Helpful or Harmful for K1

[Vagina Journey 0]

On Steves last visit 10-05 to the US he was on the VWP and denied entry to the US...In order for him to get back in the states again he has to file for a holiday visa...he has an appoitment set up for March 20, 2006 for this and with this i am also gathering all our info for the K1..so my question is would it be helpful or harmful to add the transcripts of his denial on 10-05 to the K1 packet? Any help would be appreciated

[irishgirl73 0]

On Steves last visit 10-05 to the US he was on the VWP and denied entry to the US...In order for him to get back in the states again he has to file for a holiday visa...he has an appoitment set up for March 20, 2006 for this and with this i am also gathering all our info for the K1..so my question is would it be helpful or harmful to add the transcripts of his denial on 10-05 to the K1 packet? Any help would be appreciated

I am sure others will respond................my opinion, his denial won't come up until the interview stage. On one of the forms it asks if your fiance was ever denied entry, or denied a visa. Be honest and you should be fine(providing he was just denied entry for an overstay or something simple like that).

As for the b-2................if he does not have strong ties to his home country he MAY get denied(the same thing happend to my man). The b-2 should have no impact on the k-1.

I will let some of the others give their words of wisdom

[Vagina Journey 0]

On Steves last visit 10-05 to the US he was on the VWP and denied entry to the US...In order for him to get back in the states again he has to file for a holiday visa...he has an appoitment set up for March 20, 2006 for this and with this i am also gathering all our info for the K1..so my question is would it be helpful or harmful to add the transcripts of his denial on 10-05 to the K1 packet? Any help would be appreciated

I am sure others will respond................my opinion, his denial won't come up until the interview stage. On one of the forms it asks if your fiance was ever denied entry, or denied a visa. Be honest and you should be fine(providing he was just denied entry for an overstay or something simple like that).

As for the b-2................if he does not have strong ties to his home country he MAY get denied(the same thing happend to my man). The b-2 should have no impact on the k-1.

I will let some of the others give their words of wisdom

[Anja_and_Henry 0]

We did not add the interview transcripts in but the overstay itself comes up at a later date, after NOA2 when you prepare the next forms. They know it anyway.... See my timeline, I had one day overstay in 2003... But it is not always as bad.

Good luck, Anja

[pri 0]

just keep it handy you might require it at the interview stage as the I129F does not hv a question asking were you denied entry to the US

this shall be coming under DS156k which is at later stage

so i would not recommend now as it is not asked for..

[Vagina Journey 0]

just keep it handy you might require it at the interview stage as the I129F does not hv a question asking were you denied entry to the US

this shall be coming under DS156k which is at later stage

so i would not recommend now as it is not asked for..

He was denied for not having enough funds and had just been over for 3 months and then tried coming over again 2 months later..

[Anja_and_Henry 0]

I did not bring it for the interview, I only had my old passport with the stamp in there - that was enough - and the officer was asking me questions out of the interview at the POE I was denied. They already have everything on hand at stage of the interview.

I'm clear today that the turn away at the POE delayed everything for us. No need to tell about that at this stage, like pri said it comes up later in the form DS-156K.

[irishgirl73 0]

just keep it handy you might require it at the interview stage as the I129F does not hv a question asking were you denied entry to the US

this shall be coming under DS156k which is at later stage

so i would not recommend now as it is not asked for..

He was denied for not having enough funds and had just been over for 3 months and then tried coming over again 2 months later..

As the others have said-just hang on to all the paperwork for the k-1 interview. Just so you are aware-they will see the record of his denial when he goes for the b-2. My fiance was denied a b-2, and I do belive the fact that he was denied entry played a part(even though the official denial was 'not having sufficient ties to Ireland"). I am not saying he won't get the b-2..............but just know that the k-1 is for people that want to live here(an immigrant visa) where as the b-2 is non-immigrant and from what I have heard, much harder to obtain.

He must show tons of proof that he will return home after his visit(a mortgage/lease, car payments, loan payments,)

I am only speaking from my experience with Dublin and my fiance-others may have completely different advice for you

good luck

Edited February 28, 2006 by irishgirl73

[Boiler 43,488]

As long as he volutarily withdrew, not relevant. Nor would a B2 refusal.

How has situation changed to justify a B2 application.

[Yodrak 7]

Anja,

What overstay? QDilly didn't write anything about an overstay in her fiance's situation.....

Yodrak

We did not add the interview transcripts in but the overstay itself comes up at a later date, after NOA2 when you prepare the next forms. They know it anyway.... See my timeline, I had one day overstay in 2003... But it is not always as bad.

Good luck, Anja

[ChristinaM 0]

If he has a K1 pending, he stands no chance of getting a B2. In order to obtain a B2 one has to have proof of significant ties to the home country, not an intention to immigrate. I think that option is going to be out.

Also, the denial on the VWP would have been due to his entry and exit patterns - like the fact that he stayed for three months and then exited to try and return within a relatively short period of time. Even if he DOES manage to get a B2 (which I consider improbable), that's no guarantee that the POE won't do exactly what they did with the VWP - turn him round and send him home. Particularly once a K1 is in processing.

Good luck.

[Boiler 43,488]

If he has a K1 pending, he stands no chance of getting a B2. In order to obtain a B2 one has to have proof of significant ties to the home country, not an intention to immigrate. I think that option is going to be out.

Also, the denial on the VWP would have been due to his entry and exit patterns - like the fact that he stayed for three months and then exited to try and return within a relatively short period of time. Even if he DOES manage to get a B2 (which I consider improbable), that's no guarantee that the POE won't do exactly what they did with the VWP - turn him round and send him home. Particularly once a K1 is in processing.

Good luck.

Many people travel to the US with K1 applications pending, I did.

There is undoubtedly the situation with substantiating non immigrant intent, which is why I asked my question.

[irishgirl73 0]

If he has a K1 pending, he stands no chance of getting a B2. In order to obtain a B2 one has to have proof of significant ties to the home country, not an intention to immigrate. I think that option is going to be out.

Also, the denial on the VWP would have been due to his entry and exit patterns - like the fact that he stayed for three months and then exited to try and return within a relatively short period of time. Even if he DOES manage to get a B2 (which I consider improbable), that's no guarantee that the POE won't do exactly what they did with the VWP - turn him round and send him home. Particularly once a K1 is in processing.

Good luck.

Many people travel to the US with K1 applications pending, I did.

There is undoubtedly the situation with substantiating non immigrant intent, which is why I asked my question.

I was wondering why he was denied entry in the first place......was it b/c he was back and forth a lot, or did he overstay on the vwp????

As I said earlier-he will have to show SIGNIFICANT ties to his home country or he can forget the b-2, which honestly, with a k-1 in the works-probably won't happen anyway.

[ChristinaM 0]

If he has a K1 pending, he stands no chance of getting a B2. In order to obtain a B2 one has to have proof of significant ties to the home country, not an intention to immigrate. I think that option is going to be out.

Also, the denial on the VWP would have been due to his entry and exit patterns - like the fact that he stayed for three months and then exited to try and return within a relatively short period of time. Even if he DOES manage to get a B2 (which I consider improbable), that's no guarantee that the POE won't do exactly what they did with the VWP - turn him round and send him home. Particularly once a K1 is in processing.

Good luck.

Many people travel to the US with K1 applications pending, I did.

There is undoubtedly the situation with substantiating non immigrant intent, which is why I asked my question.

Travelling with a K1 in process is one thing, trying to get a tourist visa with a K1 pending is going to be bordering on the impossible. B2's are hard enough to get from VWP countries at the best of times, and with the K1 showing CLEAR immigrant intent I can't see a single good reason for a B2 to be granted - and I don't know what change in circumstances could get around that. Having been turned away on the VWP already and the K1 also in the pipeline I would think that another trip to the US would result in a lot of flying and no entry.

Of course, I could be wrong. If the OP has the money to burn trying it, then it's entirely their call.

[meauxna 15]

There is no K-1 pending.

I think the B app is going to be a waste of a hundred bucks, but you can't get one if you don't ask.