cfo sucks

[sevenrider860 9]

They don't need to scrutinize anything. The embassy and USCIS have already done the scrutinizing. Once someone goes there as the last step of the process, they should just give them the seminar and sticker. What makes the CFO more qualified than USCIS or the US embassy? The only hard part for us was this CFO nonsense. All the other steps were a piece of cake. All you have to do is follow the visa journey guides.

The problem is that the USCIS and US Embassy is woefully unqualified to scrutinize the US Citizens.

The K-1 process is actually simple when you look at the minimum requirements that many meet. You can meet on an online dating website, exchange some emails, chats and pictures to keep as "evidence", then make one trip to see your fiancee in person. You now have everything you need to get a K1 visa. The US Embassy interviews the immigrant to look for red flags, but the US Citizen is never interviewed and could be the biggest scumbag known to man.

The CFO does not know anything about the USC future spouse. They don't know how much the future spouse will help with the adjustment to a new life in a new country. The CFO provides some very basic education about getting ready to travel, adjusting to life in the US, immigration status, employment, finances, etc...Things that the US spouse may not communicate or even know themselves.

At my wife's CFO she was the only person in her group that had not met her fiancee online and had seen her fiancee more than once. She had everything mentioned from Hank's CFO guide (tax returns showing my filing status, parental advice, etc) and was prepared for the worst. She was never asked for any of those things. She actually enjoyed the interview and considered it a simple process. The handbook they receive contains some basic information about life in the US and there is certainly some value in that.

I considered the CFO as just another shake-down for money. In the end, after my wife related her experience, I don't think it is normally such a bad thing as it is made out to be.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Sevenrider, you bring up a very important point and that is the experience of the visa process is not a bad thing. People make more out of it then need be. I think most of the anxiety comes from the Filipinos as they seem to be the ones that are so unsure of the process. Always, asking questions because they read or someone told them (normally answered from the instructions). It's a simple process and the instructions tell the applicant just what is needed each step of the way.

Of course it's easier to come here and post your question when either google or VJ search would yield the answer much more quickly. There is a wealth of information just contained in the "history" of VJ that is searchable.

[Hank_ 9,171]

Hard reality with CFO IS the minnow (meek, shy, timid) always get attacked by the sharks (CFO). Need to be self-assured and confident when attending CFO or you are fair game.