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Fiance's (beneficiary) prior tourist visa applications, will it affect K1 visa application? (merged threads)

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I recently applied for K1 visa for my fiance in Nigeria. He has applied for 2 tourist visa's to visit the USA within a year of me filing the K1 visa which he was denied both times. Most people are denied tourist visa's to come to the USA from Nigeria, especially if single. They only asked him 2 questions at both interviews for the tourist visa's and never asked for any documents or evidence which he had (one was for a wedding invitation here). We have been in a relationship for over 11 months and engaged 3months, I have been to Nigeria to visit him once, and we have tons of phone records and messages throughout I have sent along with photos and receipts. Do you think that his prior US tourist visa denials will affect his K1 visa interview even though he did nothing wrong???

Thank you!!

And how long is the normal wait time from start to finish for most K1 visa's for Nigerian fiance? Some look like 4 months and some 6-8 months! Is this really accurate? I was thinking it'd take longer but I'll be so happy if it's not.

Kristi

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Will my fiance's prior tourist visa denials to the USA within the previous year affect our K1 visa application? He was only asked 2 questions for his tourist visa interviews and had all documentation but was not asked for anything and was in there for 1-2 minutes if that. We are worried if it will affect us for K1 visa even though we have met in person once and have plenty of evidence for our relationship.

Will this hurt us or not?

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We have been in a relationship 11 months, and engaged for 3 months. He applied for 2 tourist visa's to US in 2015, one for a wedding of our friend who attends our church here in the US. He was only asked 2 questions at each interview and they did not look at any documents which he had many. They barley gave him 2 minutes of their time.... Since those applications we became engaged and I recently traveled there to meet him. Only problem is that I was listed as the address he would be staying at in his last tourist visa application even though we were not yet engaged at the time. We do have mutual friends from our church here where I live.....

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Will my fiance's prior tourist visa denials to the USA within the previous year affect our K1 visa application? He was only asked 2 questions for his tourist visa interviews and had all documentation but was not asked for anything and was in there for 1-2 minutes if that. We are worried if it will affect us for K1 visa even though we have met in person once and have plenty of evidence for our relationship.

Will this hurt us or not?

hi

nope, they won't affect the petition

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if there normal section 214b denials i dont see an issue , tourist visas dont affect k1 visas , what would affect it was if there was mispresentation or something ,fraud related , ive seen ppl on this forum have 3-4 denials but got approved with their k1 , a tourist denial for visiiting a bf or gf clearly shows , the k1 would be great for yall

 

 

 

 

 

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No they won't affect anything if it was a simple denial. My now wife then gf got denied for her tourist visa when we applied so she could meet my family. We then did a K1 with no problem.

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if there normal section 214b denials i dont see an issue , tourist visas dont affect k1 visas , what would affect it was if there was mispresentation or something ,fraud related , ive seen ppl on this forum have 3-4 denials but got approved with their k1 , a tourist denial for visiiting a bf or gf clearly shows , the k1 would be great for yall

Thank you so much!!

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Does not affect the K1 unless he didn't answer truthfully on the forms, the data will be compared.

If he answered all form questions truthfully then no worries.

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~Two similar/same-themed threads merged~

~Please refrain from multiple posting of same topic~

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The seemingly common issue is where the B applicant has claimed to be married.

“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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Will my fiance's prior tourist visa denials to the USA within the previous year affect our K1 visa application? He was only asked 2 questions for his tourist visa interviews and had all documentation but was not asked for anything and was in there for 1-2 minutes if that. We are worried if it will affect us for K1 visa even though we have met in person once and have plenty of evidence for our relationship.

Will this hurt us or not?

start your own thread

OP: No, as long as he was truthful on is previous applications

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start your own thread

OP: No, as long as he was truthful on is previous applications

It was a semi-dupe after merging of similar-themed threads, same author.

Pitaya

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When I originally made the 1st tread on this topic it told me I was unauthorized to post it and didn't post. So I made another one.... Then realized a short time after it posted my original thread, so I don't know why it told me I couldn't post the 1st one but that's why there was 2 similar. Sorry for the confusion

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