K-1 Refused at Montreal Consulate (Asked for CV)

[Singh90 6]

I am a permanent resident of Canada  but originally from India. I had my K-1 visa interview at US consulate Montreal after 11 months of waiting on July 24, 2019. 

 

I came to Canada about 4 years 8 months ago as a student. I did my masters in engineering here in Canada and I have been working for almost two years in an automotive company.

 

Overall interview  process was pretty smooth, surprisingly  the outcome wasn’t as I was expecting. Interviewer asked me a few questions related to me and my fiancé but tons of question on when and how I came to canada, How old I was when I came to Canada, What program did I study and what kind of work I did in the past or still do, she also asked if I had a copy of my resume, luckily I had one with me. Officer kept the copy of my resume and told me that they were going to refuse my visa as they want additional information. Upon asking what kind of information, I was told that you will receive a form and you will have to answer few questions.

 

later that evening I received an email from the consulate asking for up to date resume with exact dates of start and end dates of my school and jobs I have done.

 

they returned my passport and my case has been put under administrative processing. I had a B1/B2 visa aon my passport, officer cancelled it as well. Stamp says (Cancelled without Prejudice)

 

Can anyone tell if this is a typical case? Even though I forwarded my resume with all the detailed but I am not sure what caused this

Edited July 25, 2019 by Singh90

[payxibka 10,044]

5 hours ago, Singh90 said:

I am a permanent resident of Canada  but originally from India. I had my K-1 visa interview at US consulate Montreal after 11 months of waiting on July 24, 2019. 

 

I came to Canada about 4 years 8 months ago as a student. I did my masters in engineering here in Canada and I have been working for almost two years in an automotive company.

 

Overall interview  process was pretty smooth, surprisingly  the outcome wasn’t as I was expecting. Interviewer asked me a few questions related to me and my fiancé but tons of question on when and how I came to canada, How old I was when I came to Canada, What program did I study and what kind of work I did in the past or still do, she also asked if I had a copy of my resume, luckily I had one with me. Officer kept the copy of my resume and told me that they were going to refuse my visa as they want additional information. Upon asking what kind of information, I was told that you will receive a form and you will have to answer few questions.

 

later that evening I received an email from the consulate asking for up to date resume with exact dates of start and end dates of my school and jobs I have done.

 

they returned my passport and my case has been put under administrative processing. I had a B1/B2 visa aon my passport, officer cancelled it as well. Stamp says (Cancelled without Prejudice)

 

Can anyone tell if this is a typical case? Even though I forwarded my resume with all the detailed but I am not sure what caused this

Everyone's case has unique facts and circumstances.  AP is for everyone.   CVs have been requested before.   

[MeghanK 625]

Yes, this is common at MTL, most often for those who are not born citizens of Canada, even more so for high fraud/MENA countries. Typically they are checking for any backgrounds/skills/associations that might raise red flags. Your engineering background probably triggered the need for more info. For example I've seen people get scrutinized for backgrounds in areas like biochemical engineering, nuclear and stuff like that. You should be able to dig up some past threads about it. From what I've seen, it typically just means a long AP as they conduct further background checks, but I can't recall ever seeing anyone post about being denied after this.

[NicoleS 189]

This seems highly unusual for Montreal. Not sure why permanent residents are treated differently apparently. It almost sounds like they were trying / are trying to figure out if you were working illegally in Canada so make sure your employment and school dates are exact etc. and that you've always had the proper visa for Canada etc. When did you become a permanent resident?

 

 

Edited July 25, 2019 by NicoleM

[Singh90 6]

1 minute ago, NicoleM said:

This seems highly unusual for Montreal. Not sure why permanent residents are treated differently apparently. It almost sounds like they were trying / are trying to figure out if you were working illegally in Canada so make sure your employment and school dates are exact etc. and that you've always had the proper visa for Canada etc. When did you become a permanent resident?

 

 

I became resident in September 2017, and before that I was on a work permit since November 2015

[NicoleS 189]

1 minute ago, Singh90 said:

I became resident in September 2017, and before that I was on a work permit since November 2015

Ok so you're fine there. Just give them everything they ask for and keep us updated.

[MeghanK 625]

5 minutes ago, NicoleM said:

This seems highly unusual for Montreal. Not sure why permanent residents are treated differently apparently. 

They are treated differently essentially because it's common for high fraud countries to use low fraud countries as a gateway to an American visa. So people who are initially from countries that are more scrutinized for visas will be scrutinized accordingly even when applying through a less-scrutinized country. It's not all PRs, it varies based on where they've come from. 

[Singh90 6]

4 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

Yes, this is common at MTL, most often for those who are not born citizens of Canada, even more so for high fraud/MENA countries. Typically they are checking for any backgrounds/skills/associations that might raise red flags. Your engineering background probably triggered the need for more info. For example I've seen people get scrutinized for backgrounds in areas like biochemical engineering, nuclear and stuff like that. You should be able to dig up some past threads about it. From what I've seen, it typically just means a long AP as they conduct further background checks, but I can't recall ever seeing anyone post about being denied after this.

Thank you for your comment Meghan. That’s what I figured when I did some research after I came home. Officer did ask further questions on my work and responsibilities, more in detail about robotics 

[NicoleS 189]

1 minute ago, MeghanK said:

They are treated differently essentially because it's common for high fraud countries to use low fraud countries as a gateway to an American visa. So people who are initially from countries that are more scrutinized for visas will be scrutinized accordingly even when applying through a less-scrutinized country. It's not all PRs, it varies based on where they've come from. 

Oh interesting ok

[MeghanK 625]

2 minutes ago, Singh90 said:

Thank you for your comment Meghan. That’s what I figured when I did some research after I came home. Officer did ask further questions on my work and responsibilities, more in detail about robotics 

Here's a similar example, this person got their visa in 7 weeks. 

 

 

Here's one that was 7 months

Overall I'd say do not stress, just be prepared for extra patience. It's good that they gave you your passport back in the sense that, you aren't trapped in Canada while you wait. Good luck! 

[Singh90 6]

4 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

Here's a similar example, this person got their visa in 7 weeks. 

 

 

Here's one that was 7 months

Overall I'd say do not stress, just be prepared for extra patience. It's good that they gave you your passport back in the sense that, you aren't trapped in Canada while you wait. Good luck! 

Make sense! I can relate very well to my case. As I saw few Canadian citizens (actually born citizens) just going in and out of the interview rooms with their visas granted under three or four minutes.Thanks again for your inputs and the knowledge that you guys shared is definitely helping settle down the stress. Let’s see how long it takes!

[Singh90 6]

23 minutes ago, NicoleM said:

Ok so you're fine there. Just give them everything they ask for and keep us updated.

I will surely keep you guys updated. Thanks for shairing your opinion.  

[CM&KV 72]

My husband was asked for his CV at his ir1 interview. I expected since they had asked for this for is past b1/j1 visas. Oddly enough hubby didn't expect it. We had our interview on Nov 28th, webgave them digital and hard copy with in a week. During this time there was a goverment shutdown. But on march 20th after sending the embassy many emails, we finally was told we were approved.

 

His business trips were to a major USA airplane manufacturing company to conduit training and business meeting, and has been offically working one (different company) on his greencard for about 1.5 months now. His AP was triggered because of his engineering degree from Ukraine and what he did in Russia.

 

For his B1/J1 visas AP took 1 month, but this one took us nearly 4 months. Again we had a goverment shut down, and the russian embassy is under staffed.

 

Did you guys at least submit what they wanted, sorry I might have iver looked you saying that you replied to the email. They requested my hubby's 2 times. Digital hours bafter interview and then the hard copy the following day.

[purem4g1c 113]

5 hours ago, Singh90 said:

Make sense! I can relate very well to my case. As I saw few Canadian citizens (actually born citizens) just going in and out of the interview rooms with their visas granted under three or four minutes.Thanks again for your inputs and the knowledge that you guys shared is definitely helping settle down the stress. Let’s see how long it takes!

Why do you think they aren't born Canadian citizens? Where i grew up in Ottawa there were so many races that we're Canadian born citizens. Just from the look of your skin or facial features you won't know if someone is born in Canada or not.

[Singh90 6]

2 minutes ago, purem4g1c said:

Why do you think they aren't born Canadian citizens? Where i grew up in Ottawa there were so many races that we're Canadian born citizens. Just from the look of your skin or facial features you won't know if someone is born in Canada or not.

There were two of them in line standing with me. We spoke for about 40 minutes or so, they asked me few details and I asked them the same. What I mean by born Canadian citizens was someone who was born here. Did I say anything about skin or facial feature! Did I say someone with a yellow or peach skin was granted a visa? I was just trying to agree to the point that yes there’s surely more background check for people like me who become residents but aren’t born here. On top of that, whatever my mentality is about skin or facial feature is None of your Business. I am here to seek help and find out what experts think of this case. Please don’t take otherwise.