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Debmm   8

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Hi everyone

I have recently received my K1 visa and will be heading off to get married. Our wedding ceremony will be in June in the U.S. I have invited my best friend and her long time boyfriend to the wedding, they both live in Ireland. However she is Irish and won't have problems but he is Romanian but has been living in Ireland legally for many years. He is about to schedule his visa interview in Dublin and i was wondering if there is anything i can do to help him obtain a visa, for example a Letter of Invitation and our Save the Date. As i am on a K1 we have not sent out formal invitations yet because my fiance and I would like to do those together when i arrive in the states next month. Having been through a B2 interview as well as a K1 interview i know how prepared one needs to be. I am concerned that he won't get the visa as we have never met, he is technically my friends plus one and therefore really does not have a direct relationship with either my fiance or myself. If he is denied that means my friend won't come to the wedding either, so it is very important he gets this visa.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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KierenHby Experienced

KierenHby   899

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and i was wondering if there is anything i can do to help him obtain a visa,

Absolutely nothing you can do to help someone get a vosa (even more so because you are not a US citizen).

An applicant for a US visitor visa must demonstrate to the Consular Officer's satisfaction that they will return home after their US visit. He could take his Irish residency, property ownership, job related documents.. as well as any others that show strong ties to Ireland.. to the interview. Good luck

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HFM181818   750

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No third party can positively influence the outcome of a B2 interview (but they can influence one negatively!) Invitation letters merely show why someone wants to GO to the US, not why they will LEAVE the US. Invitation letters cannot and will not guarantee that the prospective applicant will not work illegally in the US....not much else needs to be said. Invitation letters are window dressing, nothing more. They cannot make a poor case or an iffy case better; they have more of a chance to make a case worse.

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caliliving   606

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the fact he is dating an irish girl, living in ireland and they have property/jobs should help.. just show as much proof he will return as possible. i think you have a good chance:) i wouldnt worry about an invitation letter - its a waste. but he can have the save the date and obviously a return ticket. can he go to the tourist interview with her? maybe that would help! show that he does have a gf in ireland. good luck

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HFM181818   750

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a B2 interview is for the applicant only; no one else is allowed to 'participate' (save occasionally for a translator if necessary or if the applicant is frail, sometimes a caregiver may tag along, but not SOs, relatives, etc, who think they can do all of the talking...)

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Boiler   45,655

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I would have thought a CO issuing such a person a tourist visa should be shot?

Why can she not travel by herself? Airlines are pretty good with medical issues etc.

“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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KierenHby   899

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I would have thought a CO issuing such a person a tourist visa should be shot?

Why can she not travel by herself? Airlines are pretty good with medical issues etc.

Huh?

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

Debmm Explorer

Debmm   8

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Thank you all for your feedback

I would have thought a CO issuing such a person a tourist visa should be shot?

Why can she not travel by herself? Airlines are pretty good with medical issues etc.

It's not that she can't travel without him, it's that she would like to.I guess if push came to shove she would come without him.

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Hi everyone

I have recently received my K1 visa and will be heading off to get married. Our wedding ceremony will be in June in the U.S. I have invited my best friend and her long time boyfriend to the wedding, they both live in Ireland. However she is Irish and won't have problems but he is Romanian but has been living in Ireland legally for many years. He is about to schedule his visa interview in Dublin and i was wondering if there is anything i can do to help him obtain a visa, for example a Letter of Invitation and our Save the Date. As i am on a K1 we have not sent out formal invitations yet because my fiance and I would like to do those together when i arrive in the states next month. Having been through a B2 interview as well as a K1 interview i know how prepared one needs to be. I am concerned that he won't get the visa as we have never met, he is technically my friends plus one and therefore really does not have a direct relationship with either my fiance or myself. If he is denied that means my friend won't come to the wedding either, so it is very important he gets this visa.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

what does the fact that you have never met him have to do with him getting a visa? Answer:nothing.

He must apply and be approved on his own merits, and his merits alone. There is nothing you or anyone else can do for him. The visa is about him and proving he has strong ties to home.

Edited by mimolicious


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Debmm   8

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what does the fact that you have never met him have to do with him getting a visa? Answer:nothing.

He must apply and be approved on his own merits, and his merits alone. There is nothing you or anyone else can do for him. The visa is about him and proving he has strong ties to home.

Ok, thanks

ROC

 

 

 

 

 

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When a foreigner appears at a U.S. Consulate to request a new visa or renew a previous one of any sort, he must submit the application form, duly filled-in, and accompanied by the relevant documents requested, to be able to have a personal interview with a consular officer, who will then determine whether the applicant is eligible or not for the visa being requested.

The Consular Officer reviews the application form and assesses the evidence available to ensure that the applicant has no intention of staying to live and/or to work illegally in the United States. As such, there are many factors that influence the granting or renewing of an American visa.

Past and present criminal activities, within or outside the U.S., will affect visa applications or renewals at any American Consulate in any geographical region of the world.

 
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