Engagement party

[Abdeslam 47]

Me and my fiance didn't have an engagement party , is it something that can deny our K1 visa , i am from algeria , in the other hand , we are afraid to make en engagement party because (EL FATHA) is considered as a religious marriage 

 

Thank's for your feedback

Edited October 19, 2017 by Abdeslam

[Roel 7,192]

It doesn't matter if you have a party or not. 

[Abdeslam 47]

49 minutes ago, Roel said:

It doesn't matter if you have a party or not. 

did you went truth a MENA embassy ?

[Going through 5,671]

1 hour ago, Abdeslam said:

Me and my fiance didn't have an engagement party , is it something that can deny our K1 visa , i am from algeria , in the other hand , we are afraid to make en engagement party because (EL FATHA) is considered as a religious marriage 

 

Thank's for your feedback

Be careful with religious engagement parties....this can make you "too married" in USCIS's eyes when applying for the K1 visa.

 

If you did *not* have an engagement party, no that is not a reason for denial.  

Having one, it can be, especially if it's considered a religious marriage by doing it.

Edited October 19, 2017 by Going through

[Abdeslam 47]

33 minutes ago, Going through said:

Be careful with religious engagement parties....this can make you "too married" in USCIS's eyes when applying for the K1 visa.

 

If you did *not* have an engagement party, no that is not a reason for denial.  

Having one, it can be, especially if it's considered a religious marriage by doing it.

Thanks for your advise , the thing is i have seen some couple getting denied in Mena country because they had no engagement party , and in the other hand i have seen some couple getting denied because they had an engagement party some i am a bit confused

[RJandHamid 1,133]

We did not have an engagement party (Morocco). The consular officer did ask my fiancé if we had one, he just said 'no' and then they moved on to the next question. We were still approved. 

[Abdeslam 47]

9 minutes ago, RJandHamid said:

We did not have an engagement party (Morocco). The consular officer did ask my fiancé if we had one, he just said 'no' and then they moved on to the next question. We were still approved. 

Morroco embassy is similaire to the algerian one , i will try to avoid making a engagement party , we already submited our i-129 and we are waiting for the NOA2

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

3 hours ago, Abdeslam said:

Thanks for your advise , the thing is i have seen some couple getting denied in Mena country because they had no engagement party , and in the other hand i have seen some couple getting denied because they had an engagement party some i am a bit confused

Where have you seen where people have been getting denied for NOT doing an engagement party? 

[Abdeslam 47]

Just now, cyberfx1024 said:

Where have you seen where people have been getting denied for NOT doing an engagement party? 

i know some one from tunisia , at the end of his interview the CO told him , "there's something wrong with your relationship , i can't understand why you didn't made an engagement party" , then he put him on an administrative processing and then he got rejected shortly after 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Just now, Abdeslam said:

i know some one from tunisia , at the end of his interview the CO told him , "there's something wrong with your relationship , i can't understand why you didn't made an engagement party" , then he put him on an administrative processing and then he got rejected shortly after 

I can understand why you are worried about this but the vast majority of people from the MENA region on here get approved with no problem without an engagement party at all. The only people that really have problems are people that do a engagement party and according to local culture they are "traditionally married" at this point in time. So the CO sees these pictures in either the interview or your FB page(yes they do look at your Fb) sees this and says "Ok, looks like you guys already got married so I am going to deny you and you have to refile under CR1 visa". 

I have seen that scenario play more times on here than I can count on honestly. We have had people on here ask about doing one then they don't like the responses here we give them, they go ahead and do it anyway, then at the interview get denied for being married. Then that person came back to VJ mad because they now have to go with the CR1 visa. I believe this person was from Pakistan if I remember correctly. So the safe bet would be not to have one. 
 

[Abdeslam 47]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

I can understand why you are worried about this but the vast majority of people from the MENA region on here get approved with no problem without an engagement party at all. The only people that really have problems are people that do a engagement party and according to local culture they are "traditionally married" at this point in time. So the CO sees these pictures in either the interview or your FB page(yes they do look at your Fb) sees this and says "Ok, looks like you guys already got married so I am going to deny you and you have to refile under CR1 visa". 

I have seen that scenario play more times on here than I can count on honestly. We have had people on here ask about doing one then they don't like the responses here we give them, they go ahead and do it anyway, then at the interview get denied for being married. Then that person came back to VJ mad because they now have to go with the CR1 visa. I believe this person was from Pakistan if I remember correctly. So the safe bet would be not to have one. 
 

yes , even @RJandHamid  advised me to avoid an engagement party , i will go with your advise Thanks for the answer and the feed back

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

3 minutes ago, Abdeslam said:

yes , even @RJandHamid  advised me to avoid an engagement party , i will go with your advise Thanks for the answer and the feed back

That's not a problem and I am happy to help honestly. We are here to help each no matter what country and spread some wisdom around that we have seen on here. You will more than likely get asked why you didn't have one but just tell them the truth and there shouldn't be a problem at all, but make sure you have your answer already thought up. Best of luck to you. 

[EandH0904 1,184]

9 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

I can understand why you are worried about this but the vast majority of people from the MENA region on here get approved with no problem without an engagement party at all. 

If you look at USCIS statistics for k1 approvals, the vast majority of people from MENA countries do NOT get approved unless they are same age with 4+ visits. If you are on any country specific groups you will see an overwhelming number who dont.  

 

They may get their visa approved on the US side and get their NOA2 but I'd say a majority k1 don't get approved at consulate. I can link you to the numbers if you don't believe me. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

4 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

If you look at USCIS statistics for k1 approvals, the vast majority of people from MENA countries do NOT get approved unless they are same age with 4+ visits. If you are on any country specific groups you will see an overwhelming number who dont.  

 

They may get their visa approved on the US side and get their NOA2 but I'd say a majority k1 don't get approved at consulate. I can link you to the numbers if you don't believe me. 

I was talking about getting approved without an engagement party. Of course I know the issues that MENA embassies have if being hard embassies overall. But not having a engagement party is not going be the reasin that you will get denied.

[EandH0904 1,184]

You specifically said the "vast majority of people from the MENA region on here get approved with no problem" 

 

but you're saying you meant was, of the small amount of people who actually do get appeoved, an engagement party was irrelevant? 

 

cause the first statement sounds quite different.