida (2004-2005). After that was completed he was able to travel back and forth from the Bahamas to the US on police record. On police record that allows you up to 6 months in the states at a time. He did this for several years. I met him in Nov. 2006 randomly; literally walked into each other walking out of a store, and started dating in December 2006. Our relationship became serious quick and I didn't want it to be a long distance relationship. In Feb/March 2007 I asked him to stay with me, to live in my apartment so we can do this relationship thing. He legally couldn't live or work in the US. It was my decision to support him and have him stay in the US and not work. It was role reversal, I worked and he stayed home - cooked, cleaned etc. Our relationship is legit. It is now 4 1/2 years since we have been together. Just last May he proposed. When he went home to the Bahamas last June 2010 when he tried to come back he was denied entry since he wasn't traveling on a visa. The customs officer told him to apply for a fiance visa since we are engaged. We started this process in July 2010. We received approval from USCIS February 2011. OUr case went to the US Embassy in the Bahamas and we gathered all our paperwork (forms DS-230 part 1&2, DS-156, DS156K, DS-157 and I-134) as well as proof of engagement, finacial support (letter from employer, 2010 tax returns, bank records), pictures, statements from family and friends, engagement cards, emails, notes, cards etc... We had our interview this past Wednesday, there were 2 CO's (one male, one female - she recorded our answers) and the officer did his job well. He was very intimidating. His biggest concern was if my fiance was working during anytime he was in the US. He rephrased that question anyway he could to try to get one of us to say he was working. He NEVER worked in the US, it is illegal and wouldn't risk it. His father would send us money each month to help (bank records to prove this)(the bad part was I was nervous and never stated his father helped us finacially when we were living together and my fiance told the consular officer and I didn't). The only questions we were asked about our relationship was when did we meet, how did we meet, when and why did we start dating, when did he start living with me and if I knew his status in the states when we met. His big concern was what he was doing everyday. On police record he is allowed to be in the US for up to 6 months. He never overstayed, he always returned to the Bahamas within a 5 month time frame. We were interviewed separately. My fiance was told that they needed to review our case further and he needed to provide additional information. They want bank records from August 2008-May 2010 as well as proof of his OPT job when he graduated college. The CO gave us a hard time because my fiance's degree is in management and his OPT was in construction. My concern is we were basically told "don't call us, we will call you". My fiance asked that once he gets these records can he bring it into the embassy and he was told by the female CO that they will review the case further and contact him. My biggest fear is that this is ultimately leading to denial. I am so upset about this situation. I have now been separated almost a year from my fiance. I was grateful to have an excuse to go visit him since we had our interview. I was happy to be apart of it. They way I was interrogated made me feel like I was being punished for falling in love with someone from another country. I respect the immigration process and I can appreciate it, but the fact that we have waited almost 10 months for some sort of answer, and went to the interview hoping to see light at the end of this dark, dark tunnel. It was frustrating to leave with no answer and no timeline to look forward too. I have researched online, and I get more and more depressed. I don't know what to do. I don't want to call the embassy and ask questions because I don't want to be a bother and that hinder any results in our case. I am happy to know we weren't told no, but I also have never done this before so I don't know how a denial is submitted. Do they have to tell us, or do they just send to the USCIS to revoke our initial approval of the petition? We were never handed any sort of slip, just the receipt of his payment and a piece of paper with the documents they requested for review. Can anyone offer any advice? We are excited and ready to start our lives together and have a family and it is nerve wracking to know that my future rests in the hands of a government employee. I thank anyone in advance for any help.

[Krikit 1,164]

Well, unless he lied (misrepresentation) each time he re-entered the US, he was lawfully admitted. It doesn't sound like he had any overstays, nor was he working illegally. So, basically, they're making sure he/you're not lying. As long as you haven't you should be okay. Hope you don't have to wait long for your answer.