High fraud countries

[brian_n_phuong 193]

The post is not about fraudulent marriages. The post was to ask the question of which countries are considered high fraud relating to K-1 visa applications.

Thanks you Sir !! :thumbs:

[Mononoke28 134]

The thing is, this is a complicated question with many complicated answers. However, an easy answer is to say that if someone has to go to an embassy to get a tourist visa to visit the US pretty much means that that country is most likely to be considered high fraud. That doesn't mean that everybody will be denied, what it means is that every group involved in the approval of the petition and the visa will be examining all evidence and information very carefully, especially if the see that the beneficiary tried to get a tourist visa before and was denied, or tried to get a K1 visa and didn't get it, etc.

Bottom line is, if you have a legitimate relationship and enough evidence to back it up without any complicated issues, chances are you're going to get approved even if you live in a country that is considered high fraud for all kinds of visas.

Diana

[f1000 0]

Is a South African living and working in the UAE going to be an issue? Does the embassy in the UAE or SA handle this? Thanks!

[Mogambi 96]

The poorer the country, it will be assumed the highly the instance of fraud people are willing to commit to get out of there. I will say that my fiance is from the Philippines. I was expecting a more trouble than it was for us. Our I-129F was approved in about four months, our interview took about 10 minutes, they didn't even bother looking at a single piece of evidence of the relationship. Well they glanced at some photos.

And my fiance lived overseas in both Thailand and Kuwait, and I thought this might make them scrutinize our case more.

That said, we've been together for well over a year before filing, and by the time we filed, already owned a condo together in Manila, have joint bank accounts, etc.

If you live in one of the 'high fraud' it might make your job a bit harder because you need to be extra careful with your paperwork, etc.

But in the end, if your relationship is real, and you aren't hiding something that would exclude you, there isn't any reason that you shouldn't be approved.

[markachambers 0]

Is Trinidad one?

[Ryan H 3,796]

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