cr1- visa for my wife

[darulaloom2006 0]

Hi there my fellow friends of VJ. my wife has her interview at the Nairobi consulate in September. She was denied her fiancee visa back in 2010 because we didnt have pictures of us two together (non- bonafide relationship), so I reapplied for her in July 2011 as my wife after getting married in June of 2011. Now she will be going back after almost 2 years for her interview as my wife. The best part this time is that i am here with her in Kenya. please anyone give me any advice that would help in making sure we have a successful interview inshallah

[Lonelywithouthim 5]

Good luck to you and your wife. We were also denied the k1 visa back in March but later changed to AP. We are still waiting but I'm thinking of taking the same step as you did and just get married. I would suggest get all your supporting documents organized, including pictures of the two of you and family. look at all the questions sample here and ensure you practice with your wife. Good luck to both of you!!!

[Ben and Jill 37]

Hello, I suggest you bring your relationship evidence since the time you had your first interview in Nairobi - meaning that you should show proof of an ongoing relationship since that time, i.e., phone call logs, emails, handwritten letters, etc., and you don't need to show every single email or phone call, just some from the beginning (from when you were denied in 2010), some from 2011, and some from 2012. You can double side everything as well. You should bring pictures of you two together, several pictures from your wedding, and pictures of you both with family members. You should bring copies of your Marriage Certificate even though it was part of your I-130, and you should also bring your own copy of that as well (even though the Embassy already has it). Organize your evidence in neatly organized folders so if your wife is asked for something, she can just simply pull it out and hand it over. Tell her to be confident and always look the Consular Officer in the eyes regardless of whether or not the CO is looking at her or typing on their keyboard. Tell her not to forget to put on her wedding rings (I sometimes do because I don't sleep with them )

It's been two years since your first interview, and now you are married and still together...you shouldn't have any issues I would hope. It's good you are there with your wife...she should bring your passport with her to the interview to show that you are there with her and that you are "waiting outside" for her. Even though you will not be allowed into the Consulate Section, you should be allowed to wait outside if you can sweet talk the guards at the entrance of the Embassy I managed to get all the way in, but then was snarled at to go and wait outside on the dusty seats, lol. You should be able to at least do that. Regardless, go with your wife to the Embassy no matter where you end up waiting.

I wish you the best of luck. It's a really tough Embassy, and I give you a lot of credit for sticking together and loving each other enough to start the process all over again and WAIT all over again...that takes strength and courage. Of course, we would have done the same, although I don't think I would have kept my sanity...I honestly don't.

God bless your upcoming interview. I wish you nothing but the best.

[darulaloom2006 0]

Hello, I suggest you bring your relationship evidence since the time you had your first interview in Nairobi - meaning that you should show proof of an ongoing relationship since that time, i.e., phone call logs, emails, handwritten letters, etc., and you don't need to show every single email or phone call, just some from the beginning (from when you were denied in 2010), some from 2011, and some from 2012. You can double side everything as well. You should bring pictures of you two together, several pictures from your wedding, and pictures of you both with family members. You should bring copies of your Marriage Certificate even though it was part of your I-130, and you should also bring your own copy of that as well (even though the Embassy already has it). Organize your evidence in neatly organized folders so if your wife is asked for something, she can just simply pull it out and hand it over. Tell her to be confident and always look the Consular Officer in the eyes regardless of whether or not the CO is looking at her or typing on their keyboard. Tell her not to forget to put on her wedding rings (I sometimes do because I don't sleep with them )

It's been two years since your first interview, and now you are married and still together...you shouldn't have any issues I would hope. It's good you are there with your wife...she should bring your passport with her to the interview to show that you are there with her and that you are "waiting outside" for her. Even though you will not be allowed into the Consulate Section, you should be allowed to wait outside if you can sweet talk the guards at the entrance of the Embassy I managed to get all the way in, but then was snarled at to go and wait outside on the dusty seats, lol. You should be able to at least do that. Regardless, go with your wife to the Embassy no matter where you end up waiting.

I wish you the best of luck. It's a really tough Embassy, and I give you a lot of credit for sticking together and loving each other enough to start the process all over again and WAIT all over again...that takes strength and courage. Of course, we would have done the same, although I don't think I would have kept my sanity...I honestly don't.

God bless your upcoming interview. I wish you nothing but the best.

i have everything organized in a binder very well with table of contents and dividers, but I have read alot of reviews that i should not have anything in a binder because it will not fit through the window in the first place and that embassy doesnt like seeing binders in general. How should i arrange it .? in a see through folder?i f so then she will have 5 diffrent folders which i believe even looks worse to be carrying around plus my binder is no bigger than 1 150 page spiral notebook

[Ben and Jill 37]

i have everything organized in a binder very well with table of contents and dividers, but I have read alot of reviews that i should not have anything in a binder because it will not fit through the window in the first place and that embassy doesnt like seeing binders in general. How should i arrange it .? in a see through folder?i f so then she will have 5 diffrent folders which i believe even looks worse to be carrying around plus my binder is no bigger than 1 150 page spiral notebook

I used colored see-through folders with the outside of the folder labeled, and Ben had everything inside a larger folder that held everything nicely (he knew if he was asked for something, what color folder to grab). You're right...she can't hand them the entire binder through the window, but if they ask her for something, she can just open the binder, go to the tab in the binder, and hand them that specific item without handing the entire binder over to the CO. As long as she knows where "every single thing" is in that binder and grabs it quickly and hands it to them, it should be fine. You seem organized with the binder and if you're comfortable with it, then it sounds OK. I placed all of our photos in a small photo album.