Looking for advice to take next step after k1 deny

[Hondatphcm 3]

Hi!

I am looking for the better route to bring my fiancée who soon to be my wife.

Apr 2016, trip to Vietnam, meet and like, then engagement with 1 week, to my fiancée. Stay in Vietnam for 2 weeks total.

Come back USA, file I-129F, process and approval, then file to NVC, then file went to Hochiminh US consulate, interview and god a deny on K1, initials interview on Dec 9-2016. I arrived in Vietnam with my fiancée from Oct-17-2016 until this moment Dec-22-2016. I had my wedding on Oct-30-2016 w/o marriage certificate.

Now I plan to go with I-130 spouse after I make a married certificate.

Please help me all the expert or experience file.

I am us citizen,

[slimbolina 48]

I'm a little confused, you married with K1 pending? If so, that's why you were denied.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Exactly... what was the reason for denial? Was it because you had a marriage ceremony? Even without a certificate it could have been the typical view of "You're too married for the K-1" but "Not married enough for the CR-1"....

We need some extra info.

[Roel 7,192]

Since you're already married you don't really have any other option but CR-1 visa. You can find the guide on this website.

[Hondatphcm 3]

Well, we provide all require document, they interview us separate 7 window apart. We miss some key answers. CO deny base on we fail to prove bona fide relationship.

[Roel 7,192]

Deny what again? Your K1? If your fiancee visa was denied than you file for CR1 (spouse visa), if you're already married. And make sure to prove this time that you're having a legit relationship.

[slimbolina 48]

Well, we provide all require document, they interview us separate 7 window apart. We miss some key answers. CO deny base on we fail to prove bona fide relationship.

I'm even more confused now.

You weren't together for very long before you filed for her so I can see why they denied based on that. But still, you married before your K1 approval. I'm so baffled.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Just filing for a CR-1 visa when you failed to get the K-1 won't solve the issues. You need to correct the issue of them not believing your relationship was real. Just "officially marrying" and doing spousal visa does not mean you will succeed. You may just get denied again unless you can correct what was wrong.

[slimbolina 48]

Agreed, it is your only route now. You can apply for the CR1 visa if you are already married and gather as much evidence as you can and then some to prove your relationship is legitimate. There isn't anything anyone else can advise really, it's your only option.

[Hondatphcm 3]

Thank you

[aaron2020 11,651]

To help clarify; During the K-1 process for a fiancee visa, the OP made the horrible mistake of having a wedding ceremony without getting a marriage certificate. He presumed wrongly that lacking a marriage certificate means they are single and qualify for a K-1 visa. Sadly, the US Embassy's policy is that the burden is on the applicant to prove they qualify and are not married. A wedding ceremony (whether legal or not) puts into doubt about the person's status. What if a married couple decides not to submit their marriage certificate so they can go the quicker K-1 route?

Denial for lacking a bona fide relationship is another matter. Being married or not is not the relevant inquiry. Do they have a real couple relationship? After two weeks of knowing each other, they were already engaged and he's filing for a K-1. This is a red flag for most people. Not knowing each other well hurts them in trying to prove a bona fide relationship.

OP's only choice IMHO at this time is to marry and develop the paperwork required to show a bona fide relationship for the CR-1 spousal visa.

Edited December 22, 2016 by aaron2020

[Hondatphcm 3]

Mostly evident, CO look at beginning and engagement time, the after that evident [ no looking] such as sending my fiancée money monthly, add her as beneficiary into my life insurance, or the picture we are together at her home, one honeymoon; FaceTime video chat, chat long monthly into 5 day of 1,7,14,28; I send her money to to implant on her tooth.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Read your post out loud. How many honeymoon did you go on? Single people do not go on honeymoons.

[Hondatphcm 3]

Read your post out loud. How many honeymoon did you go on? Single people do not go on honeymoons.

After my wedding, We went to honeymoon together once.

[aaron2020 11,651]

After my wedding, We went to honeymoon together once.

This is one of the reasons why the K-1 fiancee visa was denied.

You have no way to prove that you are not married.

Your only choice now is to legally get marry and file for the CR-1 spousal visa.

Edited December 22, 2016 by aaron2020