k1 Ceac Refused k1/ 2nd interview

[Crazy Cat 41,204]

5 minutes ago, Mar u said:

I have a friend (K1 2019) who was told that their case will be returned to the USCIS after few weeks of being in AP status. The petitioner asked help from their local legislator. The ff week, the same CO that interviewed the beneficiary,  made a phone interview. She expected the call because the legislature informed the petitioner  that she will have a second interview.
 

Their story: 

She (beneficiary) was introduced to the petitioner by the wife of the petitioner’s brother that raise a red flag.

 

After the phone interview, she was told to send the passport back to the Usem-manila. 
 

She got the visa. 

That is an extremely rare outlier.....not the norm. We have seen many cases as I described.  Unlike a spousal visa petitioner, a K-1 applicant is almost never allowed an appeal.

Edited February 26, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Mar u 54]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is an extremely rare outlier.....not the norm. We have seen many cases as I described.  Unlike a spousal visa petitioner, a K-1 applicant is almost never allowed an appeal.

Yes, i could not agree less. They thought it was a dead end for them.

 

Depending on the situation, you might be able to file an appeal. And yes, you cannot just overturn the decision of the officers. You need to have a strong argument and better assembled by a competitive immigration lawyer.

 

[Crazy Cat 41,204]

3 minutes ago, Mar u said:

Yes, i could not agree less. They thought it was a dead end for them.

 

Depending on the situation, you might be able to file an appeal. And yes, you cannot just overturn the decision of the officers. You need to have a strong argument and better assembled by a competitive immigration lawyer.

 

I have seen a total of 2 cases which were supposedly "appealed".  I have seen many, many cases expire at USCIS. Once a case has actually left the consulate, game over.

[Mike E 11,732]

Some birthday children  find a pony in a bag of horse manure. The rest take the bag to the trash and save up for a bicycle.  

[Crazy Cat 41,204]

This case is "different" from usual cases.  Multiple interviews are not normally conducted, and I don't recall ever seeing a status change to "Approved". 

[Barbara duran 2]

11 hours ago, Ok-Mix1229 said:

it's interesting you say you were both attending the (first) interview.  Don't think I've heard that before. Is that something that is allowed in the DR?

 

Best of luck, I hope it all works out for you.

Yes they allow you to go with the benificiary, and thank you

[Barbara duran 2]

12 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

This case is "different" from usual cases.  Multiple interviews are not normally conducted, and I don't recall ever seeing a status change to "Approved". 

I know I was surprised, only one forum I saw a few people had approved 

[Crazy Cat 41,204]

7 minutes ago, Barbara duran said:

I know I was surprised, only one forum I saw a few people had approved 

Thanks.  I don't think I have seen that before.  I'm guessing the consulate made a mistake.  Normally, the Immigrant Visa section of the consulate handles Fiance visas, not the Non-Immigrant section.  That might explain why there were 2 interviews.   Immigrant visas and Fiance visas are normally "Issued".

Edited February 26, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Never ending 0]

My fiancé had an interview early Feb and right after that the CEAC status changed to "Refused" as she was asked to mail in additional document. We found out today that our case was approved(Hooray!) at the consular level, and we are currently awaiting her passport to be delivered. Our current CEAC status is exactly the same wording Barbara shared, NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION. - APPROVED.  What's interesting is that altho it displays as NONIMMIGRANT, we still need to select IMMIGRANT visa type on the CEAC website.

 

It might not be usual to have a second or multiple interviews, but I saw some couple from India had a second interview and got approved later. So I hope your case could be resolved soon too. I totally understand it's nerve-wrecking, but just hang in there, your patience will be rewarded eventually. 

[evelynxu 1]

On 2023-2-26 at 2:30 AM, Barbara duran said:

Hello me and my fiancé had an interview Jan 27th 2023. Great interview approved on the spot. On CEAC it changed immediately to "approved" on Feb 13th we called to ask about the visa. My fiancé received a email and a phone call requesting for me and him to go back on the 13th to finalize the interview. Due to the short noticed I was unable to go, I sent a letter explaining, he went to the interview by himself. They interviewed him for 15 min in a private room and informed him they will inform via email if they will grant him a visa or not. They did stay with his passport from the first interview. Yesterday on ceac it shows as non immigrant and refused. Any advice?? This process is really stressful  

why you and  your fiance were both required to interview? Usually thay only ask beneficiary to interview

[Crazy Cat 41,204]

Just now, evelynxu said:

why you and  your fiance were both required to interview? Usually thay only ask beneficiary to interview

I think it was a mistake by the consulate.  I think they were initially interviewed for the wrong visa type.  Just my speculation.