Filling of Ds160 form 2years ago

[Lady2023 6]

Hellooo good people.. Please straighten my concern on filling DS160 form wrongly by agent 2years ago.. he filled married on my form hence I refused to appear at the interview as I was angry.. Since it was just vacation i was going for, i decide to let it slide. Though, I'm a single MOTHER which I told him to indicate on the form, but, he went ahead to put married as my marital status.. Fast forward to 2020 I have a fiance that wants to petition for me K1. he's someone i've known over a decade now.. one of those off & on relationship he visited this year and we've decided to be together as he purposed to me. NOW, My concern is,  I want him to fill SINGLE on my marital status as I've NEVER been married & I REFUSED to attend the interview then cause I don't know how to back the agent claim of me been married up. Please kindly suggest how I can handle this error.. Thanks you all in anticipation!

[Just Paul 4,591]

Expect an issue obtaining any visa in the future.   It does not matter if the agent said you were married and you were not. (this is a common tactic used in Nigeria)  It was your responsibility to ensure it's correctness.  You could have gone to the interview and corrected the DS-160.

 

You will now probably have to prove that you were never married which is very hard to do.  Filing for a K1 is a bad idea because you can not appeal it if it refused.  A better plan would be to get married and file a spousal and prepare for a long hard and expensive process.  

 

There is no reason to use an agent to file a VISA.  There is nothing they bring to the process if the petitioner (k1) or applicant (b2) can read the forms.

[Lady2023 6]

3 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Expect an issue obtaining any visa in the future.   It does not matter if the agent said you were married and you were not. (this is a common tactic used in Nigeria)  It was your responsibility to ensure it's correctness.  You could have gone to the interview and corrected the DS-160.

 

You will now probably have to prove that you were never married which is very hard to do.  Filing for a K1 is a bad idea because you can not appeal it if it refused.  A better plan would be to get married and file a spousal and prepare for a long hard and expensive process.  

 

There is no reason to use an agent to file a VISA.  There is nothing they bring to the process if the petitioner (k1) or applicant (b2) can read the forms.

Alright, its all good since I have other options on if is to get married here, I will discuss that with my man.. Thanks for your responses! 

[Crazy Cat 39,414]

22 minutes ago, Lady2023 said:

Hellooo good people.. Please straighten my concern on filling DS160 form wrongly by agent 2years ago.. he filled married on my form hence I refused to appear at the interview as I was angry.. Since it was just vacation i was going for, i decide to let it slide. Though, I'm a single MOTHER which I told him to indicate on the form, but, he went ahead to put married as my marital status.. Fast forward to 2020 I have a fiance that wants to petition for me K1. he's someone i've known over a decade now.. one of those off & on relationship he visited this year and we've decided to be together as he purposed to me. NOW, My concern is,  I want him to fill SINGLE on my marital status as I've NEVER been married & I REFUSED to attend the interview then cause I don't know how to back the agent claim of me been married up. Please kindly suggest how I can handle this error.. Thanks you all in anticipation!

I agree with @Paul & Mary.   We have seen multiple cases like your case where someone lied in order to get a US tourist visa.  Then, when the person applied for a fiance or spousal visa, the lie was discovered.  It can cause serious issues and delays.  I have not seen a case which was successfully resolved. Either the issue was not resolved, or the person just never returned to tell us about it.  Therefore, please keep us updated.

[Lady2023 6]

3 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

I agree with @Paul & Mary.   We have seen multiple cases like your case where someone lied in order to get a US tourist visa.  Then, when the person applied for a fiance or spousal visa, the lie was discovered.  It can cause serious issues and delays.  I have not seen a case which was successfully resolved. Either the issue was not resolved, or the person just never returned to tell us about it.  Therefore, please keep us updated.

Alright noted, I sure will keep you on VJ all updated as time goes by. Apparently, its gonna time a whole lot of time to fixed it.. "if not years" Lolzzz

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

In hindsight you should have gone to the interview and explained that the agent had made a mistake. You may or may not have got the visa, but at least you would have been on record as correcting the mistake in the form. It’s going to look more suspicious only trying to correct it now. As others have said, it won’t be easy. Good luck.

[Lady2023 6]

38 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

In hindsight you should have gone to the interview and explained that the agent had made a mistake. You may or may not have got the visa, but at least you would have been on record as correcting the mistake in the form. It’s going to look more suspicious only trying to correct it now. As others have said, it won’t be easy. Good luck.

You are very correct with your point very correct!... Well, I know my conscience is clear, I don't mind my man filling single on my marital status & I will have to go with misrepresentation letter for the interview & see how its goes from there. Or option for he to come over for marriage after that he can file for spouse visa. Thank you for your time & responses

[SalishSea 16,835]

On 6/25/2020 at 1:07 PM, Lady2023 said:

Or option for he to come over for marriage after that he can file for spouse visa.

This won't solve the problem.  If they have on record that you were married at that time, they will require evidence of termination of that marriage before you can get a spousal visa.  Not too easy to produce such a thing, when there was no marriage to begin with.  This is a common problem we see with Nigeria, and part of the reason the US embassy in Lagos screens so heavily for fraud - it is rampant.

[Lady2023 6]

10 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

This won't solve the problem.  If they have on record that you were married at that time, they will require evidence of termination of that marriage before you can get a spousal visa.  Not too easy to produce such a thing, when there was no marriage to begin with.  This is a common problem we see with Nigeria, and part of the reason the US embassy in Lagos screens so heavily for fraud - it is rampant.

Well, you are correct just like everyone's comment earlier.... And like I said I DIDN'T attend the interview hence my conscience is clear to an extend. Also, any good report is possible at the mercy of admitting fault... I never say Never!  Thank you for your contribution,

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

21 minutes ago, Lady2023 said:

Well, you are correct just like everyone's comment earlier.... And like I said I DIDN'T attend the interview hence my conscience is clear to an extend. Also, any good report is possible at the mercy of admitting fault... I never say Never!  Thank you for your contribution,

I (and I think I can say we in general) understand you want reassurance that everything is going to be ok. But we see reports of these cases every so often, and they are a lot of trouble. I personally cannot recall one that was resolved positively, maybe others can, but it seems generally the only way to do it is to live your married life somewhere that is not the US. 
 

Here is an example. 
 

 

[Allaboutwaiting 2,500]

The DS-160 requires a lot of information when you're married: name of spouse, date of birth, date of marriage, etc.

So the agent didn't just tick the "married" box but made up a bunch of details about that marriage. 

 

The lie about being married is not limited to a yes or no answer.