Called back for second interview after 2 year wait

[JennaL 151]

When my fiancé and I were first dating, he applied for a tourist visa to come and visit me in the US. He is a Norwegian citizen but born in Iran, so was told he would need to undergo additional background checks and has been in AP ever since the interview two years ago.

 

The other day, he received an email from the embassy requesting him to come back for a second interview.

 

We were pretty surprised as we had moved on to AP for our fiancé visa and had pretty much given up hope on the visitor visa.

 

We are not sure what to expect at this second interview, but guessing he needs to bring updated proof of his intent to return back to Norway in the event they are ready to grant him a visa - does anyone have any insight as to why they would call him back to the embassy after this long?

[Boiler 43,362]

There is no way of knowing.

[dwheels76 5,458]

1 hour ago, JennaL said:

When my fiancé and I were first dating, he applied for a tourist visa to come and visit me in the US. He is a Norwegian citizen but born in Iran, so was told he would need to undergo additional background checks and has been in AP ever since the interview two years ago.

 

The other day, he received an email from the embassy requesting him to come back for a second interview.

 

We were pretty surprised as we had moved on to AP for our fiancé visa and had pretty much given up hope on the visitor visa.

 

We are not sure what to expect at this second interview, but guessing he needs to bring updated proof of his intent to return back to Norway in the event they are ready to grant him a visa - does anyone have any insight as to why they would call him back to the embassy after this long?

Let me get this straight,

1. the beneficiary filed for visitor visa to come to US 2 years ago and has been in AP since.

2. September 2018 beneficiary had K1 interview and is in AP since

3. Now you say you were called in for 2nd interview. Well that would be for the K1. 

 

Make sure he has proof of his residency in Norway when he goes (Resident card, whatever you have in that country to prove he is a legal resident).

 

All he can do is go and see what's up.

I

[JennaL 151]

1 minute ago, dwheels76 said:

Let me get this straight,

1. the beneficiary filed for visitor visa to come to US 2 years ago and has been in AP since.

2. September 2018 beneficiary had K1 interview and is in AP since

3. Now you say you were called in for 2nd interview. Well that would be for the K1. 

 

Make sure he has proof of his residency in Norway when he goes (Resident card, whatever you have in that country to prove he is a legal resident).

 

All he can do is go and see what's up.

I

Thanks for the response - yes, you are correct, but his visitor's visa interview was done at the embassy in Oslo, Norway. Our fiancé visa interview was done in Stockholm, Sweden, as the embassy in Norway does not handle fiancé visas.

The Oslo embassy is the office that is asking him back for a second interview regarding his visitor's visa.

I guess we'll just wait and hope it's good news.

[thatguyuknow 147]

So he was never denied a tourist visa, just entered into ap? Wonder if they’re looking to deny him his b2 at second interview to continue to process your k1?

[Fereshteh 4]

Hey there, please keep us posted on how it goes. I'm also Iranian (unfortunately no Norwegian citizenship lol) and considering all that's going on would love to know how other Iranian cases go.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

2 hours ago, thatguyuknow said:

So he was never denied a tourist visa, just entered into ap? Wonder if they’re looking to deny him his b2 at second interview to continue to process your k1?

Why would they go to the trouble of an interview just to deny a visa?

[Jenny17655 283]

3 hours ago, thatguyuknow said:

So he was never denied a tourist visa, just entered into ap? Wonder if they’re looking to deny him his b2 at second interview to continue to process your k1?

That's what I was thinking. They will never approve a visitor visa while a K1 is in progress.  

[ThomasNC1988 762]

10 minutes ago, Jenny17655 said:

That's what I was thinking. They will never approve a visitor visa while a K1 is in progress.  

Never say never.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

37 minutes ago, Jenny17655 said:

That's what I was thinking. They will never approve a visitor visa while a K1 is in progress.  

That’s not true. It’s more difficult, sure, but people have been issued them.

[JennaL 151]

On ‎12‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 8:27 AM, JennaL said:

When my fiancé and I were first dating, he applied for a tourist visa to come and visit me in the US. He is a Norwegian citizen but born in Iran, so was told he would need to undergo additional background checks and has been in AP ever since the interview two years ago.

 

The other day, he received an email from the embassy requesting him to come back for a second interview.

 

We were pretty surprised as we had moved on to AP for our fiancé visa and had pretty much given up hope on the visitor visa.

 

We are not sure what to expect at this second interview, but guessing he needs to bring updated proof of his intent to return back to Norway in the event they are ready to grant him a visa - does anyone have any insight as to why they would call him back to the embassy after this long?

Update: My fiancé received an email from the embassy on his visitor's visa, requesting him to submit his passport as they are approving the visa.

 

This is great news, but now we will need to weigh the risks of having him travel here only to get turned away for possible immigrant intent since we have a fiancé visa in progress as well.

 

Hopefully we can take this as a positive that our 8 months in AP for our K1 will be coming to a close soon as well.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

This would be a tough one.. he needs to carry proof of solid ties to Norway on one hand, those ties would be abandoned once a K1 is issued. 

 

Why not just wait for the K1? 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

56 minutes ago, JennaL said:

Update: My fiancé received an email from the embassy on his visitor's visa, requesting him to submit his passport as they are approving the visa.

 

This is great news, but now we will need to weigh the risks of having him travel here only to get turned away for possible immigrant intent since we have a fiancé visa in progress as well.

 

Hopefully we can take this as a positive that our 8 months in AP for our K1 will be coming to a close soon as well.

The embassy is presumably aware of the K1 in progress and are still issuing the B visa. It is not a guarantee of entry of course but it is a positive sign. He should definitely bring all strong evidence that he will return in the interim (job letter, apartment lease etc) in case he gets asked at the border.

Edited April 16, 2019 by SusieQQQ

[JennaL 151]

3 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

The embassy is presumably aware of the K1 in progress and are still issuing the B visa. It is not a guarantee of entry of course but it is a positive sign. He should definitely bring all strong evidence that he will return in the interim (job letter, apartment lease etc) in case he gets asked at the border.

Yes, the embassy asked him a couple of questions about our fiancé visa at the second interview and then told him to watch for an email about submitting his passport for the visitor's visa. We will definitely plan on having him bring strong evidence on his intent to return home should we decide to have him attempt a visit here.