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Can I file a tourist visa for my wife?

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DirtyHarry   5

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Hello All,

I am struggling through this process along with you all. My wife was first rejected for a K1 visa in March 2013. Subsequently, we go married in June 2013 and I filed the IR-1/CR-1 on August 1. The case has finally reached the NVC but now the NVC is taking months to process. This is for India.

Can I file a tourist visa for my wife to visit me? I am hoping the CO will have some heart and realize that we are victims of a broken process. It is very hard for me to take leave from my work now. I have considered quitting and going back with them till the interview but that has its own set of complications with the I-864 and finances.

Has any one tried this before? I know the US Consulate in New Delhi is very strict but I cant think of any other way. I am very concerned of the psychological impact of another rejection on my wife though.

Any advise or help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Harry

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milimelo   4,230

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You can try, but with K-1 returned to the US and I-130 under way, doubtful she would get a tourist visa.

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Tourist Visas forum.

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Actually, she applies for a tourist visa...but ask yourself this question (from the CO's perspective)...why would she return? Why wouldn't she opt to stay put waiting for NVC to complete processing? Now, before you answer, bear in mind that no promise made by either one of you will have any positive effect....no letter from anyone will influence the decision to issue or deny a tourist visa...regrettably, far too many people have 'changed their minds' once ensconced in the US....how will she explain why her case is different? It matters not about how long NVC might be taking to do something....that fact has zero bearing on her overcoming 214b...remember, the COs are only interested in what motivation(s) (if any) the applicant has for departing the US, not why they want to go.

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So they refused her a visa basically saying it was a fraudulent relationship.

And now you expect to get a visitor visa?

Now I do not believe a Visa is other than at the very edge a chance based process, but on this one you would be better off buying lottery tickets.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Teddy B   17,251

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So they refused her a visa basically saying it was a fraudulent relationship.

And now you expect to get a visitor visa?

Now I do not believe a Visa is other than at the very edge a chance based process, but on this one you would be better off buying lottery tickets.

Agreed. Better off to save the money for a nice weekend away when your wife does in fact get here.

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