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I have read so many posts on how the interviewer does not even look at the evidence and outright denies the visa. Such things scare me a lot .

I am already on my fourth month of i130 and I am sure it will b e no less than a eight month wait , and what if after all this trouble the interviewer just denies me out of ego or something? Does that happen a lot?

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Fiji
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I have read so many posts on how the interviewer does not even look at the evidence and outright denies the visa. Such things scare me a lot .

I am already on my fourth month of i130 and I am sure it will b e no less than a eight month wait , and what if after all this trouble the interviewer just denies me out of ego or something? Does that happen a lot?

ego?? not involved

supporting documentation totally involved

have you read any of your embassy reviews for more specifics?

don't begin to worry about things you don't have to .. redirect your energy to research :)


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

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NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

Posted

You have to take some of the stories here with a grain of salt. I'm sure people are getting denied here, but I have to give the embassies the benefit of the doubt that they are being denied for a reason. You never wrote a bad review on a restaurant and exaggerated some of the details, or omitted certain things?

When my wife got her interview, they asked only a few questions, and spent maybe a total of 5 mins from start to finish. I gave them a mountain of paperwork. Now I'm pretty sure they didn't grant a visa based on those 5 mins of flipping through the paperwork. I have to assume somebody did a more thorough initial review/evaluation before this person saw the paperwork. Kind of like when I give my boss a 50 page estimate. He only flips through the stuff he is looking for, like the bottom line cost, rider, etc because he knows I already cleared/reviewed the other stuff.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Bulgaria
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Posted

Actually, I haven't read any posts here where the interviewer has not even looked at the evidence and denied a visa outright.

There was a post here recently where someone's friends blamed H&R Block because they got a checklist from the NVC on their financial support I-864. Well they certainly did not get a checklist because they used H&R Block prepared returns, they got a checklist because they did not include all the schedules, or W-2's, or some other form. But they simply want to blame someone other than themselves. So be careful with the hearsay...there is most certainly more to the story.

So relax, there will be no problem if you are truthful and prepared to show the expected evidence (as pointed out above).

Posted

I have read so many posts on how the interviewer does not even look at the evidence and outright denies the visa. Such things scare me a lot .

I am already on my fourth month of i130 and I am sure it will b e no less than a eight month wait , and what if after all this trouble the interviewer just denies me out of ego or something? Does that happen a lot?

You should send everything you want the consular officer to look at to be included in the file. They do not have to look at evidence you bring to the interview. They will look at evidence that is in the file before the interview which is why it is recommended that high fraud countries front load at the I-130 and then send evidence with the IV package to the NVC as well. If you bring it all to the interview you're not giving yourself the best fighting chance. They cannot deny for no reason at all.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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1. Actually, I haven't read any posts here where the interviewer has not even looked at the evidence and denied a visa outright.

2. [...] there will be no problem if you are truthful and prepared to show the expected evidence (as pointed out above).

1. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/110313-us-consulate-in-guayaquil-ecuador/

2. It depends on which consulate the OP would be dealing with. OP?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Bulgaria
Timeline
Posted

I take back what I wrote...Now I have read some real horror stories about the Consulate in Guayaquil. Hard to believe that people could be mistreated like this. Mas que malo.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
Timeline
Posted

I have read so many posts on how the interviewer does not even look at the evidence and outright denies the visa. Such things scare me a lot .

I am already on my fourth month of i130 and I am sure it will b e no less than a eight month wait , and what if after all this trouble the interviewer just denies me out of ego or something? Does that happen a lot?

If they were so biased, the consulate would never hear the end of it. They may deny a visa outright because of some inadmissibility criteria (also mostly objective). See INA: ACT 212 - GENERAL CLASSES OF ALIENS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VISAS AND INELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION; WAIVERS OF INADMISSIBILLITY for more details. If you believe you are ineligible for any of these reasons, it might behoove you to prepare a waiver, but do NOT preemptively file a waiver. Always wait for the consulate to ask for supporting documentation.

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K-1 Visa Timeline (Denied, 3 years, 29 days total)
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2009-8-21 - K-1 sent

2009-10-27 - NOA1 received
2009-11-22 - Received request for DS-230
2009-11-26 - DS-230 sent
2010-1-22 - NOA2 received, medical check & interview date (2010-2-11)
2010-2-11 - Interview! Received Blue Slip for China Communist Party membership. sad.png
2010-3-26 - RFE sent, written statement explaining disassociation from CCP
2010-7-22 - Sent an inquiry every month starting 7/22, always still in AP
2010-12-1 - Senator Feinstein's official inquiry, still under AP (yep, doesn't help. Immigration > Senator)

(…many monthly inquiries later…)
2012-6-12 - Final interview scheduled (9/18/2012)

2012-9-18 - K-1 was denied. :cry: We could not overcome INA212(A)(3)(d)

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CR-1 Visa Timeline (Approved, converted into IR-1, 2 years, 1 month, 29 days)
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2012-12-10 - Married in Beijing! <3

2013-5-1 - I-130 sent
2013-5-6 - NOA1 received

2013-12-6 - Case transferred to the TSC

2013-1-9 - (Bogus) RFE received

2013-2-24 - RFE sent

2014-5-2 - NOA2 received

2014-5-6 - Case shipped to NVC

2014-5-14 - Case received at NVC

2014-6-16 - NVC Case Number Assigned

2014-11-15 - NVC Case Complete!

2015-1-6 - Guangzhou Consulate received

2015-1-26 - Interview date!

2015-1-26 - 221(g) denial (again)! :cry: Case being transferred to Washington for a SAO.

2015-5-21 - Consulate e-mailed us and asked for her passport! Approved?

2015-5-23 - Submitted passport to CITIC Bank

2015-6-29 - Passport with visa arrived :dancing:... but expires in 16 days, time to hustle!!!

 
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